UK - Impact Production Services (IPS) has bolstered its vast inventory of stage structures and lighting fixtures with the first 100 new impression X5 IP Bars from GLP, available for hire.
Large quantities of these were immediately dry-hired to two high profile events, the Glastonbury Festival and the Oppenheimer film premiere at the Odeon in Leicester Square, London, as well as making a high-profile appearance with Afrobeats star Wizkid at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (with inventory provided by Entec Live).
IPS owner and key account director, James Mason, along with managing director Karl Saunders first saw the new fixture on demonstration at this year’s Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt and were sufficiently impressed to place an order, making them the first com

Singapore - Lighting designer Gabriel Chan chose to run lighting for an innovative production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by The Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) for the 2023 season of Shakespeare in The Park (SITP) on a full grandMA3 system.
This production was staged at Fort Canning Green within Fort Canning Park, ran for four weeks, and was directed by Guy Unsworth, featuring an industrial inspired ‘Athens’ set design by Richard Kent.
Gabriel’s starting point for lighting the show was the impressive cityscape set, which comprised 17 scenic chimneys and re

Italy - The semifinals and final of the 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship, held at the PalaEur in Rome, shone brightly thanks to the innovative use of Prolights' Sunblast 3000FC
The entire lighting system for this event was provided by Europroduzione s.r.l. and conceived by lighting designer Dario Risolo. The lighting project involved the strategic installation of 110 units of Prolights' Sunblast 3000FC inside the arena, showcasing their extraordinary versatility.
Risolo remarked on the crucial importance of the Sunblast 3000FC in creating the desired lighting effe

USA - Anaheim, California-based FP Rentals continues to expand its lighting inventory adding 24 more Ayrton Diablo S fixtures. The company acquired 48 Diablo S last year in its first Ayrton purchase. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America.
FP Rentals offers an extensive inventory largely to AV service providers. Its sister company is BYFP, a distribution firm.
“We had seen many new brands come onto the market in the last few years, but they were not building quality, innovative products,” says Steven Lu, president of FP Rentals

UK - GC Live, a new event organiser has launched into the UK event sector with a nationwide portfolio of seasonal lighting trails and firework festivals.
Powered by leading event service suppliers, 21CC Group, the new event organiser will spearhead the design and delivery of events, large-scale creative illumination trails and seasonal festival celebrations across the UK.
Geoff Crow, director of GC Live said: “In close partnership with our dedicated supply chain, we are perfectly placed as a team of experienced event professionals and seasoned creative producers to innova

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