There is an element of illusion in every winter attraction. That is what makes them so special! Who cannot be charmed by entering a space… Read More »Unlimited Productions Lights Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs
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Lighting Designer Jamie Roderick heavily utilized eight of ADJ’s flagship Focus Profile automated luminaires for last summer’s Wisconsin premiere of The Hunchback of Notre Dame by former Styx front man Dennis DeYoung. The musical was staged by Skylight Music Theatre at the Cabot Theater in Milwaukee, WI and featured an impressive production that employed gobo projections from the Focus Profiles extensively to recreate the atmospheric interior of the famous cathedral.
Based on Victor Hugo’s Gothic novel of the same name, Dennis DeYoung wrote his musical adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame in the ‘90s and it debuted in Nashville at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Polk theater in 1996. It was well received by audiences, generated positive reviews, and was set to transfer to Broadway, however illness meant that Dennis was unable to take the project further at the time. The show was first revived in Chicago, when in 2007 it was awarded the Joseph Jefferson Award for best musical. However, Michael Unger, the Artistic Director of Skylight Music Theatre, has wanted to stage the show ever since a chance meeting with DeYoung outside Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre led to Michael being invited to his childhood rock hero’s home studio to be one of the first people to ever hear the entire score of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.Read More »ADJ’s Focus Profile Illuminates Lavish Production of Dennis DeYoung’s ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’
Quebec’s KOTV is wrapping up the first season of Zenith, a new concept in live musical competition broadcast by Radio Canada, where song stars of different ages fight for the votes of an audience of 100 judges representing four generations. Lighting Designer Martin Labrecque selected Ayrton Zonda 9 FX fixtures for the show in what is believed to be their first TV broadcast appearance. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America.Read More »Ayrton Zonda 9 FX Fixtures Hit Their ‘Zenith’ on New Quebec TV Song Competition
Patrick Dierson and the team at The Activity were again called on to handle production and lighting design for the Main Stage at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami and this year delivered a stunning visual presentation with the help of Elation IP-rated lighting and NETRON data distribution devices. The Activity collaborated closely with Ultra’s Creative Director Richard Milstein, as well as TAG (Technical Arts Group), the primary lighting and video vendor for the Main Stage.Read More »The Activity, TAG and Elation Help Deliver Stunning Production at 2023 Ultra Music Festival
Hungarian pop-rock band the Bagossy Brothers Company marked their tenth anniversary with a spectacular concert at Budapest’s MVM Dome recently where a dynamic complement of Claypaky lighting fixtures helped deliver an unforgettable experience to a crowd of some 20,000 fans. The band’s Lighting Designer Ádám Pintér selected Claypaky Sharpy Plus, Sharpy Plus Aqua, Sharpy, A.leda B-EYE K20 and HY B-EYE K25 fixtures for the rig.Read More »Claypaky Fixtures Help Energize the Crowd for Bagossy Brothers Company Tenth Anniversary Concert in Budapest
Always full of surprises and the unexpected, the 21st Annual Parnelli Awards held on Friday April 14 started out with a big one: Outgoing NAMM CEO/President Joe Lamond was initiated in the Parnelli Hall of Fame. Also getting their due: Roy Lamb (Lifetime Achievement Award), Keny Whitright (Visionary Award), Marty Garcia (Audio Innovator) and more than two dozen others.
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AOTO is gearing up to showcase its latest innovations at the upcoming NAB exhibition on April 16th at Las Vegas Convention Center. As one of the leading providers of high-quality LED solutions, AOTO is proud to present a range of cutting-edge products that cater to the diverse needs of various industries.Read More »Meet AOTO at NAB 2023
Luke Stratton didn’t have to read between the lines when he saw the creative brief for Smashing Pumpkins’ The World Is A Vampire festival, which took place in early March. He knew that the stage was going to be massive. “When I got the stage dimensions from the promoter and the lighting inventory list, I knew we were going big,” said Stratton. “Our trim wound up being about 60-feet to the steel and the stage itself was about 90′ by 70′, so yes, it was quite large.”Read More »Luke Stratton Creates Mood for The Smashing Pumpkins with CHAUVET Professional
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have kicked off their 2023 international tour with a show featuring an array of Ayrton lighting fixtures selected by Lighting Designer Jeff Ravitz. The North American leg of the tour began in February in Tampa and will wrap in December in San Francisco.
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Lighting Designer Simon Trottet selected 25 Claypaky HY B-EYE K25 LED moving head washlights and 54 Claypaky Tambora fixtures for the stunning new production of Puccini’s Turandot at the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre.Read More »Puccini’s ‘Turandot’ Reimagined at the Tokyo Nikikai Opera Theatre with Support from Claypaky
A rock-tastic double bill of art house chaos from The Darkness and big-rock-show mayhem from Black Stone Cherry tore through the UK arenas like a whirlwind, delighting fans on a short but highly memorable co-headliner. This also united two lighting designers who were working together for the first time and 132 Robe moving lights plus three RoboSpot systems supplied by lighting vendor Zigzag Lighting.Read More »The Darkness and Black Stone Cherry Co-Headliner Blasts Around the UK with Robe
Houston, The Event Safety Alliance has an announcement! The Event Safety Alliance (ESA) has confirmed the launch of the 2023 Event Safety Summit in Houston, TX, November 7-9. Join them in the home of NASA and some of the country’s largest entertainment, cultural, and sporting events as they explore new frontiers in safety practice and technology and broadcast the ESA message of safety to the farthest reaches of the event world. Read More »Save the Date: 2023 Event Safety Summit