Here’s a video from London’s National Theatre on how they made it rain for a recent production of The Crucible that ran in its Olivier Theatre. Set Designer Es Devlin and Production Manager Heather Doole discuss creating this incredible stage effect.
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The voting for the Parnelli Hometown Hero – Lighting Company of the Year Award is now open. PLSN readers get to vote for the six top regional lighting companies in North America—one for each of five U.S. regions, and a sixth for all of Canada. These votes will narrow the field from 36 to six regional winners, who will then appear on the Parnelli Awards ballot for a second round of voting. The winner will receive the Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year at the awards ceremony in Anaheim, CA.Read More »Voting for Your Favorite Hometown Hero – Lighting Company Closes Friday, Dec. 16th!
When Allen Branton and the rest of the production team saw their design concept for the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction in place at the Microsoft Theater, their first reaction was something along the lines of “wow, this feels really modern!”Read More »Allen Branton’s Design for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Show Includes CHAUVET Professional Gear
Exploring the Future of Virtual Production at the ATF
AUX Media Group showcased advanced virtual production techniques, utilizing ROE Visual Black Pearl BP2V2 LED screens at the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) in Singapore from December 7-9, 2022. Asia’s leading entertainment content market could gather again for the first time after a three-year break.Read More »AUX Media Group Showcases ROE Visual Products at ATF Event in Singapore
Classic and crossover violinist David Garrett is a unique, interesting, and fun artist to light requiring a mix of treatments inspired by multiple visual genres, which is one of the many aspects – and challenges – relished by Lighting Designer Gerard Maijenburg who has worked with him for the last seven years. The European leg of Garrett’s current Alive tour featured over 200 Robe moving lights, picked by Maijenburg to energize his design.Read More »David Garrett is Alive with Robe
Colchester, CT-based InCord is honored to announce that InCord has been certified as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). For InCord, this is a milestone and a transition from its founding years, recognizing Meredith Shay and Robin Ritz as sole owners of InCord, a woman-owned and operated manufacturing business entity, on a federal level.Read More »InCord Awarded Women-Owned Small Business Certification
In tool and fixture manufacturing, quick workpiece changes are generally required even when space is tight. For such situations, JW Winco offers the down-thrust clamp… Read More »Compact and Precise Clamping from JW Winco US
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Top LD Nate Files meshes together a mesmerizing JDC Line/impression X5 lightshow
At the recent LDI 2022, GLP focused on giving some ‘real-world’ exposure to the JDC Line – now gaining the attention it deserves after the Covid-19 pandemic somewhat choked its initial launch. They were fortunate to have the services of one of the hottest LDs in the industry, Nate Files, to mesh the JDC Line together with the new impression X5 in a mesmerizing, beautifully programmed, integrated lightshow which beckoned visitors to the booth. Files is well familiar with the GLP culture, having been part of the creative team that brought its award-winning large format shows to life.Read More »LDI 2022 Visitors Surge to Preview GLP’s Next-Generation Products
Bustling lighting rental house covers projects from intimate corporate to large-scale festivals
One of Seattle’s largest lighting rental houses, R90 Lighting, often turns to Elation Professional products to light a wide scope of projects and has recently added more Elation fixtures to its rental inventory. The concert and event lighting design firm emphasizes the latest in LED technology in its inventory of stage lighting fixtures, a principle the company has held since its founding 10 years ago. R90’s new acquisition includes an LED package of Fuze MAX Profile™, Fuze Wash FR™, Proteus Rayzor 760™, Artiste Picasso™ and Paladin Panel™ luminaires.Read More »R90 Lighting Covers Seattle and Beyond with Elation LED Lighting
Americans will soon start gathering their receipts and documents to prepare their taxes, and entertainment workers anticipate owing unnecessarily burdensome amounts in taxes because they are unable to deduct required work expenses. In a letter sent today, unions of entertainment workers affiliated with the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE) call on Congress to restore tax fairness for these middle-class creative professionals by passing the bipartisan Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA), S. 2872/H.R. 4750. Read More »Entertainment Unions Urge Congress to Restore Tax Fairness for the Industry’s Workers
The recently opened Falabella Chile Inmobiliario at the Open Plaza Kennedy shopping center, has a simple, but very ambitious, goal: to offer customers a unique culinary experience in surroundings that make them feel special. The 6,000 square foot space, which is located on the fourth floor of this stylish center, is well on its way to doing just that, serving as home to 12 restaurants offering a mouth-watering variety of dishes from Chile and around the world.Read More »Piedra Iluminación and CHAUVET Professional Immerse at Falabella Chile Inmobiliario
ETC has released the OS v3.19.0 update for the Hog 4 family of lighting control software. Hog 4 OS v3.19.0 provides bug fixes as well as several enhancements, including support for computers running Windows 11. Users may obtain this software release by downloading it from ETC’s website. https://hubs.la/Q01v0zMR0Read More »ETC Releases Hog OS v3.19.0 Update