It is 35 years since Dreamgirls first hit Broadway. It was a sensational success then and the latest production at Londonʼs Savoy Theatre is equally so. Sound designer, Richard Brooker, wanted an analogue sound to the audio, in keeping with the showʼs 1960s/70s setting, but also wanted to benefit from todayʼs digital technology.
Automation specialist and manufacturer Kinesys enjoyed one of its busiest and most successful Prolight+Sound exhibitions in Frankfurt to date. The UK based company highlighted its new Apex chain hoist system, launched at Prolight 2017, which incorporates Kinesys’ extensive knowledge, practical experience and history as a pioneer in the world of variable speed chain hoist control technology.
LITEC wishes to thank all of the customers and visitors who came to see them at this year’s Music Inside Rimini (MiR) exhibition. Reactions to their new heavy-duty MyT Virtue truss, the newest member of the MyT family, and EXE Technology’s DST-66 (dynamic stack tracks) system were extremely positive and confirmed that they have hit the target with both products.
Top One Design Engineering in Hong Kong and Macau has invested in Robe MegaPointes and LEDBeam 150s. It’s the first Robe purchase for the company founded in 2012 by Kurt So to further the cause of bringing world class lighting and event design —with an emphasis on creativity and innovation— to a diversity of sectors in the region including live and corporate events.
In October 2017, former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher released his debut solo album, As You Were. The record went straight in at number one in the UK, and went gold in its first week, outselling the rest of the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart combined. It has since been certified platinum.
It’s always exciting to be at the forefront of the game when it comes to new technologies, and MGG, one of South Africa’s leading rental and production specialists, is the first to invest in Robe’s new MegaPointe moving light bringing high quality spot, wash, beam and effects capabilities, all in one unit!
150 years after his death, the most prestigious Opera House in the world celebrates the great artist, with a selection of customs de scène displayed on Bonaveri's tailor-made mannequins.
Luc Peumans and the team from Painting with Light redefined the iconic boombox, presenting this historic music making device in a fresh, new, digital dimension as the set centrepiece for Belgium’s 2018 Schlagerfestival, staged in the 14,000 capacity Ethias Arena in Hasselt.
Omnia Dayclub and Casa Calavera, two venues within the stunning Vidanta Los Cabos complex, presented a challenge for Dublin-based design and installation company Audiotek: how to provide banging nightclub sound in an open-air venue, whilst making sure that spill to the surrounding parts of the complex was minimised. The answer was a multiple source L‑Acoustics Kiva II system.
Nearly 400 Robe ParFect S1s LED luminaires are in action lighting the newly opened Royal Tank Museum in Amman, Jordan, illuminating 110 x battle-worn tanks from a century of wars in the Middle East and other more distant conflicts.
The Duisburg Theater am Marientor in Germany has experienced quite a bit in its comparatively short history - it is built in 1995. Originally the home of the popular musical "Les Misérables", it is now home to the Duisburg Philharmonic and today is mainly used for show, tour and TV productions. The main hall has 1,546 seats, which are distributed approximately evenly over parquet and rank.
For producing the international football match between Germany and Brazil, German public broadcaster ZDF as a first timer in football used new possibilities for image composition leveraging the Robycam cable camera system and augmented reality elements.
MILOS recently designed and delivered Xtruss components for the Posco Energy booth at the Korea Energy Show. Xtruss is a series of truss accessories that allow for the quick and easy attachment of various elements to truss structures.
MSC Meraviglia. Built by STX France at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard, the 5,700-passenger capacity cruiser is outfitted with the latest in cutting-edge technology, including a large energy-efficient Elation Professional LED lighting package used in the ship’s entertainment and relaxation areas.
It's through live shows that the Zac Brown Band connects most strongly with its audience. Not only does Zac Brown like his audience to be seen, he wants them to feel they are a part of the show. Consequently, a quality tungsten audience blinder always has a role in a Zac Brown Band show.
SKALAR is a large-scale art installation that explores the complex impact of light and sound on human perception. Light artist Christopher Bauder and musician Kangding Ray give an audio- visual narration of radiant light vector drawings and multi-dimensional sound inside the pitch- dark industrial space of Kraftwerk Berlin.
The Neue Philharmonie Berlin is touring Germany with a sophisticated cross-over programme featuring Latin, jazz and classical music supported by Stage Tec, the Berlin-based manufacturer. An orchestra of 65 classical musicians, jazz musicians and Latin percussionists plays the Latin-Jazz Sinfónica! Live mixes are undertaken with a CRESCENDO platinum mixing console.
