Auckland based Spot-Light Systems – now part of the NEP Live Group – is among New Zealand’s leading lighting live show and event rental companies, and one that has continued to invest in Robe moving lights as the country emerged from the pandemic, adding 24 MegaPointes, 12 Tarrantulas to their existing fleets, and for the first time, 20 ESPRITES joined the inventory.Read More »Robe in the Spot-Light
Ayrton announces the appointment of Topstage—and a familiar face—as its new, exclusive distributor for Sweden. Linnea Ljungmark will be leaving her position as Ayrton Regional Sales Manager to form a new company, Topstage, which will become the new Ayrton distributor for Sweden from Monday April 3, 2023.Read More »Ayrton Appoints Topstage—and a Familiar Face—as its New, Exclusive Distributor for Sweden
The recent robotics exhibition at the Eurexpo Lyon in France saw the use of 20 PROLIGHTS Astra Wash19Pix and 24 Astra Wash7Pix lighting fixtures, at the FANUC stand, a Japanese automation company.Read More »PROLIGHTS Astra Wash Range Used at a Robotics Exhibition
In recent years, NicLen has successively expanded its inventory of Cameo fixtures. Today, all of the manufacturer’s major series are part of the portfolio of the leading dry hire provider. Recently, NicLen GmbH and NicLen UK—as an independent offshoot in the UK—have once again stepped up and invested in large numbers of the Cameo S4 IP LED softlights, the new OTOS® models SP6 (Profile Spot) and B5 (Beam Moving Head) as well as the compact spot moving head AZOR S2.Read More »NicLen Invests in Cameo S4 Soft Lights, OTOS® Series and More
The family of Richard “Nook” Schoenfeld is looking to establish a scholarship in his name at The Arete Academy, which is a school one of his son attends. The Arete Academy is celebrating their 10th year as a school and are developing a scholarship drive: ten $10k scholarships for their 10th year.
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Leading Bulgarian media company Nova Broadcasting Group recently opened an ultra-modern studio complex of nearly 17,000-square meters in the capital of Sofia. To ensure top-quality, professional illumination in the new facility’s multiple studios, Nova Broadcasting Group worked with Elation distributor Luminis Ltd. on a broadcast-optimized lighting solution.Read More »Luminis Delivers Large Elation KL Lighting System for Ultra-Modern Bulgarian Broadcast Studio
In June of 2009 ETC launched a new app that would expand lighting control by turning people’s Apple handhelds into miniature lighting controllers. From the very beginning, ETC decided that all profits from sales of the iRFR (Radio Focus Remote) and later the aRFR for Android apps would be donated to charity. On Friday at the 2023 USITT Show, ETC presented Behind the Scenes with a check for $39,599 bringing the total donated to the charity to over half a million dollars.Read More »ETC’s Donations to Behind the Scenes Reach a Major Milestone
How do you say goodbye to a legend? For the creative team involved in designing the production for Daddy Yankee’s La Ultima Vuelta tour, the answer was quite simple, you create something “fit for a king.” This was the directive that Production Designer Rodrigo Proal of Darmah Studios received when he was asked to work on the Puerto Rican born super star’s 84-date official retirement tour of North and South America, which concluded with a January show in San Juan.Read More »Team Darmah and CHAUVET Professional Help Daddy Yankee Create Farewell Tour Fit for a King
Italian group Måneskin are rocking their way through Europe with their Loud Kids Tour Gets Louder shows, backed by a highly technological lighting system that can morph into multiple different shapes to convey story and structure. At the heart of the lighting rig are Vari-Lite VL10 BeamWash luminaires from Signify, which are used to beam bright vivid colors and pastels onto the stage and as powerful followspots.Read More »Måneskin’s Arena Tour Thrills with Powerful Vari-Lite VL10 BeamWash Colors
A significant quantity of ADJ Focus Profile, Vizi Beam 12RX, and Focus Flex automated luminaires were used to create an impressive atmosphere last month for a huge hardstyle dance event held at the Autotron exhibition center close to ‘s-Hertogenbosch in The Netherlands. Vroeger Was Alles Beter (which translates to ‘Everything Used To Be Better’) focuses on classic hard dance music and this special edition dubbed ‘The Man With The Golden Classics’ was headlined by one of the scene’s most prolific artists, Headhunterz. The sold-out event, which attracted a crowd of 8000, ran all day from 12:30pm through to 12:00am. It included a solo set from Headhunterz in the early evening and then closed with a 1.5 hour ‘vs’ set between the DJ and his musical partner Wildstylez.Read More »More Than 100 ADJ Fixtures Create Impressive Atmosphere at ‘Vroeger Was Alles Beter 2023’
Chart-topping German rapper Kontra K avoids the “tough guy” persona that many other artists in this genre adopt, but, as the old saying goes, “looks can be deceiving.” Emerging from the mean streets of some of Berlin’s roughest neighborhoods, the popular artist is busy being a bona fide martial arts expert and a boxing coach when he isn’t performing on stage.Read More »Kontra K Tour Powered by ChamSys
The Refracted Lightstand™ is a new, original product available from ACME Lighting, that is more than just a light stand but a stunning visual product unto itself. With pixel mapping capabilities, the Refracted Lightstand features dozens of macros and speeds, you can create thousands of colorful moving images.
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