USITT has announced the full list of sponsors for its 62nd Annual Conference & Stage Expo happening March 2-5 in Baltimore. USITT22, the Institute’s first in-person event since 2019, would not be possible without the generous support of its many sponsors, including Disney Live Entertainment, this year’s Expo Hall Sponsor.Read More »USITT Announces 62nd Annual Conference & Stage Expo Sponsors
JW Winco announced that its new Standards Parts Hanbook, now available, will support designers and engineers with the largest selection of standard parts. The handbook… Read More »JW Winco’s New Standard Parts Handbook Now Available
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Registration is now open for the 2022 New World Rigging Symposium, which will take place online April 5-7, 2022. The symposium will carry nine ETCP education renewal credits for re-certification. Other highlights include safety info from top structural engineers and insights from touring riggers and automation experts who can share their perspectives on shows staged in the U.S. and abroad.
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Southern rock stalwarts Drivin N Cryin performed a big-looking show on the compact stage at Ghost Train Brewing Company in Birmingham, AL with expansive visuals from Gable Larramore. The LD used a ChamSys MagicQ MQ80 to drive the lighting rig supplied by Kauffman Sound that included Rogue R1 FX-B, Maverick MK1 Spot, and COLORado 1 Quad Zoom fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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Bandit Lites was awarded Best Concert Visuals at the 33rd annual Pollstar Awards. The event was hosted by Steve Treviño and held once again at Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton. Michael T. Strickland, Bandit Lites chair and founder (pictured here), accepted the award.
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In 2021, Zac Brown Band hit the road again with their Comeback Tour, re-energizing a live campaign that had originally started in 2019, rolled into 2020 and then was abruptly halted due to the pandemic. LD Chris Cockrill updated his original design for the fall 2021 tour, keeping Robe Spiider LED wash beam moving lights as a major element in the rig.
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AMPD Lighting and Audio Visual in Spokane, WA has purchased 24 Ayrton Diablo-S profile luminaires and a grandMA3 light console to add to the company’s rental inventory and use for professional event production. AMPD Lighting and Audio Visual offers production, rental, sales, and installation services to a wide range of markets in the Pacific Northwest. The company’s investment in the Diablos and grandMA3 light has been paying dividends since the products arrived. ACT Entertainment exclusively distributes both brands in the US.Read More »Ayrton Diablo and grandMA3 light Investments Pay Off for Spokane’s AMPD Lighting and Audio Visual
On Sunday, February 13, 2022, the Super Bowl LVI Pepsi Halftime Show with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar brought the neighborhood to SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. All Access was tasked with fabricating the scenic ‘neighborhood’ and designing and providing the carts the impressive set pieces rode upon.
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To provide the International 2021 Dota 2 World Championship with a dazzling visual display and premium broadcast lighting, Lighting Designer Alex Berry partnered with Christie Lites and THiNC Worldwide to deploy a complex Martin by HARMAN lighting rig, including state-of-the-art Martin MAC Ultra Performance fixtures.Read More »International 2021 Dota 2 World Championship Wows Viewers with Martin Professional
Young German pop singer Nico Laska recently presented his debut album, NI/CO, at a sold-out event at the Frankfurt club Nachtleben. Working alongside him was… Read More »GLP Lights Nico Laska’s Record Release Concert
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As Polish hip-hop group PRO8L3M returned to the stages last December, the Prolights Astra Wash7PixIP and Astra Wash19Pix had their arena debut at the COS… Read More »Polish Hip-Hop Group Performs with Prolights Astra Wash
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Stage Directions in PLSN has learned of the death of Production Stage Manager and Production Supervisor Alan Hall, who died Monday, February 7, 2022, in Spruce Head Island, ME. Born in England in 1936, Hall was 85. Here’s a great and informative video interview with Hall from the American Theatre Wing’s Guide to Working in the Theatre series, where Hall speaks in-depth on the role of the Production Stage Manager. Hall describes a PSM as “a benevolent dictator”:
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