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14 March 2025

UK - Zeal has made a major investment in Martin MAC Viper XIP fixtures, reinforcing its commitment to delivering high-quality lighting solutions for live events and productions.

“With LED technology advancing rapidly, new fixtures are constantly being released,” says Steve Hough, managing director at Zeal. “But when it comes to spots, our priority is finding a fixture that provides consistency, quality, and longevity. When [exclusive Martin Professional UK distributor] Sound Technology demoed the MAC Viper XIP, we expected something similar to what we’d seen before – but this one really stood out. It impressed both our design and production teams enough to investigate it further and, ultimately, make it our go-to spot fixture.”

Zeal first saw the Viper XIP in August 2024 – in the middle of a busy period. Despite the packed schedule, the

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14 March 2025

Austria - Stefaniensaal, a concert hall in Graz, Austria, has recently enhanced its lighting system with the installation of Elation’s Fuze Pendant downlighting fixtures. This upgrade was successfully implemented by PKE, with the lighting solutions specifically tailored to meet the needs of the historic venue.

Stefaniensaal, located in the heart of Graz’s Congress Centre is celebrated for its architecture and acoustics, including a magnificent pipe organ, making it one of the most beautiful concert halls in the world. The hall, which has a capacity of 1,100, is home to the city’s Recreation Orchestra.

Hosting a wide range of events, from classical concerts and balls to conferences, congresses and presentations, the hall required a lighting solution that was not only versatile but also sensitive to the historic and aesthetic features of the spac

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14 March 2025

Finland - Tony Kushner’s Angels in America continues its sell-out performances at Finland’s National Theatre, with a projection-heavy design driven by a Green Hippo Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 Media Server.

Staged in the theatre’s Small Stage space, the 292-strong audience each night is drawn to the proscenium opening which is 10m wide and 6m high, where the 15m-wide back wall is turned entirely into a projection surface. On stage, the team has rigged a set that features 13 pillars, ‘ancient’ marble and a piece of statue bulging from the wall, and five portrait-shaped window frames, making projection a challenge.

“The set consists primarily of a single stage image – a ‘too wide’ back wall, which we wanted to turn into a projection surface,” explains Ville Virtanen, head of the lighting and video department at the Finnish Natio

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14 March 2025

USA - Country superstar Alan Jackson is performing a lively selection of his many hits on the Last Call Tour, which concludes 17 May at Milwaukee's 17,000-seat Fiserv Forum.

The tour's production manager and lighting designer Mason Felps with 46 Entertainment has done his client proud, with a bold panoramic show that “reflects the timeless spirit of Jackson's inimitable sound”.

"We reprogrammed the entire show this year, positioning the fixtures wider to create expansive, atmospheric looks that enhance the mood," said Felps. "Dynamic colour changes shift with the energy and progression of each song, adding depth and impact to the visuals. This show is built on big looks, really utilizing the Color Strike Ms to set the mood and provide the audience lighting that Alan loves."

Felps used 56 Chauvet Professional Color Strike M fixtur

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14 March 2025

UK - Robe stepped up the energy in the room for the 24th edition of the TPi Awards, supplying nearly 250 of its latest moving LED lights to help create the production lighting design – imagined by Robe’s own creative team – for the high-profile industry event produced by TPi Magazine, part of Mondiale Technology Media.

The event was staged at the Evolution London venue in Battersea and was hosted – for the second consecutive year – by Emmanuel Sonub, with over 1,850 industry professionals in the audience.

Robe technology was showcased by a team led by lighting director Nathan Wan, associate LD Andy Webb, lead programmer Jordan Tinniswood, programmer Kyle Evans and Robe International’s exhibition and production manager, Tomas Kohout who co-ordinated all the logistics needed to amass this large amount of kit at Evolution.<

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14 March 2025

France - The municipality of La Tour-de-Salvagny has a new Anolis lighting installation on the eye-catching roundabout in front of the Pasino Grand Partouche entertainment complex. Formerly known as Casino Lyon Vert, Pasino Grand is a flagship establishment of the Partouche Group.

As part of its overall energy optimisation policy, the city of Lyon delegated its civic lighting responsibilities to SIGERLy (Syndicat de Gestion des Énergies de la Région Lyonnaise), founded in 1935, an organisation that unites the Lyon metropolitan area and 65 municipalities, undertaking public service missions focused on energy management.

This specific initiative made it possible to modernise the lighting on this roulette table-shaped roundabout which is a popular landmark, utilising the highly versatile Anolis Calumma XS LED fixtures.

