Supporting comedian Redouane Bougheraba’s performance every witty step of the way on his tour is an Andreas Monschauer lighting design that, like the popular comedian himself, is versatile, free-flowing and always engaging. Monschauer is powering his shows with ChamSys consoles: A MagicQ MQ500M Stadium Console with a wing at Marseille, and a MagicQ MQ250M at the Accor Hotel Arena.
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The 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe sees Assembly – one of the largest venue operators at the Fringe – operating 26 venues featuring over 240 diverse shows with multiple entertainment genres. The lighting is managed by Martin McLachlan, Assembly’s Festival Fringe Head of Lighting since 2018. This year McLachlan specified an abundance of Robe moving lights for several of Assembly’s key venues.
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The Nominations process for this year’s Parnelli Awards closes on October 11, 2024, so you only have 18 days left to get your nominations in! Nominations are now being accepted for the Parnelli Awards and the Indispensable Technology (IT) Awards, so be sure to have your say and nominate. The Parnelli Awards will be be held in Anaheim, CA on Friday, January 24, 2025, during the NAMM Show.
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The stars gathered at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena packed for a special concert … ‘Toby Keith: American Icon’, a heartfelt tribute to late singer-songwriter. Tom Kenny lit this show which was filmed for broadcast on the NBC network, and Kenny’s lighting rig included three different types of Robe moving lights. The lighting vendor was 4Wall, who supplied from their Nashville shop.
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After successfully transitioning from conventional static lighting to dynamically versatile LED fixtures at Rijswijkse Schouwburg Theater in Rijswijk, Netherlands, Ronald de Blecourt, Head of Stage Technique, reflected on the satisfactory outcome. “When you know what you’re looking for and you are lucky enough to have a great team, the full trust of your management board, and of course the means, all you have to do is find the right fixtures,” he reflected. “The new LED lighting from Elation has allowed us to create more visually attractive productions and has enhanced the entire theatrical experience.”
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Unilumin Group, the LED application pioneer, providing professional LED application service, along with its subsidiary LAMPRO, has recently been awarded the Intertek Green Leaf Mark for product carbon footprint by Intertek, a globally recognized quality and safety service provider. Additionally, Unilumin received a product carbon footprint certificate jointly issued by Intertek and the Beijing Saidi Certification Center.
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NAMM continues to build on its vast collection of videotaped oral history interviews, preserving thousands upon thousands of conversations. Three recently posted interviews feature industry veterans with Indiana roots, including Jeff Van Duyn, Dan Kasting and Mark Hogue.
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Work is underway on the 23rd Annual Parnelli Awards, and the excitement all starts with the forward-thinking live event industry leaders who make the celebration possible. Terry Lowe, Parnelli Awards Executive Producer and founder of PLSN/FOH magazines, says “There is the excitement of building the show around our three lifetime honorees, but there is also the thrill of new and old friends stepping up to be Parnelli Award Sponsors. It’s always humbling to get their much-appreciated support as we could not do it without them.”
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American reggae band Stick Figure recently wrapped their ‘Sacred Sand Summer Tour’ out with a design by Lighting Designer Nesta Garrick, and a lighting system provided by Bandit Lites. Garrick chose fixtures that would provide a range of effects, utilizing ACME, Chauvet, Elation, GLP, and ROBE fixtures.
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Grammy Award winning Jamaican reggae legend Buju Banton returned to the U.S. for the first time in 13 years when he performed two back-to-back shows at New York’s UBS Arena. His 90-minute set, chock filled with much-loved anthems like “Champion” and “Wanna Be Loved,” was lit by Lighting Designer John Dacosta with CHAUVET Professional fixtures provided by The Design Oasis.
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Karol G recently concluded her historic ‘Mañana Será Bonito’ world tour with four incredible stadium shows in Madrid. The year-long run featured an ambitious production with lighting design by Lightswitch Senior Director Ignacio Rosenberg, working with lighting vendor PRG. At the heart of the design were Elation PROTEUS luminaires, which played a vital role in both the stadium and arena shows.
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The branding theme for the ‘Women Of Wrestling’ TV series consists of two Ws made up of 64 CHAUVET Professional COLORado PXL Curve 12 motorized battens supplied by Felix Lighting. The stunning flourish is part of a dynamic lighting design by five-time Emmy Award winner Darren Langer, working with LD Felix Peralta, and drafter Chris Fernandez.
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