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Bigabox Productions Reflects Romeo Santos Magic at O2 with CHAUVET Professional and DMX Productions

 

“If you put out quality music, you’re always going to be in a good place.” Romeo Santos told an interviewer. This summer, the Bronx-born “King of Bachata” was indeed in a very good place musically, and the sold-out crowd at O2 Arena couldn’t have been happier, as he transformed the iconic venue into a vibrant Latin music club with his stellar performance. The show was the only London stop in Santos’ Vol. 3 World Tour. Adding to the dynamic vibe that resonated throughout the arena was a collection of 84 CHAUVET Professional fixtures.Read More »Bigabox Productions Reflects Romeo Santos Magic at O2 with CHAUVET Professional and DMX Productions

Midwest Rigging Intensive Trainers Receive Volunteer of the Year Award

A team of nine ETCP Recognized Trainers are the recipients of ESTA’s Frank Stewart Volunteer of the Year Award for service in both 2022 and 2023: Bennett Brian (Reed Rigging, Inc.), Tyler DeLong (DeLong Rigging Solutions), Brent “Mickey” Henry (ETC), Shane Kelly (DePaul University), Rebecca Knipfer (ETC), Ed Leahy (The Chicago Flyhouse, Inc.), Verda Beth Martell (DLR Group), Tracy Nunnally (Vertigo), and Patrick Stewart (ETC), whose father is the award’s namesake. These trainers tirelessly volunteered around their busy schedules to plan, design, and deliver a curriculum for the Midwest Rigging Intensive (MRI) two years in a row.Read More »Midwest Rigging Intensive Trainers Receive Volunteer of the Year Award

A.C. Lighting Named Exclusive Distributor for LumenRadio for U.S. & Canada

A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of world-class lighting and rigging technologies, is honored to announce the expansion of our partnership with LumenRadio. Effective immediately, A.C. Lighting Inc. is the single, exclusive distributor across the United States and Canada for Wireless Solutions and LumenRadio products.Read More »A.C. Lighting Named Exclusive Distributor for LumenRadio for U.S. & Canada

GLP JDC Lines Bring Fisher’s Cardiff Castle EDM Extravaganza to Life

Experienced Lighting Designer Anthony Hazelden has made the journey from classic theatre to high-octane dance raves effortlessly, his generic stage lighting of yesteryear now replaced by next generation hybrid LED strobes, including GLP’s new JDC Line 1000. For a recent EDM concert within Cardiff Castle he not only provided a cutting-edge floor package for headliner Fisher, for whom he was LD, but the generic house rig for the support acts. This included Luther star Idris Elba and Arielle Free. Hazelden had known most of these artists from working with them on other projects around the world and had known the production manager for the Cardiff Castle show, James Dutton, from High Scream Productions in Ibiza.Read More »GLP JDC Lines Bring Fisher’s Cardiff Castle EDM Extravaganza to Life

Robe Makes a Splash with Dubioza Kolektiv

A largely Robe lighting rig was specified and used by leading Slovenian Lighting Designer Crt Birsa from design studio Blackout for Dubioza Kolektiv’s closing set of the 2023 Velenje Summer Splash open air festival, staged at the picturesque lakeshore location in Velenje, Slovenia. Dubioza Kolektiv is one of several artists that Birsa and his team from Blackout are lighting this summer as they tour Europe and further afield, all with an element of Robe on their riders.Read More »Robe Makes a Splash with Dubioza Kolektiv

Maxime Chotard Lights Historical Journey in ‘Le Mime et l’Étoile’ with CHAUVET Professional

“We are all voyeurs to some extent when we see an intimate film,” said director Martin Scorsese. The stage production Le Mime et l’Etoile at Puy du Fou in Les Epesses, France, takes matters to another level, as the audience is not only drawn into an intimate story, but also gets to view it through the lens of a film being made in the earliest days of cinema.Read More »Maxime Chotard Lights Historical Journey in ‘Le Mime et l’Étoile’ with CHAUVET Professional