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RS Buck Accents Deep Characters in ‘Last Summer at Bluefish Cove’ with CHAUVET Professional

RS Buck Accents Deep Characters in ‘Last Summer at Bluefish Cove’ with CHAUVET Professional

There are strong evocative feelings tied to time and place in Jane Chambers’ 1980 landmark play, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove. That’s often the case with cultural milestones, a category this play certainly fits into, being the first major lesbian drama. Lighting Designer R.S. Buck and the rest of the production team certainly appreciated the significance of this when they worked on a recent production of the 43-year-old classic at the Fountain Theatre, but their vision extended beyond the play’s historical context to focus on the stories of the eight women portrayed in this compelling drama.Read More »RS Buck Accents Deep Characters in ‘Last Summer at Bluefish Cove’ with CHAUVET Professional

ACS Sound and Light Creates Colorful Christmas Experience with CHAUVET Professional

A very accomplished painter when she isn’t busy as a LD, Denise Simpson says that she often likes to play with colors to do things a little differently when designing shows. This was beautifully evident this December when she lit The Christmas Experience, a well-orchestrated one-hour musical program at the Lexington Baptist Church in Columbia, SC.Read More »ACS Sound and Light Creates Colorful Christmas Experience with CHAUVET Professional

Toby Keith Delivers with Sold Out Shows in Las Vegas

Toby Keith recently returned to the stage with three sold out shows at Dolby Live at Park MGM this December. The two-hour performance featured a lighting system designed by The Darkroom Creative and provided in part by Bandit Lites. Keith was recently honored with the Country Icon Award at the People’s Choice Awards and released his 100% Songwriter album in November to critical acclaim.Read More »Toby Keith Delivers with Sold Out Shows in Las Vegas

Astera NYX Bulbs help with Sculptural Solution

Forty Astera NYX Bulbs were central to a stunning kinetic light sculpture that was created for London-based creative agency Audience’s design for a recent Deloitte Shared Services Conference (SSC) staged at the Bella Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark. Audience’s project director for the event, Neil Scrivener, working on it for the third year, explained that the Deloitte team wanted the SSC’s plenary sessions to be staged in the round, which presented challenges for both set and scenic designs as nice clean 360° sightlines are vital.Read More »Astera NYX Bulbs help with Sculptural Solution

Stage and Lighting Design for ‘The Eurovision Song Contest’ 2024 Revealed; Fredrik Stormby Announced as the Lighting and Screen Content Designer

Fredrik Stormby from Sweden-based design studio Green Wall Designs, has been revealed as the Lighting and Screen Content Designer for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden. Stormby will join the senior production team along with Production Designer Florian Wieder, to help create, design, and deliver a large-scale and spectacular show to a global audience of over 160 million.

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LDG Announces Launch Of Its Dedicated Entertainment Services Business Line

Mike Grabowski

The Lighting Design Group announces the launch of the LDG Entertainment Division to better serve its variety, game show/competition, reality television, music entertainment, streaming, and live event customers with a full-service production and lighting offering. This group, led by industry veteran, Mike Grabowski, will work closely with LDG management and production services to provide equipment, system infrastructure, and project management services, in conjunction with world class lighting design.Read More »LDG Announces Launch Of Its Dedicated Entertainment Services Business Line

GR-Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre Boosts Robe Inventory

GR-Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre. Photo by Louise Stickland.

GR-Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre (GR) is a bustling 23-hall venue operating in the middle of the Slovenian capital, hosting a variety of national and international expos and trade fairs. It is also used for television productions, special live events, and some music concerts.Read More »GR-Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre Boosts Robe Inventory

Alec Morris Uses Obsidian NX1 Console on Steve Hackett ‘Foxtrot at 50’ Tour

Alec Morris from Anthrolight Productions in the UK embarked on a North American tour this fall with English guitarist and ex-Genesis member Steve Hackett, illuminating the performances using an NX1 lighting console from Obsidian Control Systems. The 31-show tour, Foxtrot at 50, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Genesis’s Foxtrot album, kicked off on October 3 in Montreal and concluded on November 18 in Los Angeles. It marked Morris’s first time designing and operating lighting for the legendary guitarist, with Tour Manager Adrian Holmes overseeing the logistics.Read More »Alec Morris Uses Obsidian NX1 Console on Steve Hackett ‘Foxtrot at 50’ Tour

Automation Flexibility Enhances Phish’s Lighting Looks

Chris Kuroda, Lighting Designer/Director for Phish, is famous for visuals that jam along with the band’s free-form musical stylings. “No two shows are ever the same; there’s no set list. Everything is on the fly,” he tells PLSN. Along with developing his own strategies to quickly adapt his lighting looks to whatever direction the band takes, Kuroda gets an assist from Automation Programmer Madison Wade. “Before we started working with Madison, if we were in a shape and we wanted to go somewhere else, we would have to go to a home position first. Madison has rewritten all the code that we used to use. Now, no matter where we are, we can go anywhere without needing to go to that home position first.”

Laserworld Group and PRO LAB Trading Announce New Partnership in the Middle East

The Laserworld Group and PRO LAB Trading LLC, one of the region’s largest distribution companies for entertainment technology, have announced a new partnership to distribute laser systems in the Middle East. PRO LAB has a well-established distribution structure all over the region, perfectly matching the broad portfolio of laser systems manufactured by the Laserworld Group – from entry-level effects to high-end quality lasers.Read More »Laserworld Group and PRO LAB Trading Announce New Partnership in the Middle East