Recently, MEGA-LITE hosted three training sessions across Mexico City for a unique opportunity to explore our three MEGA-LITE control software programs: Enlighten, Lumen8, and Disco. These sessions were led by our control specialist, Jesse Gutierrez, and covered key topics in lighting control such as patching, creating groups, recording scenes, and the AI assistant for generating complete projects.
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Lighting Designer Matthaus Scheuerer used Claypaky Arolla Aqua Spots for four weeks on the last tour he did with German thrash metal band Kreator and gives the fixtures rave reviews for their reliability and performance. “I got the opportunity to see the Arolla Aqua Spot in action and to test its strengths extensively, and the experience showed me why the fixture is so highly valued and considered by many colleagues to be one of the best options in its class,” says Scheuerer.
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The award-winning Festival du Cirque International des Mureaux, one of the world’s preeminent circuses. This was brilliantly evident this fall at the Parc du Sautour in Les Mureaux. Contributing to the magical sense of surprise was the event’s lighting, which like the artists it illuminated went beyond the ordinary to find new ways to engage people visually.
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Allround Lyd & Lys (Light & Sound) based in Struer, Denmark, purchased Robe iFORTE LTX Follow Spots ahead of their busy 2024 festival season, so – in conjunction with their existing RoboSpot systems – going forward, they could offer outstanding followspotting facilities with their dynamic festival stage lighting packages.
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The countdown to Showlight 2025 is upon us and it’s time to announce the next round of speakers engaged to share their experiences over three glorious days in Dijon this May. Showlight takes place May 19-22, 2025 at the Le Parc des Expositions et Congrès de Dijon.
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Stage 4, a thriving rental company based in Singapore, joins the growing list of Singaporean rental companies to use Ayrton products and the first in Singapore to invest in Rivale Profiles. The company explained its decision to add Rivale Profile to its stock.
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Lighting Designer Elliot Baines from Spiralstagelighting reached for some Astera PixelBricks to help create an imaginative, memorable, and high-value lighting effect for the London show of Canadian indie band Wild Rivers, a showcase gig at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire that was part of their 2024 UK tour.
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A new installation of Robe T11 Profiles in the 200-capacity Small Hall at the Theater de Bussel in Oosterhout, southern Netherlands is helping to save electricity and enhance the scope of lighting shows and events there, explained the venue’s head of technical, Evelyn van ‘t Hof.
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Record-breaking German singer Helene Fischer hosted her annual ‘Die Helene Fischer Show’ at the end of 2024, with a host of guest stars and a total of 21 separate LED surfaces all powered by tvONE’s Green Hippo Hippotizer media servers. The content primarily consisted of pre-rendered visuals, provided by Gravity Germany, which were designed for the multitude of performers.
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Reflecting the complexity of UK rapper Sainté’s musical persona, while paying homage to his up-from-the-streets roots when he kicked of his ‘Still Local’ tour at the All Points East festival, was a powerful, fast-moving Elliot Baines lighting design that effortlessly balanced grit and grace featuring CHAUVET Professional gear.
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The Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology / Institut canadien des technologies scénographiques (CITT/ICTS) announces that it is now accepting proposals for educational sessions, workshops, roundtables, and panel discussions for the 35th Annual Rendez-vous Conference. This year’s conference is set to take place from August 12 to 16, 2025, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Every fan wants to get closer to the artist on stage. Every true artist wants to reach out and connect more intimately with fans. Unfortunately, the realities of the stage often prevent this from happening… unless you’re talking about the current global tour by German DJ BUNT. There, joyously splashing right alongside the fans, is the red hot artist from Stuttgart, helped by a “barrier-free” production design from Tony Caporale.
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