Home

Chauvet rig creates theatrics for Avatar on tour

Details: 02 May 2023

Europe - Jimmy Olausson of Illumity AB, Avatar’s lighting designer, has made it his mission to contribute to create visuals that accent every moment of the band’s performance, from their dramatic romps and leaps to their fierce drumbeats and fiery guitar riffs.
Helping him achieve this fusion on the band’s European tour are 38 Chauvet Professional fixtures owned by the band, including 16 Rogue R2X Washes, 10 Rogue R2 Beams and 12 COLORado Q40 Panels.
“Our set on this tour is two-hours long, which provides ample room for creativity,” says Olausson. “This set is unique in our touring history because we incorporated more theatrical elements, which provided us with another way to engage and captivate our audience. This show was timecoded. A big reason why is tha

Andamanda Phuket is currently one of the largest leisure and entertainment destinations in Thailand

JBL enhances Andamanda Phuket experience

Details: 02 May 2023

Thailand - Opened in 2022, Andamanda Phuket is currently one of the largest leisure and entertainment destinations in Thailand. Incorporating the Andaman Islands’ natural geography and landscapes into its design, the park features numerous family-friendly attractions including a 16,000sq.m wave pool, 300m white sand beach, and Thailand’s longest lazy river ride.
To enhance the visitor experience across the park’s many attractions, Proud Real Estate Public Company Limited required a high-quality audio and visual system that was seamless, user-friendly, and built to withstand the area’s wet and humid conditions. Mahajak Development Co met those requirements with a carefully curated selection of reliable, water-resistant AV solutions by JBL Professional, BSS and Soundcraft.
The new AV system covers all five key areas in the park: the Pearl Palace, the Emerald For

Allen & Heath and A-T support Babooon Show

Details: 02 May 2023

Europe - Formed in Stockholm in 2003, rabble-rousing Swedish punks The Baboon Show are currently marking their 20th anniversary on a European tour in support of their tenth album, God Bless You All.
Taking in dates across Spain, Poland, Austria, Germany and their homeland, the tour has seen the band’s longstanding front-of-house engineer Chris Mock employing an Allen & Heath dLive digital mixing system and Audio-Technica 3000 Series IEM wireless to deliver the band’s potent brand of punk-rock energy.
Mock opted for the compact dLive CTi1500, with its weight-saving titanium side-panels, connected to a dLive CDM32 MixRack for the shows, resulting in a diminutive but powerful and flexible touring partner, as he explains.
“The CTi was my first choice, since I normally tour with a dLive C2500 surface. The set-up needed to be as small and lightweight a

The choice of additional fixtures has spanned the Chauvet range

Light Engine Dry Hire invests in Chauvet

Details: 02 May 2023

UK - As industry demand continues to ramp-up for sub-hires to support spring and summer productions, Light Engine Dry Hire has announced significant new investments in Chauvet fixtures. The choice of additional fixtures has spanned the Chauvet range and includes Rogue Outcast 1L Beams, Strike Array 2 & Array 4 Blinders and Strobes and Color Strike-M fixtures.
Rental director, Jon Newman comments: “Demand for these Chauvet fixtures has just been intense. Customers have seen that they totally deliver and just keep working, however hard they are pushed. Increasing our extensive sub-rental stock was an easy decision for Light Engine Dry Hire as the ROI is a given.
“We have been constantly increasing our stock for our busy film and TV sectors and as we can clearly see a busy touring, corporate and festival season ahead, the new investment with Chauvet made so much

The Robe Frankfurt team (photo: Louise Stickland)

Robe turns up the heat at PL+S 2023

Details: 02 May 2023

Germany - Czech Republic-based lighting manufacturer Robe turned up the heat, the spectacle and the topicality and importance of respecting the planet in presenting the finale of its All Environments live performance show trilogy.
This display of creativity and imagination featured 350 of Robe’s latest iSeries of IP rated products plus three performers including a silk acrobat at the Prolight+Sound 2023 expo in Frankfurt last week.
Adding extra performers, excitement and energy to Hall 12.1 of the Frankfurt Messe complex, the five-times a day show attracted record crowds who also enjoyed a carefully curated pre-show Voice of God sequence, highlighting the technical elements and innovation of each of the featured iSeries products.
All Environments was presented in a dynamic, specially devised 270-degree theatre / arena style format, designe

