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Robe Announces Plans for Prolight+Sound 2017

Robe's Spiider will be one of many featured products on display.

Robe Announces Plans for Prolight+Sound 2017

FRANKFURT, Germany – Czech lighting manufacturer Robe announced plans for an array of new fixtures, including their Spiider fixtures, pictured here, at booth D80 in Hall 3 of the Frankfurt Messe for Prolight +Sound 2017. The company will also invite hundreds of guests to enjoy a live entertainment show with a unique stand design featuring a lightshow every hour and a ‘Voice of God’ product presentation at other times. Robe will also be making what it calls a “major announcement related to one of its key European markets” at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5.

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The Royal Shakespeare Company’s New Production of ‘The Tempest’ Uses d3 Video Mapping

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LONDON – As the finale to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) presented a dazzling new production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest in the Bard’s birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon.  The innovative staging featured live motion capture, which allowed Ariel to shape-shift and become characters such as a sea nymph and harpy, all in realtime.

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Rigby credited VER for purchasing "exactly what I needed to make this job work."

U.K. TV’s ‘The Nightly Show,’ Lit by Chris Rigby, Using LEDs Supplied by VER’s Aurora Division

LONDON — VER’s specialist broadcast lighting division, Aurora, has been supporting the production needs of The Nightly Show, which gets recorded in front of a live studio audience within the Cochrane Theatre in Central London. Lighting director Chris Rigby has opted for a variety of low energy and LED fixtures that meet the production’s needs.

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First Ever LED Ellipsoidal Shootout Big Success

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BOSTON,  – In mid-March, 50 lighting industry professionals pulled on their boots and rode their horses over mounds of plowed snow to Boston to see the first ever Ellipsoidal Leko Shootout produced by USITT and hosted by High Output. Seven companies brought a total of 21 fixtures each hoping to best their competitors. High Output was happy to show off their new satellite shop and sound stage in Boston. The event was brain-child of Steven Rosen FIALD, President & Creative Director at Available Light, Dan Jentzen, Director of Education at High Output, and Anthony Phelps, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts at UMass Boston and USITT representative.

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Robert Juliat Oz and Alice LED Followspots

Robert Juliat to Feature Oz and Alice LED Followspots, Other New Products in Frankfurt

FRANKFURT, Germany — Robert Juliat is building upon the success of Roxie, its first LED followspot, with Oz and Alice LED followspot models (pictured here) at Prolight + Sound 2017. Along with other new fixtures, the company will also unveil its new SpotMe technology at PL+S 2017. Designed for use with RJ’s Compact and Grand ranges of followspots, SpotMe promises to shine the light on performers in a “smart, progressive way.”

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4Wall Nashville Offering Rehearsal Space

4Wall Nashville Offering Rehearsal Space

NASHVILLE — 4Wall Nashville is expanding its services to clients with a 29,000 square foot area connected to 4Wall Nashville’s current facility that is designated to serve as rehearsal space. It’s designed to provide clients with easy access to lighting equipment as well as any expendables needed.

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