UK – Award winning theatre designer Lucy Osborne and internationally acclaimed lighting designer Emma Chapman of Studio Three Sixty, will join James Grieve, joint artistic director of Paines Plough, and Gavin Green of Charcoalblue theatre consultancy at the UK Theatre’s Touring Symposium 2015 to discuss Paines Plough’s award winning, pop-up Roundabout Theatre.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – It’s been called Montreal’s Ultimate Outdoor Winter Rave. Igloofest recently returned to town for the ninth edition of the popular electronic music festival, a cool way to hear the hottest tracks on four three-day weekends from January 16 to February 8.
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LOS ANGELES – Cliff Garten’s “Los Angeles Opens Its Heart of Compassion” transforms a Koreatown parking structure into a large-format blend of color, form and transparency designed to resonate with the neighborhood’s heritage. Garten got an assist with the project from Lightswitch Architectural.
Read More »Eurotruss’ HD22 ladder beam truss promises strength, durability and ease of use. The product uses standard FD/HD truss connection types and is sized at 200mm x 50mm. The main tube is 48.4mm x 4.47mm and the bracing is 20mm x 2mm. The ladder truss weighs 4.3 kg/meter. Eurotruss notes that the 200mm that the diagonal bracing pattern ensures maximum stability. The truss is available with 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-way corner blocks (1 to 4 way horizontally). The bracing pattern is symmetrical, using 20 x 2mm diagonals and straight end braces.
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AUSTIN, TX — Martin Professional announced the appointment of Brad Schiller as business development manager of rental & touring for the U.S. Schiller will be based in Austin, Texas and will report to Grif Palmer, senior manager of rental & touring/lighting.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Harman’s Martin Professional will be exhibiting in Hall 9, stand A93 at Prolight+Sound 2015, taking place April 15-18 at Messe, Frankfurt.
Read More »CINCINNATI, OH – Studio Gear, a Platinum High End Systems partner based in Milwaukee, Wis, will be exhibiting at the USITT Conference & Stage Expo in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 18th-21st. Products on display from High End Systems will include the Shapeshifter, Solaspot Pro 1500, Solawash 19, Axon HD Pro, and the entire Hog4 product lineup.
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PHOENIX – When you’re a lighting professional you don’t go to the opera only to enjoy the soaring music and beautiful set designs, you also can’t help but cast an analytical eye on the lighting rig. Peter Nolle, technical director of the Arizona Opera, knows this very well. Visiting an out-of-town opera, Nolle was awed by a star, not on stage, but over the stage, in the form of overhead COLORado 2-Quad Zoom Tour, par-style RGBW LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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Bob See, founder and CEO of See Factor Industry and one of the leading innovators in rock ‘n’ roll tour packaging, died Feb. 10, 2015. See Factor noted that he died peacefully in his sleep. He was 67.
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SUN VALLEY, USA – TV Lighting director, Kathleen Dobbins, has been involved with the popular NBC talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers since its launch in February 2014, working alongside lighting designer, Rick McGuinness and show producer Mike Shoemaker.
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CHICAGO, IL – Kevin Rosenhagen has joined JR Lighting Design, Inc. full-time as Director of Operations. He comes to the quickly-growing Chicago-based lighting production, integration, and sales company with over a decade of experience in the live entertainment, television, and theatrical industries. He will handle day-to-day operations, production and project management, and production/rental logistics.
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