Ayrton announces the official launch of Kyalami, its first IP65-rated laser source luminaire in its Creative Solution series. Kyalami is inspired by the multiple award-winning MagicDot. First released in 2015, MagicDot sold by the thousands within months, and still inspires creativity. Nine years later it has given birth to Kyalami. Here’s a video overview of the Kyalami:
Vari-Lite, the originators of the modern moving head light fixture and Signify entertainment lighting brand, announced the new VL2600 SE Series, an upgraded version of the iconic VL2600 Series of fixtures that includes the recently announced SE Upgrade Engine built-in.Read More »Vari-Lite Updates VL2600 SE Series with More Output
At times during his performances on his recent arena tour of the US/Israeli superstar Eden Hason seemed to be elevated in space as if he were seeking to connect himself and the audience to some higher, more hopeful meaning. It was an apt metaphor for these times, which is exactly what the singer and his Lighting Designer, Alon Shnaiderman hoped to create when they worked on the vision for this show together.Read More »Alon Shnaiderman Powers Eden Hason with ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M Stadium Console
Tim Goodacre is a busy and in-demand freelance Gaffer and Lighting Specialist based in Sydney and working all over Australia, primarily on TV dramas. He has invested steadily in Astera to help drive his business over the last two years, most recently purchasing one of the new LeoFresnel products from Astera’s Australian and New Zealand distributor—ULA Group, which is added to his existing stock of AX3 Lightdrop and NYX Bulb kits and workhorse Astera Titan and Helios Tubes. Read More »Gaffer Tim Goodacre Talks Astera
Talented Slovenian singer-songwriter Nina Pušlar played a major sold-out show in Ljubljana’s 14,400-capacity Stožice Arena which was recorded for broadcast on national TV and celebrated the dropping of some exciting new music from Pušlar, for which her team including Creative Director Anže Škrube wanted a spectacular production. Lighting Designer Amadej Šuperger from design studio Blackout specified large quantities of Robe moving lights which made up 75% of the lighting. The positions were facilitated by an angled triangular truss in the center with four bracing trusses flanked by raked grids of crisscrossing trusses in the roof above the stage, which brought a structural look and industrial tone to the performance area. It also amplified the depth of the performance space.Read More »Robe Catches the Action for Nina Pušlar Show
Again, this year, Claypaky played host to the students enrolled in the Master in Lighting Design and LED Technology, organized by the Polytechnic University of Milan. This course has long been devoted to nurturing the talents of aspiring young lighting professionals. The Master aims to equip them with the skills they need for diverse applications such as entertainment venues, interior architecture, urban landscapes, museum exhibitions and temporary installations and residential spaces. The curriculum focuses on the analysis and synthesis of lighting design methods, covering conception, organization, and rigging.Read More »Claypaky Plays Host to the Polytechnic University of Milan at the Picturesque Teatro Sociale in Bergamo
Hit TV series The Masked Singer kicked off its second season in South Africa in April with 16 celebrities battling it out in flamboyant costumes to hide their identities. The production team ramped up the staging, lighting, and visuals for the 2024 contest using tvONE’s Green Hippo brand of Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 media servers alongside a grandMA3 console to create epic projections and LED screen animations.Read More »Hippotizer Unmasks Magical Visuals for ‘The Masked Singer’ South Africa
Stage Audio Works was recently enlisted to reinvent the video infrastructure inside South Africa’s Moreleta Church. Known for housing one of the largest auditoriums in the country – with over 7,000 seats for the congregation – Moreleta welcomes both in-person and online worshippers every weekend.Read More »Moreleta Church Puts Faith in Pixel Plus and Blackmagic Design
Details on gear options from ACME, ADJ, Ayrton, Blizzard Lighting, CHAUVET, Claypaky, Elation, ETC/High End Systems, GLP, Martin by Harman, Robe Lighting, and SGM Light.
Rachael Bronstein got the opportunity to set up a table backstage at the Tortuga Music Festival and found that the desire to discuss and learn more about financial health was a hot topic among the festival workers and crews.
Debi Moen looks at who is working on Alkaline Trio, The Satch-Vai Tour, Hootie & the Blowfish Summer Camp with Trucks Tour, as well as Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band residency/tour.