Anolis – the architect

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14 March 2025

Austria - Leyard Europe has been involved in a major installation at the Red Bull Ice Hockey Arena in Salzburg. As part of the extensive digital signage overhaul, ROPA Digital Displays provided a customised solution with Leyard’s Tfree transparent displays, featuring a 2.6mm pixel pitch and an exceptionally lightweight structure.

The project presented several challenges, particularly the limited load capacity of the arena’s roof. However, Leyard’s innovative technology and tailor-made approach enabled ROPA to deliver an advanced solution that met the venue's specific needs.

The installation consists of four Tfree Pro-F 2.6 displays, with the highlight of the upgrade being the new LED cube positioned above the ice rink. This 4 x 2.5m cube replaces an outdated rear projector system and was carefully designed to meet strict weight specifications.<

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13 March 2025

Europe - January/February saw Universal Pixels (UP) providing the backdrop to Snow Patrol’s European arena tour showcasing their chart-topping eighth LP, The Forest is the Path.

UP supplied three upstage Roe V4ST LED walls with Brompton processing, Panasonic RQ35 projectors, Panasonic UC4000 & UE150 cameras and Disguise media servers – the album gave the sell-out tour a theme of growth and overgrowth. Roll drops coming in and out are among the unique production elements bringing an extra dimension to Atticus Finch and Flint Studio’s imagery in front of the band’s trademark projection and LED layers.

Snow Patrol are on the road infrequently, it’s six years since their last full production arena run, so confirmed dates foster considerable expectation. And the practised team behind the tour, from PM Robin Scott and show designer D

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13 March 2025

The Netherlands - An impressive new permanent exhibition inside Drents Museum has been brought to life by Ata Tech with a comprehensive audiovisual package from Pharos Architectural Controls and Genelec.

The exhibition comprises 15 rooms that create a labyrinth of interactive storytelling, revitalising the northeastern province of Drenthe in the Netherlands. Visitors experience an array of interactive adventures, from a mammoth hunt to a farmer’s wedding. The exhibit also features the world’s oldest-known boat, the 12,000-year-old Pesse canoe, discovered near the museum in the 1950s.

Advanced technologies from Pharos and Genelec were utilised to create the interactive soundscapes and projections that also enable guests to participate in games such as spear throwing and canoeing. A Pharos Designer LPC (Lighting Playback Controller) created the int

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13 March 2025

Hungary - The newly opened Vibe Budapest, the latest project of the Costes Group, has chosen Prolights solutions to create spectacular lighting effects and an engaging atmosphere. The lighting system design and installation were managed by LISYS-Project, which integrated Prolights Jet Hybrid200 moving heads to illuminate the stage and enhance the venue's scenic design.

These compact and versatile fixtures, delivering high quality and intense brightness, not only enhance the stage but also illuminate dancers, acrobats, and performers moving between the tables, creating an immersive and dynamic atmosphere. Their fast zoom ensures maximum scenic flexibility, while the combination of colour wheel, dual gobo wheels, prism effect, and frost function offers endless creative possibilities, further amplifying the visual impact.

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13 March 2025

USA - Delaware County Christian School in southeastern Pennsylvania has undergone the initial phase of a major refresh of the production technologies at its Arthur and Nancy DeMoss Centre for Worship and the Arts, including the installation of a new DiGiCo Quantum225 front-of-house mixing console.

The renovation project, overseen by Andre Houser of design, sales and integration company Houser Audio, encompasses everything from high-end sound, lighting, and video systems to a stage extension and new paint, drapes, and carpet.

“Our auditorium space hadn’t been touched in going on 25 years, so the equipment was completely outdated,” says Jacob Godino, the school’s director of operations. The school, popularly referred to simply as DC, is a Christian college preparatory school that serves the greater Philadelphia area, and the DeMoss Centre was c

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13 March 2025

India - SOUND . COM has invested in DMI-KLANG cards, to accompany their fleet of DiGiCo consoles and also the KLANG:konductor system, for use with their extensive range of other consoles. The company is owned by Warren D’souza, known for his mixing skills and his investment in the industry.

KLANG is especially suited to Bollywood music and is gaining popularity with Indian artists. SOUND . COM is finding that this demand is also being compounded by the many international artists requesting it for their Indian tour dates. Most recently, Academy Award-winning instrumentalist and composer, A. R. Rahman, has been using the immersive KLANG:konductor system for his live dates.

