Multigenre English musician Jacob Collier is back on the road for a grand world tour to celebrate his DJESSE album series. The show features an energetic lighting design harnessing the rich colors of the VL2600 range of luminaires from Vari-Lite.
Ayrton, which celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year, will be exhibiting its latest ground-breaking LED lighting products on the stand of its exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions (Stand C11). New for this year and being exhibited for the first time in the UK are Cobra, Zonda 9 FX, and Domino LT. All three of these products have enjoyed phenomenal success on the plethora of tours and festivals that have taken place worldwide since their launch.Read More »Ayrton Brings New Products to PLASA 2022
Robert Juliat will be exhibiting at PLASA Show on Stand C11 with its exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions. Robert Juliat will present Sully LED fixtures, including profile and Fresnel spots, in warm and cool white LED (Sully White), and the new 4C colored LED models (Sully 4C) which were first seen at Prolight + Sound earlier this year.
Robert Juliat’s LED followspot range will be represented by the 300W Roxie, 600W Oz, and the new long-throw 800W Arthur LT followspots illustrating how Robert Juliat creates followspots to suit all sizes of venue.Read More »Robert Juliat Presents Sully, a Full Range of LED Luminaires, at PLASA Show 22
Lighting acrobats safely is one of the most challenging tasks in entertainment. As Mikki Kunttu, Lighting and Set Designer for Cirque du Soleil’s “Fuzion” notes, doing it successfully is “all about homework and meticulously watching the act to see the way they move, how they interact with each other and the technicians and what they need to grab at precise moments. It’s about studying both the technical and the artistic sides of each act and then putting those parameters together with your own creative approach.”
America watched as country music’s biggest stars graced the stage of CMA Fest 2022, which aired on August 3 on ABC. The festival’s live event was filmed in June at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium and featured some of the genre’s biggest artists including Carrie Underwood, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Wynonna Judd, Darius Rucker, Kelsea Ballerini, and more, with Elle King and Dierks Bentley hosting.Read More »PRG Provides Support for CMA Fest 2022
The Alliance Theatre is pleased to announce that Kacie Pimentel has been chosen as the National Vision, Inc. BIPOC Stage Management Fellow for the 2022/23 Season. A graduate of the University of Houston, Pimentel will relocate to Atlanta and begin her fellowship in August.Read More »Kacie Pimentel Named the Next Alliance Theatre National Vision, Inc. BIPOC Stage Management Fellow
There is no denying the immense popularity of esports and video gaming around the world. So popular, in fact, that ninety percent of kids play video games and entire sports arenas sell out for fans to watch their favorite gaming stars compete. But what if this gaming technology could be used as a purposefully constructive educational tool for the local community? What if the technology and creativity that goes into creating a video game could be transitioned into targeted curriculum disguised as entertainment? This is precisely the vision of the team behind Whitaker Center and Ted Black, president, and CEO of Whitaker Center, for the newly created, 7,000-square-foot PNC Innovation Zone.Read More »Whitaker Center’s PNC Innovation Zone Gets AV Assist from Clair Global Integration
It’s been a busy year for lighting and production designer Chris Lisle and his company CLLD. The production design firm recently wrapped up work on Lollapalooza, their sixth major event back to back, where they relied on an Elation-centered rig including Proteus series IP65 luminaires to light Perry’s Stage.
April 1, 2022 — Unveiled today and ideal for any live sound reinforcement, broadcast or studio application is the Ultimate Mic Tester from Blowemout Enterprises… Read More »“Ultimate Mic Tester” Debuts
The Party like a Rock Star division of JTE has released a new product, the B-Rad Rockin’ Dock. Constructed of 20.5″x 30″ heavy-duty spigot truss with encased Styrofoam that’s fits perfectly in the truss bays. Assembly is quick using supplied pins, R-clips, and optional half-couplers.Read More »New Product from JTE and Mr. Avolites: The B-Rad Rockin’ Dock
Rio Rancho, NM—April 01, 2022—Lectrosonics is announcing new firmware updates for the DBu and DBSM digital transmitters as well as the DCR822 and DSQD digital receivers, allowing them to be an integral part of an object transporter system under development by an undisclosed New Mexico partner company. Building on Effective Field Theory research conducted originally at Columbia University in 2019* around the concept that sound waves carry mass, the Lectrosonics engineering and development team realized that the company could play a pivotal role in the process. Bridging the gap between mass, sound waves, audio, and wireless transmission, the new firmware enables the Lectrosonics transmitters and receivers to act as “middleware” in the transfer of an object through space from one place to another, nearly instantly.Read More »Lectrosonics Transmitters & Receivers Now Part of Innovative Transporter System
