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Julien Trochu and West Evénement Light the Creative Spirit of Les Trans with CHAUVET Professional

The music starts at 9pm and continues virtually nonstop until morning. This process is repeated over the course of four days inside 100,000 square meters of cavernous airport hangers. But one could wander through Rennes Airport Parc Expo for the entire Les Rencontres Trans Musicales (aka “Transmusicales” or “Les Trans”) without ever hearing the same music twice. Such is the diversity of this iconic festival, which was founded 44-years ago by Béatrice Macé and Jean-Louis Brossard, who still run the event today. An assault on the boring and predictable, the festival serves up an outpouring of fresh, original music in a mind-boggling array of genres from a variety of places, which this year featured over 30 different nations.Read More »Julien Trochu and West Evénement Light the Creative Spirit of Les Trans with CHAUVET Professional

Helsinki City Theater Brings Light to the Performing Arts with Martin Lighting Fixtures

Helsinki City Theater recently supercharged its original productions while simultaneously taking giant green steps in energy efficiency with a brand-new Martin lighting rig consisting of MAC Ultra Performance, MAC Ultra Wash and MAC Encore Performance fixtures. Lighting Designer William Iles selected Martin MAC Ultra and Encore lighting fixtures for their quality of light, premium color rendering, energy efficiency and silent operation.

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Claypaky Lighting Rig Shines on the Luxembourg Song Contest To Select a Contestant for Eurovision 2024

After an absence of 31 years, Luxembourg marked its return to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 by staging the precursor Luxembourg Song Contest event, organized and broadcast by RTL and featuring Claypaky lighting fixtures. Creating the Luxembourg Song Contest proved to be an international effort with Zagreb, Croatia-based Ivas Group producing the show for RTL, providing a turnkey solution with lights, video, audio, trusses, hoists and the entire production crew.  Daka Azulay, from Lightvision Lighting Design in Tel Aviv, served as the Lighting Designer.

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Jerry Appelt Evokes History at Babylon Berlin Live with CHAUVET Professional

There are few times in the course of events when history teeters on the brink, as it braces itself for events that will not merely change things but sweep away all that is familiar and turn reality on its head.  Germany’s Weimar Republic took place in one such period. Stradling the two world wars, it lived and died during the decade-and-a-half when democracy gave way to Nazism, and the world, as most people knew it, changed forever.Read More »Jerry Appelt Evokes History at Babylon Berlin Live with CHAUVET Professional

NATEAC General Registration is Open

NATEAC registration is now open to the public at nateac.org. General registration costs $850; student registration is $350 with a valid .edu email address. When you register, you’ll also have an opportunity to purchase tickets to the charity dinner supporting Behind the Scenes at $175 (charity dinner tickets may be purchased separately during the conference as well).

Wondering what the North American Theatre, Engineering, and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) has in store for you? Here are some highlights:Read More »NATEAC General Registration is Open

Avolites Reveals its Latest Technology at Prolight + Sound 2024

Avolites showcases its new and latest technology at this year’s Prolight & Sound show in Frankfurt, Germany. Avolites unveils its latest Diamond console, releases a new version of Titan, and showcases a soon to be released version of is new media software Prism.Read More »Avolites Reveals its Latest Technology at Prolight + Sound 2024

Robe Rocks the Circus Again

Rock Circus Volume 2 – a completely new version of this exhilarating performance concept – returned to the stage at IFEMA in Madrid, Spain, produced by Productores de Sonrisas, choreographed by Albert Sala, and lit by Juanjo Llorens with a set design by Anna Calvo. The show meshed the thrills of extreme circus with a string of the most inspiring and monumental rock anthems.Read More »Robe Rocks the Circus Again

Robe Acquires LSC Control Systems

Robe’s Josef Valchar on the left with LSC’s Gary Pritchard

Robe Lighting s.r.o. has acquired LSC Control Systems PTY in Australia, a move that sees the Czech Republic lighting manufacturer further consolidate its portfolio of leading lighting and control brands. Having LSC’s power distribution (PD) systems as a core element of the ‘Robe Business’ Team made perfect sense following the purchase of console manufacturer Avolites in September last year, explained Robe’s CEO Josef Valchar.Read More »Robe Acquires LSC Control Systems