PRG helped bring the lighting design from Full Flood, Inc. to life for the ABC broadcast of the Oscars. The lighting order included more than 1,000 fixtures, five PRG GroundControl™ Best Boy® followspot units, and PRG’s proprietary V676® lighting control console.Read More »PRG Supported Full Flood, Inc.’s Lighting Design for the 94th Academy Awards
To provide the Oak Ridge Boys with dynamic and reliable lighting for their recent 2022 tour, Lighting Designer David Boots selected the lightweight but powerful… Read More »The Oak Ridge Boys Embark on 2022 Tour with Martin Professional
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The 94th Oscars® were held on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide. Production designer and creative director David Korins returned to the Oscars, having previously been the designer in 2019, for which he received an Emmy nomination. Lighting designer Robert Dickinson returned for his 33rd Oscars show. During his three-decades long career, he has won 18 Primetime Emmy Awards, including three for Oscars telecasts, and has over 1,500 on-screen television credits.
Here are the winners in the design and technical categories:Read More »Winners of the 94th Annual Academy Awards
“The theater of epic vision, purpose, recovery, repair, and care needs new rituals. We don’t need to be entertained. We need to gather. We need to share space, and we need to cultivate shared space. We need protected spaces of deep listening and equality.” –Peter Sellars, International Message Author
“There is a beauty about us… those of us who have committed ourselves to this… this global family who uses theatre to unearth the best and worst of ourselves; the tragedy of our deepest fears and the comedy of our truest joy. “ –Mildred Ruiz-Sapp and Steven Sapp, U.S. Message Co-Authors
“Theater allows us to see each other, to hear each other….and by listening and witnessing each other, we can finally see ourselves.” –Jasmin Cardenas, U.S. Emergent Artist Author
The Global Theater Initiative (GTI), a partnership between Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics (The Lab) at Georgetown University, invites all theatres, individual artists, institutions, and audiences to celebrate the 61st annual World Theatre Day on March 27, 2022. Each year, a renowned theatre artist of world stature is invited by the International Theatre Institute (ITI) Worldwide to craft an international message to mark the global occasion. This year the International message has been written by U.S. director Peter Sellars. The U.S. World Theatre Day message has been given by Mildred Ruiz-Sapp and Steven Sapp, co-founders and core members of UNIVERSES, here’s a video of their address:
Read More »Peter Sellars Delivers International World Theatre Day Message 2022
The Bridge is an exciting and unique addition to the PRG UK network, opening a hub for productions of all sizes in the heart of the country. The space has been designed to be completely flexible and has the power to support whatever your production needs. Located just next door to the PRG UK headquarters in Longbridge, the space richly benefits from a direct link to PRGs wealth of equipment and expertise onsite. From truck splits and prep to full studio productions and pre-production rehearsals, The Bridge can deliver.Read More »The Bridge: PRGs New Multi-Purpose Rehearsal Space and Studio in the Heart of the UK
The global launch of GLP’s highly anticipated impression X5 wash light is occupying one of the most unique stages in American TV history this spring, with the launch of the eight-part American Song Contest (ASC), airing on NBC.Read More »GLP impression X5 Makes Global Debut on New American Song Contest
The music of metalcore powerhouse Falling in Reverse can be described as dark, brooding and intense, but that doesn’t mean that it can’t also… Read More »Dan Michie Gets Colorful for Falling in Reverse at Fillmore with Chauvet Professional
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Robe ESPRITES have joined the house lighting rig at Patronaat in Haarlem, one of the core music venues in the northern Netherlands, which features two busy halls and a café area all hosting performances, a vibrant mix of rock and pop shows, banging club nights, and dynamic music-based festival events.Read More »Netherland’s Patronaat Invests in Robe ESPRITES
It may never rain in southern California, but it pays to be prepared because when it does, man, it pours. Full Flood Inc. Lighting Designer Noah Mitz and Lighting Director Bryan Klunder opted to use 40 IP65-rated Ayrton Perseo fixtures for Adele’s surprise CBS special, Adele One Night Only, at the landmark Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles last November. The two-hour show no sooner finished than the skies opened up in a dramatic and torrential storm that found crews scrambling to cover non-IP-rated gear.Read More »Ayrton Perseo Fixtures Shine on Adele One Night Only, at LA’s Griffith Observatory
Vincent Lighting Systems (VLS) and Canterbury Capital LLC are proud to announce that John Petrafesa has been appointed as the new President of VLS and accompanying brands, Production Advantage powered by VLS and Platinum TDM.Read More »VLS Welcomes John Petrafesa as President
The fifth annual Black Joy Parade drew crowds to a four-block section that was closed to car traffic in downtown Oakland, CA on Feb. 27. The roster of performers included headliner Ashanti. Islay Events provided Elation, ADJ and Global Truss products for the Main Stage and Diaspora Community Stage.
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On March 24th, 2022 Absen held it’s Spring Event 2022, entitled Insights into the Future. Absen’s online spring event, showed the latest innovative LED product, virtual production LED solution, LED home theater solution, and shared the development trends for Pro AV. Here is a video replay of this Absen Spring Event in case you missed it or would like to rewatch it:
Read More »Insights into the Future | Absen Spring Event 2022