It is said that the creative drive has no reverse gear. Although building on what has been done in the past and echoing themes, it never repeats itself, but instead is constantly looking forward, rejuvenating itself with original ideas at every turn.
When the highly anticipated stage version of the blockbuster film The Devil Wears Prada debuted in Chicago in the summer of 2022, it was to mixed reviews. By the time it arrived in London’s West End at the end of 2024 it was with an entirely fresh production, including a new creative team and an original score from Elton John.
Magic, they say, is built on defying perception. How true! Especially in Las Vegas, the desert oasis that has been known to bend reality in unimaginable directions.
"I am still there in my heart and soul!" A fan posted this on social media in mid-May about the Deadmau5 Retro5pective show in Brooklyn. Never mind that the concert took place there some three weeks earlier.
Lighting design group Lightswitch, and production house Upstaging, collaborated on a new holiday lighting experience at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The founders of the Eden Project took on the challenge of transforming an abandoned clay pit into a series of geodesic domes that showcase and celebrate the rich diversity of nature through their biomes.
The second series of The Masked Singer SA was one of the most successful music TV shows of 2024, broadcast on SABC, and featuring an outstanding production lighting design created by two of the country’s most talented LDs, Ryan Lombard and Joshua Cutts, based around the core components of 150 Robe moving lights.
The UK’s popular Christmas Light Trails, which have increasingly gained currency since COVID, create an almost magical and magnetic visitor experience.
The building at 2103 Lyon Street had a very good run. Home to Moncrief Lenoir Manufacturing, it turned out an impressive array of metal fabrications for eight decades, until it closed in the 1990s.
Claypaky Sharpy X Frame hybrid luminaires illuminated the inaugural 2024 World Taekwondo Virtual Championships in Singapore where more than 120 athletes from 23 countries participated in the first-ever event of its kind. The competition took place at the Singapore Sports Hub OCBC Arena 1, November 16-17.
Monster Productions & Events, a provider of sound, staging, lighting, and AV services based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has expanded its lighting inventory with a substantial investment in state-of-the-art Elation lighting equipment.
With an enlarged booth, innovative new products and a sustainable trade fair presence, GLP began a promising year at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2025 show in Barcelona.
