Product Innovation On Display at ProLight+ Sound

FRANKFURT, Germany – Given the economic hardships endured by businesses around the globe, organizers of Musikmesse and ProLight + Sound were bracing for a tough 2010 show. But the event attacted 2,340 exhibitors, 62 percent of them from outside Germany, and almost 110,000 visitors from 128 countries, which was only a modest decline from 2009's 2,388 exhibitors and 112,478 visitor counts.

Held from March 24-27, ProLight + Sound served as a focal point for product innovation in the live event industry. Here's a glimpse of some of the innovations on display.

HONG KONG – Robert Juliat dealer Pacific Lighting Ltd provided 24 RJ 611SX profiles for the City Hall Concert Hall, the largest interior venue within the Hong Kong City Hall complex, which also houses a theatre, an exhibition hall, gallery and numerous restaurants. The fixtures have been installed on the Front-of-House bridges.

LONDON – Now under the management of Blackfriars' newly-created Blackfriars Promotions, the 2,500-plus capacity Victorian Coronet Theatre offers an array of in-house events supported by a lighting system upgrade including GLP's new Impression 120 RZ zoom fixtures.

LONDON – The Really Useful Group, producers of Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, worked with Stage Technologies and Delstar Engineering for the automation system for the West End production at the Adelphi Theatre.