David Beebe became one of the first house LDs last year to add Chauvet Professional’s Maverick Force S Spot to his rig when he took… Read More »David Beebe Reflects Many Sides of The Zombies with Chauvet Professional
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The NAB Show has concluded its four-day run on April 27th, at the Las Vegas Convention center in Las Vegas, NV. This year, ROE Visual brought its newly-launched products and latest LED innovations to the show in partnership with disguise. The team was happy to connect with partners, clients, and new friends in person throughout the exhibition. Read More »ROE Visual Wraps up NAB Show 2022
Ayrton presents Cobra, its first factory standard phosphor laser source, IP65-rated luminaire, based on the concept of Dreamspot 18K which it first presented at Prolight + Sound 2016. Several years of development have gone into designing and finalizing this exceptional luminaire, which offers a next generation speckle-free laser source, designed for rendering a D65 white point that allows perfect color reproduction. Here’s an introductory video on Cobra from Ayrton:
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Woodroffe Bassett Design creates breathtaking visuals at Al Wasl Plaza and other Expo entertainment venues
Elation’s Proteus Maximus™ has been employed on top name shows and events since launching in 2019 but none perhaps as impressive as Expo 2020. In September 2021, Dubai saw the beautiful opening ceremony of Expo 2020, the kickoff of the world’s premiere international exhibition event that ran through March 2022. With 192 participating countries a part of the journey, Expo focused on Connecting Minds and Creating the Future explored through the themes of Sustainability, Mobility, and Opportunity.Read More »Proteus Maximus™ Fulfills Key Visual Role at Expo 2020
During a game of racket ball in the 1830s, a group of London schoolboys noticed that a punctured ball, which “squashed” on impact with the wall, offered more variety and more intensity of play than its intact counterpart. Thus, to the delight of millions of fans ever since, the games of Squash was born.
Although its rules have evolved somewhat over the years, the game those lads stumbled upon in that long ago London afternoon, has lost none of its compelling power. Spectators who saw this year’s Allam British Open would readily attest to that; as they witnessed some of the world’s greatest squash players fiercely compete for the $165,000 (US) prize.Read More »Firefly AV Crafts Smashing Looks for the Allam British Open Squash Tournament with Chauvet Professional
Industry veterans Inner Circle Distribution have been named as exclusive North American distributors for PMI’s SmokeGENIE, the groundbreaking smoke machine that launched on crowdfunding site Kickstarter just seven months ago.
Further information from Inner Circle Distribution:Read More »Inner Circle Introduces SmokeGENIE Smoke Machine To North American Market
From its world premiere off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons to a pre-Broadway run at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, the Pulitzer Prize winning musical, A Strange Loop, has now arrived on Broadway, and garnered 11 Tony nominations. PRG worked with the Tony-nominated creative team every step of the journey. Sharing their insights, designers Arnulfo Maldonado, Jen Schriever, and Drew Levy tell us how PRG’s solutions helped realize their designs.
Read More »Here are the eight questions PLSN’s LD-at-Large columnist Chris Lose wishes he always asked before embarking on a tour:
What’s the rate?
What are the politics?
What is the vibe?
How much is per diem?
Will I share a room?
What are my days off?
Is there a dress code?
Can I offer free tickets?
Main Light, LLC, a preeminent dry hire rental partner, has recently added CHAUVET Professional’s Color STRIKE M LED strobe/wash luminaires to their offerings. These new units are already in stock in Main Light’s three shops—Main Light, East in Wilmington, DE, Main Light, South in Nashville, TN, and Main Light, West in Las Vegas, NV.Read More »Main Light Adds Chauvet Professional’s Color STRIKE M Luminaires to All Three Locations
Here’s the CBS Sunday Morning segment that was the genesis of the show, Art of the Hollywood Backdrop that we covered in the May issue of PLSN:
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Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) returned as an in-person event as it also made its debut in Barcelona, drawing 43,691 members of the AV and Systems Integration industries to the Fira de Barcelona, Gran Vía from May 10-13. The event, long held in Amsterdam, will return to Barcelona for its next show, set to take place from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3, 2023.
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Sometimes lighting design comes down to an elemental level, even when it results in a 54-universe, deeply evocative show with an intergalactic theme that takes place at one of the world’s most famous arenas. Such was the case on April 28 when Butch Allen and André Petrus lit Nigerian superstar Burna Boy’s two-hour One Night In Space show at Madison Square Garden.Read More »Burna Boy’s Show at Madison Square Garden Lights Up with Chauvet Professional Fixtures