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A scene from Sunset Boulevard, which features lighting from Mark Henderson.

Knight of Illumination Awards 2016 Theatre Shortlist Announced

LONDON – The Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI) Theatre judging panel has announced its shortlist for this year’s ceremony, which will take place at London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith on Sept. 18. Now in its ninth year, the KOI Awards honor international lighting and digital content designers working in the UK for projects involving TV, theatre and concert touring and events. Pictured here is a scene from Sunset Boulevard, which features lighting from Mark Henderson, one of the designers shortlisted for a KOI award this year.

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Herbert Gronemeyer Dauernd Jetzt Tour Lit with Robe Gear

Herbert Grönemeyer’s Dauernd Jetzt Tour Lit with Robe Gear

HAMBURG, Germany – The final leg of German artist Herbert Grönemeyer’s “Dauernd Jetzt” (Steady Now) tour included 12 shows in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. These were lit with Robe fixtures, including 20 Pointes and 47 BMFLs Spots supplied by Satis & Fy. German LD Gunther Hecker worked with Marc Lorenz, lighting director and technology integration specialist, on the evolving looks for the tour.

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Hexogon Solution deploys Christie Boxer 4K30 Projectors for Singapore’s 51st National Day celebrations

Hexogon Solution Uses 66 Christie Boxer 4K30 Projectors for Singapore’s 51st National Day Celebration

SINGAPORE – More than 55,000 attended Singapore’s 51st birthday celebrations at Singapore’s National Stadium on Aug. 9, 2016. The elaborate projection mapping performances were planned and executed by Christie’s rental staging partner Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd. Hexogon used 66 Christie Boxer 4K30 3DLP projectors for what is being called the biggest real-time tracking 3D projection mapping show ever staged.

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Image Cues used at On Events show

ImageCue Simplifies Multiscreen Show

HELOTES, TX – Production company ON Event Services (OES) of Atlanta recently utilized 16 ImageCue servers in Washington D.C. for a long-time client. The event was staged as “Mission Control” with a 15’ x 45’ (4.5m x 13.7m) main video screen using four blended HD projectors, six smaller screens with 7K projectors, and fourteen presenter booths each with a 70” flat panel display. Each booth had its own unique Presenter logo video loop, and was switched to play the opening and closing overall event videos.

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Ride Along 2 utilized Chauvet DJ Freedom Par Quad-5

“Ride Along 2” Features Chauvet DJ Gear

ATLANTA — Ah Hollywood… It has the power to transform anything. This includes a recent building makeover for Ride Along 2 that turned the second-floor rotunda of Georgia’s historic and stately capital building into an edgy Miami nightclub, complete with a well-stocked bar, chic guests, VIP sofas and lavish mood lighting, provided by Freedom Par Quad-5 fixtures from Chauvet DJ.

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Bridge Bible Church uses Roland V-12

The Bridge Bible Church Using Roland’s V-1200HD Multi-Format Video Switcher

BAKERSFIELD, CA — The Bridge Bible Church in Bakersfield, California, has plans for its future. The 12-year-old house of worship, whose sanctuary today accommodates 1,200 worshippers at a time – a total of 2,500 weekly across three Sunday services, is considering adding a satellite location sometime in the next year or two, which will necessitate the acquisition and integration of video cameras and I-Mag projection, something they don’t need currently thanks to an architectural design whose curved balcony makes for a pleasantly intimate worship space.

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The Nova-Lite series from Mega-Lite

Mega-Lite Nova-Lite Series

Mega-Lite’s Nova-Lite series includes six fixtures.  The Nova-Lite Q200 (RGBW), Nova-Lite T200 (RGB) and Nova-Lite UV200 (ultra violet) fixtures come with a 200-watt single source LED. The Nova-Lite VW150 (variable white), Nova-Lite WW150 (warm white) and Nova-Lite CW150 (cool white) house a 150-watt LED.

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Life Church in Austin with HES gear

LightParts Outfits Life Austin Church with HES Gear

AUSTIN, TX — Life Austin Church recently opened the new 1,000 seat Life Austin Amphitheatre. LightParts, which has been working with Life Austin Church since 2013, provided lighting for the newest worship space. The rig includes 20 Intellaspots, five Shapeshifter C1’s and a FQ-100 fogger, all from High End Systems, with a Road Hog Full Boar 3 console for control.

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Rhys, Gillett and Travers (L-R)

PR Live Staffs Up in South London

LONDON – Event technical production and rental specialist PR Live expands its team with the addition of three new key staff members who joined the south London based company following extremely strong business during the first half of the year. Dave Gillett joins as Head of Technical, while Karl Travers and Rhys Williams both come on-board as Senior Project Managers, all bringing lots of energy, dynamics and a vast fund of experience, knowledge and excellent contacts to the PR Live equation led by founder and MD, Ian Coull.

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Miranda Lambert using Robe BMFLs

Miranda Lambert Tour Rig Includes Robe BMFLs

STURGIS, SD —Miranda Lambert is currently touring North America on her “Keeper of the Flame” tour. Paul “Arlo” Guthrie’s lighting design makes use of 27 Robe BMFLs, including 19 BMFL Spots and eight BMFL Blade fixtures. This is Guthrie’s first design for the popular country artist. His design includes five wood-framed columns of LED screens alternating with six bent-wood lighting towers on floor bases. Above this, there are five upstage / downstage trussing “fingers” and two standard straight trusses.

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