NEW YORK – When leading Broadway theatre lighting designer and Tony Award winner, Donald Holder, was invited to design the lighting for the new production of Fiddler on the Roof at New York’s Broadway Theatre, he turned to GLP’s new multi-faceted X4 Bar 20s to meet a number of different challenges.
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STOWE, VT – For their recent gig at the Rusty Nail in Stowe, VT, Kyle Rose of KTR Lighting used eight Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 Spots to light Gang of Thieves. He called upon the color rendering capabilities of the fixtures positioned on the subwoofers to bathe the band in a variety of hues that reflected the moods evoked by different songs. Throughout the show he relied on the fixtures’ gobos to add depth to the stage, engage the audience and mark out different segments of the show.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — In separate accidents Feb. 22 and 23, two Cirque du Soleil performers suffered injuries from falls. Both were reportedly in stable condition after being transported to University Medical Center in Las Vegas for treatment.
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ORLANDO, FL – LMG named Dan Wilson sales engineer for the company’s systems integration division. His role will include providing professional consultation to systems integration clients to assure they are installing AV systems that meet their communication needs. He also will be responsible for designing audio visual systems, consulting with higher education, government, and corporate clients, while providing technology solutions for classrooms, training rooms, and boardrooms.
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BRISTOL, U.K. – For the third BBC Radio 6 Music Festival, staged in Bristol, U.K. Feb. 12-14, Utopium handled lighting and rigging within Colston Hall, where more than 50 acts performed. The interior and exterior lighting design included Martin, Chauvet, SGM and other fixtures controlled from grandMA control desks and Avolites Art 2000 dimming.
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SYDNEY – Lexair Pty Ltd., currently the exclusive master distributor for High End Systems, Green Hippo and TMB in Oceania, has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Elation Professional, both for Australia and New Zealand.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish rental company Comtech added Robe fixtures to its inventory for two consecutive years. The initial purchase, and the company’s first in Robe, was for 40 Pointes in 2014. In 2015 they made a further investment with 50 BMFL Spots, which have been equally as well received, according to project manager Jes Christiansen. Christiansen is pictured here, left, with Johan Kvartborg from LightPartner in the Comtech warehouse
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PERTH, Australia – Christie is showcasing a range of advanced visualization solutions at the 2016 Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference (AOG), at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, February 24-26.
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Flex Rental Solutions released Flex version 4.14.1 to customers on Feb. 17-18, 2016. The newest release includes several new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes. Release 4.14.1 includes a new notes tab with highlight functionality for contact records, a bulk edit feature when editing selected serialized items, and an increased character limit on the Raw Printer Template, and more.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada — Niscon Inc., a company specializing in the design, engineering and implementation of motion control systems for the entertainment industry, announced that Marc Beaudry, a 30+ years manager in the planning and delivery of technically complex and large-scale live entertainment in both touring and permanent facilities, has joined its project management and sales department.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Morris is pleased to announce the addition of two new team members to its Integration division and two new team members to its Light & Sound division. The Integration division has named Steve Land (pictured here), CTS, as Director of Business Development & Sales and Wade Russell as Relationship Manager. In the Light & Sound division, Chris Malmgren will serve as Audio Department Manager and Frank Heinrich as Operations Manager.
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LONDON – Colour Sound Experiment is supplying lighting equipment and crew to the current European tour by synthpop duo Hurts, riding high on the success of their third album ‘Surrender’ with a production design by Rob Sinclair. Colour Sound invested in 100 x new Martin VDO Sceptron 10 LED battens for the tour for which lighting is being directed and operated on the road by Matt Arthur.
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