Dirty Rigger Secutor Belt
Dirty Rigger is launching the Secutor Belt, a product which offers:5-inch extra wide padded back for ‘maximus’ comfort;Removable / adjustable D-rings for the attachment of… Read More »Dirty Rigger Secutor Belt
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Martin MAC III Wash
AARHUS, Denmark – The MAC III Wash moving head is now available. A full-feature, full-range wash luminaire, it projects an intense yet even field of light and has the added ability of shaping the beam through an internal barndoor system. The MAC III Wash is designed to run quietly for the theatre and television markets, and offers the high power needed for touring, corporate and special events.
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dbn Lighting Appoints New Head of Operations
MANCHESTER, UK – Event lighting and rigging specialist dbn has appointed Alan Brown as head of operations. He previously worked as operations and circulation director of MEN Media for 16 years, and believes his experience with the newspaper’s pressures and tight deadlines will help him in his new role handling the daily operations at dbn.
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Elation, Acclaim and ADJ Share Mardi Gras Moment
NEW ORLEANS – The Pontchartrain Beach float takes bigness to new heights – or lengths. At 330 feet long, this tribute to the Big Easy’s legendary-but-long-gone Pontchartrain Beach amusement park is one of the largest floats ever seen in a Mardi Gras parade. Ray Ziegler of RZI Lighting was brought on board to create the lighting using Elation, Acclaim and ADJ LED products.
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Event Safety Alliance’s Event Safety Guide Available for Download, Review and Comment
LOS ANGELES — The first draft of the Event Safety Alliance’s Event Safety Guide — an updated version of the widely-used U.K. guide with the same name, often dubbed the “purple guide” — is available for download from the Alliance website, eventsafetyalliance.org. Subtitled “A Guide to Health, Safety and Welfare at Live Entertainment Events in the United States,” the draft document includes a disclaimer stating that the 273-page PDF document is provided for public review only for a 180-day review and comment period (from Feb. 6, 2013 to Aug. 5, 2013).
Read More »PLSN-TV Offers Archive of City Theatrical Moving Light Assistant Webinar
On Tuesday, Feb. 12, City Theatrical hosted a webinar introduction to the Moving Light Assistant program, which they are the exclusive distributor of. For 30 minutes, Andrew Voller, creator of Moving Light Assistant showed moving lighting programmers and users how Moving Light Assistant can document both the physical setup and programming information for moving light rigs. Our editor, Justin was in attendance, and captured the webinar in a video. With the permission of City Theatrical, the complete video of the webinar is included below so everyone can view. Enjoy!
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XL Events Tours with Guinness World Records Show
LONDON – In an unusual event, Guinness World Records has departed its London headquarters and has gone out “on the road” with its Officially Amazing Science Live! show. The 12-week tour spans across the UK with XL Events and M4 Entertainment.
Read More »Accident During Load-In Kills Tour Manager, Singer in U.K.
GUILDFORD, U.K. — The tour manager and one of the 10 singers for Fisherman’s Friends, a male vocal group, died from injuries caused by a falling steel loading dock door at the G Live venue here. Tour manager Paul McMullen, 44, died at the scene of the freakish accident, which occurred during the mid-day load-in for a performance Feb. 9. The show was cancelled. Singer Trevor Grills, 54, was also pinned by the heavy steel door. He was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries Feb. 11.
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PLCyc LED Performs in Great American Mousical
CHESTER, CT – Goodspeed Musicals recently debuted The Great American Mousical, a whimsical, musical comedy that celebrates life in the theatre, directed by Julie Andrews. The production team was challenged to bring the excitement and spectacle of Broadway into a compact 200-seat venue. To accomplish this, co-lighting designers Richard Pilbrow and Michael Gottlieb brought in a new and compact lighting tool, the PLCyc LED luminaire from Philips Strand Lighting and Philips Selecon.
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Green Hippo Hippotizer Software v3.2
LONDON – Green Hippo has launched Hippotizer version 3.2 software, available for download from the website. The software offers new features and more than 100 enhancements and is suitable for installation on HippoCritter, GrassHopper, HippoPortamus and HD models.
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Greg Russell Joins AC Lighting
PHOENIX – A.C. Lighting Inc. has appointed Greg Russell as Southwestern US regional sales manager, based in Phoenix. Russell has been working in the production entertainment industry for more than 25 years providing lighting, sound, rigging, design, installation and production management to a range of high profile artists, venues and television shows.
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Portugal Takes its First Robe MMX Spots
AVEIRO, Portugal – The first Robe ROBIN MMX Spots in Portugal have been delivered to rental company, FM Formato Musical, by Robe’s Portuguese distributors, NAN. The delivery was quick – FM received the fixtures just a week after they confirmed their order.
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