CAPE TOWN and JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Robe staged launch events here recently for the company’s new BMFL Spot Luminaire, a 1700W long-throw fixtures. Nearly 200 people attended the events, organized by Robe distributors DWR. The Cape Town event (pictured here) took place at the Grandwest Arena; the Johannesburg Event was held at the Joburg Theatre.
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NIEUWPOORT, Belgium — Belgian commercial TV channel VTM (Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij) marked 25 years with a son et lumière spectacular staged on the beach here. The event, which drew 17,000, was lit with Robe Pointes and LEDWash 1200s, Vari*Lite VL3500 Washes, Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1500s and four 25W RGBW lasers. A variety of other LED RGB PARs and wireless DMX-controlled Drome LED lights were also controlled via a grandMA2 console for control. Phlippo Showlights provided gear to support the lighting design from Luc Peumans, with lighting design firm Painting with Light.
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The Jem Hazer Pro from Harman’s Martin features advanced pump technology, a 2.5-liter fluid capacity that provides 10 hours of operation on full output, an on-board control panel with preset functionality and a variety of other new features.
Read More »KINGSTON, ON — On the shores of Lake Ontario, Queen’s University’s Isabel Bader Centre for the Arts—the newest addition to Canada’s cultural landscape, recently opened its doors. The elaborate facility is the culmination of more than seven years of planning, design, and construction, and Theatre Projects played a key role.
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LAS VEGAS — When LD, educator and USITT regional chair Don Childs founded the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas in 2006 with wife and partner Jane Childs, the primary motivation wasn’t a quick financial jackpot. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, the organization endured years of red ink after its launch. But the intensive, eight-week summer program, which continues to operate under Jane Childs’ leadership after Don Childs’ death in late 2011, is rich in other respects, drawing support from well-known faculty members and top production companies and manufacturers.
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LONDON — Avolites Media’s Arran Rothwell-Eyre and Robbie Barr used Avolites Media’s Ai Infinity EX8 server to keep an energized Brixton Academy crowd pumped up for a show featuring rapper Childish Gambino, a.k.a. Donald Glover. The visuals appeared on a 3,000-by-1,000 pixel backdrop at the venue. XL Video provided gear for the U.K. show; LMG is supporting the rapper’s U.S. fall tour.
Read More »PETERBOROUGH, U.K. – Le Maitre noted recently that its increased investment in pyro factory here is yielding an increase in the quantity and quality of its pyro products, with less fallout material, more consistent colors, and reformulated magnesium compositions to keep environmental impact to a minimum.
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HILDESHEIM, Germany – The annual M’era Luna Festival, staged Aug. 9 at a former British Army airbase here, featured its usual mix of goth, metal and industrial music with headliners including Marilyn Manson, Paradise Lost and In Extremo. But this year’s lineup also included Covenant, an electronic dance band from Sweden, into the lineup. LD Stephan Aue and lighting operator Rico Münzer used LED gear from SGM to light the group’s synth-pop stylings.
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