The Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre (Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski) is a Shakespearean theatre in the middle of the thriving industrial port city of Gdansk in Poland. Designed by Italian architect Renato Rizzi, it opened in 2014 and is built on the site of a 17th-century theatre, known as the Fencing School, where English travelling players once performed English Renaissance Theatre works.
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On the first evening of Wacken Open Air, German medieval rockers In Extremo headlined on the Louder Stage. The band’s renowned Lighting Designer, Martin Heining, expanded his design especially for the Wacken show, by including 12 of the new high-performance Creos wash lights from by GLP, adding on to the already extensive festival design by LD Jerry Appelt.
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In just three years, Constanta, Romania’s Beach Please has become the largest urban music festival in Europe drawing hip hop, pop, and electronic headliners. The 2024 show featured a lighting rig comprising 430 moving light fixtures. To match the colossal scale of the production, Stage and Lighting Designer Andrei Predut of APart Productions brought in 36 Claypaky Skylos.
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Replicating the Hollywood Bowl at a modern indoor arena is a tall order, but Bobby Grey of Notan Creative LLC was more than up to the challenge recently when he was called upon to light Audacy’s superstar-studded ‘We Can Survive’ concert at New Jersey’s 18,000-capacity Prudential Center. Held annually in support of mental health advocacy, the event routinely features many of music’s biggest names.
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Bandit Lites once again delivered an unforgettable experience at the 55th Annual Dove Awards, a night showcasing the power of live performance with a visually stunning lighting design. This year’s production, led by Lighting Designer Mark Carver, featured a carefully crafted system from Bandit Lites that combined technical precision with artistic creativity to elevate every moment of the show.
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Rachael Bronstein, Principal of Life’s Jam, and PLSN Columnist, is hosting a FREE event just prior to the Touring Career Workshop in Nashville on Tuesday, November 12. Before everything kicks off, Rachael is hosting a special session from 2-4 p.m. where she will work together with attendees to build a personal spending plan for the upcoming year.
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The Pink Carpet at RuPaul’s DragCon Los Angeles 2024 was live streamed using a Blackmagic Design live production workflow, including ATEM Television Studio 4K8 live production switcher and Blackmagic Web Presenter 4K streaming solution. The event became the most streamed original program on the WOW Presents Plus platform, a global hub for streaming the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” franchise.
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This summer, ADJ fixtures were once again used almost exclusively to illuminate the main stage at the SV Arena festival in Powys, Wales. Figure of Eight Events Ltd again took responsibility for the technical production of the stage, deploying a variety of ADJ fixtures including the new Jolt Panel FXIP and Vizi Beam RX2, which are recent additions to the company’s rental inventory.
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Disguise, an immersive technology leader with 20 years of experience in live installations for some of the world’s most iconic venues including the Burj Khalifa, has powered a new video projection show and multimedia theater experience for one of New York’s most iconic tourist attractions: The Rockefeller Center.
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Claypaky Xtylos played a key role in Limp Bizkit’s 2024 ‘Loserville Tour’, the nu-metal band’s 24-stop North American summer road show. Las Vegas-based OSA International, Inc. provided the full production package for the tour, including lighting, cameras, and audio. Justin Wade, who has worked with Limp Bizkit for about two years, served as Lighting Designer, Programmer, and Operator for the tour.
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On October 26, 2024, Unilumin Group’s “Together with Metasight Technology” 20th Anniversary Celebration and Conference was held at the Unilumin Daya Bay Science and Technology Park. Designers and partners gathered to celebrate Unilumin’s 20-year journey and explore future trends, and application prospects, of Metasight technology.
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Matt Pitman, founder of design studio, Pixelmappers, and long-time Production and Lighting Designer for Dua Lipa, employed a massive rig of Ayrton fixtures for the singer/songwriter’s ‘flawless’ headline appearance on Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage this summer.
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