When Country Music star Brett Young’s Tour Manager, Sam DiCarlo, interned at PRG, he saw firsthand how the company helps provide the ultimate client experience. Now, as a decision maker himself, he brought Young to Starwood Rehearsals and chose PRG to support lighting and rigging on the tour. Click below for more info and a video that goes behind the scenes and discusses the rehearsal setup.
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Washington National Opera General Director Timothy O’Leary and Artistic Director Francesca Zambello announce two new appointments that will oversee the newly defined Artistic and Production departments. The delineation aims to create clearer lines of responsibility, a more sustainable workload for Washington National Opera (WNO) staff, and new support for WNO’s mission. Chelsea Antrim Dennis will join WNO as Director of Production, beginning August 7, 2023. Dennis comes to WNO from Santa Fe Opera, where she currently serves as Director of Production and where she began her career in 2004. Dennis’ position will oversee the technical production, costumes, lighting, stage management, facilities planning & administration, and rehearsal departments.Read More »Chelsea Antrim Dennis Joins the Washington National Opera as Director of Production
Robe was a gold sponsor of the 5th Scena Jutra (Stage of Tomorrow) conference, a high profile 2-day industry symposium taking place at the Teatr Wielki Polish National Opera in Warsaw, Poland, organized by the Stage of Tomorrow Foundation.
Scena Jutra president Rafal Rzeczkowski was delighted. “The line-up of industry professionals willing to give up their time to be here was impressive, and the number of registrants and attendees exceeded our expectations,” he stated. He also explained how for this fifth edition, the scope of Scena Jutra was broadened to attract more brands, organizations, and marketing specialists from the corporate sphere. “We wanted to add diversity to the mix because all of these basic theatrical disciplines – from the storytelling to the emotional impact of live performance and installation art – is integral to the impact and reach of successful commercial and business events and brand activations. It is interesting to see how all the ideas, skills and technology of theatre, television and live shows can combine to make a whole range of events stand out!”Read More »Robe Goes for Gold at Stage of Tomorrow Conference
A runway filled with fashion, a guest list filled with stars, and a lighting rig filled with Elation Proteus. That was the successful recipe for Italian luxury fashion company Versace at its recent FW23 Fashion Show in Los Angeles. 4Wall Entertainment provided an all IP65 rated lighting package of 85 Proteus Maximus™ and 56 Proteus Rayzor 760™ luminaires to KCD Worldwide for the event.Read More »Elation Proteus Lights All the Fashion at Versace FW23 Show in Los Angeles
Are you in search of high-quality LED displays that can cater to both indoor and outdoor events, with a sturdy structure for easy maintenance? Look no further than YES TECH’s MG7S and Mnano II Series LED displays. YES TECH will be highlighting their innovative LED displays at InfoComm 2023 at Booth #1111.Read More »Transform Your Visual Communication with YES TECH’s High-Performance LED Displays
Eliminator Lighting is pleased to announce the expansion of its range of entertainment lighting fixtures with the release of the new Stryker Wash. Packing in 19 potent quad color LEDs, this versatile fixture incorporates a motorized zoom function that allows for both wide color washes and narrow beams to be generated. Powerful, yet portable, the Stryker Wash is ideal for use by mobile entertainers and event productions companies as well as for permanent installation in all kinds of performance venues. Here’s a video overview of the new Stryker Wash:
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Bandit Lites recently illuminated the stage at the Bristol Motor Speedway live Easter celebration service. American sports icon and evangelist Tim Tebow and highly acclaimed and award-winning Christian musicians Phil Wickham and Cory Asbury Sunday, April 9, prior to the start of the historic Food City Dirt Race. The BMS Easter celebration preceded the start of the Food City Dirt Race NASCAR Cup Series race and aired nationally on FOX and PRN Radio. Tebow provided a faith-based message while Asbury and Wickham performed several songs.Read More »Bandit Lights up Easter Celebration at the Bristol Motor Speedway ‘Food City Dirt Race’
Sunlight! Everyone loves it. Even life itself depends on it. But anyone trying to generate lighting excitement on an outdoor stage during daylight hours would rather it go away. Most often, festival LDs can take solace knowing that eventually the sun will go down, freeing them to create eye-popping looks in the dark. The team at Events United had no such luxury. They had to create sizzling looks for one of hip-hop’s most dynamic artists on a small stage for a show that took place entirely during daylight hours.Read More »Events United Shines for Flo Rida Marathon Monday Show with CHAUVET Professional
Florence and the Machine’s grand world tour, which began late last summer in North America and subsequently spanned shows as far afield as Melbourne and London, will again prove that distance is no barrier as the festival season looms, with imminent outdoor events in Brazil and Europe. Masterminded by a largely new creative team, the lighting is based on an original concept from the highly imaginative Andi Watson, complementing Es Devlin’s set design. However, one long-term Florence collaborator is the show’s Lighting Director, Sam O’Riordan.Read More »GLP Flies High with Florence and the Machine Supporting LD Andi Watson
Techno-based Rotterdam Rave runs 9-10 underground rave events a year which draw in excess of 50,000 visitors. Originally located in old industrial buildings, the sold-out events have grown rapidly in size, and the organisation recently adopted the 8,000-capacity RTM Stage at Rotterdam Ahoy as the newest addition to the Rotterdam Rave territory. As a purpose-built venue, the RTM Stage needed to prove its worth as a genuine ‘rave cave’ with plenty of underground vibes.Read More »Rotterdam Rave Kicks-Off 2023 with MDG at Rotterdam Ahoy RTM Stage
Ingenuity, that distinctly human quality, often shines most brightly when one must figure out how to get around an obstacle or deal with a limitation. Mike Marcario faced the latter challenge when creating the lighting rig for Rend Collective’s 2023 Whosoever tour. The chart-topping Northern Irish Worship band decided that they would be taking two tour buses trailers on their coast-to-coast US tour, which meant that space for gear was at a premium. Read More »Mike Marcario Creates Array of Looks for Rend Collective with Versatile CHAUVET Professional Rig
4Wall Entertainment provided the gear to Lighting Designer Tom Kenny for the 2023 CMT Music Awards, held at the Moody Center in Austin, TX, this April. The event delivered a breathtaking visual experience, reflecting the dynamic spirit of country music and setting new standards in live event production. Kenny has been lighting the CMT awards for several years and has witnessed the growth and diversification of the event. “The awards show itself is the edgiest I work on in America. They’re not afraid to combine genres of musical artists or to speak the truth,” said Kenny.Read More »4Wall Entertainment Provides Lighting for Tom Kenny Lighting Design at the 2023 CMT Music Awards