These were selected to be right at the centre of the lighting action for both shows, which required very different approaches and lighting treatments, showing off the versatility of the fixtures.
The DTS Nick 600 LED Wash and Jack Spot luminaires were chosen for their small size, brightness, low power and feature-packed capab
Montreal, Canada-based Solotech has been providing L-Acoustics concert sound systems and support for The Full English as well as the band's May/June Summer Stampedeleg. Systems and support for August/September's Gentlemen of the Road<
This was the debut event for Sensation in South Africa and the staging of it brought about quite a few "firsts" for technical supplier, Gearhouse SA, as well.
Gearhouse was contracted to G and G Productions, through technical consultants
The LED Stair was specified by the show's designer Patrick Doherty for the launch event, which was staged at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood UK.
The 11th edition of the massively popular series has moved to a new much larger home at Elstree, and for this, Doherty has again specified S+H's Pea-light starcloth.
For the launch event, Doherty wanted something visually different and spe
Dark Matter AniMotion was created by Maria Rud and Ross Ashton in
The all-white BFC Showspace in Somerset House was designed by Bacchus - Gray is one of their regular collaborators - and this year he took advantage of the structure being a wider double apex tensile structure, which increased the space by at least 50% on previous years.
The inte
TMG publishes the Netherlands most popular newspaper De Telegraaf, as well as regional newspapers, magazines, web sites and has significant interests in radio and television broadcasting. In-house production company Telegraaf TV has
Meanwhile, the nearby Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen (Royal Ballet Flanders) in Antwerp, with which De Vlaamse Opera is soon set to merge, also began to look for a new lighting desk.
De Vlaamse Opera stages seven productions each sea
The fixtures - which include 95 of Robe's new Robin Pointes, together with 52 x LEDWash 600s, 40 x LEDWash 300s, 12 x LEDWash 1200s, and 50 x MMX Spots - were delivered by Robe's Mexican distributor Vari Internacional - and constitute the biggest sale yet of Robe fixtures to Mexico.
Robe's sales director Harry von den Stemmen, regional
New York-state based Weeks has worked for Yes for two years. The creative starting point for this tour was based on a design first created in spring 2012, which presented a starker and more scaled back stage set up than in the past, with no scenic element, and just an upstage video screen
The opening of the office represents J&C Joel's further commitment to the region and provides a Macau base for the growing business in the Las Vegas of the Far East.
The new office will allow J&C Joel to expand its ever-growing services to the region, specialising in flame retardant fabrics, drapery and stage machinery for the theatre and event industries.
"J&C Joel ar
The newly-launched JT Truss was chosen by lighting designer Graham 'Grum' Leesmith who needed to re-create a smaller, 'festival-friendly' version of the one he used on Example's international arena tour.
The truss is configured as two 4.5m diameter octagonal lighting rigs with each octagon composed of eight 1.5m sections of JT40 truss. These are joined by custom-ma
Geiger is one of the first LDs in the U.S. to use the MAC Viper Quadray, Viper AirFX and Viper Profiles on the same stage. "The time it took from when we received the fixtures until they were up in the rig was literally only a few minutes," Geiger says. "The Vipers
Touring logistics meant that Paul McCartney's regular PA system could not make the Verona date so local supplier Amandla Productions stepped in to provide a Martin Audio MLA system, supported by All Access, the owners of Italy's largest MLA rig.
Paul McCartney's long standing FOH engineer Paul 'Pab' Boothroyd' was at the helm for the show, ably assisted by his touring system
This architectural marvel, situated on the main highway, gives an insight into the life and teachings of the ninth Guru of the Sikhs and the illumination has been described as "world class".
Modern Stage Service (MSS) - PR Lighting's Indian distributor
With its striking architecture, the Sagrada Familia is a particularly sensitive structure. Considerable care had to be taken with the installation, so the church's custodians contacted Gaplasa, having heard of their success with a number of other sensitive installation
Codes of Practice - The Next Steps, presented by Lori Rubinstein, director of membership, skills and standards, PLASA, and Michele Enright, qualifications manager, PLASA, will highlight the calls from the rigging community for an international code of practice for rigging. Many countries are keen to harmonise what they do and are concerned with international parity and, as the worldwide v
With all technical and production duties overseen by York based events specialists Camel Event Production, KV2 Audio loudspeakers were used on the Black Howl stage, the Arts Barge stage and, most importantly if the festivals slogan is to be taken literally, the Fir
Technical director, Tim Atkinson, and creative director, Ruth Atkinson, will be on hand to talk to you about any sustainability niggles you might be having in your building - whether you're in a performance space or an industry supplier.
With an emphasis on practical solutions, :entertaining sustainability is happy to talk to you about the measurement and management of building and process performance, as well as tak
Fair Play - Eurovision organisers have announced changes to the
Le Maitre needed a large studio space that could provide enough height for their higher effects such as the Mines and Comets, as well as Falling Stars, Cascades and Waterfalls, and they needed full blackout. The 17,664 sq ft rehearsal arena in South Kirkby was a suitable location with a height of 54 ft to the underside of the gantry. LS-Live's in house
The Glass Menagerie, starring Cherry Jones, Zachary Quinto, and Celia Keenan-Bolger, is directed by John Tiffany and the Tony Award-winning creative team behind ONCE, and tells the story of Amanda Wingfield, a Southern belle past her prime who lives with her two grown children in a small apartment in St. Louis.
For sound designer Clive Goodwin, there were two main goals: To make the play sound as natural
