Showlight announces the latest round of international speakers to present Papers at Showlight 2025, including Willie Williams, Dr, Yaron Abulafia, Christina Thanasoula, Saffran Popille, and Brad Schiller. The speakers share their lighting experiences at Showlight in Dijon, France this May.
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Theater De Maagd, a converted church-turned-theater in The Netherlands, has recently undergone technical modernization transitioning from halogen to LED lighting. Ampco-Flashlight Sales, Ayrton’s exclusive distributor for The Netherlands, recommended Ayrton Diablo TC, as a versatile and advanced LED fixture.
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On Jan. 29, ANSI’s Board of Standards Review approved another ESTA standard: ANSI ES1.6 – 2025, Event Safety – Crowd Management. This standard describes requirements for communication of internal and public information for live events and related activities.
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The Long Reach Long Riders and Behind the Scenes will host their annual fundraising raffle at the USITT Conference March 5-8 in Columbus, OH. The LRLR, who have raised over $1,000,000 for charity in their decades of holding annual motorcycle rides, will be riding June 14-21 on the “Salt Lake Sidewinder Ride.”
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Blake Shelton kicked off his six-show residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace with an immersive production by Bob Bonniol of MODE Studios and lighting designer Steve Cohen. The design included CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M motorized strobe-blinders, which like the rest of the rig, were supplied by 4Wall Entertainment.
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Vorstin is a popular music and entertainment venue in Hilversum, a lively Netherlands ‘media city’ in the center of the country. The venue has recently made a large investment in new Robe moving lights, with the purchase of PAINTES, LEDBeam 350s, LEDBeam 150s, LEDBeam 350 FWs, and Tetra1 LED moving battens for their big hall.
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InCord ended 2024 and began 2025 with two donations to Behind the Scenes on the show floors of both LDI and NAMM. These donations reflect a percentage of profits from sales of their Theatrical Safety Netting Systems.
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Delivering a convincing death for a zombie character in shows like ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ takes imagination and expertise, something that Frank Iudica has gained ample amounts of throughout his 30-year career in TV and film. Iudica has seen many changes over the course of his career, but something that he simply does not change is his use of Look Solutions products.
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The iconic Belgian duo Clouseau’s tour Clouseau 40, Luc Peumans, head of the design studio Painting With Light designed a potent rig featuring 137 CHAUVET Professional fixtures supplied by Ampli.
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Magik Theatre, which is known for bringing the most heart-warming stories to stage has opened a new season with the musical: Elephant & Piggie’s “We… Read More »Magik Theatre Presents ‘Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”’
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At the end of 2024, Umphrey’s McGee, a rock band known for their genre-expansive and improvisation-heavy sound, played four shows in Colorado to bring in the New Year. The Tour Lighting Director, Ben Factor, brought in the M-Sphere fixture from MEGA-LITE to make the shows feel big. Squeek Lights supported the lighting for these shows.
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The Foundation for Stage Managers (FSM), formerly known as the Stage Managers’ Association Foundation, announces its Spring 2025 Fundraising Campaign. The campaign has a Valentine’s theme: Give your Stage Managers a little love. Starting Valentine’s Day, February 14, and running through March 14, FSM is seeking donations representing a love of Stage Managers, to fund grants to be awarded by the Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit established in 2022.
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