Green Hippo and Prase deliver Hippotizer training

Details: 02 May 2023

Italy - Distributor Prase Media Technologies has delivered its first Hippotizer training sessions, in collaboration with Green Hippo. The two-day course was designed to showcase some of the features of the Nevis+ and Boreal+ MK2 Media Servers and the new Hippotizer 4.8 software.
Prase became a Green Hippo distributor for Italy in spring 2022, working with the entire range of Green Hippo’s award-winning Hippotizer Media Servers and in addition, tvONE products. Prase is now working to extend the influence of Green Hippo’s video playback technology, furthering Green Hippo’s global reach and enhancing customer service.
Hippotizer product specialist Leon Dickens provided training at the event, held at the Prase office located in the northern Italian town of Noventa Di Piave, alongside Prase’s Sonny Laurano and Enrico Fodde. Attendees learned how to manage, send, man

ITEAC 2023: booking opens for London hub

Details: 02 May 2023

UK - ITEAC, the International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference presented by the ABTT, has announced that booking is now open for its sixth edition taking place over 19-20 September 2023.
Booking is now open to take advantage of limited Early Bird tickets available for Full London Delegate Two-Day Tickets at the discounted price of £650 +VAT. This ticket includes attendance at the in-person London event at the Savoy Place, the global engineering hub of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), as well as access to the online platform during and for up to 12 months after the event. Once early bird tickets are taken, tickets will be available at £680 +VAT.
ITEAC will for the first time engage with participants across global time zones, combining online connectivity with hubs in London, Brisbane, São Paulo, Hong Kong and beyond, with participa

More than 27,500 professionals from 113 countries attended the trade fair (photo: MathiasKutt)

Prolight + Sound is back on the growth track

Details: 02 May 2023

Germany - Prolight + Sound 2023 closed with a significant increase in visitor numbers. More than 27,500 professionals from 113 countries attended the trade fair for the entertainment technology industry from 25-28 April 2023, say the organisers.
Current topics such as the implementation of sustainable events or the increasing demand for specialists and young talents were discussed - in this regard, the Prolight + Sound conference programme offered future-oriented approaches and solutions. Following the end of global travel restrictions, it was the first opportunity for many industry participants to visit the show since 2019. This is reflected in the high internationality of the event: Half of the visitors came from outside Germany, say the organisers.
Over four hundred and fifty exhibitors from 34 countries participated. “The event industry is back,” says Wolfgang

‘The G1 marks a significant milestone for the industry’

Brompton’s Tessera G1 wins NAB award

Details: 28 April 2023

USA - Brompton Technology’s Tessera G1 receiver card won the Product of the Year Award, following a live awards ceremony on 18 April at the 2023 NAB Show in Las Vegas.
The G1 marks a significant milestone for the industry by being the first-ever receiver card to support 10Gb Ethernet over fibre direct to the panel, says Brompton. It is capable of supporting one million pixels, ready for a new era of ultra-fine pixel pitch panels, but is also capable of driving panels at refresh rates up to 1,000 fps (frames per second).
“Receiving The Product of the Year Award for our Tessera G1 is a proud moment for the entire Brompton team, as it validates the tireless efforts and unwavering commitment we put into developing G1,” concludes Richard Mead, CEO of Brompton. “With its ground-breaking capabilities, G1 has the potential to transform not only the live events and vi

Lightfair covers the architectural and commercial lighting sectors

DALI Alliance to showcase control at LightFair

Details: 28 April 2023

USA - The DALI Alliance, the industry organisation for DALI lighting control, will present two seminars at LightFair 2023, a trade show and conference for architectural and commercial lighting, which takes place in New York on 23-25 May.
The seminars will focus on two important areas in lighting control: smart lighting with D4i-enabled luminaires, and the benefits of the Zhaga-D4i ecosystem. The DALI Alliance will also be present on Booth 2162 in the LightFair exhibition and will give a live demonstration of data analytics using Zhaga-D4i luminaires and control devices.
On Wednesday 24 May from 5pm-6pm, the DALI Alliance will deliver a seminar on state-of-the-art, energy-efficient lighting control systems with D4i-enabled luminaires. As part of IES Live on Booth 1974, the seminar will be presented by three industry experts: Kevin Fitzmaurice, principal engineer of li

Elle King will continue touring through 2023

Elle King takes Bandit Lites on headlining tour

Details: 28 April 2023

USA - Bandit Lites provided lighting for Elle King’s A-Freakin’-Men Tour presented by Slow & Low, which played to sold-out audiences across the country.
Shelley Rodgers, lead designer and CEO of Tribe inc and Bruce Rodgers crafted the set design for the nearly 30-city tour with two large-scale E and K letters and silver grand drapes as the focal point of the design. LD Craig Richter provided the lighting design.
“They added a nice element to break up the stage and gave a more dimensional look to the stage rather than just having her name on a backdrop,” said Bandit LD Craig Richter who programmed the lighting.
King provided an overview of the vibe she wanted for the show, choosing to keep her band tight with her onstage, emulating the small club roots she came up with.
“I went about programming this show with simplicity and dark moody vibe

