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The tour's lighting is designed by California-based lighting designer Chris Reade, and being looked after on the road by Jimmy Duke as the band's new lighting director.

Reade's creative starting point was to make the band look larger than life onstage - a goal to which their extravagant theatrical makeup and distinctive black outfits that utilize a number of styles and textures like leather, rubber and PVC - naturally enhance. As the design process evolved, video also became intertwined with the addition of two 4 x 8 ft 6mm LED screens aligned with the set.

"The band is very powerful visually and

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Over the years, the museum has expanded to an area of 8,000sq.m, becoming one of the city's main attractions for more than 100,000 tourists from all over the world. With the target of sustaining the beauty of the works on display in the new 2000sq.m pavilion 'Life at the Extreme' dedicated to the Volvo ocean race and golf tournament, particular attention was given to the quality of the light and aesthetic of the products.

The lighting project was commissioned to Mediatec, one of Europe's largest corporations specialising in delivering AVL integrated solutions, with the specific aim to integrate the lighting system in the existing building architecture. Bellalite, exclusive distributor of

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These are still in active use on Blueprint's various projects today, together with their stock of around 100 Core fixtures which include Point20s and Flood30s, all of which have proved a sound investment.

Having spotted a gap at the very start of the now-popular trend for wireless up-lighting of buildings, rooms, gardens, trees and foliage, monuments and just about any other space and object that might require illumination for a special moment or event, Blueprint's Chris Morgan comments, "In the last two years - and especially as the products have become even lighter and br

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Lighting designer Sean Burke illuminated the performance on stage with a dynamic lightshow that include 44 Q-Wash 560Z-LED moving washes and 48 COLORado Batten 72 Tour LED linear wash fixtures.

The Puerto Rican concert was part of Cyrus' global Bangerz tour in support of her fourth studio album. Maintaining a consistent look and energy level for a lightshow can be a challenge when gear lists often change from stop to st

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The marquee allowed guests to make the famous walk through the Long Room, down the steps of the Pavilion, through the players' gate and into the stunningly- decorated venue which played host to banquets, invitation-only events for local residents and a two-night run of live music from Roxy Music star Bryan Ferry.

Blackout's team supplied one of its first LED starcloths of the winter season; a huge 30m x 20m installation into the marquee's roof, adding a magical and festive feel.

Blackout's project manager Tom Lambert said, LED starcloth is the ideal solution for a temporary venue like the one installed at Lord's; it helps to create a more permanent feel and

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For every production that the Young Vic programmes in its main space, the Taking Part department creates another in response; exploring some of the ideas in the main production and in which the local community can take part. Production manager Anthony Newton worked with Taking Part technician Nick Slater on Base Camp and The Sound of Yellow, which were based on The Valley of Astonishment, a play which focuses on the phenomenon of synaesthesia: where people can experience things - words, thoughts or even music - as sensory stimulations or as colours.

Nick Slater explains, "For Base Camp, which was with the special educational needs young people, we used an e

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An example of such custom design is illumination Physics' 6W Modular Dot. This product is a custom-designed modular light fixture based on the IP Dot. The benefit is that you can attach as many modules to the dot as required in order to achieve the desired projection of direct and indirect light - vertical, horizontal or both directions simultaneously. This makes it both a practical and cost-effective product.

The particular application this fixture was designed for required a great deal of flexibility. Firstly

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Using a high-performance 180W LED engine that gives a level of power comparable to a 575W discharge lamp, the fixture's flexible four-blade rotating framing system allows the beam to be shaped and angled as required for precise highlighting of set pieces and performers, or can be used to create outstanding projection or mid-air effects.

Individual control of each blade position and angle allows for a highly controlled field of light with less light spill while rotation of the complete framing module permits projection at any angle. Pre-programmed blade macros are included that offer a series of shape and movement effects.

The fixture's economical 180W LED engine (6,500K, >85CRI, 20,000 hours) emits 9,000 total lumens of fli

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"Since its introduction in 2008, Martin's P3 System Controller has become the industry standard for integrating video and lighting," commented Wouter Verlinden, product manager - LED Video, Martin Professional. "Setting up LED video systems can be a lengthy process. However, the P3's real time control capabilities paired with the new Version 3.1.0 software allows lighting designers to more easily integrate screen processing as part of the creative process and set up an entire system with a few mouse clicks. "

The new software's updated preset system allows fi

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This was part of a spectacular pre-show event staged at the Penguins' CONSOL Energy Centre home venue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The opening match show was lit by Kevin Hogan from Process of Illumination, LD to the Penguins' shows since 2005, and broadcast on Root Sports and the NHL network.

The four Cyclones were placed in the runway tunnel used by the players as they come onto the ice. At the start of the match, the tension builds and the players each make their individual entrances onto the ice.

On this occasion, they emerged from the corridor through a fog screen with a special 'Pittsburgh Penguins' animation pr

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Zagreb based Sven, the MD of Croatian rental and production company LumiLas LLC had a completely open brief for the lighting and stage design which also included the video concept. He wanted to make the arena look modern and high tech for the occasion, whilst also retaining a heritage feel to the show as appropriate to the surroundings.

The magnificent arena is the only remaining Roman amphitheatre to have four side towers and with all three Roman architectural orders completely preserved. It was constructed in the first century AD during the reign of E

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Yes Events managing director Nick Ratcliffe explains why Elation is their choice. "The Elation units provide great performance and are very reliable at a price point that makes them extremely competitive against other brands," he says.

