JOHANNESBURG — Gearhouse Splitbeam noted how an early September delivery of ETC Source Four Revolutions, prompted by a specification for the fixtures by LD Ben Cracknell for a production of the musical, Annie, earlier this year, is reinforcing the company’s already impressive capabilities in meeting the lighting needs of touring theatrical productions.
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HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada – Soundbox Productions has added Elation Professional ACL Series effect lights to its growing inventory of Elation products. Soundbox purchased ACL Bar LED battens in August which join ACL 360 Matrix LED moving head panels that the company acquired earlier this year.
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WARRINGTON, U.K. – The annual Creamfields EDM extravaganza returned to Daresbury Estate with another assist from Liverpool based technical production specialist Adlib, which supplied lighting, sound and rigging to two main arenas. These included CF03, hosted by Armada, Cream and Smash The House and CF 05 (a.k.a. ‘The Curve’) due to the spherical shape of the tent and the production space. Adlib also supported CF10, the VIP Hospitality area, at the festival.
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BELLEVILLE, MI – Fantasee Lighting is spending 2016 celebrating 40 years working in the lighting industry. The firm, which was founded by Lighting Designer Stefan Graf in Ypsilanti, MI, in 1976, specializes in lighting for entertainment and corporate events and provides design and project management solutions. The firm moved to new 40,000 square foot facility in Belleville, MI, in 2000.
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LAS VEGAS – ESTA has announced that Eddie Raymond will receive its highest honor, the Eva Swan Award, which recognizes exceptional long-term commitment to the association, on Thursday October 20th in Las Vegas. The award will be presented at ESTA’s Annual General Meeting which is taking place from 3:30-5:00 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 3600 Paradise Road, just south of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
NASHVILLE, TN – LD Chris Lisle has signed an exclusive management deal with Alpha Sports + Entertainment, LLC. Lisle is the first signee under the company’s new division that will provide management services for its entertainment clients along with the traditionally provided legal representation.
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ERLANGER, KY – tvONE has teamed with Almo professional A/V on the E4 AV Tour, which is coming to Boston on September 23 and Dallas on October 18. tvONE will showcase the newest features of its video processor, CORIOmaster including CORIOgrapher V2, CORIOmaster’s creative control software, their new Universal Mounting Solution called ONErack and 1T-MV-8474 4K Multiviewer during this event.
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SAN DIEGO — For Guns N’ Roses’ “Not in This Lifetime” world tour, production designer Phil Ealy and lighting programmer/director Rob Koenig have been using a rig supplied by Upstaging that includes Martin Atomic 3000 LED strobes and MAC III AirFX fixtures.
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