Presented during the 2010 Broadway Lighting Master Classes, the Product of the Year awards are chosen from the equipment brought to market in the last 12 months which the voting panel feel makes the biggest changes to the industry. The awards were presented 24 May at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
Present to receive the award were Adrian Forbes-Black, vice president of Total Structures, and Vince Herbert, the designer of the RSC Lightlock and head of the Lighting Department for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford Upon Avon.
This award adds to the accolades heaped upon the RSC Lightlock in its debut year. In addition, it has also been recognised as the best debuting product for rigging and staging equipment by Live Design at LDI 2009, best new lighting product by the readers of iSquint.com, and received the only ever PLASA Gold Award for Innovation when shown in 2008.
The RSC Lightlock can be seen in use on tour with Rush, Lady Gaga, on Bon Jovi's Circles Tour, and on Broadway as part of Don Holder's lighting design for Promises, Promises.
(Jim Evans)
