SINGAPORE — Singapore hosted the 28th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) June 5-16 in conjunction with the republic’s 50th year of independence, using Riedel Communications’ Artist digital matrix intercom system and Acrobat digital wireless intercom system for the event’s opening and closing ceremonies.
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CONCORD, CA – When “The End Times” tour kicked-off at the Concord Pavilion in California, it was the first official tour for the Smashing Pumpkins following the release of their latest album Monuments To An Elegy. As the longtime tour lighting designer, Lawrence Upton of UV Lighting was once again designing the lighting rig for the alternative rock band, and the co-headlining line-up with Marilyn Manson presented a unique set of challenges. So working with tour lighting provider DPS, Upton created a festival-type lighting rig complete with 24 VL4000 Spot luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite to give himself the creative freedom needed to surpass those challenges.
Read More »SALT LAKE CITY – Student and early career theatrical artists can gain recognition, cash, and a trip to USITT 2016 in Salt Lake City if chosen for one of 11 Young Designers & Technicians in the Performing Arts awards from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology. Online nominations for the YD&T awards open Sept. 1.
CARLSTADT, NJ — City Theatrical has been named exclusive distributor for Core Lighting products in the Americas. Along with the QolorPoint battery powered wireless uplighter (pictured here), other Core Lighting products with City Theatrical’s SHoW DMX built in are set to ship in late 2015 and early 2016.
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WASHINGTON, DC — For ‘Nitro Circus Live,’ a tour originating in Australia that features daredevil bike riders, skateboarders and stunts with props ranging from water coolers, rocking horses and La-Z-Boy furniture, LD Francesco Calvi’s lighting design includes 18 GLP impression X4 fixtures. Calvi, also based in Australia, worked with production manager Brendan Maher on the project. Upstaging is providing the fixtures for the U.S. tour legs this year.
ELGIN, IL – Harting noted that it is supporting its customers who rely on the ProFiNet (Process Field Net) industrial Ethernet standad with a conformity declaration of new products in accordance with the current ProFiNet Cabling and Interconnection Guideline.
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SEABROOK, NH – Port Lighting Systems added 16 Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800 fixtures to its inventory recently. The fixtures were sourced via A.C.T Lighting, distributor for Clay Paky gear in North America.
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JOHANNESBURG – Production Designer Declan Randall included Robe fixtures in the rig for the new South African production of Sister Act. The 89 Robe LED moving lights used for the ‘Rose Window’ scenes are a visual highlight for the show.
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NEW YORK – The deadline for ordering 2015 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards is Sept. 14, 2015. These unique cards were created especially for Behind the Scenes by designers William Ivey Long, Robert Mendoza, Bruce Rodgers, Court Watson, Paul Weimer, and Paige Weintraut.
CHICAGO – Zac Brown Band’s Jekyll + Hyde North American Stadium Tour presented by Bai is the band’s largest tour to date and features a production design created by James Scott and Louis Oliver, of UK-based creative specialist Okulus. The design includes several moving elements with a Kinesys control system at its core.
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SAN FRANCISCO – Auerbach Pollock Friedlander noted that Steve Pollock has been with the design firm for 30 years. He joined the company’s San Francisco office in 1985 and was named Vice President in 1993. He has been responsible for the planning, programming, design and management of hundreds of national and international projects during his tenure.
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IBIZA – The high-profile team behind Heart, a recent addition to Ibiza’s thriving summer nightlife scene, turned to Belgium-based Arf & Yes for the nightspot’s lighting design, which needed to be flexible for a variety of performances staged there. Featured fixtures include 112 Rogue R1 Washes from Chauvet Professional, supplied by Stonex Show Lighting.