NEW YORK – American Idiot, which received Tony Awards for "Best Scenic Design of a Musical" and "Best Lighting Design of a Musical," relies heavily on video displays and projections as scenic elements, driven by a system including 17 Hippotizer HD media servers.
Read More »CONCHO, OK – High winds are being blamed for ripping down a tent, injuring six crew members and causing extensive damage to gear on the afternoon prior to a July 6 show featuring Peter Frampton and YES. None of the injuries were life-threatening, but two crew members were hospitalized, one with a broken leg.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. – DBN Lighting supplied lighting design, equipment and crew for the main stage and two other tented areas for the two-day Parklife music festival, staged at 100-year-old Platt Fields Park and organized by The Warehouse Project and Ear To The Ground.
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LONDON – Martin Professional named Mike Walker as the company's new sales director for the U.K. entertainment market. Walker had operated his own AV consultancy for the past two years. Prior to that, he had been with Creative Technology for 14 years, the last five as sales director.
Read More »LONDON – White Light has been named exclusive U.K. distributor for i-Pix, manufacturer of the BB- and Satellite low-energy LED fixtures.
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TROY, MI – Kensington Community Church, a nondenominational church with about 10,000 worshippers per Sunday at its five campuses, needed switchers for its growing video production needs that would also be user-friendly for the volunteer teams who run them. Advanced Lighting & Sound provided FOR-A HVS-300HS HD/SD digital video switchers to meet the church's needs.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The Artscape Theatre has been equipped the four Robert Juliat 1800W MSR Victor followspots, supplied and installed by Electrosonic SA. The Victors – the first in South Africa – are installed in the 1,487-seat main Opera Theatre, the largest of the theatre's three auditoriums.
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PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand – A local landmark in the city square was damaged by a storm in 2006 and recently restored. It has been equipped with 12 Chauvet COLORado Batten 72 TOUR LED fixtures which create a four-sided lantern effect.
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SOUTHAMPTON, U.K. – The four primary entertainment venues aboard P&O Cruises' new 290-meter-long, 3,500-capacity cruise ship, Azura, have been equipped with more than 120 Robe moving light fixtures.
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JOHANNESBURG – Sets Drapes Screens (SDS), the specialist set building company of Gearhouse South Africa, marked two years since it was launched in 2008 to complement other companies in the Gearhouse Group.
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DUBAI, U.A.E. – Promoter Fluid Production brought DJ David Guetta to the Dubai World Trade Center recently. LD Frank Schotman used Martin fixtures and LED panels to create visual pulses synched to the audible beat.
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GLASTONBURY, U.K. – Twenty i-Pix BB 2×2 LED fixtures made their live event debut on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2010. Andy "Fraggle" Porter rigged three on the overhead trusses and used others for "camera candy" and general stage washing.
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