Industry veteran Raymond Byrnes was tapped to serve as western regional sales manager for Staging Concepts, based in Minneapolis. With more than 12 years of… Read More »Raymond Byrnes Joins Staging Concepts as Western Regional Sales Manager
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Boosting its internal ranks of experts, RatPac Controls has hired renowned Lighting Programmer Joshua Thatcher, who comes from a lengthy career on set, as well as IATSE Local 728’s in-house Instructor who focused on lighting control and lighting technology. With credits ranging from TV series Star Trek: Picard and Loki, to features like one of the summer’s biggest hits, Top Gun: Maverick, Thatcher is an industry professional who brings over 20 years of experience to RatPac Controls. Read More »RatPac Controls Hires Veteran Lighting Programmer Joshua Thatcher
Tears for Fears has wrapped the North American leg of their Tipping Point World Tour 2022 in support of the duo’s comeback album of the same name. Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal treated fans to favorites from their new album as well as classics from throughout the years in an amphitheater tour with lighting design by Joe Cabrera ][ who chose 48 Ayrton MagicBlade-R fixtures for effects lighting. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America.Read More »LD Joe Cabrera ][ Selects Ayrton MagicBlade-R for Tears for Fears’ ‘Tipping Point’ Tour
There are many reasons why Dustin L. Derry always embraces the opportunity to light dance performances. High on this list is the opportunity it affords him to depart from the conventional use of colors and patterns. “What’s nice about dance, is you don’t have to think so literally about ‘natural’ lighting,” said the Chicago-based designer. “In dance, you can push deep into the surreal and express yourself in new ways to support the choreographer’s vision. You can focus on individual elements, like live musicians, and help blend them into the background, and then pull specific dancers or ideas into the foreground and vice versa depending on the needs of the moment. I don’t think this presents any challenges, so much as it opens new doors for me creatively.”Read More »Dustin L. Derry Expresses Flamenco Passion with Chauvet Professional
Bandit Lites has long invested in multiple Robe Lighting products. As 2022 roared to life, Bandit has purchased even more Robe products to meet the growing clamor.
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Fan Controlled Football (FCF), born in a pandemic, moved into a unique arena for Season Two in 2022. Instead of a shiny new space, the vibe created by Production Designer/Production Manager Tom E. Marzullo within Atlanta’s historic but decrepit Pullman Yards industrial complex is industrial and edgy. “With Pullman as a backdrop, Tom achieved that dystopian futuristic Blade Runner meets cyborg-like industrial feel we were looking for,” says FCF COO Cyrus Farudi.
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Projection designers, video artists, as well as technicians are hard at work preparing for this year’s annual LUMA Projection Arts Festival in Binghamton, NY September 9th and 10th, 2022. Here is a look at some of the breathtaking projection mapping work that has been done at past festivals:
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This year, New York’s Lincoln Center introduced Summer for the City which consists of more than 300 events from May 14 to Aug. 14 and includes 10 outdoor venues and three indoors. PRG is contracted to support Summer for the City as lighting supplier as well as providing the video package and supervisory crew for the 12-week event. They are working closely with Lighting Designer Andrew Grant.Read More »Illuminating Lincoln Center’s ‘Summer for the City’
Bob Harmon, CEO and President of Eggshell Light Company of Honolulu, HI has had success using his stable of Proteus Hybrid™ luminaires to light shows at the Waikiki Shell ever since he acquired the multi-functional weatherproof lights in 2017. Still going strong after five years, Elation’s IP65 moving heads are reliably weathering another season at Honolulu’s renowned outdoor venue.Read More »Eggshell Light’s Proteus Hybrids™ Weather Another Season at Honolulu’s Waikiki Shell
Christie Lites, a global provider of stage lighting services and technical expertise, announces the opening of new strategic locations in Seattle and Nashville, USA. These new shops add valuable local industry expertise, plus a diverse and well serviced inventory, to Christie Lites’ existing network across the USA, Canada, and the UK.Read More »Christie Lites Augments Operations with new Seattle and Nashville Shops
“I’m ready to get back out and feel the nights come alive,” Jason Aldean said when announcing this summer’s 34-city Rock N’ Roll Cowboy tour. The country music superstar’s lighting designer, Keith Hoagland, knew just how he felt. After two years of contending with Covid lockdowns and restrictions, both were ready to spread their creative wings and fly.Read More »Luz Studio, Keith Hoagland Create Special Moments for Jason Aldean with Chauvet Professional
Ayrton supplied Producer and Lighting Designer Jens Hillenkötter with its latest luminaire, the laser-sourced, IP65 rated Cobra, for the celebrations of 75 years of Lower Saxony in Hannover, Germany. Postponed from 2021, Niedersachsen Day celebrated the 75th anniversary of Lower Saxony and culminated in the long-awaited evening spectacular at the iconic waterside location, Maschsee, the largest body of water in Lower Saxony.Read More »Ayrton Cobra Takes to the Water for 75 Years of Lower Saxony Celebrations