The Robe UK team report a busy, successful, and very positive ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) expo staged at Alexandra Palace in London, UK. The company had two exhibition areas, with a stand upstairs in the main hall and a large demo area downstairs in the Palace suite – both showcasing a range of its latest lighting technologies for theatre, performance, TV, and broadcast scenarios.Read More »Robe at ABTT 2023
Maxi Gilbert says that he draws inspiration for his designs from opera sets. At first that may seem a bit surprising, since the Madrid-based designer has created lightshows for stars like multi-Grammy winner Alejandro Sanz, and chart-topping Manuel Carrasco. But anyone who sees his work on Carrasco’s current Corazón y Flecha tour will readily appreciate the connection.Read More »Maxi Gilbert and ChamSys Soar for Manuel Carrasco
Touring Career Workshop (TCW), a Nashville-based nonprofit designed to serve the touring music industry, provided confidential mental health counseling sessions free of charge to all artists, bands, crews, and staffs at this year’s Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN, as part of their All Access program. Counselors were available from 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. each of the festival’s four show days, allowing folks to check in on topics including work, relationships, and family issues.Read More »Touring Career Workshop Provided Free Onsite Mental Health Counseling at Bonnaroo
Event production company DWP Live recently provided projection support for a veterans tribute at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO. The installation was illuminated over five nights and included a veteran-honoring artwork projection titled Horizons that visitors experienced while they gathered on the grounds for the 2023 NFL Draft. Here’s a video overview of the Horizons projection installation:
What’s in a name? In the case of The Venue at Thunder Valley, the answer is “everything you need to know about its vision for the future.” By calling their facility The Venue, the United Auburn Indian Community and Thunder Valley Casino Resort left no doubt about the goal they set for this 4,500 seat indoor theatre located outside Sacramento. Their new attraction was designed to stand out from the pack and define its own category. This would not be “a” venue, but “The Venue,” the one people went to for an entertainment experience like no other.Read More »CTM Sound and CHAUVET Professional Enliven The Venue at Thunder Valley Casino
Stable, strong, configurable, and precise: Tube-based constructions are an indispensable part of building machinery and plants. High-performance clamp connectors play a critical role. JW Winco is now adding connectors of glass fiber-reinforced polyamide to its standard product range.Read More »Connect Tubes Securely and Without Visual Clutter with JW Winco
Puerto Rican artist Rauw Alejandro’s 2023 Saturno World Tour kicked off in February in the Dominican Republic, followed by dates in Puerto Rico, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. The Saturno tour, and album of the same name, put Alejandro’s talent for world-building front and center. Skits and interludes from the album are integrated into the concert, threading a plotline where he’s lost in a galaxy filled with vaporwave visuals that give a heavy nod to the futurism of the 80s and 90s. The live show is the natural extension of that aesthetic and sonic identity: Miami bass, vibrant colors, holographic aliens, a galactic stage design, and precise choreography coming together to tell a cohesive story. The highly automated, in-the-round tour design feels like an immersive outer space experience and allows the crowd to orbit Alejandro, feeding further into the planetary theme. The tour’s Creative Director is Adrian Martinez.
Read More »The Sci-Fi World of Rauw Alejandro’s ‘Saturno Tour’
The Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 is taking place from June 17 – 25, for the first time in Germany under the motto ‘Unbeatable Together’. Around 7,000 athletes from 190 countries are competing in 26 sports at the world’s largest inclusive sports event.Read More »GLP Supports the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin
Bandit Lites shares that Matt Dean has rejoined Bandit Lites as its newest Project Manager. As a member of the Nashville production office, Dean will oversee the planning, directing, and coordination of his designated tours and events, ensuring everyone involved in the project understands the specifications to deliver the Bandit Standard before each show leaves the warehouse.Read More »Matt Dean Returns to Bandit as Project Manager
Shure Wireless Workbench® 7 (WWB7) is now available for download on MAC OS and Windows. A free software for audio professionals, Wireless Workbench 7 delivers a full suite of RF spectrum management tools in one place, providing full command of compatible wireless devices.Read More »Shure Wireless Workbench®7 Now Available
Behind the Scenes announces the launch of its new affinity fundraising initiative, Ghostlight Groups. The program, created in an effort to raise awareness and funds to benefit the charity, seeks to honor the importance of community and volunteerism in our industry.Read More »Behind the Scenes Announces Inaugural Ghostlight Group
RST (Resources Stage Technologies), an events solutions company based in Dubai, used an array of 260 Claypaky HY B-EYE K25 washes, Mini-B LED moving lights, Xtylos Aqua, Sharpy X Frame hybrid fixtures, and Sharpy Plus Aqua moving heads for a tribute to late Egyptian composer Mohamed El-Mougy at Abu Bakr Salem Stage, an outdoor venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. El-Mougy, known as the Godfather of Modern Arab Music and who died in 1995, celebrates his centenary this year. The star-studded night in Riyadh featured popular singers from across the Arab world paying homage to the man who composed more than 1,000 songs plus music for some 100 feature films and television series.Read More »RST Chooses Claypaky Fixtures to Light a Tribute to Mohamed El-Mougy, the Godfather of Modern Arab Music, in Saudi Arabia