NASHVILLE – American alternative rock band X Ambassadors is touring North America through March on their “VHS” tour using a unique fully MIDI-triggered lighting rig designed by Cour Design. The setup includes Elation Professional SixPar 200 LED PAR color changers and Platinum Beam 5R beam lights.
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HAMBURG, Germany – Helene Fischer’s live show, lit with Robe fixtures, drew close to 110,000 to the Berlin Olympiastadion last summer. A miniature version of the show – at 1:87 scale – is now part of the Miniatur Wunderland attraction in Hamburg. Sven Hinzmann and the Miniatur Wunderland technical teams came up with miniaturized Robe gear including BMFL Spots, Pointes and LEDWash 600s for the tiny version of the stage show.
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NASHVILLE – Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, Christian music’s largest annual tour, has returned to the road with lighting provided by Bandit Lites. Artists this year include For King and Country, Matthew West, Crowder, Lauren Daigle, Red and Newsong. Production manager Jerry Holcomb worked with Bandit’s project manager Matt King and business development officer Brent Barrett to make the 360-degree stage lighting design a reality.
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HOUSTON – The Alley Theatre is a nationally recognized performing arts company that creates a wide range of innovative productions. Recently undergoing a $46.5 million renovation, which included improvements to the Hubbard Theatre, Associate Director for Design Kevin Rigdon was asked to also serve as the Principal Designer for the project. So working with theatrical consultants Bill Connor & Associates as well as Philips Strand Lighting Authorized Dealer StageLight, Rigdon was tasked with creating a more intimate relationship between the audience and the actors on stage, and he did so using 68 Showline SL PAR 155 ZOOM LED luminaires.
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ZACATECAS, Mexico – For a color wash on a section of elevated roadway that runs for close to 1000 feet, the Zacatecas State Government turned to Iluminacion Versatil S.A. de C.V., from Xalapa, Veracruz and lighting designer/project supervisor Luis Amaro. Amaro lit the roadway’s underside with fixtures from Chauvet’s ILUMINARC division.
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MILAN, Italy – LD Francesco De Cave turned to Clay Paky fixtures to meet Mediaset TV’s studio lighting needs for the OpenSpace TV talent show. The studio is now using the Clay Paky Alpha Profile 800 STs he had requested, chosen for their compact size and powerful output.
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Christie reports another industry benchmark with the recently launched HS Series laser phosphor projectors. The company says it includes the world’s brightest 1DLP laser phosphor projector. Featuring “BoldColor Technology” for richer, more vivid colors, and a 3X color wheel speed, the Christie D12HD-HS and Christie D12WU-HS respectively deliver HD and WUXGA resolution in a compact chassis that is the quietest 10,000+ lumens laser phosphor projector on the market.
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AUSTIN, TX – High End Systems announced a new global sales team for 2016 that includes Chris Ferrante (GM), Jeff Pelzl (APAC/Oceania Regional Sales Manager), Sean Hoey (Eastern US Regional Sales Manager), Bobby Hale (Director of Fixed Installations) and Sales Administration Manager Betsy Childers. Rounding out the new sales force are Paul Hancock (Central US Regional Sales Manager), Noel Garcia (Latin America Regional Sales Manager), Ruediger Haeming (Western US Regional Sales Manager) and Scott Kinnebrew (Eastern US Technical Sales Manager) and Shayla Johnson (Inside Sales).
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LONDON – Fall Out Boy are on a world tour in support of their ‘American Beauty/American Psycho’ album with a perspective-bending lighting design by Robb Jibson using Clay Paky Mythos and A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures. A.C.T Lighting supplied the 33 Mythos to Jibson for the tour. The 12x B-EYE K20s were supplied by Neg Earth.
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NOTTINGHAM, U.K. – For a production of ‘Terrorism’ by Oleg and Vladimir Presnyakov, Lucy Greaves, technical course leader at New College Nottingham, UK, met the need for a lighting effect that could focus on an actor’s face by turning to Glyn O’Donoghue at Ambersphere Solutions. O’Donoghue put Thor Andre’ from the Technical Sales team in charge of the project and he liaised directly with Technical Tutor, Andy Atkin. They worked toward a solution that included Ayrton MagicDot-R and Ayrton NandoBeam S3 fixtures.
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LONDON – A new production of Harvey Granville Barker’s play Waste is currently showing at The National’s Lyttelton Theatre with smooth ‘swipe’ curtain movements utilizing Triple E’s Chaintrack, Unitrack and Unibeam systems.
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