Robe at ISE 2025
Robe – and its associated businesses – enjoyed a brilliantly busy ISE 2025 expo in Barcelona, presenting their largest stand to date in Hall 6,… Read More »Robe at ISE 2025
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TwinCAT Core Boost Accelerates IPC Performance for Next-Level Automation
With TwinCAT Core Boost, Beckhoff is supercharging its proven TwinCAT 3 runtime and robust multicore processing power with turbo mode. TwinCAT Core Boost increases the computing performance of individual real-time or user-mode cores by up to 50%.
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Epson Boosts the Accessibility of Large Venue Projectors
Epson announced its EB-PU2220B and EB-PU2120W now support standard 120-volt power up to 19,000 lumens.1 In response to market enthusiasm for its 20,000-lumen projectors, Epson sought out a solution to make this class of projectors more accessible to end users. Support for 120 volts power is a game changer in live event, education and large venue installation applications.
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A Sky Full of M-Spheres: MEGA-LITE at the Umphrey’s McGee Concert
At the end of 2024, Umphrey’s McGee, a rock band known for their genre-expansive and improvisation-heavy sound, played four shows in Colorado to bring in the New Year. The Tour Lighting Director, Ben Factor, brought in the M-Sphere fixture from MEGA-LITE to make the shows feel big. Squeek Lights supported the lighting for these shows.
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SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall
SNL celebrated 50 years of iconic musical moments with a live concert from Radio City Music Hall on Friday Feb. 14, 2025. The show featured a star-studded lineup and special guests. Here are some of the performances to see the great production supporting them all and a list of some of the team involved in the production.
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GLP Excels at ISE 2025 in Barcelona
With an enlarged booth, innovative new products, and a sustainable trade fair presence, GLP began a promising year at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2025 show in Barcelona.
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Foundation for Stage Managers Announces Spring Fundraising Campaign
The Foundation for Stage Managers (FSM), formerly known as the Stage Managers’ Association Foundation, announces its Spring 2025 Fundraising Campaign. The campaign has a Valentine’s theme: Give your Stage Managers a little love. Starting Valentine’s Day, February 14, and running through March 14, FSM is seeking donations representing a love of Stage Managers, to fund grants to be awarded by the Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit established in 2022.
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MEGA-LITE Launches the PieLite Multibeam
MEGA-LITE introduces the PieLite Multibeam, a new versatile lighting fixture designed for precision and flexibility. Featuring seven 60W + Cool White LED 4.5° pixel beams… Read More »MEGA-LITE Launches the PieLite Multibeam
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Richard “Wookie” Whitley Engages Fans on Cody Johnson’s ‘Leather Deluxe’ Tour with CHAUVET
Cody Johnson, the multi-platinum CMA award-winning singer, is touring arenas throughout North America, Australia and the UK, between now and the end of the summer on his ‘Leather Deluxe’ Tour. Enhancing the goodtime atmosphere, is a high-energy Richard “Wookie” Whitley lighting design, complete with a range of CHAUVET Professional lights.
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The Joyce Theater Uses Blackmagic Design for Archival Workflow
Blackmagic Design announced that The Joyce Theater, a 472 seat dance and performance venue in the heart of Manhattan, relies on Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K G2 and numerous Blackmagic Design converters to create archival footage of performances. The footage is used by dance companies for daily notes, as a record of a particular performance, or for teaching purposes for new dancers or stage managers.
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Claypaky Fixtures Shine for Sunidhi Chauhan’s ‘I Am Home’ Concerts
A wide array of Claypaky fixtures illuminated the Kolkata and Bangalore (Bengaluru) concerts on Sunidhi Chauhan’s ongoing ‘I Am Home’ tour. Lighting Designer Jasangat Sonpal selected Claypaky Sharpy X Frames, HY B-EYE K25, Tambora Batten Square, Tambora Flash, Sinfonya Profiles, and ReflectXion fixtures for the shows.
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In Memoriam: Vince Edwards, 57
Vince Edwards, longtime Sound Engineer for Sound Image Productions and host of ‘Beyond the Backstage Pass’, died Feb. 6 at age 57. Vince created and moderated ‘The Backstage Pass’ and ‘Death X Load Out’. In March 2000, he started his YouTube channel, ‘Beyond the Backstage Pass’, which celebrated the unsung heroes in backstage production.
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