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Video of the Week: Billie Eilish’s ‘Happier Than Ever’, the World Tour

Video Workflow Solutions for Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever, The World Tour

Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever, The World Tour implemented a multicamera live production workflow from Blackmagic Design. Video production specialist Vis a Vis, led by Video Director, Stuart Merser, embarked on a yearlong tour spanning 43 dates that included a live performance at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. In addition to the on-stage visuals, Vis A Vis also streamed the singer songwriter’s headline set to the festival’s YouTube channels.Read More »Video Workflow Solutions for Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever, The World Tour

Venice Theatre in Florida Severely Damaged by Hurricane Ian

The flyhouse of the Venice Theatre destroyed by Hurricane Ian.

Stage Directions was very sorry to see the severe structural damage that Hurricane Ian wrought on the Venice Theatre in Venice, FL, which has been forced to cease all activities in the wake of the storm. It was reported that all staff and team were safe after the storm. The Venice Theatre is a very active community theater, working with American Association of Community Theatre (AACT) in fact, they recently hosted the AACT WorldFest June 24-26, 2022 and was due to host it for the fifth time in 2024. The Venice Theatre, which operates with a combination of staff and a large number of volunteers, has an operating budget of $4 million.Read More »Venice Theatre in Florida Severely Damaged by Hurricane Ian

Matt Durham Appointed Operations Manager for Main Light, South

Matt Durham, Operations Manager for Main Light, South

Main Light, LLC announces the appointment of Matt Durham as Operations Manager for Main Light South in Nashville. Reporting to Main Light CEO Randy Mullican, Durham will step into the role overseeing the operations of the growing Nashville location for the preeminent dry hire company.Read More »Matt Durham Appointed Operations Manager for Main Light, South

URTA Auditions & Interviews (URTAs) Return to In-Person Event

Virtual and hybrid options for participation to continue

After two years of fully virtual programming, the URTA Auditions & Interviews—widely known as “The URTAs”—will return with in-person events in New York City and Chicago. A hybrid event will be held at Cal State Fullerton, near Los Angeles and fully remote, live-virtual auditions and interviews will also take place on designated days.Read More »URTA Auditions & Interviews (URTAs) Return to In-Person Event

ROE Visual Celebrates Milestone of the Film-Centric Black Pearl 2

ROE Visual is excited to announce the news of over 100,000 panels of their Black Pearl 2 series in Virtual Production use around the world. This figure represents a major milestone for the team and marks the undisputed market position of ROE Visual in this market segment. The latest model in the series, the BP2V2, is world-renowned for its on-screen performance, quickly solidifying it as “The Gold Standard in Virtual Production.” Here’s a short video celebrating this milestone:

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New Start-up Sauca Live Light Wins Innovation Award

A Live Light demo on the Sauca PLASA booth. (R to L) Steve Warren, Andy Porter, Simon Carter, Avolites MD Paul Wong, LD Paul Smith, and Martin Hawthorn.

Winners of a prestigious PLASA 2022 Award for Innovation, Sauca Live Light, are pleased to announce the launch of the new company at the recent PLASA show in London. Although Sauca Live Light is a brand-new tech start-up, the board of directors has long and wide experience within the lighting and visual industry. Read More »New Start-up Sauca Live Light Wins Innovation Award

Phish’s Summer Tour Hits the Road


Phish’s North American summer tour united the collaborative lighting team of Chris Kuroda, longtime lighting designer for Phish, and associate designer Andrew “Gif” Giffin, who have created a dynamic and eye-catching design with the help of 72 Robe Tetra2 moving LED bars and 60 Robe Spiiders. The band has amassed a loyal, enthusiastic, and cross generational following over the years and are known for their genre-blending extended jams and innovative improvisations.Read More »Phish’s Summer Tour Hits the Road

Cosmo Wilson Creates Evocative Mood for Aerosmith at Fenway Park

Time was on Cosmo Wilson’s mind on Sept. 8 when he lit Aerosmith’s pandemic-postponed 50th Anniversary Concert at iconic Fenway Park. The band’s longtime LD not only transcended time by creating powerful looks that harkened back to the early days of his client’s storied career, he also had called on his considerable bag of tricks to beat the clock when setting up a massive rig for a one-off at a major league baseball stadium.Read More »Cosmo Wilson Creates Evocative Mood for Aerosmith at Fenway Park

Lighting Designer Ben Gilbert Shines a Light on LANY

American pop rock band LANY recently wrapped their 34-city Summer Forever tour with a lighting system supplied by Bandit Lites. The band, named as an acronym for Los Angeles and New York, is comprised of the duo Paul Jason Klein and Jake Clifford Goss. LANY boasts four studio albums, several EPs, more than 3.5 billion song streams, and over 750 million video views.Read More »Lighting Designer Ben Gilbert Shines a Light on LANY