Composer, producer and “rock star of film music” Hans Zimmer traveled through Europe this spring with his 19-piece band and an orchestra. Lightswitch LD John Featherstone and his team worked with an all-Robe moving light rig supplied by Satis & Fy.
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Do you know a student who loves theater but isn’t sure where they fit in? The American Theatre Wing is pleased to partner with Design Action, which officially launched Springboard To Design 2022 – a program that explores the process of theatrical collaboration and the many opportunities and career paths in the field of American theater design for public high school students from historically underrepresented populations in the theater industry.
The Deadline has been Extended: Apply by Tuesday, May 31 at 11:59 p.m. EDTRead More »2022 NYC Summer Springboard to Design Applications Close May 31
Norwegian DJ Alan Walker’s Hello World virtual concert for electric vehicle manufacturer NIO’s annual product launch day, used extended reality production powered by the disguise vx 4 and rx II media servers to create a mixed reality ‘alternative universe’ that amassed millions of online views.Read More »disguise xR Realizes Alan Walker’s Out-of-This-World NIO Day Virtual Concert
Nominations for the 66th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced late on Monday, May 16, 2022. Below is a list of the design nominations. In keeping with the Drama Desk’s mission, the nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway during the 2021-2022 New York theater season, that the Drama Desk determined ended as of May 1, 2022. Only live performances were eligible – if performances were also available for streaming, 21 or more unique live performances were required.Read More »2022 Drama Desk Awards Nominations Announced
Solotech announces that it has opened its new facility in Nashville, TN. Take a quick video tour of the brand-new Solotech office in Nashville:
David Beebe became one of the first house LDs last year to add Chauvet Professional’s Maverick Force S Spot to his rig when he took… Read More »David Beebe Reflects Many Sides of The Zombies with Chauvet Professional
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The NAB Show has concluded its four-day run on April 27th, at the Las Vegas Convention center in Las Vegas, NV. This year, ROE Visual brought its newly-launched products and latest LED innovations to the show in partnership with disguise. The team was happy to connect with partners, clients, and new friends in person throughout the exhibition. Read More »ROE Visual Wraps up NAB Show 2022
Ayrton presents Cobra, its first factory standard phosphor laser source, IP65-rated luminaire, based on the concept of Dreamspot 18K which it first presented at Prolight + Sound 2016. Several years of development have gone into designing and finalizing this exceptional luminaire, which offers a next generation speckle-free laser source, designed for rendering a D65 white point that allows perfect color reproduction. Here’s an introductory video on Cobra from Ayrton:
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Woodroffe Bassett Design creates breathtaking visuals at Al Wasl Plaza and other Expo entertainment venues
Elation’s Proteus Maximus™ has been employed on top name shows and events since launching in 2019 but none perhaps as impressive as Expo 2020. In September 2021, Dubai saw the beautiful opening ceremony of Expo 2020, the kickoff of the world’s premiere international exhibition event that ran through March 2022. With 192 participating countries a part of the journey, Expo focused on Connecting Minds and Creating the Future explored through the themes of Sustainability, Mobility, and Opportunity.Read More »Proteus Maximus™ Fulfills Key Visual Role at Expo 2020
During a game of racket ball in the 1830s, a group of London schoolboys noticed that a punctured ball, which “squashed” on impact with the wall, offered more variety and more intensity of play than its intact counterpart. Thus, to the delight of millions of fans ever since, the games of Squash was born.
Although its rules have evolved somewhat over the years, the game those lads stumbled upon in that long ago London afternoon, has lost none of its compelling power. Spectators who saw this year’s Allam British Open would readily attest to that; as they witnessed some of the world’s greatest squash players fiercely compete for the $165,000 (US) prize.Read More »Firefly AV Crafts Smashing Looks for the Allam British Open Squash Tournament with Chauvet Professional
Industry veterans Inner Circle Distribution have been named as exclusive North American distributors for PMI’s SmokeGENIE, the groundbreaking smoke machine that launched on crowdfunding site Kickstarter just seven months ago.
Further information from Inner Circle Distribution:Read More »Inner Circle Introduces SmokeGENIE Smoke Machine To North American Market
From its world premiere off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons to a pre-Broadway run at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, the Pulitzer Prize winning musical, A Strange Loop, has now arrived on Broadway, and garnered 11 Tony nominations. PRG worked with the Tony-nominated creative team every step of the journey. Sharing their insights, designers Arnulfo Maldonado, Jen Schriever, and Drew Levy tell us how PRG’s solutions helped realize their designs.
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