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Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Chooses Ayrton Perseo as the Workhorse of its Sustainable Lighting Rig

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in London has become the first open air theater in the UK to install Ayrton Perseo fixtures as part of its plan to update to a more sustainable and environmentally-responsible lighting rig. Perseo Profiles have been supplied to this unique venue by White Light for the full summer season. White Light worked in close collaboration with the teams at Regent’s Park and Ambersphere, Ayrton’s exclusive distributor for the UK, to understand the aims, and facilitate the provision of the correct LED fixtures, to meet all the Theatre’s requirements.

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Ayrton Takes to the Stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company

‘Cymbeline’. Lighting design by Matt Daw. Photo by Ellie Kurttz © RSC

The Royal Shakespeare Company with its permanent home in Stratford-upon-Avon needs little introduction. Its main house, the 1,018-seat Royal Shakespeare Theatre underwent an enormous rebuild and refurbishment between 2007-2010, and its smaller Swan Theatre (469 capacity) has recently reopened in April 2023 after a year-long post-pandemic refurbishment. Both houses have had Ayrton fixtures installed for the first time, replacing aging lighting stock with Ayrton Diablo and Eurus fixtures specified by the RSC head of lighting, Kevin Sleep.Read More »Ayrton Takes to the Stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company

Astera Tubes Deployed for Innovative ‘Richard II’ Production at the Stratford Festival

King Richard II taken away by a group of angels armed with rods of light. Photo by David Hou

Acclaimed and innovative, a mind-blowing new production of Richard II adapted by Canadian playwright and provocateur Brad Fraser is playing in the Tom Patterson Theatre as part of the 2023 Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Conceived and Directed by Jillian Keiley, the work is Choreographed by Cameron Carver and lit by Lighting Designer Leigh Ann Vardy who is utilizing 12 Astera Titan Tubes and four Helios Tubes as stunning and inventive lighting and visual props to assist the ambience and narrative flow.Read More »Astera Tubes Deployed for Innovative ‘Richard II’ Production at the Stratford Festival

IATSE, The Broadway League, Disney Theatrical Reach Tentative Agreement Pending Ratification on Pink Contract 

July 20, 2023 – The Broadway League and Buena Vista Theatrical d/b/a/ Disney Theatrical and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees announced they have reached a tentative agreement for the “Pink Contract,” pending ratification by the bargaining unit. The respective parties will inform their members of the details of this agreement in the coming days.

IATSE had held a strike-authorization vote on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.Read More »IATSE, The Broadway League, Disney Theatrical Reach Tentative Agreement Pending Ratification on Pink Contract 

The Shubert Foundation Gives Record $37.9 Million In Annual Awards To 635 Arts Organizations Nationwide

The Shubert Foundation announced a record $37.9 million in unrestricted grants to 635 not-for-profit theatres, dance companies, academic theatre training programs, and related service agencies across the country. As the nation’s leading provider of unrestricted funding for the performing arts, grants benefit a broad spectrum of theatre and dance organizations—from large to small, from urban to rural. Long committed to a fully open-door policy, The Shubert Foundation further increased access to theatre and dance companies across the country by revising requirements for those organizations with the smallest budgets.Read More »The Shubert Foundation Gives Record $37.9 Million In Annual Awards To 635 Arts Organizations Nationwide

Shubert Organization Announces 2023 Internship Program Participants

The Shubert Organization has chosen six aspiring theatre professionals for its second Shubert Organization Internship Program cohort, beginning July 10. The program aims to provide a general knowledge base of theatre administration and operations and offers hands-on project involvement as Shubert prepares for the 2023-2024 theatre season.Read More »Shubert Organization Announces 2023 Internship Program Participants

The Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA) to Hold Eighth Annual Meeting in Philadelphia

The Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA) announced their eighth annual membership meeting. On June 24 – 26, 2023, TSDCA will hold three days of public panels and discussions regarding sound design and composition for theatre at the Mandell Theater on the campus of Drexel University. All events are free and open to TSDCA members as well as the general public. All events will also be available to stream online by registering at www.tsdca.org.Read More »The Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA) to Hold Eighth Annual Meeting in Philadelphia

The Santa Fe Opera Announces 86 Apprentice Technicians for the 2023 Season

Santa Fe Opera announces the 86 members of its 2023 Apprentice Program for Theater Technicians. Selected from a pool of exceptional international candidates, these young artists bring a wave of fresh creativity and technical expertise to the opera industry. Each season at the SFO, the Apprentice Technicians perform backstage functions within one of eight separate crews: Audio/Visual, Costumes, Electrics, Production/Music Services, Properties, Scenic Arts, Stage Crew, and Wigs and Makeup. The crews carry out the majority of work on daily changeovers between the season’s operas and fill positions crucial to the live-running of productions.Read More »The Santa Fe Opera Announces 86 Apprentice Technicians for the 2023 Season

‘My Mother’s Courage’ in Madrid Lit with Astera AX3 LightDrops

Photos by Lucia Romero

My Mother’s Courage is a bold new theatrical co-production by Teatro de la Abadia in Madrid, Ur Teatro Company and Palma de Mallorca’s Teatro Principal in Spain, recounting a gripping multi-layered narrative based on Jewish Hungarian-born George Tabori’s true story recalling how his mother Elsa Tabori escaped from Auschwitz and the Nazis during the Second World War using her wits and determination.Read More »‘My Mother’s Courage’ in Madrid Lit with Astera AX3 LightDrops