Wait — let me rephrase that. I dislike going to shows because I usually end up being disappointed (hate’s a pretty heavy word these days, sorry). Why? I don’t think there is a decent explanation just yet…hence the article. But the simple answer is, I think, errors. Obvious (at least to me) errors in production and performance. Errors in customer service. Errors that could have easily been avoided.
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It is true, though not necessarily original, to observe that the marketplace for multifunction luminaires has been particularly busy for the past few years. The promise of multiple features on a compact and low-wattage platform is an appealing one, and the makers of these light try their hardest to get the highest-quality effects into moving heads with very little space and demanding cooling requirements. Today, we’re examining the GT-1 hybrid fixture from German Light Products, a (not unsurprisingly) Karlsbad, Germany-based company that has been making intelligent lighting since 1994.
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Robe is a top name in entertainment lighting and they continue to deliver new and innovative products to the market. Robe has their successful line of LEDWash and LEDBeam fixtures. In 2016, they released their first “LED WashBeam,” called the Spikie (See Road Test, PLSN, Nov. 2017, page 72). After its immediate success, Robe began developing a second LED WashBeam fixture, the Spiider. Let’s explore this fixture to learn why it’s different from the competition.
Read More »A new trend has emerged in the concert touring world where opening acts are paying a main act to get on the bill and play at a concert. Gone are the days of a management team making deals to get a band as an opening act; now it is simply who has the cash to play.
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Lighting designer Tom Kenny filled us in on The Who’s two special dates at the Royal Albert Hall recently, saying it was the first time The Who have played the iconic rock opera Tommy in its entirety in 28 years. Though the band originally billed it as an acoustic performance, they decided in the end to plug in to be more faithful to the 1969 version. On The Who’s website, it was noted: “Our own Tommy (Tom Kenny, lighting designer) made the room look amazing, using every surface as a screen and bouncing light everywhere, not just onstage. What an environment.”
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I’m a firm believer that people who have spent time in the shop have a better understanding of the lighting business than those who have not. I am lucky enough to have spent four knuckle-busting years in the shops of Vari*Lite, Morpheus and Cinelease. I was there to receive hand written shop orders, assemble gear, tech lights and repair rain-drenched VL6s and Mac 2Ks that came back from multiple Olympics from around the globe.
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LOS ANGELES — Desert Trip, the two-weekend classic rock festival that was self-mockingly referred to as “old-chella” by some of the performers onstage, will not be a regularly scheduled annual event, according to Goldenvoice CEO Paul Tollett, in an interview with Billboard magazine.
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NEW YORK – Theatre Communications Group (TCG) noted that its 28th annual TCG National Conference will take place in St. Louis, MO from June 14 to 16, 2018.
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ABU DHABI, UAE – The annual Mother of the Nation (MOTN) festival, the UAE’s largest cultural celebration, took place in late March and early April over a period of 10 days. The crew from Protec appreciated the ability of the fixtures they were using – 100 Nuri*Lites Hurricane LED fixtures – to stand up to a fierce storm.
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TALLINN, Estonia – Robe’s DL4S Profiles and DL4F Fresnels – 52 in total – have been specified and installed at the new Nuku (Puppet) Theatre in Tallinn. This world famous theatre has just opened a completely new space – formally an outside courtyard – at its theatre complex in the heart of the picturesque and vibrant Estonian capital. The project is one of the latest in a number of high profile theatre installations of Robe DL series LED moving lights around the world.
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GRONINGEN, The Netherlands – Dutch cultural center De Oosterpoort in Groningen has purchased a range of Claypaky moving head fixtures as part of a major technical upgrade to the center’s lighting and audio departments.
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INDIO, CA – Empire of the Sun performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s Sahara Stage with artistic flourishes that included glowing pyramids and a six-pronged stage element cradling a white orb. The light show featured a blend of bright white light and vivid colors, programmed and controlled by Dave Taylor, who used a ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium console.
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