Bandit Lites is excited to announce the addition of the ACME Tornado to its lineup of cutting-edge concert touring inventory. Built to meet the demands of touring, the Tornado offers exceptional brightness with fast, precise beam controls. With its high output, wide zoom range, and advanced effects capabilities, the Tornado ensures dynamic, high-impact visuals that can transform any stage for Bandit’s clients.
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Fans got to see the Mickey 17’s nattily dressed stars Robert Pattinson and Naomi Ackie in an elegant setting, not to mention a parade of “drones” from the film marching down the red carpet, while also enjoying lively video clips shown on a 32m long structure featuring 160 active CHAUVET Profession REM 3IP LED panels.
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Brigham Young University-Idaho has invested in 14 Ayrton Cobra2 fixtures for its Rexburg campus. The Cobra2 is a phosphor laser source luminaire with an incredible beam angle, extreme range of focus and perfect color reproduction. Brown Note Productions in Thornton, Colorado provided the Cobra2 fixtures kicking off a new relationship with the university.
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Bob Schacherl, former CEO of Robe North America since 2013, passed away after a long illness. He was 70. Robe released this statement on Schacherl’s… Read More »In Memoriam: Bob Schacherl, Former CEO Robe North America, 70
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Based in Monterrey, Serpro Producciones has been a regular Robe investor since 2016, over the last two years the moving light inventory has jumped substantially to now include 120 x Robe FORTES, 13 x iFORTES, 24 x iFORTE LTXs and a 12-way RoboSpot system, all delivered by Robe’s proactive Mexican distributor, Showco.
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Stray Production Services, a full-service event production company based in Lititz, Pennsylvania, has announced an investment in Elation’s cutting-edge PARAGON LED profile moving head. The move strengthens the company’s already robust inventory of Elation gear and sets the stage for PARAGON to become a workhorse fixture across various indoor and outdoor productions.
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Indie rock icons The Wombats are currently touring the UK and Europe with a bold new visual identity, powered by the first touring deployment of the VLHive 151 Digital FX lighting fixture from Vari-Lite, originators of the modern moving head lighting fixture and a Signify entertainment lighting brand. The show has been designed by lighting designer Rosie Haigh, who is also Vari-Lite Business Development Manager at Signify.
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Wenger Corporation, a leading provider of high-quality equipment and solutions for performing arts, announce the acquisition of Creative Conners, Inc., a trusted innovator in stage automation technology. This strategic acquisition expands Wenger’s capabilities in the performing arts sector.
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Watch this classic behind-the-scenes time-lapse of the set changes for Franco Zeffirelli’s beloved production of Puccini’s La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Antari USA is proud to introduce the highly anticipated F-12 Nebula to the US market. This professional fazer joins the well-known F-series from Antari Lighting and Effects. The F-12 Nebula is a universal voltage, high-performance faze machine
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The team at Concept K broke the rules at the 2025 Dystopia festivals, held in France. They departed from the standard practice of having a massive video wall on a festival’s main stage. Instead, they animated their main stages with brawny collections of lighting effects, including the CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M units.
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Cape Town-based Flicker-Free Lighting Rentals is a new lighting rental and dry hire company headed by Jason Watts which is geared towards offering the region’s buoyant film, TV, commercial and event industry premium lighting solutions. Their seed investments included several Astera products.
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