A.R. Rahman is a prolific composer, responsible for many movie soundtracks and Bollywood classics. He wrote the music for the movie Slumdog Millionaire and is responsible

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12 March 2025

UK - Glyndebourne opera house in Sussex is renowned for its annual summer festival, which attracts over 150,000 visitors, and its auditorium combines operatic tradition with cutting-edge production technology. Behind the scenes, seamless communication is critical to delivering world-class performances, and Glyndebourne recently upgraded its systems to include PunQtum’s IP-based communication solutions. This integration has revolutionised the way teams collaborate across the venue.

"Our communication system serves all production departments, from followspots to automation, wardrobe, and chaperones,” explains Jonathan Moss, head of sound and video at Glyndebourne. “We needed a mix of products that could address all user needs while enhancing operational flexibility and future-proofing our technical infrastructure. PunQtum provides advanced features and s

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12 March 2025

UK - Theatre Royal Plymouth (TRP) hosts a broad spectrum of performances including touring musicals, dance productions, comedy and drama. The Lyric Theatre is a versatile space with a seating capacity of 1,300, which can be reduced to 800 through the adjustment of the theatre’s unique moving roof. This adaptability allows the theatre to accommodate both large touring productions and more intimate performances.

Opened in 1982, the venue is known for its distinctive architecture, which, although renowned, presents challenges for sound installation. When TRP required an upgrade to its ageing sound system, EM Acoustics was chosen.  

"I’ve been using EM products for years across all the venues in the theatre," says Dan Mitcham, head of sound at Theatre Royal Plymouth. "We’ve always had a great relationship with them, and the upgrade to EM for the

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12 March 2025

Israel - A large complement of Claypaky lighting fixtures played a key role in the recent performance of Israeli singer-songwriter Eden Hason at Menorah Arena, Tel Aviv.

Sincopa provided lighting designer Alon Shnaiderman with 160 Claypaky Sharpys, 70 Midi-Bs and 24 Scenius Unicos for the rig illuminating Hason, who is known for pop and Mizrahi music, which combines elements from the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.

The high-energy show had an emotional and powerful message with the artist sharing his personal journey with the audience and using the event to raise awareness of the ongoing war and hostage crisis.

The creative vision for the show was to deliver an immersive and dynamic experience that balanced high-energy visual spectacle with deeply emotional moments. “The lighting and stage design needed to enhance Eden’s pe

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12 March 2025

USA - When it came to lighting a recent one-off show for Everything Always Forever (the collaboration between John Summit and Dom Dolla), designer Marcus Jessup needed to look little further than the GLP portfolio for his creative solutions.

The show at the 20,000-capacity Gorge Amphitheatre, an outside concert venue in Washington state, unleashed an abundance of creative energy in this large-scale production, thanks largely to the use of GLP’s impression X5 IP Bars. This, he says, had made the collaboration a seamless one.

Jessup had been brought in by the creative house, Sturdy. “We collaborate on a variety of projects and in this instance, they recognised the need for someone with experience in large-scale outdoor scenography and lighting design,” he says. “Although the show at the Gorge was conceived as a one-off, elements of the design c

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12 March 2025

Switzerland - Pavilion Naftule, a new 1,200sq.m pop-up performance space specialising in comedy, has completed its debut season at Lausanne's Place Bellerive using a comprehensive L-Acoustics hyperreal immersive audio solution.

Named after the late Pierre Naftule, a respected regional comedy producer, the dismantlable venue attracted nearly 30,000 spectators across 100 performances featuring a diverse programme of comedy and musical productions. To address the challenges of a temporary structure hosting up to 15 performers onstage simultaneously, Pavilion Naftule partnered with L-Acoustics certified provider Hyperson to implement a full-surround L-ISA configuration using the compact yet powerful A Series.

The semi-permanent nature of Pavilion Naftule presented specific technical obstacles that required innovative solutions. The theatre's dismantlable

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12 March 2025

UK - The Fleece has been a fixture of the Bristol music scene since 1982. Offering live music seven nights a week, it is Bristol’s largest independent venue and over the years has hosted Radiohead, Muse, Oasis, Ed Sheeran, Queens of the Stone Age, The Hives, Amy Winehouse, and hundreds more.

A listed building and named for its former role as a sheep trading market, the Fleece enjoyed a comprehensive refurbishment in 2021, upgrading its facilities for both audience and performers alike. The stage and associated production areas were completely redesigned.

