ZWOLLE, The Netherlands – For Morning Blossoms, a musical that combines the disciplines of opera, ballet, dance, music and drama, LD Yaron Abulafia is using a variety of Robe fixtures, including DL7S Profiles, DL7F Washes, DL4S Profiles, BMFL Blades and BMFL Wash XFs, Robe Strobes and Spikies. The production, produced by ODD Continent, premiered Oct. 11 and 12 in Zwolle and tours the Netherlands through Nov. 23.
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LAS VEGAS – Outdoor festival season in the U.S. extends well into the fall with festivals such as Life is Beautiful in Las Vegas – now in its fourth season – emerging as a highlight of the EDM festival calendar. Promotional events company Insomniac again joined forces with Life Is Beautiful and top lighting designer Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting to bring the fan-favorite Troubadour Stage alive, which took over Downtown Las Vegas from Sept. 23–25.
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CHICAGO – Chancelor Bennett, also know as Chance the Rapper, is a 23-year-old hip hop artist whose rise to fame was credited to his highly successful mixtape, Acid Rap. Chance, a Chicago native, is currently on his Magnificent Coloring World Tour promoting his third mixtape, Coloring Book. His mixtape is the first stream-only album to reach top 10 in the Billboards 200 receiving over 57 million streams in the first week alone. LMG Touring is on the road providing video, lighting, LED and technical support for this sold out tour.
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ANAHEIM, CA. -When the Anaheim Ducks revamped their entertainment system in the Honda Center, lighting designer Kevin Sorg specified new automated lighting from High End Systems, including a dozen SolaWash 37 and four SolaSpot Pro CMY fixtures. The installation was part of a $10M upgrade including replacement of the scoreboard. Kevin says, “We wanted to add lighting fixtures underneath the scoreboard to give us a closer fixture to the ice, as well as be able to use them as eye candy and spotting specific areas in the arena.”
USA – Legendary Swedish metal band, Opeth, crossed the Atlantic once again to rock at some of the most prestigious venues in the country. In support of the band’s 12th studio album, Sorceress, Opeth jammed their way across North America for a month-long string of shows lit by 4Wall New York. Lighting Designer Magnus Boyd started planning for the Sorceress tour as early as March. “I was determined from the beginning to have a ground package with versatile fixtures that could give me the punch needed for a band like Opeth,” explained Boyd.
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NEW YORK — An Oct. 29 matinee performance of Guillaume Tell at the Metropolitan Opera was cut short and the production of L’Italiana in Algeri that evening was canceled as authorities investigated reports of a man sprinkling white powder into the orchestra pit. The man turned out to be Roger Kaiser, an opera buff visiting from Dallas, who was carrying out the last wishes of a deceased friend. The white powder was his friend’s ashes.
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HASTING, UK – An LED lighting installation – specified and undertaken by Penn Elcom – is saving the White Rock Theatre in Hastings approximately 75 per cent on electricity requirements, plus a further 70 per cent on maintenance costs per year compared to the previous lighting scheme. The seafront located theatre, a historically significant cultural landmark in the East Sussex region with origins dating back to 1927, is a busy receiving house owned by Hastings Borough Council with the day to day running and management undertaken by HQ Theatres & Hospitality.
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Bandit Lites wrapped its final festival for the summer with two astounding weekends at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, where beautiful weather under the big Texas sky in Zilker Park was the setting to more than 130 acts. Bandit worked with C3 Presents to provide the festival lighting package for two of the main stages, giving headliners such as LCD Soundsystem, Mumford and Sons and Kendrick Lamar the flexibility and versatility to seamlessly blend in their own touring looks.
BRUSSELS, Belgium – While television may have been the undisputed champion of entertainment in the 20th century, today it has to battle for its place in the face of increasingly popular online-based platforms. The producers of the new Belgian CAZ TV recently translated this metaphorical fight into a physical one, by promoting their new channel with a reality show-like boxing gala that pitted celebrities against one another. Providing hard-hitting visuals for this televised event was a collection of Nexus and COLORdash fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.
BRUSSELS, BE – October 2016 – ArKaos Pro announces the official release of the new MediaMaster Pro 5.0 with MediaHub. The launch of MediaMaster Pro 5.0 at Plasa, UK follows a successful preview at Prolight+Sound. ArKaos MediaMaster Pro is a professional software solution for the control of real-time video and effects which is specifically designed for desk operators and lighting designers. MediaMaster Pro turns any computer into a powerful media server ready to perform at any professional level.
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