QUEENSLAND, Australia – The Empire Theatre’s technical staff wanted to upgrade their aging Martin MAC 500 fixtures with newer models. It needed to provide more output, be small in size, and fit within a certain price range. After looking around, they decided on six Clay Paky Alpha Profile 700s, chosen not only for their requirements, but because of the framing shutters it provided.
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BELARUS – LD Ilya Piatrouski and his team from Blackout Studio are embarking on a new season for the show, Pride of The Nation, broadcast by Belarus’ Second National TV channel. Piatrouski says when it’s time for a new design, he turns to the PR Lighting catalog, distributed in Belarus by FE-Belimlight, to fulfill his lighting needs.
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WISCONSIN DELLS, WI – In southeastern Wisconsin is Wisconsin Dells, an area comprising four counties linked by their water parks and tourist attractions. People come here to escape. So it’s not unusual to see The Reef At Marley’s – an island themed nightclub allowing visitors to escape to the tropics. Elation Lighting, Acclaim Lighting and American DJ products fill the rig to the rafters.
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MONTREAL – MDG, a manufacturer of fog and haze atmospheric effects, has appointed AED Distribution as its official distributor in the Belgian and Luxembourg markets. This will allow clients to not only buy MDG products through AED Distribution, but also to rent products through its sister company, AED Rent.
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WISBECH, UK – European flightcase manufacturer 5 Star Cases has created its newest series of “fly away” portable video production units (PPUs). The smaller PPUs were designed for Central Presentations Ltd., which needed something smaller, more portable and quick and easy to install and rig for small to medium events. Basically, all that’s needed is power and the video equipment in the case is ready to go.
Read More »TRIESTE, Italy — Scaffolding and truss crumpled at about 2 pm prior to a Dec. 12 rock concert featuring Jovanotti at the 6,943-seat PalaTrieste. The collapse killed one stage worker and injured eight others, according to press reports. About 20 workers had nearly completed construction of the structure for Jovanotti’s Ora Tour at the time of the accident. The worker who died at the scene, Francesco Pinna, 20, was a college student. Authorities and investigators restricted access to the venue and the concert was canceled.
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MA Lighting’s MA onPC command wing serves as a hardware expansion for designers looking for 2,048 parameter mobile access to the grandMA2 control system via onPC software. The MA onPC command wing incorporates the command section of the grandMA2 consoles and makes it easier to use the free-of-charge grandMA2 onPC software.
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SINGAPORE – Singapore’s School of the Arts (SOTA) recently selected 10 Alpha Spot HPE 700 and 11 Alpha Wash 700s to illuminate three performance halls run by students studying the creative arts. The equipment was installed by regional lighting and staging specialists Desisti Asia Pte Ltd.
Read More »For Paul Simon’s recent So Beautiful or So What tour, LD Rich Locklin and lighting director Steve Fallon use a large screen filled with media… Read More »Using Video for Moving Light Beams, Visual Depth
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