LONDON – Fall Out Boy are on a world tour in support of their ‘American Beauty/American Psycho’ album with a perspective-bending lighting design by Robb Jibson using Clay Paky Mythos and A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures. A.C.T Lighting supplied the 33 Mythos to Jibson for the tour. The 12x B-EYE K20s were supplied by Neg Earth.
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NOTTINGHAM, U.K. – For a production of ‘Terrorism’ by Oleg and Vladimir Presnyakov, Lucy Greaves, technical course leader at New College Nottingham, UK, met the need for a lighting effect that could focus on an actor’s face by turning to Glyn O’Donoghue at Ambersphere Solutions. O’Donoghue put Thor Andre’ from the Technical Sales team in charge of the project and he liaised directly with Technical Tutor, Andy Atkin. They worked toward a solution that included Ayrton MagicDot-R and Ayrton NandoBeam S3 fixtures.
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LONDON – A new production of Harvey Granville Barker’s play Waste is currently showing at The National’s Lyttelton Theatre with smooth ‘swipe’ curtain movements utilizing Triple E’s Chaintrack, Unitrack and Unibeam systems.
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AMSTERDAM – During its yearly PIE event (Prolyte immersion event), which was held in Amsterdam from Jan. 10-12, Prolyte honored its distributing network by handing out awards for highest turnover levels, non-turnover related achievements and awards for special contribution.
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DUBAI – Unusual Rigging and Engineering LLC, a supplier of rigging and technical solutions to the entertainment, exhibition, architectural, event, TV and film industries in the Middle East, named Denis Bramhall as its new managing partner. Denis, who has been with Unusual Rigging for 15 years, will be taking over from Alan Thomson, who is retiring after nearly eight years in the region. The appointment will become effective early in the second quarter of 2016.
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BEIJING – For a production of Verdi’s Aida at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, LD Vinicio Cheli worked with an Italy-based design team including stage designer Ezio Frigerio, director Francesco Micheli, costume designer Francia Squarciapino and Sergio Metalli, who dealt with the video projections. Cheli also included fixtures from Italy-based Clay Paky in the rig – Alpha Profile 1500s and Alpha Wash 1500s.
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AMSTERDAM – Avolites will be at on stand 8-K330 at ISE to feature its Ai R Series media servers and preview the feature-rich new Titan V10 software. The company’s redesigned, bespoke booth will feature a ‘Media Integration Focus’ area where visitors can get hands on with the latest in integrated lighting and video.
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DENMARK – AV Center, a full technical production design and rental company with facilities in Odense, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Aalborg and Kolding, recently added to its inventory with 17 Robe DL4S RGBW LED profile fixtures, supplied by Robe’s Danish distributor, Light Partner.
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ADJ’s XS Series includes compact single- and dual-axis moving heads equipped with 10W LEDs that serve up a sharp 5-degree beam angle. All are capable of 360-degree continuous rotation. The XS 600 offers continuous rotation of head and yoke. The XS 400 and XS 200 allow for continuous rotation, or spinning, of the head only.
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MIAMI – Club designer Michael Meacham of iDesign created a new look on the terrace of downtown Miami club E11EVEN using Chauvet Professional Rogue R2 Washes. He also used Chauvet DJ Intimidator Spot LED 350 moving fixtures.
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ATLANTA – The recently released 20th Century Fox movie Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip features a scene at the Gold Room nightclub in Atlanta. The nightspot is equipped with an assortment of Elation and ADJ fixtures. Lighting programmer Jared Greenstein designed the looks for the performance with help from gaffer Dan Cornwall.
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PIATRA-OLT, Romania – Prolyte Group, manufacturer of trussing and staging systems, opened a new factory to meet rising demand for the company’s products. The total group manufacturing capacity will grow by 250 percent, according to the company.
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