Lighting designer Jacob Gowler relished the chance of using Robe’s new T1 Profiles and LEDBeam 150s for the first time on a Cambridge Theatre Company (CTC) production of the crime-and-passion fuelled musical Chicago (High School Edition), staged over six performances in the 337-seat Great Hall at The Leys School in central Cambridge, UK.
Leading global LED display manufacturer, Absen, will return to the RAI in Amsterdam this February (11-14) to present its latest range of MiniLED products for the fixed installation and rental markets, as well as introduce a large range of new and enhanced products.
‘Astera LED’ has become an industry buzzword in the last 12 months in South Africa, and no sooner had DWR been announced as the distributor in 2019, then Duncan Riley and the team started making immediate sales to people itching to get their hands on Astera’s innovative – and fast becoming renowned – range of battery powered LED products.
Philadelphia Zoo did their part to spread holiday cheer this season with LumiNature, a massive new experiential holiday sound and light attraction that transformed the nation’s first zoo into a magical winter wonderland encompassing 12 captivating experience zones.
Previewed to a very positive response at ProLight+Sound in April, the new Alcons LR24 pro-ribbon line-array system made its global debut at the NAMM show.
DiGiCo announced the debut of its new Quantum 5 console at NAMM 2020, with orders being taken now for delivery later this year.
FOH engineer, Mike Platt, has worked with Tom Walker since 2017, when he was part of a three-piece support act for The Script. The Scottish artist's rise to fame has been quick: since then he has secured a 2019 BRIT Award, and his debut album, What A Time To Be Alive, peaked at the top spot in the UK Album Chart.
Tony Award-winning lighting designer Jeff Croiter turned to Elation Professional’s Artiste Van Gogh LED wash moving head to light a new musical adaptation of Cyrano starring Peter Dinklage at the Daryl Roth Theatre in New York.
Brown Note Productions and Danny Wimmer Presents deploy K Series rig for three back-to-back weekend festivals: Hometown Rising, Bourbon & Beyond, and Louder Than Life.
In its last 19th year, the three-day Krone-Fest has been running in the Austrian city of Linz since 2001. This year, once again the free event saw more than 70 acts appearing on 13 stages in different squares spread throughout in the city centre.
Award-winning independent French theme park, Puy du Fou, unveiled its first venture in Toledo Spain with an epic night-time immersive spectacular “El Sueño de Toledo” (The Dream of Toledo), creatively directed by Nicolas de Villiers and the team from Puy de Fou with lighting designed by Koert Vermeulen from Belgian creative visual practice, ACTLD.
More than five years in the making, Sharjah Grand Mosque opened its doors in 2019, becoming United Arab Emirates’ second-largest mosque. The building occupies 185,806 square metres with a capacity to accommodate over 25,000 worshippers.
DTS welcome 2020 with a new style and a full agenda of activities to celebrate the company’s 40th anniversary.
NAMM 2020 sees DiGiCo reveal the latest in its new generation of Quantum consoles, the all-new Quantum338. Like Quantum7 and Quantum5, Quantum338 represents a dramatic leap forward in power and connectivity.
The extensive range of MILOS truss supports just about anything – lights, sound equipment, LED screens, glass, wood, textile, etc. It reliably handles light to heavy loadings and can be used as a temporary or permanent solution in an extensive range of locations.
Panto season in the UK and Ireland brought another crop of side-splitting hilarity and slapstick to stages up and down the countries, with gags, double entendres and innuendo flying faster than foam pies from a Super Soaker Zipfire, delivered by a range of crazy eccentric gender-defying characters… Following – sometimes vaguely – classic folk tale narratives.
Following a stellar 2019 for entertainment lighting, LED video and effects equipment manufacturer ADJ, the company is preparing to kick off the new decade with a significant presence at the 2020 NAMM exhibition in Anaheim, CA.
Showing alongside innovative new Elation Smarty, Fuze and Paladin range lighting products at the 2020 NAMM Show will be all-new atmospheric effects in the company’s new Magmatic range, as well as the latest products from Obsidian Control Systems.
New DeskLink natively integrates L-ISA Control capability into Flagship Rivage PM7 and PM10 mixing systems. As L-ISA technology continues to be adopted by live events like the recent Bon Iver and Mark Knopfler tours, and in permanent installations such as Sydney Coliseum.
