Tait/FTSI Seminar at PLASA Details Production of Batman Live

LONDON — Key members of the Batman Live production team joined Tait Towers staff to reveal the details behind the show at a seminar Sept. 12 during this year’s PLASA exhibition in Earls Court, London. Production director Jake Berry and set designer Es Devlin, who sought out Tait Towers for the ambitious live touring production, were joined at the seminar by James “Winky” Fairorth, president of Tait Towers, along with Dana Bartholomew from Fisher Technical Services (FTSI), also part of the Tait Tower’s group.

DARESBURY, U.K. — The Loudsound-produced dance festival, Creamfields, returned for 2011 with LarMac Live (LML) coordinated technical production for a second year. LML also facilitates production on Rockness, Bestival and other Loundsound-produced events. For Creamfields, production manager Ian “Lar” Greenway played a key role, assisted by Anthony Norris.

WARSAW, Poland — Warsaw’s skyline became more colorful when the central tower for the city’s Palace of Culture and Science received a lighting update from Prolight, using Griven Powershine D RGBW fixtures controlled by Wireless Solution’s W-DMX.

LONDON — LD Tom Kenny designed the original lighting scheme for Roger Daltrey’s U.K. tour, which features songs from The Who’s rock opera, Tommy. But Kenny was busy with prior commitments in the U.S., and had LD Dave Farmer step in.

OSLO — For The Hellbillies, a Norwegian rock/country band, LD Roy Arne Wold is using a Jands Vista T2 console and Vista v2 software to control lighting and video.