Technical manager Rich Munday oversaw every aspect of the transformation, which initially retained the venue’s Midas Pro 2 console at front of house. After the refurbishment, when the venue was in a position to upgrade, Munday wanted to maintain the Midas ecosystem and opted to bring in the Midas

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12 March 2025

Germany - The Rheingrün Open Air festival is a popular and ever-growing electro and techno event which takes place annually near the German city of Karlsruhe. With top international DJs on the bill and located at the picturesque Rappenwört Rhine Beach, the festival prides itself on delivering a high-class technical and infrastructure offering, ensuring that every visitor enjoys the best experience possible.

To meet the needs of 2024’s expanded event capacity, regular event service provider, MKM Event Show Technik, deployed a Coda Audio CiRAY system on the main stage for the first time. 

On the main stage at Rheingrün Open Air, MKM Event Show Technik deployed main hangs totalling 16 x CiRAY at 90° and eight CiRAY at 120°, supplemented by two HOPS8 (high output point source) for out-fill, 18 x TiRAY (ultra-compact two-way line

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12 March 2025

UK - With an 11-piece line-up based on the 1988-89 A Delicate Sound of Thunder touring band, The Delicate Sound of Pink Floyd has quickly become established as one of the UK’s leading Pink Floyd tribute bands. Shows typically take place in remarkable architectural spaces, most recently in early March at Oxford Town Hall, a Grade II listed late 19th century building.

Lighting and lasers enhanced the show, which also put an emphasis on precision sound. To ensure consistently high production standards, the band always uses Oxford-based Event Production Services for whom Nexo is the sound system of choice for both front of house and stage monitoring.

“We’re using a Nexo Geo M12 front-of-house system, the reason being that it’s very quick to rig, it sounds fantastic, and its directivity keeps things well controlled within these types of b

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12 March 2025

Canada - Lighting a festival in a former power plant lends itself to electrifying images. The team at Onedot certainly thought so. They took this inspiration and flew with it during the three-day Lumen Festival that Produkt produced at New City Gas, a site that traces its roots back to an 1849 generating station.

The hard-edged venue in Montreal still bears witness to its industrial heritage, and the designers at Onedot smartly played on this evocative aura to create an intense, aggressive show that bristled with kinetic energy while supporting performances by Timmy Trumpet, Gordo, Adventure Club and other EDM stars.

Onedot's design team hung illuminated bars on kinetic winches down from the vaulted ceiling over the dancefloor. Crossing over the room, these bars added to the raw edginess of the performances, carving up the overhead space wit

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12 March 2025

Finland - In the vibrant Konepaja neighbourhood of Helsinki, an audio-visual hub known as Kino Konepaja has emerged. More than just a cinema, the space is an intersection of film, production, and sound design coupled with a New York soul that’s led by Jussi Myllyniemi of Whitepoint, a Finnish post-production company. It’s here that Genelec’s loudspeaker technology plays a key role, transforming a once-traditional space into a venue that ‘blends exceptional sound with the latest on-screen hits’. 

The intimate, 55-seat venue was conceived as a production space that could also serve as a cinema, driven by Myllyniemi’s background in post-production and commercial movie events. “Initially, we considered collaborating with existing cinemas, but when that didn’t work out, we decided to create our own,” he explains. “We’d had this facility in

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11 March 2025

Italy - The University of Bari Aldo Moro, located in Puglia, celebrated 100 years since its foundation in 1925 with two pieces of light art created by Pino Loconsole, owner of Bari-based rental company Lucidiscena.

These included a spectacular rooftop installation on the main administrative building comprising 16 x Robe iBolts.

Pino was commissioned to create the works by Stefano Bronzini, the university’s Dean, and the lighting fixtures were from Lucidiscena’s rental stock. With almost 40,000 students, the University of Bari offers different degree courses, ranging from literature and philosophy to physics and the life sciences.

The two lighting installations were very different. For the main building in Palazzo Ateneo, which is also the university’s faculty of literature and philosophy, Pino wanted to make a big impact, and the iBolts

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11 March 2025

India - A new club and lounge has opened in the Telangana city of Hyderabad, with its patrons enjoying an audio system built around Martin Audio BlacklineX loudspeakers.

The Beer Cartel is a premier venue designed to deliver ‘a seamless fusion of gourmet dining, craft beverages and high-energy music’.

Located in the city’s vibrant business and entertainment district, the Beer Cartel caters to professionals, music enthusiasts and socialites alike, seeking an immersive experience within the stylish, aesthetically designed expansive interior.

Aside from its diverse culinary offerings, the venue is also a hotspot for live entertainment and events, frequently hosting renowned DJs, and has already established itself as one of Hyderabad’s most sought-after nightlife destinations.

To achieve this, the owners sought an audio system tha