Cirque du Soleil’s ‘FUZION’
Lighting and set designer Mikki Kunttu returns to Cirque du Soleil with “FUZION,” a specially commissioned brand-new production that was staged for the 2022 Jeddah Season Festival.
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Summer Stadium Tour Roundup
Debi Moen lets us know who is up to what in our industry this month with updates on LD David “Gig” Butzler (Garth Brooks); Production Designer Andy Ruiz (Grupo Firme); LDs Roland Greil and Patrick Woodroffe, and Production Designer Florian Wieder (Rammstein), Joel Wojcik (Train); Justin Collie (Nimblist) and Production Designer Es Devlin and LD Jason Baeri (The Weeknd).
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Unpaid Labor
Chris Lose wants to open a dialogue on unpaid labor in the industry. As demand is high for labor at the same time that budgets are tight, people are being asked to chip in a little extra. But where do we draw the line between being a team player and being taken advantage of on a show?
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Editors’ Notes for July 2022
PLSN Co-Editors Michael S. Eddy and Debi Moen each penned an Editor’s Note for the July issue.
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Product News for July 2022
Here is PLSN’s Product News section for the July 2022 issue. A highlight this month: details on the Indispensable Technology Award winning products recognized June 3 at the 20th annual Parnelli Awards ceremony.
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Deftones: Touring with Diamonds in the Design
Jon Eddy, production designer and LD for some of the biggest metal bands around, has designed for Deftones since 2014. For the band’s 2022 tour, Eddy created a completely different theatrical look and feel with an overhead truss design creating an exploding diamond shape effect. While the design is a turn from his previous work, it still incorporates Eddy’s style.
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