NEW YORK — Production Designer Alex Skowron’s rig for John Fogerty’s recent eight-week U.S. tour included 21 Martin Atomic Colors, 17 MAC 2000 washes, 14 MAC Viper profiles, 14 Viper washes, 10 MAC 2000 profiles, eight MAC IIIs and eight MAC 401 RGB fixtures, all provided by Upstaging. Two Martin M1 consoles ran lighting and video during the show.
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POTTSTOWN, PA – Upstage Video named industry veteran Geza Divenyi vice president. Divenyi, who has 12 years of experience, previously served as general manager with Delaware-based LED screen company, Video Walltronics. He will be based at Upstage Video’s company headquarters here.
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LOS ANGELES — For ABC’s Lady Gaga & The Muppets Holiday Spectacular with guests Sir Elton John, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ru Paul, LD Tom Beck included Clay Paky Sharpys and Sharpy Wash fixtures in a rig controlled by a grandMA2 console.
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RAMA, Ontario, Canada — At Casino Rama, situated at the Chippewas of Rama First Nation reservation, which is about a two-hour drive north from Toronto, the technical crew for the 5,000 capacity Entertainment Centre is using a BroadWeigh wireless load monitoring system from Mantracourt Electronics.
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BIRMINGHAM — White Lies toured U.K. venues in December with support from Colour Sound Experiment, which provided custom truss from James Thomas Engineering and Robe and Clay Paky gear. In addition to Robe CycFX 8 fixtures, MMX Spots, LEDWash 1200/300s and Clay Paky Sharpys, the visual design paired Colour Sound’s BT18 LED screen panels with Robe Media Spinners.
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