AUSTRIA – Drapes, soft goods and LED special effects specialist S+H Technical services supplied large quantities of silver lame draping for the series and final of ITV’s new ‘Get Your Act Together‘ talent show, where assorted celebrities had the chance to let their hidden talents shine by learning and polishing new skills … and performing live onstage.
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ATLANTA – Brad McWhorter of Atlanta Audio Visual incorporated a collection of Legend fixtures from Chauvet Professional into the rig lighting the Isley Brothers for some of their recent peformances. McWhorter positioned 20 Legend 230SR moving beams over the stage on trussing to create a new look for Ronald Isley and the band.
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Kylie Minogue’s Kiss Me Once tour, in support of her 2014 album release, moves to the artist’s native Australia with plans for five concerts in March 2015 before returning for another tour leg in Europe this summer. The 2015 shows follow the artist’s 2014 tour, with close to 30 shows in the U.K. and Europe. LD Rob Sinclair and lighting director Louisa Smurthwaite provided insight into the creative processes behind the tour’s extensive lighting design, which included fixtures from Harman’s Martin Professional.
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The recent Broadway production of Constellations, a two-person drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, seems deceptively simple: a short 70-minute play in which the duo plays a couple that meets, falls in love, then copes with insecurities, infidelity, and illness. Above them hover a group of “balloons” of varying sizes that are omnipresent as the actors play out the scenes numerous times, reciting many of the same lines but offering multiple takes on the relationship based on a “what if” premise. What if one person had reacted to or acted differently in a certain situation?
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SAN ANTONIO, TX – Mega Systems, Inc. launched a new website with features designed to improve the online experience for site visitors.
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The Mega-Lite Outshine T54 par fixture from Mega Systems Inc. features 18 3W Tri-RGB LEDs and is IP65 rated for outdoor use.
Read More »COLUMBIA, MD — Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. is bringing together a group of architects in its second installment of the Business of Creativity video series to discuss “Staying Creative In Your Firm.” The video will debut March 18, 2015 at 2 p.m. EDT. Registered participants will receive an email detailing how they can view the discussion.
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AALBORG, Denmark – The new Musikkens Hus (House of Music) opened in the northern Danish city of Aalborg has been equipped with ETC Gio control, Sensor 3 power control and more than 50 ETC LED luminaires.
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We caught up with the Eric Church tour in February and spoke with Butch Allen (lighting, set and production designer) and Rob Koenig (associate lighting designer, programmer and director) about the tour, which has exploded along with Eric’s popularity. Eric’s devoted fans in Salt Lake City got something extra when both band and crew got a bad case of the stomach flu. Instead of canceling the gig, Eric went on with the show solo, playing 19 songs with no fancy lights, video or stage production, just spotlights for a rare performance. He also told the crowd that they would get a free makeup show later in the tour.
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Will Potts has been working professionally in the industry since graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) in 2006 with a BA in Technical Production Arts, although his first paid jobs specifically in lighting were in 2003 at The Arches, a multipurpose arts venue in Glasgow, Scotland. Here he was given the opportunity to light concerts, clubs and theatre, gaining valuable creative experience while working closely with all sorts of artists in different genres of performance.
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“It’s the hardest show I do, but I love it because you’re working with the best of everybody,” Mark Grega of Strictly FX says of the Super Bowl.
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It’s 9:40 a.m. on a warm January South Florida morning, and gathered around a conference table are three lighting professionals who have been brought to Chauvet’s HQ for a visit. Typical of lighting guys, they are sharing war stories on the challenges of providing lighting and video (in this instance, as it relates to the house of worship market).
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