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Ayrton Bora and NandoBeam S6 Tell a ‘West Side Story’

Staged for the first time at the Cagliari Lyric Theatre in Sardinia, Arthur Laurents’ two-act stage musical West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and loosely based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, was a guaranteed success. The staging offered by the Cagliari Lyric Theater was derived from three major U.S. musical institutions: the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Houston Grand Opera, and the Glimmerglass Festival in New York. The performance, which blends the language of traditional opera with that of the musical, took place from 15th – 23rd December, bringing to a close the 2022 opera season with 10 highly anticipated English-language performances.Read More »Ayrton Bora and NandoBeam S6 Tell a ‘West Side Story’

Illuminate Production Services Opens U.S. East Coast Facility Stocked with Elation Gear

Illuminate Production Services (IPS) has recently opened an East Coast facility in Ft. Pierce, FL, to better serve clients nationwide. The family-owned company, which first opened its doors in Sacramento in 2006, is one of the live event industry’s premiere full-service production companies. The new facility, which is stocked with production quality audio, video, lighting, and staging equipment, includes many of Elation Professional’s most sought-after products.Read More »Illuminate Production Services Opens U.S. East Coast Facility Stocked with Elation Gear

BIGABOX Calls on CHAUVET Professional to Support Sonny Fodera at O2 Academy Brixton

Sonny Fodera performing at O2 Academy Brixton. Photo Courtesy: Zoe Visuals

“When I make my music, I want people to feel good, I can really feel that when they sing the lyrics back to me,” house heavyweight Sonny Fodera told an interviewer from Forbes earlier this year. The Australian-born star must have had no doubt that his music was having the desired elixir effect on his audience recently, when he performed two sold-out shows at O2 Academy Brixton. Throughout both shows, the walls of the iconic concert venue reverberated with fans responding to the highly emotive songs from his recently released fifth album “Wide Awake,” and other recordings.Read More »BIGABOX Calls on CHAUVET Professional to Support Sonny Fodera at O2 Academy Brixton

CHAUVET Professional Creates NYE Magic for Mike Grabowski and The Lighting Design Group

 

ABCs ‘Dick Clarks New Years Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest’ was lit by Lighting Design Group’s Senior Lighting Designer, Mike Grabowski with a range of CHAUVET Professional fixtures. Photo by John Argueta/ABC via Getty Images) DURAN DURAN

Mike Grabowski was thrilled with his experience designing the multiple stages under his purview for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest in Times Square this year, except for one thing. His single regret didn’t involve the rain that fell for much of the evening, either. After all, the “unpredictability of nature,” comes with the territory when lighting outdoor events, said The Lighting Design Group’s senior designer. Plus, given that most of his rig was IP65 rated, he had little to worry about regarding the showers. (He and the team have seen a lot of challenging weather, being at Times Square on NYE, for over a decade of these shows.)Read More »CHAUVET Professional Creates NYE Magic for Mike Grabowski and The Lighting Design Group

4Wall Invests in Thousands of Unilumin UPAD IV & IV-S Video Panels

4Wall has invested in thousands of panels from Unilumin’s newest range of rental LED Upad IV and IV-S, building on the success of their UpadIII fleet. Upad IV brings the newest technology in a lightweight, high-precision panel, demonstrating brilliant visual performance from NovaStar’s A10S Pro HDR processing.Read More »4Wall Invests in Thousands of Unilumin UPAD IV & IV-S Video Panels

Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aqua Fixtures Open the Floodgates on Gwar’s Fall 2022 Tour

Heavy metal band Gwar recently wrapped the fall North American leg of their Black Death Rager World Tour, in which Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aquas played a key and unusual role. Gwar’s fall tour kicked off at the Blue Ridge Rock Festival in Virginia in September and concluded in Baltimore in November.Read More »Claypaky Sharpy Plus Aqua Fixtures Open the Floodgates on Gwar’s Fall 2022 Tour

NovaStar at the World Cup, Not Just on the Pitch

NovaStar at the World Cup 2022
The LED screens at the various stadiums displayed considerable surprises during the World Cup 2022 in Qatar and brought fans a diverse and rich visual experience. Not surprisingly, NovaStar lit up the LED screens in eight stadiums for the World Cup 2022. NovaStar is very proud to have been part of three consecutive World Cups; it shows great recognition from the industry and customers.Read More »NovaStar at the World Cup, Not Just on the Pitch

Lighting Designer Lonnie Juli Joins Forces with Angry Badger Productions

Angry Badger Productions is excited to announce that renowned, award-winning Lighting Designer/Director of Photography Lonnie Juli has joined the ABP team as Chief Creative Officer. With four decades of network television production experience with both CBS Network and NBC, Juli brings to ABP, traditional high standards and a focus on cutting-edge technology and streamlined operations. His operational experience is invaluable to Angry Badger’s clients in streamlining workflows and controlling costs to provide exceptional results.Read More »Lighting Designer Lonnie Juli Joins Forces with Angry Badger Productions

Daniel Thibault Creates Big Looks on a Small Stage for BIG SOMETHING with CHAUVET Professional

A lot of lighting designers looked for ways to stay busy and productive during the pandemic lockdown. Daniel Thibault of Life is Art Studio found a number of means to do this; one was by lighting in-your-car-concerts at drive-in movie theatres, the other was by helping the Lincoln Theatre develop a “Covid safe” seating plan that could be implemented when restrictions on live shows were finally eased.Read More »Daniel Thibault Creates Big Looks on a Small Stage for BIG SOMETHING with CHAUVET Professional

Ayrton Lighting Rig Shines on European Leg of Kid Cudi’s ‘To the Moon 2022 World Tour’

Hip-hop artist and producer Kid Cudi recently wrapped the European leg of his To the Moon 2022 World Tour with dates in Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Brussels, Paris, and Milan that featured an extensive Ayrton lighting rig. ACT Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton products in North America.Read More »Ayrton Lighting Rig Shines on European Leg of Kid Cudi’s ‘To the Moon 2022 World Tour’

DCLighting Keeps it Fresh on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’ with Versatile Elation Lighting

Los Angeles-based DCLighting has been successfully lighting The Kelly Clarkson Show since its debut in 2019 and was recognized for Outstanding Lighting Direction with a Daytime Emmy Award in 2020 and in 2022. DCLighting Founder and Lighting Designer Darren Langer is understandably proud of his team, who have lit over 600 musical performances on the show to date.Read More »DCLighting Keeps it Fresh on ‘The Kelly Clarkson Show’ with Versatile Elation Lighting

Supercell’s Clash Fest Esports Tournament in Helsinki Lit with Claypaky Mini Xtylos HPE Fixtures

Lighting Designer Fredrik Jönsson of Eyebrow Designs AB used 30 Claypaky Mini Xtylos HPE fixtures to illuminate Supercell’s annual joint tournament for the Clash of Clans World Championship and the Clash Royale League World Finals at Clash Fest, held at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre. During the epic gaming event the best squads in the world battled for titles in a live esports environment as games were also streamed worldwide.Read More »Supercell’s Clash Fest Esports Tournament in Helsinki Lit with Claypaky Mini Xtylos HPE Fixtures