Small venues are special. Putting on productions with small budgets and tight turnarounds can turn crowded spaces into exciting experiences. Continue reading for four tips on designing for small venues using Vectorworks Spotlight.Read More »Four Design Tips for Working at Smaller Venues from Vectorworks
Some beautiful design work was nominated for the 76th Annual TONY Awards this year and selecting winners was surely a difficult task. However, winners were indeed announced at the celebration of Broadway’s incredible season of work. Here is the list of the Tony Award worthy designs for 2023 with the winners highlighted.
In partnership with dry-hire rental house Main Light, Elation Professional provided Fuze MAX™ series moving head luminaires to David Geffen School of Drama at Yale for use on the school’s annual Carlotta Festival, which showcases plays written, directed, acted and designed by students. The Carlotta Festival features three fully produced new plays by graduating playwrights performed in rotating repertory. The plays presented in this year’s festival, which ran May 5–12 at the Iseman Theatre, included littleboy/littleman by Rudi Goblen (directed by Jacob Basri); Furlough’s Paradise by a.k. payne (directed by Leyla Levi); and Color Boy by Esperanza Rosales Balcárcel (directed by Jecamiah M. Ybañez). Read More »Student Designers Appraise Elation Lighting on Yale’s Carlotta Festival
There will be a wide range of new products and technologies on offer at the upcoming InfoComm 2023, that takes place in Orlando, FL, June 14-16. Here is an overview of the announcements from manufacturers that will be exhibiting during InfoComm.Read More »InfoComm 2023: New Product Round-Up
There’s a good reason why two songs by Shane Smith and the Saints were used in the season five opening episode of Yellowstone. Like the popular Kevin Costner program, the music of this widely acclaimed band from Austin, TX delves into uncertain areas where borders can become murky, and subtle implications lead to bigger understandings.Read More »Matthew PJ Row Creates Powerful Silhouettes for Shane Smith and the Saints with CHAUVET Professional
Solotech opened new business office in Frankfurt, Germany. Located at 60314 Frankfurt, Hanauer Landstrasse 172, Solotech shares the space with Studio 301, the noted recording studio, formerly known as Abbey Road Institute.Read More »Solotech Opens New Business Office in Frankfurt, Germany
Thomas Füllengraben is back on the market with HTFmediserv GmbH & Co. KG. Top-class trade fair projects—supplemented by the new business area of digital solutions—are now the focus of the new company. At the end of 2022, the company invested in 48 of the new, weatherproof X-PAR 12 Z LED spotlights from FUSION by GLP for both the rental and project business.Read More »HTFmediserv Chooses GLP FUSION X-PAR 12 Z
American country singer Brett Young’s Five, TOUR, Three, Two, One Tour swept into LA’s The Greek Theatre in May with an upbeat, colorful lighting design by Luke Elrod. During the show, he enveloped the audience in starry gobo-effects and bright, rich colors using Vari-Lite VL3600 Profile IP fixtures from Signify.Read More »LD Luke Elrod Takes Brett Young Fans Sky High with Vari-Lite VL3600 Effects
A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of lighting and rigging technologies, announces that Mike Farmer has joined the team as U.S. Sales Representative – Southeast. You can meet Farmer in booth 5853 during InfoComm 2023.Read More »Mike Farmer Joins A.C. Lighting Inc. as Sales Representative – Southeast USA
A unifying experience
The Coronation Concert 2023 at Windsor Castle was among the most exceptional shows of the year. The concert featured music legends like Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, Andrea Bocelli, Paloma Faith, and Take That. CrowdLED was at the heart of the celebration with 20,000 LED wristbands, setting the night ablaze with color, excitement, and pure euphoria.Read More »CrowdLED Helped Make It a Night to Remember at the Coronation Concert
It is an equation that every production team has had to balance: how to create big, bold, dynamic looks on stage, while still meeting practical considerations, like fitting your powerful touring rig into the allotted trailer space. The creatives behind the stage design for Scotty McCreery’s current 31-city North American Damn Strait tour are achieving this balance in stunning fashion, creating an eye-popping show night after night with a rig that fits in a single trailer.Read More »CHAUVET Professional Helps Deliver Compact, But Powerful Show for Scotty McCreery
Bandit Lites is proud to have illuminated the 8th Annual Black Music Honors, a star-studded showcase that celebrates Black excellence and trailblazers in music, ranging from gospel to R&B, Hip-Hop and more. This year’s honorees included music legend Missy Elliott, vocal trio SWV, disco and R&B star Evelyn “Champagne” King, R&B/soul singer Jeffrey Osborne, and gospel trailblazers The Hawkins Family. Hosted by singer and actress LeToya Luckett and actor DeRay Davis, the event was taped at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on Friday, May 19.Read More »Bandit Brings the Lights to the Black Music Honors