LONDON – Entertainment lighting specialist White Light has recently become the exclusive UK distributor of Altman Lighting products. The Yonkers, NY-based Altman have a 50-year history of lighting innovation in the theatrical, architectural, film and video lighting markets.
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LONDON – Clay Paky’s President/CEO Pasquale Quadri presented the lighting industry charity Light Relief with a £ 5,000 ($7,991) donation. The charity supports those with financial aid in the industry who experience hard times. Pio Nahum, chief commercial officer for Clay Paky, says, “Without the lighting designers who use our equipment so imaginatively and who willingly feedback to our R&D, Clay Paky could not be so successful. It’s important to us that we acknowledge our appreciation and offer our support to those individuals who need it. Light Relief is the perfect way for us to do this.”
Read More »VADODARA, India — Two elevated platforms with spectators viewing garba dance rituals during the nine-day Hindu observance of Navaratri collapsed on Oct. 18 and 20, injuring several of the spectators.
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Blizzard Lighting’s Fab5 Series LED fixtures will incorporate 15W, 5-in-1 RGBAW LEDs with internal color mixing achieved with red, green, blue, amber and white nodes. The first two fixtures, due out in November, are the Puck Fab5, pictured left, and ToughPAR Fab5, below right. The Puck Fab5, a new variation of the Puck series flat LED par can, will feature seven of the new 15W 5-in-1 LEDs.
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Read More »RED Lighting’s Pixel Par and Pixel Square LED fixtures feature COB (Chip on Board) technology, where the sources are mounted on a flat circuit board at an imperceptible distance from each other for a homogenized effect. Output is considerable — up to 100W per chip — with a minimal luminous flux decadence and a lower heat production. The Pixel Par LED works with just a single 100W three-in-one RGB tri-COB LED and consumes 120W power. It is 215mm by 215mm by 240mm in size and weighs 2.5kgs. The Pixel Square has 16 30W RGB tri-COB LEDs, with 560W power consumption. It is 345mm by 165mm by 380mm in size and weighs 5.2 kgs. Both feature 60 degree beam angles and power-in specs of AC 110V-240V and 50Hz/60Hz.
Read More »TORONTO — Prolyte Group, a manufacturer of truss, roof systems, crowd barriers, staging and hoists, named A.C. Lighting Inc., based here, as its distributor for North America. The company’s manufacturing facilities are in Wakefield, U.K.; Leek, The Netherlands; and Slatina, Romania. Prolyte also offers custom manufacturing through its Litestructures and Brilliant Stages divisions.
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LOS ANGELES — Road Radios, LLC announced the opening of their new office in Nashville, TN starting Nov. 1, 2012. The company was founded in 2004 and has grown into a major provider of two-way radio equipment for entertainment, sports and corporate event production. “We are excited about bringing our operations to the heart of the Country Western market and look forward to providing excellent communication needs and unsurpassed custom service to our clients,” said Jeremy Schilling, president of Road Radios.
Read More »It has been a dozen years now that PLSN and FOH magazines have combined their energies to shine the spotlight on the people who make shows happen at the annual Parnelli Awards. It is truly one of the most important things we do every year. It allows us to pay tribute to our industry and the people who have dedicated their careers and lives in making this an industry we can all share the privilege of being a part of.
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For more than 20 years, the PLASA Show has called London’s Earls Court home. Sadly, 2012 is the last year the show will take place in the legendary hall — PLASA 2013 moves to London’s ExCel Oct. 6-9. With more than a 125-year heritage filled with history, stories and shows, Earls Court is closing and being demolished to be replaced with 8,000 new apartments, retail stores, and, possibly, a new meeting center.
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Like many other disciplines in the theater, lighting design has undergone a big shift in recent years as technological innovations have increased and as the demand for more eye-popping shows has grown. At times it feels like Broadway has gone Hollywood, but seasoned LDs know how to strike the right balance between the artistic and the technical. Not every big show has to be over-the-top to be effective; it all comes down to what the show and its story require. Both Don Holder and Ken Billington have tackled their share of smaller productions, big extravaganzas and other projects. Their latest credits include Annie and Chaplin: The Musical, respectively. Their combined experience came to the fore when they sat down with PLSN in Billington’s office to discuss their craft, their careers and their philosophies.
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