The upgrade consisted of one behind-the-scenes change, replacing the venue's dimming system, and one change visible to an audience, updating the lighting of the auditorium itself, all helping the popular venue celebrate the centenary of its 1913 opening.
For the dimmer upgrade, Hawthorn supplied and installed four new ETC Sensor dimmer racks to replace aging Strand LD90 ra
Given the significance of 2014 in Beatles history, the event's organisers pulled out all the stops this year, offering performances by rock 'n roll Hall of Famers and creating a Sgt. Pepper's-l
The PIPA Awards are presented to the best audio, lighting, and musical equipment as voted by more than 100 production and entertainment publications from around the world. Martin Professional accepted the award at an event attended by more than 300 industry professionals.
"We are honoured to be recognized by the industry with a PIPA Award for our M6 console at the first ever Prolight + Sound International Press Awards," comment
"There are multiple screens hanging at various heights all over the rig. Using the grandMA2 to map the content to the screens it's the Catalysts that do all the work, the MA2 is just the control surface. But having used lots of different desks I'd say it's the perfect surface for the job. It's elsewhere that I really stretch the desk. What do I mean by that?"
Design and systems integration company Michael Garrison Associates (MGA), who has a history of cooperation with the church dating back to 2004, replaced the mega-church's original centre projection screen with a 6mm pixel
Lighting for the show which is produced by Alda Events was operated by Tom Spaan from The Art of Light.
Apple, one of the country's top rental companies provided 25 x Robin Pointes, 16 x ColorSpot 1200E ATs, 6 x ColorSpot 2500E ATs, 14 x ColorWash 1200E ATs and 42 x Rob
Kneehigh's Brief Encounter started life in the UK in autumn 2007 and the rig as it stands for the international touring today, was settled by early 2009. Despite advances in technology
"Response to Flare Jr at Prolight+Sound was fantastic, espe
London Light's rental business will merge fully under the Aurora umbrella with immediate effect. The coming together will benefit existing customers of both parties with a new increased inventory pool. This integration combined with substantial equipment investment reflects the forward momentum at Aurora, says the company.
Aurora's managing director Nick Edwards says, "We are delighted to implement London Light's infrastructur
The event pulled in more than 120,000 people over four days and Robe was the only moving light brand featured on this stage in a stunning production lighting design by Junior Luzbel, who heads the locally based company with his brother Ricardo Luzbel and his partner Ricardo Gordilho.
The lighting rig included 36 x Robin Pointes, 12 x Robin MMX Spots, 24 x LEDWash 1200s, 14 x ColorSpot 12
Situated on level three of the Tattersalls Club, the Doltone House venue is a prime location for a wide range of events including conferences and weddings and prides itself on grand architecture and sumptuous décor. It's this focus on providing a glamorous ambiance for its guests that prompted Mark McInnes, Show Technology's national sales and marketing manager, to supply the Clay Paky fixtures.
"We wanted to pro
One of the recent adopters has been Seattle band Pearl Jam, products of the city's rock explosion at the beginning of the 1990's.
Their lighting designer Kille Knobel (who has also worked with fellow Seattle rock band Soundgarden) has been with the band since the early part of the millennium - and this latest tour (which visits Europe in June), is her first outing with the X-5 strobes. It is the band's most extravagant prod
Lighting for the show - which is produced by Syco Music with technical production co-ordinated by Production North - was designed by Peter Barnes. Lighting director and operator on the road is Jonathan Rouse and all the lighting equipment and its necess
Lighting designer, Alexey Yevstifeyev, who deployed Martin fixtures based on their functionality and brightness, proposed the lighting concept of the show to feature creative lighting and midair effects, consisting of 20 MAC Viper Profiles, 12 Atomic 3000 DMX, 20 RUSH MH3 Beams, 48 MAC 101s and 20 MAC 2000 Was
Late News - A new Michael Jackson album, featuring eight new tracks
On the day,
Friday 21st March saw millions of viewers tune into BBC One and BBC Two to enjoy an evening of fun, comedy, entertainment and sport live from the Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford.
Nick Edwards, Managing Director commented: "This was a large undertaking for our company which started back in January with initial site visits. The main focus was to transform the Copper Box Arena from a
The ambitious production, set in the round, attracted rave reviews, with the Guardian praising its 'genuine theatrical spectacle', and the Express saying it was 'magnificently staged'.
Lighting designer for the production, which ran from late February into March 2014, was Andrew Bridge, thr
As a lighting designer working in the 1970's Flores specialised in using the latest, innovative equipment in the development of sound and lighting for the club industry. Today his designs reflect his on-going dedication to taking club installations into a new dimension with the use of innovative, interactive equipment.
Recently Led4Skys finishe
"Sagebrush had been using a large amount of video elements in the previous worship centre but when they started the second phase project in building a new worship centre, they wanted to improve upon that and chose the Elation EPV762 video panels," stated Stephen MacAurther, lighting systems designer and engineer at VAST Technol
ETC's stand will feature two displays stocked with conventional and LED fixtures for indoor and outdoor applications, some of which are created specifically for broadcast use, such as the Source Four LED Studio HD, Selador Desire D22 Studio Tungsten, Selador Desire
Exhibiting for the first time, the LightGeist team was delighted with the impact the new products had on visitors and the instant response they generated.
"Visitors were fascinated with the effects produced by LightStick and the flexibility and versatility of Badger and Splodger," says LightGeist CCO, Nigel Hedley. "Our new 'cloud lighting' technology aroused great curiosity and we are encouraged by
Robert Juliat chose to refocus attention on its followspot range to reinvigorate its presence in the German market. The models on show - the Cyrano 2500W HMI, Lancelot 4000W HTI and Victor 1800W MSR - proved a great hit, not only in the German market but also with the international presence that was so evident at the show.
"The quantity and quality of visitors to our stand from all over the world confirm
Hall, based in Las Vegas, was most recently with Philips Lighting as the western regional sales manager for Philips Entertainment.
Due to customer demand and increased popularity, Robe Lighting is expanding its reach in the U.S. under new CEO Bob Schacherl. This is one of several new appointments to be announced in the coming weeks in order to provide Robe clients better sales support and enhanced customer service.
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