Chris Martin, a principal at Forman and Associates for the past 12 years, died Jan. 17. He was 60. Martin had a 36-year career in entertainment and architectural lighting sales. He moved to the U.S. from his native England in 1973, started with Olesen Lighting in Hollywood and worked for Colortran Inc. before joining Forman and Associates.
Read More »LONDON – Lighting designers Kevin Adams, Jon Clark and Mark Henderson were among the nominees announced recently by the Society of London Theatre for the 2010 Olivier Awards, which honor top shows that have opened on London's West End the previous year.
Read More »RIMINI, Italy – SIB International, an exhibition for lighting, audio and video gear that had been scheduled to run from April 18 to 20, 2010, has been cancelled. Organizers are setting their sights on a 2011 exhibition instead.
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JS-ICON Series wall-mount dimmer racks feature "system-on-a-chip" and inductor technology to provide professional-grade SCR dimming while also complying with the International Energy Agency's "One Watt Initiative" for standby power consumption.
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MIAMI-Lava Studio, best known for its work in advertising, television and feature films, has collaborated with director/designer team Renaud Doucet and André Barbe on Florida Grand Opera's production of The Barber of Seville to create animated sets for its Feb. 20-March 6 run in Miami and Fort Lauderdale.
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MADISON, WI – How hard can it be to turn an off-season football stadium into an outdoor hockey arena? As SGASi Production Services will tell you, it's a little more complicated than just adding water.
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Lighting Co.
Theatrical Lighting Systems/Huntsville, Ala.
Venue
Church of the Highlands
Birmingham, Ala.
Lighting Co.
Theatrical Media Services, Inc.
Venue
Budweiser Events Center
Loveland, Colo.
Every January, Tour Tech East in Halifax, Nova Scotia hosts a mini trade show and maxi charity event and party benefiting AIDS research. If you've never been then you owe it to yourself to make a point of going. It's a great way to get some quality time with different people in the industry and to help support a worthy cause at the same time.
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