NEW YORK – It’s summer in the city and New Yorkers are celebrating at “Midsummer Night Swing” (pictured here) and “Lincoln Center Out of Doors.” WorldStage is providing lighting support for lighting designer Andrew Grant at the two annual festivals held in Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park. WorldStage was awarded the big summer package after supporting a number of Lincoln Center events earlier this year.
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LONDON – On July 22-23, 2015, British electronic musician Goldie and the Heritage Orchestra performed Goldie’s 1995 album, Timeless, at the Royal Festival Hall in London. LD Richard Godin lit the event with gear provided by White Light.
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LONDON – Entec provided gear for Portishead’s summer shows. Entec first started working with Portishead through their previous lighting designer Tony Austin, who also originally asked current LD Niall Hannell to come on-board, initially as a programmer in April 2008. Niall took over as LD last year.
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PRAGUE – Yaron Abulafia’s exciting new book “The Art of Light on Stage: Lighting in Contemporary Theatre” was launched at the 2015 Prague Quadrennial. Robe is sponsoring this work by the artist and award winning lighting designer. The launch – attended by over 300 guests – took place at the Hybernia Theatre in central Prague. The book is the first history and analysis of theatre lighting design that brings the story bang up to date, with Yaron exploring the poetics of light and charting the evolution of lighting design against the background of contemporary performance.
Read More »LANCASTER, NH — On Aug. 3, a day after a Chicago-area storm killed a music festival attendee and injured 15 others taking shelter from a rain and hailstorm in a tent, another storm packing close to 60 m.p.h. winds and hail flattened a circus tent in New Hampshire, killing two — a father and his daughter — and injuring 32.
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LAS VEGAS — PLSN readers have chosen the six regional winners of the 2015 Hometown Hero Award competition. These top vote getters from each of five U.S. regions plus all of Canada will be automatically entered on the Parnelli Awards ballot. PLSN readers will then get a chance to vote on which regional company will be awarded the coveted honor of Parnelli Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year.
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MOORESTOWN, NJ – Starlite Productions’ Vice President of Systems Integration, Nathan Kimball, has been chosen to be a member of InfoComm’s Standard Development Task Group. Specifically, Nathan will be contributing to the Standard Guide for Audiovisual Systems Design and Coordination Processes.
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FT WAYNE, IN – Apollo Design Technology promoted Tammy Paul, pictured here, to Accounting Supervisor. She will supervise the administration and accounting controls of the organization. The company also named Kimberly Muller staff accountant.
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NASHVILLE – One of the great country music crossover acts in recent years has been Lady Antebellum, whose rising popularity means they can now comfortably fill 20,000-seat amphitheaters. LD Paul Guthrie opted to include GLP’s new impression X4 Bar 20 LED battens from German Light Products in the rig for the band’s Wheels Up tour.
