Claypaky Launches Two New Arolla Aqua Lights
This year Claypaky unveils two new cutting-edge moving head lighting fixtures in the Arolla Aqua Series: The Arolla Aqua LT and the Arolla Aqua Wash HC. Both come with an IP66 rating.
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Vari-Lite Puts a Free Console on Your Laptop with Neo 4.2 Software Update
Vari-Lite, industry pioneers in moving head lighting control and a Signify entertainment lighting brand, is providing lighting designers, programmers, technicians and students with a “free lighting console on your laptop” with the Neo 4.2 software update, launched last December.
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Analog Way Introduces Newest SMPTE ST 2110 Input and Output Cards for Aquilon
Analog Way presented its latest SMPTE ST 2110 input and output cards for LivePremier systems at ISE 2025, enabling Aquilon to expand its range of applications and seamlessly integrate into ST 2110 workflows, including UHD60. The SMPTE ST 2110 input and output cards for LivePremier systems enable secure video and audio streaming over the network, leveraging the redundancy and long-distance capabilities of the ST 2110 standard.
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Showlight 2025: Reduced Priced Conference Places Available to Early Career Professionals
Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Diamond Sponsor Ayrton, Showlight has a limited number of reduced priced conference places available to early career freelance professionals. Showlight acknowledges all the support from its sponsors, whose generosity allows Showlight to maintain the standards education, entertainment and networking expected of this unique lighting quadrennial.
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Vizrt and ROE Visual Partner to Make XR Production Smarter, Simpler, and More Accessible
Vizrt, the leader in real-time graphics and live production solutions for content creators, and ROE Visual have partnered to present an XR package engineered for engagement, combining simplicity, power, and affordability in one XR package. They displayed the XR solution at ISE 2025 in the Vizrt booth.
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Eleventh Backstage Legends and Masters Award Going to Michael Wyatt
Purchase College, State University of New York’s Broadway Technical Theatre History Project will present the Eleventh “Backstage Legends and Masters Award” to Michael Wyatt on Monday, April 28, 2025 at 7 p.m. at The Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall Theatre. Wyatt started his Broadway career in 1978 and has now spent four and a half decades helping to shape and support a host of Broadway productions.
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A.C. Lighting Promotes Chris Souza to National Sales Manager
A.C. Lighting, distributor of world-class lighting and rigging technologies, announced Chris Souza’s promotion to National Sales Manager. Reporting to Fred Mikeska, Executive Vice President of Sales, Souza will oversee A.C. Lighting’s sales team across the U.S. and Canada.
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67th Annual Grammy Awards
From unforgettable GRAMMY performances to uplifting acceptance speeches, to eclectic fashion, the 2025 GRAMMYs were full of memorable moments. This sizzle reel gives an overview of the music industry’s big night. The 2025 GRAMMYs also raised considerable funds for MusiCares Fire Relief.
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CGS Dry Hire Adds Cameo to its Rental Portfolio
CGS Dry Hire from Denkendorf, Bavaria, has added a large selection of Cameo spots to its dry hire offering for the first time. The dry hire supplier is expanding its rental portfolio to include the OTOS wash moving head, the OTOS H5 IP65 beam-spot-wash hybrid moving head, and the new AZOR SP2 IP65 spot profile moving head. The Cameo spots are immediately available.
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Ayrton Kyalami Beams on ‘Swedish Idol’
Part of a global franchise, ‘Swedish Idol’ is one of the most popular shows on Swedish television. It provides a glittering platform on which hopeful Swedish singing stars can showcase their talents. The latest series of live performances was lit by Lighting Designer, Linus Pansell, who included Ayrton Kyalami, Rivale Profile, and MagicBlade FX fixtures in his rig.
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CHAUVET Helps Nate Haber Invoke Power of Darkness for Imminence
Even as fans who flocked to see Imminence, the quintet from Sweden became more immersed in the show, the audience didn’t always get to “see” the band members, at least not in the literal sense. They didn’t mind, though, the evocative dark space created by LD Nate Haber made it easier for them to dive deeper into the visionary sound that has made this band so popular. Haber called on some CHAUVET gear for his design.
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CHAUVET Helps IPS Set Stage for Gladiator 2 Premiere
The long-awaited premiere of Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator 2’ was held at Leicester Square in London. Contributing to the glamorous and festive tone of the event was a lighting design by Richard Godin that was run on a ChamSys MagicQ MQ250M desk, anchored by a mighty legion of CHAUVET Professional LED video panels, all supplied by Milton Keynes-based IPS.
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