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New Summer and Fall Dates Announced for Mental Health First Aid Training

Mental Health First Aid Training Classes for July, August, and September 2022 are now posted on the Behind the Scenes website at btshelp.org/mhfa. Take an active role in helping to care for those you work with. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your skill sets by learning how to identify, understand and respond to signs of distress in your colleagues and help make our workplaces healthier and safer spaces for all. You will be able to use the information you learn every day in interactions with your co-workers as well as friends and family.Read More »New Summer and Fall Dates Announced for Mental Health First Aid Training

Hall Technologies Deploys Discovery Series for Video Conferencing Applications

Hall’s solutions support collaboration and connectivity for seamless communications

Hall Technologies has introduced the Discovery Series Transmitter/Receiver Kit with multiple USB and HDMI capabilities for software video conferencing and audio extraction.Read More »Hall Technologies Deploys Discovery Series for Video Conferencing Applications

Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” Revives a Broadway Classic with Martin Professional Lighting Solutions

Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster in The Music Man. Photo by Julieta Cervantes

To ensure a visually stunning stage lighting design with true-to-life color, The Music Man on Broadway recently worked with PRG and Martin Professional to deploy an array of Martin lighting solutions, including MAC Viper, MAC Encore Performance, and the brand-new MAC Ultra Performance and Ultra Wash fixtures.Read More »Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” Revives a Broadway Classic with Martin Professional Lighting Solutions

Robe’s T11 Series Products Win 2022 ABTT Lighting Award

Robe’s Dave-Whitehouse with T11 and the ABTT “hook clamp” lighting award. Courtesy Robe UK

Robe enjoyed a successful ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) show at Alexandra Palace in London, UK, a highlight of which was winning the Lighting Product of the Year category of the 2022 ABTT Awards for its T11 fixtures.

Robe’s booth in the main exhibition hall featured a selection of the newest Robe and Anolis brand technologies and ran in tandem with a black box demonstration area downstairs where fixtures were shown ‘in situ.’ RoboSpot workshops were also running downstairs throughout the show for those keen to expand their knowledge of Robe’s remote followspot control system.Read More »Robe’s T11 Series Products Win 2022 ABTT Lighting Award

Vari-Lite: VL3600 Profile IP, a Large-Scale IP Rated Luminaire

Vari-Lite, a Signify entertainment lighting brand, announced the VL3600 Profile IP, a large-scale, high output production profile fixture with an IP65 rating. Designed to withstand inclement weather, yet with weight and size comparable with similar non-weatherproof fixtures, the VL3600 Profile IP is designed for touring and TV productions, stadiums and arenas, and large theaters and houses of worship. Here’s a video preview of the VL3600 Profile IP at this year’s Prolight + Sound tradeshow:

https://youtu.be/d1zRDXLt03I

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ADJ: Focus Flex, a Petite Punchy Powerhouse

Lightning fast, packed with features, and extremely bright, the new Focus Flex from ADJ Lighting is a versatile moving head luminaire capable of creating wash, beam, and pixel effects. Designed to provide lighting designers with both flexibility and creative potential, it is ideal for event production and rental applications as well as for permanent installation in concert halls, theaters, nightclubs, and churches. Here’s a preview video on the Focus Flex from ADJ:

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D.T.S. Illuminazione Srl Appoints Carmen Savarese as New Managing Director

Carmen Savarese

D.T.S. Illuminazione, the Italian manufacturer of professional lighting fixtures, announce the appointment of Carmen Savarese as Managing Director. Starting from July 1, 2022, the Italian lighting manufacturer D.T.S. Illuminazione issued a new organization chart, adding a general management position.Read More »D.T.S. Illuminazione Srl Appoints Carmen Savarese as New Managing Director

In Memoriam: Director Peter Brook, 97

Peter Brook

Stage Directions has learned of the death of Director Peter Brook on July 2, 2022 at the age of 97, according to his publisher, Nick Hern Books in a statement they released on Twitter: All of us at NHB are very sad to hear of the death of legendary director Peter Brook, at the age of 97. We’re honoured to have been Peter’s publisher for the past twenty years, sharing his wisdom and insights with the world. He leaves behind an incredible artistic legacy. RIP.

We send our sincere condolences to his family, colleagues, and friends. Requiescat in Pace, Peter Brook.Read More »In Memoriam: Director Peter Brook, 97