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Project Puts MGC Lighting Head and Shoulders Above the Rest

Stan, the Stand Tall mascot illuminated by MCG Lighting

Project Puts MGC Lighting Head and Shoulders Above the Rest

ESSEX, UK – International lighting distributor, MGC Lighting, has supplied Impact Waterproof Flexistrip lighting for an unusual project involving 2.5 meter (8 ft.) high giraffe sculptures, which are being used to mark the 50th anniversary of Colchester Zoo in Essex. The giraffes have been positioned in various locations around Colchester, as part of the Stand Tall project.

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Jeff Rials. Photo by Paris Visone

Jeff Rials, LD/Lighting Director, Limp Bizkit 2013 Tour

TOUR DATES: April and May in the U.S., June in Europe. Returns to U.S. in fall with new design, much bigger tour.

THE DESIGN: “This is kind of a guerilla run. There’s no production other than a small light sign we had back in 1997 and some white plastic chains hanging everywhere on stage. We are playing small clubs the band hasn’t played in 15 years.”

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Justin Lang, editor, PLSN magazine

Protecting Yourself

Safety concerns have been a hot topic in the industry lately.  Accidents happen. You can never be prepared for them, but you can help protect yourself. There are a number of safety guidelines and practices available, but one that is not really talked about is insurance.

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2013 Eurovision photo by Ralph Larmann, courtesy of Clay Paky

Eurovision 2013 Visual Focus Includes the Audience

MALMO, Sweden — If many Americans have still never heard about the Eurovision Song Contest even though it has emerged, in 58 years, as one of the world’s biggest non-sporting TV events, they’ve undoubtedly heard of the stars that the annual event has launched into the entertainment stratosphere over the decades, including ABBA, Céline Dion and Julio Iglesias.

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I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, featuring Bette Midler on Broadway. Photo by Richard Termine.

Designing for the Hollywood High Life

Bette Midler’s one-woman show, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, pulls off a neat trick: having the comedienne enthrall us for 90 minutes while sitting on a couch for nearly the entire running time. Portraying the comically animated yet seriously commanding Mengers, Midler takes us, during the course of a single afternoon, on a journey through her late friend’s life and 30-plus year career, during which she became one of the biggest agents in Hollywood. The story starts with the mega-agent’s shy childhood, builds to the pinnacle of her star agent status, and then leads us to the winding down of her career.

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Bon Jovi Because We Can world tour photo by Steve Jennings

Bon Jovi “Because We Can” World Tour

At first glance, the design for the Bon Jovi Because We Can world tour looks extremely simple. When the show opens, there is no video screen, just a wide-open stage and not a lot of lights. On the surface, it seems that Performance Environment Designer Doug “Spike” Brant has taken a severely minimalistic design approach. Nothing could be further from the truth; however. Instead, the environment reveals itself, literally at the cue of the video. Building on their dynamic visuals for the last few Bon Jovi tours, Performance Environment Design Group (PEDG) and Spike Brant have taken advantage of a convergence of new technologies and a few innovative companies to realize their most ambitious design to date.

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