In this recent application the Platinum 5R Spots and Beams were used on various flown trusses, providing dynamic awards lighting and room wash. The L

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The LG innovations on show include 9x 55" backlit LED displays - combined to create a huge interactive videowall - an individual UHD 84" touchscreen and three transflective 55" displays. The nine-display videowall will include PQ Labs infrared touch overlay powered by an Amari server - as part of Engage's 'transformation' process - with each indivi

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However, as Sondergaard, owner of production design house Electric Aura, sought new ways to improve the collaboration process between lighting designers and dance choreographers, he felt the project needed to take the next step. In support of this year's event, which featured the first ever dance show created entirely via Reverse Collaboration, Martin Professional teamed up with Christie Lites to provide Sondergaard with

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One audience that is currently being dazzled includes the thousands flocking to Garth Brooks world tour, where he has already broken ticket sale records in North Carolina, Chicago and Atlanta.

Bandit Lites worked with award winning lighting designer Dave Butzler to maximize the onstage look. Custom designed eight triangular Tyler truss 'pods' each contain eight GLP X4 fixtures and six of the smaller GLP X4S fixtures, making a total of 64 X4 and 48 X4S fixtures comprising a large portion of the flown lighting rig. Additionally, there are 12 more X4 fixtures that are on the floor scattered a

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Lighting designer and programmer for OutKast is Daunté Kenner of DK Production Design while lighting vendor for the #ATLast concert series was Atlanta Sound and Lighting. "We chose the SBX because we needed a punchy light that would read through a very video heavy show with a very bright upstage LED wall," explains Atlanta Sound and Lighting's Brian Hatten, who handled plot and fixtures for the event

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The six day event is organised by Attraction Events for Al-Rayyan Radio 102 FM to coincide with the Adha Islamic Feast, and all lighting and other technical production was supplied by Doha Based Target For Events. Live performances included a diverse selection of singers from many Arab and Gulf countries including Mohamed Abdo, Rabh Sakr, Abady Gohar, Diana Hadad and more.

A special stage structure was erected for the festival, with all lights hung on trusses below this and also positioned on the floor.

Overhead there were 40 x Pointes, 30 x LEDBeam 100s, 24 x LEDWash 600s, 12 x LEDWash 1200s all from Robe's Robin Series, together with 22 x REDWash 3-192s, making up the movi

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The Quantum Washes on The Footy Show were positioned above the main stage to provide the main wash for the television spectacular. Alongside the Quantum Washes were 30 Martin MAC Viper Profiles.

"The Quantum Washes and Vipers worked together really nicely," commented Andrew. "If I had been able to get more, I would have!"

A further 22 MAC Vipers were rigged on the outer trusses around the walkway from where, according to Andrew, they worked beautifully to come back into the room for the many music numbers.

"The MAC Quantum Wash is ideal for television as it is such a large, bold fixture," continued Andrew. "As they are from Martin and are LED, you know yo

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The scheme is being developed by EUTC lecturer Stuart 'Woody' Wood - himself a production industry professional before taking up teaching full time - and a number of professional technology partners including Colour Sound.

Embracing the Science of Art and the Art of Science, Elstree UTC is a groundbreaking learning environment for 14 to 19 year olds, with the aim that a blend of academic rigour, project based learning and industry partnerships will help spawn tomorrow's creative technologists.

The lively UTC curriculum embraces all areas of

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"It's a formula that works," said Theo Rood from MJ, who along with his team, has successfully pulled off this particular event for the past four years.

From the moment guests stepped into the foyer area they were met with soft ambient lighting thanks to 24 x Longman LED parcans and four Robe Digispot 5000 DTs (for gobo work) positioned on Prolyte H40V truss totems. This area was controlled by an Avolites Tiger Touch.

The lighting in the main venue was operated by MJ's Olebogeng Boinamo on a grandMA full size. The rig comprised of four Robin MMX Spots, eight Robin 600 LEDWash, 12 x Robin 100 LEDBeams and 24 x Thomas Pixel Pars.

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This summer, the renowned LD's lighting design hit the road, as Kinky Boots began its first national tour. Included in Posner's road rig were 18 COLORado 2-Quad Zoom Tour fixtures from Chauvet Professional. The LED par-style fixtures were supplied by Production Resource Group (PRG), which also provided the equipment for the pre-Broadway and Broadway engagement of Kinky Boots.

Used primarily as wash fixtures, the COLORado 2-Quad Zoom Tours, which are powered by 14 Quad-Colour RGBW 15W LEDs, were positioned over the main area of the stag

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"Garth wanted to use less power, so that was major factor there," said Butzler, while adding that the 1200's intensity was a huge draw. "With such a high trim, I don't have a strong paintable pallet, but we are still getting good effects out of it with the tight and wide beam. We are up against video, so I needed something that would stand out. Plus it also gives me a great foot candle on stage."

With a tour as vigorous as Garth Brooks, finding a hardy light fixture that doesn't require a ton of maintenance can save the crew major headaches, a factor that has endeared Butzler to the Robin 1200L

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Lighting designer Ole Boinamo chose 48 x Robe LEDWash 600s, 12 x LEDBeam 100s and 16 x Robe 300E Spots for the moving light elements.

The high profile event was staged at the Ballroom in Montecasino, Johannesburg, and produced by socialite Edith Venter's company Edith Unlimited. An evening of entertainment and goodwill was presented by actress and TV personality Ashley Heyden, all adding to the glitz and glamour.

For the first time, the main stage was built in the centre of the room for the presentations and some of the entertainment including stand-up performances by comedians Goliath & G

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"The show at Radio City Music Hall was part of a one-off performance series dedicated to promoting the release of the band's latest album," began Hogan. "For these types of shows I have a standard plot, but since it's a new album, I wanted to use a new fixture. I had an opportunity to see the VL4000 Spot at a factory demo in