BRISTOL, UK – Evans Audio Visual Staging provided equipment and scenic elements across the whole site of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, which took place Aug. 10-13. Hundreds of thousands of people visited Ashton Court, on the edge of Bristol, during the four-day Fiesta, and Evans was involved in multiple locations across the large site, normally a country park.
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NASHVILLE – When the team at Nashville’s annual Sideshow Fringe Festival found themselves in need of fast lighting assistance, they turned to the lighting industry’s leader who happened to be located minutes away, Bandit Lites. The Sideshow Fringe Festival celebrates a variety of performing arts, with the two weekends of shows running the gamut of entertainment, from circus acts, dance, performing arts and clowning to improv and storytelling. The event took place at Belmont University’s Black Box Theater.
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LONDON – Justin Bieber’s Purpose world tour, which concluded with a show in London’s Hyde Park last month after successfully completing more than 150 shows since the tour’s launch in March 2016, relied upon d3 4x4pro media servers for the production’s extensive and elaborate video looks. The visual design team included Michael Figge, who worked with creative director Nick DeMoura and tour director Chris Gratton to enhance the look of the long run of arena and stadium shows.
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MARYBOROUGH, Queensland, Australia – The Brolga Theatre in Queensland’s Maryborough in Australia is a typical regional venue – its 900 seat proscenium arch theatre hosts an international ballet troupe one night, Jimmy Barnes the next, and a local dance school the day after. Though the venue is just 17 years old, changes in technology mean replacement lamps are no longer available for their wash lights, leading the staff to assess how to upgrade for the future. The future, as they see it, is Elation’s Platinum Seven RGBWAC-UV LED wash light.
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BRADFORD, U.K. – Coretronic Corporation (Coretronic), Taiwan has completed the acquisition of Calibre, a privately held British image processing technology manufacturer based in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK. Coretronic manufactures the largest number of DLP® projectors in the world, and is the ODM supplier to the majority of the world’s Tier 1 DLP projector brands.The acquisition of Calibre expands Coretronic’s technology capability by the addition of Calibre’s compelling range of class leading HQUltra image processing technology and in-house R&D capabilities.
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NASHVILLE – Chase Rice hit the road this year playing his well-known crowd-pleasing hits along with new songs from his soon to be released album, Lambs & Lions. 4Wall Nashville has a long-standing relationship with Chase Rice and his team and was thrilled to light another tour for the country music star. Planning for the tour commenced in August of 2016. Lighting Designer Chris Lisle rendered a few visual concepts that were presented to Chase, and refined them based on his initial reaction. Chris worked tirelessly to bring about a design that would feel not only personal for the audience, but would connect with Chase’s vision.
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LANCASTER, PA – Capitalizing on a successful inaugural season, Guardian Barrier Services has already started to establish a reputation of excellence by delivering an exceptional freestanding aluminum barrier system that is the reflection of extensive research and development.
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NORWICH, U.K. – Miss Saigon, Messrs Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical, has recently embarked upon a major UK tour, taking the full West End production to every corner of the UK. The show opened at the Curve, Leicester in July before moving to Birmingham Hippodrome, from where it travels to Ireland, Wales, Scotland and back to England, culminating at Norwich Theatre Royal in September 2018. Travelling with the show, with its lighting design by the equally legendary Bruno Poet, are two MDG ATMe haze generators, purchased specifically for the tour by White Light.
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GHENT, Belgium – With many music stages and event spaces throughout the city’s UNESCO protected medieval center, the annual 10 day Gentse Feesten is a go-to event for Northern European music lovers. Shining brightly against the city’s beautiful gothic architecture was the festival’s Sint-Baafsplein square stage. Vince de Schinckel brought the stage (one of the festival’s largest) to glittering life with help from eight STRIKE 1, 20 Maverick MK2 Wash, and 16 Maverick MK2 Spot fixtures from Chauvet Professional, supplied by Belgian rental specialists Euro PA.
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Lighting Co
Spellcaster Productions
Venue
Drexel University Lot F (Outdoors)
Philadelphia, PA
