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OneBigStar Reflects Many Facets of MOVE IT With Help From Chauvet Professional

OneBigStar Reflects Many Facets of MOVE IT With Help From Chauvet Professional

Dance is a uniquely human activity according to the biologists and naturalists who study such things. The “hidden language of the soul,” as Martha Graham described it, is also as unique and special as humans themselves. This diversity was on full display this spring at ExCel London, as the exhibition center hosted MOVE IT, an event that invited some 75,000 people to spread their creative wings and dance, either on stage, or in one of its many workshops and classes.Read More »OneBigStar Reflects Many Facets of MOVE IT With Help From Chauvet Professional

Ingenious Solution for ‘A Column of Fire’ Production in Copenhagen

Copenhagen’s Bellevue Theatre asked Lighting Designer Mark P Jones to create a practical and versatile lighting design to facilitate their recent touring version of A Column of Fire, a musical production based on Ken Follet’s gripping work encapsulating politics, passion, religious divisions, and other 16th century melodrama of that moment. It was initially staged at the theatre in 2019, directed by Mads M Nielsen with the set designed by Benjamin la Cour and lit by Mikael Sylvest. The show was a huge success, and so after Covid had effectively shut the industry down for two years, the theatre was keen to get it on the road once things started to properly re-open again.Read More »Ingenious Solution for ‘A Column of Fire’ Production in Copenhagen

Eastern Lighting Design Chooses Ayrton for Al Jazeera Studio in Doha, Qatar

Set 1 at the new Al Jazeera Media Network’s Studio 5 in Doha, Qatar

Eastern Lighting Design, an international design firm specializing in broadcast, location and special events lighting, employed nearly 200 versatile, feature-rich Ayrton Diablo luminaires and compact Levante wash lights for Al Jazeera Media Network’s new Studio 5 sets in Doha, Qatar. Read More »Eastern Lighting Design Chooses Ayrton for Al Jazeera Studio in Doha, Qatar

Still Rolling with the Stones, and Still Dodging Covid

Woodroffe Bassett Design created a new design for The Rolling Stones’ 60th anniversary tour, Sixty, now rolling through Europe and the UK. Asking the WBD team about what to expect, Patrick Woodroffe told PLSN, “As with every other band going out on tour after two years’ absence, the challenges facing the Rolling Stones as they gear up to their return to Europe are manifold. Huge rise in all construction costs, difficulty in finding crew, very hard to book trucks and stages, [and] ongoing Covid-19 protocols that have to be adhered to when it feels like the rest of the world has stopped doing so.”

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In Memoriam | Douglas L. Pope, Live Event Production Manager, 79

PLSN has learned of the death of Live Event Production Manager, Douglas L. Pope on May 30, 2022 at the age of 79. Pope worked frequently with Patrick Stansfield, Imero Fiorentino, and others on a wide range of projects over his long career. Click below for a tribute written by John Purdy, a long-time friend of Pope’s where they worked together on many production events.

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Obsidian Control Systems Launches Comprehensive In-Person Training Sessions

First sessions upcoming in Los Angeles and Miami. Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced level training serves growing ONYX user base.

As an integral part of Obsidian Control Systems’ strong commitment to providing its growing user base with comprehensive ONYX console training and education, the intuitive lighting control brand is launching a new training system of in-person and ongoing training courses. The goal of the new training system is for lighting professionals to grow their knowledge base and improve their skills to become more effective and creative lighting programmers.
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Valorant Esports Tournament in Berlin Lit with 930 GLP Fixtures

Michael Straun and Tobias Rylander light three locations in Berlin with vast selection

Team Acend poses with the Champions Trophy after victory at the VALORANT Champions Finals on December 12, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Wojciech Wandzel/Riot Games

Almost 1,000 GLP lighting fixtures – a near record in terms of brand deployment – were called on when the 2021 Valorant Champions Esports tournament (VCT 2021) reached its conclusion in Berlin. Organized by the video game developer Riot Games, 16 teams from around the world competed for the honor of champions.Read More »Valorant Esports Tournament in Berlin Lit with 930 GLP Fixtures