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Circus Knie Creates Magic with CHAUVET Professional

A circus is magic. How else to explain how, in a single afternoon, it can turn even the most serious adult into a child, eyes wide open with wonder, marveling at acts that turn reality on its head. Circus Knie, one of Europe’s oldest and among the world’s most famous circuses has been turning out such moments for over a century. Its just-concluded 2023 season was no exception, as it featured breathtaking acts from dancing horses to motorcycles spinning around in a sphere at high speeds whilst parallel to the ground.Read More »Circus Knie Creates Magic with CHAUVET Professional

Bandit Lites Gathers for Annual General Meeting

Bandit Service Awards

Bandit Lites recently held its Annual General Meeting to launch 2024, celebrating the previous year’s accomplishments and revealing the company’s new goals and updates. Following a wildly successful 55th year, Bandit Chair Michael T. Strickland offered remarks and insight on Bandit’s successes and its continuing goals in the New Year.Read More »Bandit Lites Gathers for Annual General Meeting

ISE 2024 Opens; Show Set for Jan. 30-Feb. 2

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2024 is now open and set to run for a four-day span from Jan. 30 through Feb. 2, 2024. Along with the largest show floor ever for this milestone 20th anniversary edition of the event, the exhibition is promising the most comprehensive content program to date, with nine conferences covering a wide range of topics critical to the AV and systems integration industry.Read More »ISE 2024 Opens; Show Set for Jan. 30-Feb. 2

The 22nd Annual Parnelli Award Winners Presented at Sold-out Event

The 22nd annual Parnelli Awards welcomed the live entertainment production industry to the sold out dinner event which took place at the Anaheim Convention Center on Friday, January 26 during NAMM 2024 . There was an array of creatives, technicians, as well as manufacturers, vendors, and rental houses present to honor the backstage professionals who worked on some of the biggest concert tours and live events during the past year. This year’s list of nominees were a diverse industry cross section from early career through to time tested veterans, with many of this year’s biggest tours and events represented – Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Luke Combs, P!nk, and U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere.Read More »The 22nd Annual Parnelli Award Winners Presented at Sold-out Event

Timeless Communications Honored by NAMM for 25-Year Milestone

Terry Lowe and John Mlynczak

While the whole world joined Prince and partied like it was 1999–or nervously awaiting the global calamity of the much-feared Y2K meltdown of the world’s computer systems–Timeless Communications President Terry Lowe was busy lining up advertisers and reviewing editorial content for the inaugural February 2000 issue of Pro Lights and Staging News, the precursor to today’s PLSN magazine.Read More »Timeless Communications Honored by NAMM for 25-Year Milestone

Bruno Poet Works Magic with Ayrton Khamsin TC for ‘Macbeth’ at London’s Donmar Warehouse

Max Webster’s intense production of Shakespeare’s bloody, supernatural tragedy, Macbeth, featuring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, opened to fantastic reviews at London’s Donmar Warehouse in December. Played out on Rosanna Vize’s stark, minimalist set, comprising a flat white platform backed by a glass wall that isolates off-stage actors from the action, the audience listens through binaural headphones that catch every nuance of the actors’ speech, drawing them deeper and more intimately into the text—and Macbeth’s mental state.Read More »Bruno Poet Works Magic with Ayrton Khamsin TC for ‘Macbeth’ at London’s Donmar Warehouse

Claypaky at ISE 2024 with Wide Ranging Product Portfolio

At this year’s Integrated System Europe (ISE), Claypaky will be showcasing its recently launched products for first-class entertainment at all kinds of events from touring to theater productions. Booth 1D150 at Fira Barcelona is where visitors can see and learn about the latest top-of-the-line products and innovative technologies for the entertainment industry.

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Obsidian Control Systems Adds Technical Support and Training Specialist to Growing Global Team

Daniel Boerner

Obsidian Control Systems announces the addition of Daniel Boerner to its expanding global team as a newly appointed Technical Support and Training Specialist. Boerner started in the new position in November and uses his expertise in lighting control to support Obsidian’s acclaimed NETRON line of data distribution products. Over time, his role will extend to encompass support for all products under the Obsidian brand.Read More »Obsidian Control Systems Adds Technical Support and Training Specialist to Growing Global Team

Lonestar Saves the Day for Riverside Theater’s Production of ‘Million Dollar Quartet’

Riverside Theater’s Lighting Supervisor Will Gibbons-Brown recently found himself in the middle of every Lighting Designer’s most commonly recurring nightmare: he had 48 hours to light a musical from scratch. With only two days until previews for the first show of the season, the production suddenly found itself without a lighting designer. With a whole lot of show to light and very little time, High End Systems’ Lonestar came to the rescue in a big way.Read More »Lonestar Saves the Day for Riverside Theater’s Production of ‘Million Dollar Quartet’

The Playground Calls on CHAUVET Professional for ‘La Meta’ Design Honoring Daddy Yankee’s Legacy

“Every moment of light and dark is a miracle,” wrote Walt Whitman. All lightshows are proof of that. But on rare occasions, when the meaning of the moment aligns perfectly with the aesthetics that celebrate it, the “miracle” becomes frozen in time, ensuring that it will always burn brightly in the minds of all who appreciated it.Read More »The Playground Calls on CHAUVET Professional for ‘La Meta’ Design Honoring Daddy Yankee’s Legacy