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NW Group Equipping New Zealand Venues with HES Hog Consoles

NW Group Equipping New Zealand Venues with HES Hog Consoles

NW Group Equipping New Zealand Venues with HES Hog Consoles

AUCKLAND – New Zealand’s theatres, venues and hire companies have embraced the High End Systems Hog platform, with multiple units installed around the country by NW Group. The latest addition, a Road Hog 4 in Auckland’s SKYCITY Theatre, joins a flagship Hog 4 in Tauranga’s Baycourt Theatre, a Road Hog 4 in Auckland’s Bruce Mason Theatre, multiple Hog models across the seven council-run Positively Wellington Venues, and Hogs for hire across the country.

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Elite Sound and Lighting’s Darren Russell on the left with Andrew Tweedie, CTC’s Head of Lighting

Canberra Theatre Center Invests in Robe

CANBERRA, Australia – Canberra Theatre Centre (CTC) has three main venues – the 1,244 seat Canberra Theatre; The Playhouse, which holds 614; and The Studio, a black box space with 100 capacity. Last year, the CTC invested in its first moving lights. Head of lighting Andrew Tweedie opted for Robe fixtures, which were delivered by Elite Sound and Lighting. Pictured here is Elite Sound and Lighting’s Darren Russell on the left with Andrew Tweedie, CTC’s Head of Lighting.

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BBS Lighting has developed Bank LED Remote Phosphor lights using fficient and color accurate Remote Phosphor LED lighting.

BBS Lighting Debuts First LED Remote Phosphor Light Bank System

PARIS – After pioneering highly efficient and color accurate Remote Phosphor LED lighting, BBS Lighting applied this technology to create the first Bank LED Remote Phosphor lights. Bank systems have long been popular due to their versatility and convenient form factor. BBS has improved on the classic light bank by adding the benefits of Remote Phosphor technology in the Pipeline 4-Bank, 3’ and 4’ systems.

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Syncrolite Celebrates Red Rock Resort’s 10th Anniversary in Las Vegas

Syncrolite Celebrates Red Rock Resort’s 10th Anniversary in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS – Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas celebrated its 10th anniversary on April 23, 2016 with a fireworks and lighting show featuring Syncrolite XL Xenon searchlights that filled the sky over the resort in an eight-minute choreographed lighting, fireworks and audio display. The 45 XL’s were placed in three groups of 15 fixtures around the resort creating a huge stage for the aerial art. Veteran crew chief TJ Benton along with Travis Slater and Travis Braudaway were on hand to set-up and execute a flawless light show. Syncrolite coordinated the performance with Fireworks by Grucci who designed and produced the show, one of the largest fireworks display ever hosted by a single venue in Las Vegas.

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Panic! At The Disco Tours with Bandit Lites

Panic! At The Disco Tours with Bandit Lites

NASHVILLE – Panic! at the Disco wrapped their spring tour with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The American pop/rock band known for their clever lyrics and distinctive sound released their fifth studio album, Death of a Bachelor, earlier this year, and is gearing up for a co-headlining summer tour with Weezer. Lighting designer Alex Specht of Spechtrum Lighting created a multi-layered look using a floor package that symmetrically parted a center drum riser with Martin MAC Vipers and Chauvet RH1 Rogues along the deck, road cases and four 6-foot truss towers with alternately hung Chauvet Nexus 4x4s and Atomic Strobes.

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Avolites Names Group One Sole US Distributor For Ai Media Server

FARMINGDALE, NY — Avolites Ltd named Farmingdale, NY-based Group One Ltd as the sole US distributor for its Ai range of media servers. As of May 1t, Group One is now promoting, selling and supporting Avolites’ new Ai R Series media servers, which boast a long list of powerful features and hardware, alongside the manufacturer’s existing lighting control products, all designed and manufactured in the UK.

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311 Day in New Orleans

Rock Band 311 Marks Another 311 Day in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS – It’s an even-numbered year so it was time for rock band 311 to celebrate their biennial 311 Day with two arena shows in New Orleans on March 11 and 12.  Lighting designer Joe Paradise of House Lights Go Inc. and assistant designer/programmer Bobby Grey selected Clay Paky fixtures and a grandMA2 console for the event, which drew 15,000 fans representing every US state and 17 countries.  A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky and MA Lighting products in North America.

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Riverdance photo by Louise Stickland

PSI Supports New Riverdance Production with Double-Braked Hoists

DUBLIN and BELFAST – Production Services Ireland (PSI), a Dublin- and Belfast-based lighting, rigging and visuals production specialist, is supplying lighting and rigging equipment to the current UK and European tour of Riverdance, one of the most successful dance shows in the world. It’s PSI’s fourth tour with Riverdance. On this tour, they have made a substantial investment  in the new EXE-Rise 1000kg 8:1 double-braked electric chain hoists  – the first off the production line in Italy, delivered to PSI by Area Four Industries through Adam Beaumont. They are part of a total investment in over 50 new motors.

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The show runs through Sept. 4, 2016.

Major Museum Exhibition Uses GLP LED Fixtures to Highlight Rolling Stones’ Long Career

LONDON –  Exhibitionism, a major museum retrospective of the Rolling Stones’ long career in music, is taking over both floors of London’s Saatchi Gallery through Sept. 4. The multi-media show features more than 500 artifacts within nine gallery spaces. Woodroffe Bassett Design (WBD) is using GLP LED fixtures supplied by White Light for the exhibition. They include 25 GLP impression X4 fixtures and six of the new X4 Bar 20 batten fixtures.

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