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Claypaky Appoints Carmen Savarese as Senior Area Manager and Business Development Manager for North America

(L to R) Francesco Romagnoli, Carmen Savarese, and Alberico D’Amato

Claypaky has announced the appointment of Carmen Savarese as our new Senior Area Manager and Business Development Manager for North America. Savarese has more than 15 years of worldwide experience in the entertainment industry, having held several posts, such as Business Development Manager, International Sales Director, VP of Sales and Marketing, and Managing Director, in various companies in the lighting industry and beyond. She has worked and lived in the US for a number of years, so she is well acquainted with the dynamics of this world-leading reference market.Read More »Claypaky Appoints Carmen Savarese as Senior Area Manager and Business Development Manager for North America

Robe Gets Intoxicated with Helene Fischer

It’s been a busy year so far for Lighting Designer Tim Routledge, including crafting a stunning production lighting design for Helene Fischer’s audacious new LIVE 2023 arena tour collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, which is playing to sold out audiences across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland until the autumn, presenting an energetic collage of a 360° production, seat-edge acrobatics, and superlative musical performance. Cirque’s creative team led by Marie-Helen Delage approached Routledge to work alongside Show Director Genevieve Dorion-Coupal and Set Designer Bruce Rodgers on this ambitious production.Read More »Robe Gets Intoxicated with Helene Fischer

Inner Circle Distribution Appointed as Exclusive Distributor of Roxx®

Gary Mass (Partner ICD), Craig Singer (Partner ICD), Ole Kaack (CEO ICD), Noel Duncan (Partner ICD)

ROXX®, a manufacturer of lighting products, designed and developed in Germany, announces its exclusive partnership with Inner Circle Distribution (ICD), a distributor of lighting solutions. This collaboration marks a significant milestone for both companies and users in the lighting industry.Read More »Inner Circle Distribution Appointed as Exclusive Distributor of Roxx®

Wuxi Studios Presents China’s Biggest LED Volume for Film, Powered by Brompton Technology and ROE Visual

Wuxi Studios, nicknamed ‘Chinawood Studios’, is owned and operated by the China Research Institute of Film Science & Technology. Established in 2013, it’s a nationally acclaimed digital film industrial park. A recent milestone for Wuxi Studios is the launch of a virtual production lab studio, with a new, cutting-edge virtual production facility in China. This ground-breaking addition showcases China’s largest LED volume, powered by Brompton Technology LED processing and ROE Visual LED products.
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Studio Due Lights the Monument to the Fallen of AVES with the Italian Tricolor

At the end of the 90’s, the ANAE (National Aviation Association of the Army) members manifested the will to create an important monument in Viterbo Italy to honor the commitment and sacrifice of the “Blue Basques” who lost their lives serving the homeland. In September 2001, this wonderful work was inaugurated and over the years has become a landmark of the city and a symbol of the close relationship between the Blue Basques and Viterbo.Read More »Studio Due Lights the Monument to the Fallen of AVES with the Italian Tricolor

Motor Stage Automation Makes Large Investment in Kinesys Kit

MSA’s Christina Vigso (left) and Kasper Sonberg with part of the new Kinesys systems

Denmark-based entertainment automation specialist, Motor Stage Automation (MSA), has made a substantial investment in Kinesys, comprising 30 Kinesys Apex 500 Kg hoists and 30 Kinesys Apex V2 drives plus three Mentor 401 safety controllers – offering SIL3 safety over Ethernet and safety control of up to 60 devices simultaneously. This follows up a second-batch purchase of 21 Kinesys Apex 500 Kg hoists and 26 Kinesys V1 Drives, a Mentor 401 and Vector control delivered last year, bringing MSA’s current total of Apex hosts to 72, including Apex 1,250Kg motors that arrived when the company launched in 2021.Read More »Motor Stage Automation Makes Large Investment in Kinesys Kit

GLP Fills Hertzainak’s Farewell Performance with Color in Bilbao

The Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC) was dressed for a special occasion recently for the farewell concert party for Hertzainak, spread over two nights. Hertzainak was a leading light in the movement known as ‘Basque radical rock’. Their first records combined the provocation of punk with the dance rhythms of reggae and ska, maintaining the political situation in the Basque Country as the context of their songs. For such an auspicious occasion, the eminent Lighting Designer Carlos Cirre was commissioned to design a show that would transport the audience back to the purest style of the 80s and 90s and evoke a retro spirit recreated by 100 state-of-the-art fixtures from the catalogue of GLP. This included 35 of the new impression X5.Read More »GLP Fills Hertzainak’s Farewell Performance with Color in Bilbao

Robe Now and Someday for Spectacular Nick & Simon Finale Concerts

Phenomenally successful Dutch singer-songwriter duo Nick & Simon (Nick Schilder & Simon Keizer) played six sold-out nights at Rotterdam’s famous Ahoy Arena in The Netherlands, the culmination of their Nu of Ooit (Now or Someday) tour which also was the last time they will appear in this format, as after 17 years of performing together, both artists now intend to pursue solo careers.Read More »Robe Now and Someday for Spectacular Nick & Simon Finale Concerts

Astera Shines Bright in Cape Town

Peter Lambert

Peter Lambert owns and runs a busy independent medium-sized camera and lighting system rental company based in Cape Town, South Africa whose clients work across a broad spectrum of broadcast and film / recording sectors including music videos, commercials, and streaming events. They also have a healthy cross rental business. Three years ago, Lambert started investing in Astera with the purchase of Titan Tubes, and since then demand continues to outstrip supply resulting in further purchases of Titans and Helios Tubes which have kept flowing steadily and now also include several sets of NYX Bulbs and Hydra Panels.Read More »Astera Shines Bright in Cape Town

Creative Light Products from German Light Products Support Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes is pleased to announce that German Light Products (GLP), manufacturer of high-quality intelligent lighting fixtures for the professional lighting market, has joined the BTS Pledge-of-Support Program. The company will contribute a portion of the profits from their new Creative Light products to Behind the Scenes.Read More »Creative Light Products from German Light Products Support Behind the Scenes

This Is Sefa Show Transforms With Help From CHAUVET Professional Rogue Outcast1 BeamWash

An observant pedestrian who passed DIE HALLE Tor 2 didn’t have to be a DJ music fan, to sense that something special was about to happen. Even by the standards of this popular club, the excitement that evening was out of the ordinary. The reason can be traced to a single word “Sefa.” Sefa Jeroen Vlaarkamp, known by the stage name Sefa (pronounced Sèfa), has been making huge waves in the music scene with his high powered  hardstyle and hardcore scene music, with Frenchcore as a subgenre. The eager anticipation that rippled through the long line outside DIE HALLE Tor 2 before his  This Is Sefa show was more than justified. Read More »This Is Sefa Show Transforms With Help From CHAUVET Professional Rogue Outcast1 BeamWash