The Star Theatre, the main venue at The Star Performing Arts Centre, has invested in a quantity of Ayrton Huracán Wash fixtures supplied by Ayrton’s exclusive distributor for the region, Total Solution Marketing. The Huracán Wash units will become a fixed installation as part of the permanent lighting rig and mark the second investment in Ayrton for the venue.
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This June, the Sibiu International Theatre Festival, hailed as “Romania’s Miracle.” was put on by The National Theatre Radu Stanca Sibiu, featuring indoor and outdoor theatre, music and dance, as well as street acts, drew more than 100,000 international visitors. Adding to the magic of the 2024 edition of the festival, which was built around the theme of “friendship,” was a massive collection of over 250 CHAUVET Professional fixtures supplied and installed by Andrei Popea (“MAC”) and his team at Backstage Production Group.
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MA Lighting announced the passing of Director of Business Development Riku Mikael Kauppinen, who died peacefully on Friday, August 16, 2024, at the age of 52, after a courageous battle with cancer. Riku was surrounded by his family & friends at the time of his passing.
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Creative design practice Concept K employed 100 Elation SŌL I Blinders at the Solidays Festival in Paris at the end of June, one of the first uses in Europe of the creative blinder and effect light. Lighting supply was by Dushow, a festival provider for many years, with lighting design by Frédéric “Aldo” Fayard of Concept K.
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In the Lorenz Foundation’s inclusive dance project ‘Babylon – Miteinander Reden ist Gold’, 150 people – professionals and amateurs, people with and without disabilities – took to the stage and demonstrated what can happen when people come together without boundaries. Supported by the technical team from eCon GmbH with a lighting set-up from Cameo.
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Explore the latest live entertainment technology at Elation Stand C26 at the upcoming PLASA tradeshow at Olympia in West London. Elation is excited to present an exceptional line-up of new lighting tools September 1-3 as the company continues to push the boundaries in the world of entertainment lighting.
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Neg Earth supremo Dave Ridgway came to the assistance of Creative Director and Lighting Designer Terry Cook when he was seeking the kind of raw power from a new generation washlight that audiences at an AC/DC show might expect. Ridgway recommended GLP’s impression X5 IP Maxx. Cook’s conclusion: “It brought meanness, real character, and was unapologetically angry. It was definitely an AC/DC light.”
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ChamSys will be conducting a series of learning sessions during the first two days of the three-day PLASA 2024 show, which runs from September 1-3. The sessions will cover a variety of topics, from an introduction to MagicQ, to a guide to achieving faster programming with Group Cues and Group FX, as well as well as learning experiences with guest LDs.
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Max Pezzali’s first real stadium tour in over 30 years of his career, ‘Max Forever’, drew floods of fans. Blearred Milano dealt with the tour lighting design, which saw the Claypaky Arolla Aqua take center stage. Claypaky spoke to Lighting Designer Jordan Babev about the project.
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The Mediterrane Film Festival culminated with the sparkling Golden Bee Award Ceremony at the spectacular Fort Manoel, Gżira. Raphaël Demonthy, lighting designer and managing director at Sunrise Studios GmbH of Berlin, was responsible for the complete lighting design and realization of the ceremony. Signature to his visual design was a row of 30 Ayrton Cobra laser-sourced fixtures.
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Working with a stunning Production Design by Travis Shirley, Lighting Designer Ignacio “Iggy” Rosenberg of Lightswitch, artfully pixel mapped every cell of 310 CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M fixtures to add an extra level of depth and continuity to the massive set for Karol G’s 62-date ‘Mañana Será Bonito’ Tour
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Over 200 Robe moving lights graced the stage in a lighting scheme designed by Sven Kučinić of LumiLas LLC for a show by Serbian superstar Milica Pavlović at the Zagreb Arena, Croatia. Kučinić was asked to light the high-profile concert after Pavlović’s show producers saw his lightshow for Croatian artist Gibonni.
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