Interns from Women’s Audio Mission toured the factory

Meyer Sound supports Women’s Audio Mission

Details: 28 April 2023

USA - Meyer Sound welcomed interns from Women’s Audio Mission (WAM) for a tour of its factory and a demonstration of the Spacemap Go spatial sound design and mixing tool. WAM is a recording studio and non-profit dedicated to advancing gender diversity in music, audio production, and creative technology. This year Meyer is enhancing its relationship with the organisation in honour of their 20th anniversary.
“It was incredibly fascinating to see the ins and outs of the factory and all the different listening spaces,” said Erin Esten, one of the interns, after experimenting with Spacemap go. “I found the demonstration of the Imagine Dragons song particularly compelling - not only being able to hear some really creative spatial mixing and automation, but also having the opportunity to play around with the tracks myself was inspiring!”
The visit also included a de

Elation lighting has been integrated into the hall’s dance studio and performance space

Elation KL Profile debuts at Westminster College

Details: 28 April 2023

USA - Last September, Westminster College, a private liberal arts school in Salt Lake City, inaugurated Florence J. Gillmor Hall, a modern facility equipped with modern instruction, rehearsal, and performance spaces for the school’s music, dance, and theatre programmes.
Elation lighting has been integrated into the hall’s dance studio and performance space, a package that includes Fuze Profile, Rayzor 760 and Seven Batten 14 luminaires, along with the first U.S. installation of the company’s innovative KL Profile FC ellipsoidal fixture.
Florence J. Gillmor Hall is a 26,000sq.ft expansion of the college’s Jewett Centre for the Performing Arts and the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory. Besides the Beverley Taylor Sorensen and Joan Taylor Fenton Performance Studio, the recent expansion added practice rooms, a theatre rehearsal space, a choir rehearsal room, and a 93

The entire system was specified in white - including transmitters and volume controls

Flagship fashion store goes wireless with APB

Details: 28 April 2023

UK - Conceived in 2005 to bring leading fashion brands and emerging designers to discerning customers in the North-East of England, END is now “a leading fashion, sneaker and design destination” with retail stores in Newcastle, London, Glasgow and Milan. The brand recently opened a flagship store in Manchester, with an audio system designed, installed and commissioned by Tyne and Wear-based Blaydon Communications.
Requiring an audio solution that fitted with END’s distinctive brand aesthetics, Blaydon specified a speaker system from Audio Pro Business that, in Blaydon MD Paul Dougherty’s words, “sounded superb, looked even better and would help create an in-store ambience to encourage customers to stay longer”.
“END, as with other retailers, need complete control of their brand. They want to ensure safe music is played into the store with no profanities a

The 10th annual iHeartRadio Music Awards were staged at the Dolby Theatre

Chauvet helps art shine at iHeartRadio Awards

Details: 28 April 2023

USA - Speaking about his work as lighting director and programmer for the 10th annual iHeartRadio Music Awards, Felix Peralta observed: “it’s all about the art.” His lighting design at the Dolby Theatre animated the entire room right up to its balcony railings.
Marked by dazzling pixel effects, bold aerials, and rich, immersive washes, the programme’s lighting pulled millions of television viewers, as well as those in the live audience, into the mood of the music. This began with the work of lighting designer Allen Branton, a master at creating rigs that convey a concert vibe on the TV screen.
“Allen is a great designer, editor, and collaborator,” said Peralta. “Early in the design phase, we had a series of discussions on the philosophical approach we wanted to take with his design. After that, we had regular meetings to go over the plot, and confirm that

Gary Atkins from Digital Fabric with DWR’s Dylan Jones.

