The WGA has made a statement that they will not picket the Tony Awards, thus clearing the way for the Broadway celebration to be broadcast live on June 11, 2023, with some adjustments. The ‘no picket line’ assurance means that members of other unions will now be able to attend and work the Tony Awards without crossing a WGA picket line.
One of five Christ Community campuses in the greater Chicago area, Christ Community’s St. Charles/South Elgin location recently received a key lighting and house lighting upgrade of Elation Professional Fuze Profile™ and Fuze Pendant™ fixtures. The new lighting system offers the church greater flexibility in creating lighting atmospheres while adding an immersive element to the worship experience. Additional benefits of the new system include savings on electricity.Read More »Christ Community Church Elevates Worship Experience with Elation Fuze Lighting Upgrade
Ever popular, The Australian Pink Floyd Show (TAPFS) continues touring year-round entertaining audiences of all ages, from original Pink Floyd fans to new ones not even born when the massively influential rock legends enjoyed their heyday in the late 20th century. TAPFS, arguably the most authentic, successful, and long lasting of numerous tribute bands, has just finished a lengthy European arena tour.Read More »Robe Helps TAPFS Reach Dark Side of the Moon
frame:work, the community organization for creative video professionals announces frame:work:losangeles 2023, that will take place this August. frame:work will partner with XR Studios to present a two day conference in Hollywood at their newly launched campus on August 4 and 5, 2023. frame:work:losangeles is a conference for conversations about the unique challenges of creating video for physical spaces, live performance, and virtual worlds. Attendees range from expert practitioners, partner creative disciplines, production leadership, new professionals, and students. This conference is a place to share valuable insights into the practice of the work we share in common from our distinctive points of view.Read More »frame:work to Host a Conference for the Creative Video Community in Los Angeles this August
In their most recent expansion, ROE Visual has promoted Nick Jevons to Vice President of Business Development. A new direction for the ROE Visual US team, Jevons will head the Business Development department of the North American division.Read More »ROE Visual Promotes Nick Jevons to Vice President, Business Development
Main Light, LLC, a preeminent lighting rental partner, has recently added long-term leasing to its rental offerings. Now, clients can save up to 60% off list price for long term rentals. These leases include moving lights, MA Lighting grandMA3—both full-size and light consoles, Tyler GT Truss, and a wide range of LED lighting products. These long-term leases have a 26-week minimum term length.Read More »Main Light Now Offers Long Term Leasing
4Wall Entertainment recently provided a lighting rental package to KCD Worldwide for a unique hybrid event at Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory, celebrating the H&M and Mugler collaboration. The event combined various elements, including sound, style, live performance, club culture, and dance. Lighting Designer Seth Bernstein provided a dynamic design for the event, which consisted of a concert, catwalk, and party.Read More »LD Seth Bernstein Illuminates H&M and Mugler Collaboration Celebration in NYC with 4Wall Gear
GLP (German Light Products) can reflect with complete satisfaction on the recent Prolight + Sound Show in Frankfurt. Both the quality and quantity of visitors – as was the case last year – were impressive, and despite prophecies of doom, it was particularly gratifying to note that 51% of visitors were international.Read More »GLP’s X5 Family Focus at Prolight + Sound Results in Resounding Success
Artistic inspiration often finds its most fertile ground outside the gates of convention. Such was the case with the lighting and production design that Max Lenox and Andrew Goedde created for Mt. Joy on the band’s current world tour. While conventional wisdom advises not to mix too many colors on stage at the same time, Lenox and Goedde have been enthralling crowds, and supporting the psychedelic indie group’s music, with a full spectrum design that sometimes displays a rainbow of colors side by side.Read More »Max Lenox and Andrew Goedde Open Color Box for Mt. Joy with CHAUVET Professional
Folk-pop artist Maggie Rogers has wrapped up the first leg of her The Feral Joy Tour. The tour promoted her latest album Surrender and featured special guest Del Water Gap as an opener for the show. Production/Lighting Designers Tess Falcone and Dan Hadley of LXFC marked their first tour with the artist. Hadley had worked with Rogers’ management before and was invited to submit a design to work with the artist herself, executing an intimate rock-concert design for Rogers’ unique sound. Entertainment Technology Partners spoke with the LXFC partners about the tour’s design.Read More »2023 Maggie Rogers: LMG Touring Delivers Ultimate Rock Concert Feel
Robe was a gold sponsor of the 5th Scena Jutra (Stage of Tomorrow) conference, a high profile 2-day industry symposium taking place at the Teatr Wielki Polish National Opera in Warsaw, Poland, organized by the Stage of Tomorrow Foundation.
Scena Jutra president Rafal Rzeczkowski was delighted. “The line-up of industry professionals willing to give up their time to be here was impressive, and the number of registrants and attendees exceeded our expectations,” he stated. He also explained how for this fifth edition, the scope of Scena Jutra was broadened to attract more brands, organizations, and marketing specialists from the corporate sphere. “We wanted to add diversity to the mix because all of these basic theatrical disciplines – from the storytelling to the emotional impact of live performance and installation art – is integral to the impact and reach of successful commercial and business events and brand activations. It is interesting to see how all the ideas, skills and technology of theatre, television and live shows can combine to make a whole range of events stand out!”Read More »Robe Goes for Gold at Stage of Tomorrow Conference
A runway filled with fashion, a guest list filled with stars, and a lighting rig filled with Elation Proteus. That was the successful recipe for Italian luxury fashion company Versace at its recent FW23 Fashion Show in Los Angeles. 4Wall Entertainment provided an all IP65 rated lighting package of 85 Proteus Maximus™ and 56 Proteus Rayzor 760™ luminaires to KCD Worldwide for the event.Read More »Elation Proteus Lights All the Fashion at Versace FW23 Show in Los Angeles