This month’s PLSN Buyer’s Guide looks at Staging, Lifts, and Flooring products. These are the core products that support productions, whether a stage, a personnel lift, or a floor surface designed to hold up to touring and performing on a regular basis.
Blizzard Lighting, a leader in pro and entertainment lighting, unveiled its newest luminaire for on-the-go shows, the HYPE™ 150 moving head spot. Compact, feature-packed and powerful, this punchy 150-watt mover is lightweight for easy transport and set-up. It’s also loaded with features that are not typically found in movers of its size.Read More »Blizzard Introduces the Compact & Mighty HYPE™ 150 Mover
ADJ has expanded its sales team in Germany through the recruitment of industry professional Daniel Danzer. With more 25 years of experience in the sales and distribution of entertainment lighting equipment, as well as a long-established relationship with ADJ, Danzer is uniquely placed to augment the company’s existing sales force in the country.Read More »ADJ Europe Expands German Team with Appointment of Industry Sales Professional Daniel Danzer
Registration for the 2023 edition of Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) is now open. The event will take place Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2023 at he Fira… Read More »Registration Opens for ISE 2023
PRG proudly contributed lighting, rigging, and LED video panels for first edition of UniVisionarios, which aired live on Thursday, September 22, 2022 on Univision. The lighting design by Rene Garcia featured more than 280 fixtures including Chroma Q Color Forces, Robe 600s and 1200s, and Vari-Lite VL2600s. The set design by Univision Production Designer Jorge Dominguez centered around a 40’W x 29’H LED wall comprised of 325 tiles, weighing in at nearly 10,000 lbs.Read More »PRG Provides 360° Solutions for ‘UniVisionarios’ 2022
The ADJ team is preparing to hit the road this fall for a series of Take Control events at pro audio and lighting retail stores across the U.S. The one-day educational product showcase events will star the ADJ WMX1 standalone controller alongside the ADJ LINK iPad-based control system and will provide hands on training on how these innovative tools can be used to take creative lighting control to the next level for live event entertainers and stage performers, as well as installations into bars, lounges, churches, and community theaters.Read More »ADJ Launch ‘Take Control’ Lighting Controller Product Showcase to Demo & Teach Users About WMX1 and LINK Controllers
Luminex will showcase its award-winning 10GB GigaCore 30i AV network switch at Cine Gear Atlanta and NAB (AES) Show New York in the USA with its North American Distributor A.C. Lighting Inc. “We were excited to meet our partners in person and to present our new products at several international trade shows in the past months. The Luminex team was thrilled to have received lots of positive feedback from partners, users, and media on how the GigaCore 30i AV switch can perfectly fit into different applications, even without any IT knowledge,” says Bart Swinnen, Luminex’s CEO. “We are happy to be back in the USA again, and we believe Cine Gear and NAB/ AES Show are the perfect places where to demonstrate how AV network can easily be achieved with Araneo and our GigaCore range for the broadcast, media, and the entertainment industry.”Read More »Luminex Presents New GigaCore 30i and Araneo at Cine Gear Atlanta and NAB Show New York with A.C. Lighting
Bandit Lites made a substantial investment in new gear with a recent purchase of hundreds of Claypaky fixtures. Bandit added Claypaky Xtylos Mini HPS, Claypaky Xtylos, and Claypaky Volero Wave fixtures to their touring inventory.Read More »Bandit Lites Goes Big with New Claypaky Purchase
TDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, proudly announced recently the 2022 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awardees: Fred Voelpel, Eugene Lee, Dede Ayite, Michael Curry, and Caroline F. Siedle.
The Live Arts, Culture, and Entertainment (LACE) Survey funded by USITT and The Ohio State University and administered by SMU DataArts will show who is doing what in the live events industry. Also, here’s a look at USA829’s membership survey.
Our annual guide to some of the leading theater schools and training programs educating the next generation of designers, technicians and stagehands across the country.