TVOne gives Digital Fabric educational award

Details: 27 April 2023

South Africa - TVOne’s Best Educational Solution Award was presented to Digital Fabric who specified over 100 Dual DVI Scalers to the Stellenbosch University in the Western Cape Province.
Digital Fabric is a consulting company based in Johannesburg that provide customised audio-visual, lighting and control solutions to industries not only in South Africa but across the globe and was appointed as the principal audio-visual consultant for the Extended Learning Spaces Projects at Stellenbosch University.
By collaborating with different faculties and departments at the university as well as various equipment suppliers - including DWR Distribution, who provided the tvONE units – Digital Fabric developed a tailored solution that addressed the unique challenges faced by a modern educational institution.
“Our main responsibility was to design and supervise the im

The Mimik 120 delivers extended spectral bandwidth and cinematic colour fidelity

Kino Flo Mimik 120 earns NAB 2023 award

Details: 27 April 2023

USA - Kino Flo, a Chauvet Professional sister brand, won the 2023 NAB Show Product of the Year award for its new Mimik 120.
This full spectrum image-based lighting tile mirrors video content while applying a very high tonal and colour rendering range. As a result, it delivers extended spectral bandwidth and cinematic colour fidelity when lighting talent and set elements in virtual production environments.
Utilising Kino Flo’s patented Matchmakker technology, Mimik 120 translates an incoming RGB video signal into five individual emitters (warm white, cool white, red, green and blue), generating synchronised foreground lighting that creates the utmost realism on virtual sets. The new tiles output an impressive 10,000 NITs, far surpassing the 800 – 1,200 NITS output of typical LED screens. They also have the capability to shoot up to 960 frames per second and offer as

Woolworth Theatre’s Hayden Chipley (left) and S&L Brentwood’s Nathan Tomberlin

DiGiCo helps Woolworth Theatre come alive

Details: 27 April 2023

USA - On Saturday, 13 February 1960, after being denied service at the dining counter of Nashville’s Woolworth store, a group of students began a non-violent movement to challenge the decades-old practice of enforced segregation. They seated themselves at the counter and refused to leave until they were served. The resulting violent backlash, as well as the ensuing national and international media coverage, helped reinforce the nascent equal-rights movement.
Today, the building is a registered historic site, part of the Fifth Avenue Historic District in Nashville, for its role in the Civil Rights struggle. In 2021, country music artist Chuck Wicks and partners 615 Ventures and investor and entrepreneur Rob Bellenfant acquired the historic Woolworth building and converted it into an event venue and theatre with a capacity of over 750.
The central hub for the venue’s

Lightswitch has grown into a multi-studio practice

Lightswitch marks anniversary with branding shift

Details: 27 April 2023

USA - Lightswitch is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a branding shift that embodies the company’s philosophical approach to design
The company’s new brand identity, inspired by three intersecting beams of light, illustrates their ‘responsibility as designers to balance clients' creative, logistical, and financial objectives’.
Says the company, “Since our founding, Lightswitch has grown into an industry-leading, multi-studio practice that stretches across the U.S. and beyond. Our dedicated team creates distinctive and award-winning projects around the globe in the fields of entertainment, events, museums, architecture, and immersive experiences.
“Now, with three decades behind us and many more to come, we’re introducing a new brand identity that speaks to our philosophy. Inspired by three intersecting beams of light, this symbol visually defi

VDC Trading appoints UK sales manager

Details: 27 April 2023

UK - VDC Trading has announced the appointment of Jason Shaw as UK sales manager.
Brought on board to help drive the company’s growth post-COVID, Jason is responsible for developing go-to-market and sales strategies, creating new business opportunities and providing greater support for existing clients in the UK. Jason has worked in sales and business development roles for almost 20 years and has extensive experience in the telecoms and property sectors.
Jason comments: “I’m delighted to be joining VDC at such a pivotal stage in the business’ development. I am confident that I can support its continued growth, in line with the expansion plans, to develop the business and its propositions that will benefit our customers.”
Niall Holden, founder and CEO of VDC Trading adds, “We’ve been looking for an effective and experienced sales manager and his ext

ARRI Asia-Pacific hosted a grand ceremony

ARRI opens subsidiary in Singapore

Details: 27 April 2023

Singapore - Established in 2008, ARRI Asia-Pacific initially operated from Hong Kong. Fifteen years later, the company has relocated to Singapore ‘to further bolster the moving image industry in the region’.
To mark this occasion, ARRI Asia-Pacific organised a grand ceremony on 25 April with an open house and an ARRI party. The top management team from the headquarters in Germany, including executive board members Dr. Matthias Erb (chairman) and Lars Weyer (CFO), industry leaders, and key players from Asia-Pacific’s moving image industry graced the festivities.
ARRI Asia Pte. Ltd., the official name of the new subsidiary in Singapore, is part of ARRI Asia-Pacific, which also includes ARRI Korea, ARRI Japan, and ARRI Australia. Together, they provide sales and services to the entire Asia-Pacific region.
“The inauguration of the Singapore subsidiary in th

Page 175 of 3343

Latest Issue. . .