LOS ANGELES – For the first time in approximately 20 years, the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) returned to the Japanese Garden on the grounds of the VA West Los Angeles Healthcare Center campus with their summer production of As You Like It, directed by Royal Shakespeare Company artist Kenn Sabberton. The Center chose the location partly because Artistic Director Ben Donenberg remembered the beauty of the space when they performed there in the early 1990s, but also as a continuation of their work to make Shakespeare vital for everyone—in this case, veterans.
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NOTTINGHAM, UK – Detonate Indoor Festival 2012, held May 6, is an eight-arena, four-venue music festival which featured more than 50 artists and dozens of CHAUVET fixtures.
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NEW YORK – PLASA has a revision of an existing photometric standard in public review on its website through Oct. 8. ANSI E1.35 – 2007, Standard for Lens Quality Measurements for Pattern Projecting Luminaires Intended for Entertainment Use, is being revised to increase the accuracy of the measurement procedure while still keeping it simple.
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HOUSTON — Jeremy Choate, a lighting designer based here, who was known for distinctive designs for theatrical and dance performances, died Aug. 12 after being struck by a car while stopped at an intersection on his motorcycle. News reports said that the driver of the vehicle left the scene on foot before police arrived. Police have identified the driver as Shannon Garcia, 25, and were conducting a search for her whereabouts.
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LONDON – Avolites details its involvement in the Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the Olympic Stadium in London. There were 2 Ai Infinity servers and 2 Sapphire Media consoles providing the control and back-up for the Immersive Team to map and control the 80,000 x 9 pixel mini screens in each seat, producing one of the world’s largest video screens.
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CHICAGO – Drape Kings has expanded into Chicago with its third regional office. The company offers an inventory of event drape and related items including rope and stanchions, quick & traveler tracks, kabuki drops, Star Drape, Hollywood quality Step & Repeats and in-house cleaning services.
Read More »INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana State Fair was expected to halt all fair activities for a moment of remembrance and reflection at 8:46 p.m. Aug. 13, 2012, a year after the main stage collapsed, killing seven. Many fair-goers were expected to visit the plaque that fair organizers had erected near the site, listing the names of those who died.
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LONDON — Short on narrative twists, but long on spectacle, the closing ceremony for the 2012 Olympics, themed “A Symphony of British Music,” chronicled the contributions made by British artists since the 1960s. Along with the parade of British performers, the lighting, video and pyro design all worked with the stage design as a unified whole — with the converging stripes of the Union Jack symbolizing the Olympian ideal of unity amid diversity.
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TOLLARD ROYAL, SOUTH WILTSHIRE, UK – Entec Sound & Light supplied a substantial stage, architectural and garden lighting package to the 2012 Larmer Tree Festival, staged in the picturesque environs of Larmer Tree Gardens. The weather – characteristic of the UK’s wettest summer on record – made the general conditions and negotiating the site extremely tough, but all the gear and spirits held up.
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HANNOVER, Germany – Boiling water was turned into ice, railroad tracks were bent with bare hands and even talking camels were part of this magic evening for illusionists the Ehrlich Brothers. coolux Pandoras Box products played a vital role during the execution of many of their magic tricks. The Widget Designer software in particular made it possible to set up and control a great number of effects via a touch screen interface.
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FT. LAUDERDALE, FL– Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures added punch to the lighting rig of the recent Miss Florida USA 2013 pageant, televised from Davie’s Bailey Concert Hall. Lighting director Stefan DeWilde used six Sharpys for the first time to add aerial beam effects. Christie Lites provided the fixtures.
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