LONDON – Now under the management of Blackfriars' newly-created Blackfriars Promotions, the 2,500-plus capacity Victorian Coronet Theatre offers an array of in-house events supported by a lighting system upgrade including GLP's new Impression 120 RZ zoom fixtures.
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LONDON – The Really Useful Group, producers of Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, worked with Stage Technologies and Delstar Engineering for the automation system for the West End production at the Adelphi Theatre.
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FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – More than 200 lighting fixtures from Elation Professional and 650 LED fixtures plus lighting control from Acclaim, supplied by FUNA International, are installed aboard the 5,400-passenger Oasis of the Seas cruise ship, which was launched recently by Royal Caribbean International.
Read More »NORTHFIELD, OH – Stage Research has signed Biyao Ltd. Co. in Beijing as its master distributor in China. Biyao Ltd. Co. sells professional sound equipment and software solutions to a wide range of customers in China, including theaters, schools, conference centers and theme parks.
Read More »NEWPORT, RI – High Output, Inc., an event production and design company with an inventory of lighting, audio/visual, power distribution equipment, generators and HVAC services, recently opened its sixth regional office at 221 Third Street – Suite 201, Newport, RI 02840; 401.324.9202.
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SYDNEY – Benoit Richards has been lighting Rob Thomas – as a solo singer or lead singer for Matchbox Twenty – for nearly 10 years, and Thomas' recent tour in support of his album Cradlesong was no different. Expanding on ideas used for Thomas' first solo tour, Benoit opted to use a video element that could be controlled by his lighting console.
Read More »KORTRIJK, Belgium – Barco announced that it has acquired the products, intellectual property (IP) rights and know-how of Element Labs, Santa Clara, Calif., and that the "Element Labs" brand will no longer be used. Structured as an asset sales transaction, Barco obtains all product designs, rights and intellectual property of Element Labs, without assuming the liabilities of the former company.
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MILAN – Giovanni Pinna's lighting design for the latest Vasco Rossi tour includes 41 Martin MAC 700 Profiles, 27 MAC 700 Washes, 16 MAC 2000 Washes, 10 MAC 2000 Performances, 16 Stagebar 54s and 38 Atomic 3000 strobes. Limelite of Rome provided the Martin gear.
Read More »NEW YORK – Apollo Design Technology recently made the first donation to Behind the Scenes from first year sales of the winning templates in their annual Design-A-Pattern Contest.
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SHENZHEN, China – The founder and owner of Robe lighting – Josef Valchar and Ladislav Petrek – have invested in a new LED screen manufacturing startup – VuePix – with Australia-based entrepreneur Cuono Biviano, the owner of sales and distribution company ULA.
Read More »TORONTO, Canada – BlackBox from CAST Software has added three new partners filling the categories of media server, stereoscopic camera and network technology: Coolux, Magna BSP Ltd. and SAND Network Systems.
Read More »LONDON – The Royal National Theatre and the English National Opera have both added new SHoW DMX wireless DMX systems to their permanent lighting inventories.
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