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Solotech Announces New UK Headquarters to Continue its Expansion in Europe

Solotech, a global leader in AV entertainment and technology, is delighted to announce the opening of a new UK headquarters. Located in Birmingham, the new modern facility will serve as a hub for audio, video, and lighting rental stock and corporate offices, as well as a central location for its booming sales and systems integration activities. From this strategic location, the company is well positioned to efficiently serve the UK market and deliver its future projects in Europe. The install process is underway, and operations will begin in the upcoming months. Other Solotech locations in the UK continue to operate to serve client audiovisual needs.Read More »Solotech Announces New UK Headquarters to Continue its Expansion in Europe

Proteus Excalibur™ Welcomes in 2023 on Spectacular New Year’s Eve London Show

Tim Routledge designed a stunning light show to complement fireworks and a drone display with high-power Elation beam lights in each of the London Eye’s 32 pods

London’s largest ever New Year’s Eve celebration took place at the London Eye on the River Thames, featuring a stunning fireworks and drone display accompanied by a mesmerizing light show designed by Tim Routledge. His first-time lighting London’s end-of-the-year celebration, Routledge chose Elation’s powerful Proteus Excalibur™ beam moving head as a key fixture in his design.Read More »Proteus Excalibur™ Welcomes in 2023 on Spectacular New Year’s Eve London Show

BIGABOX Calls on CHAUVET Professional to Support Sonny Fodera at O2 Academy Brixton

Sonny Fodera performing at O2 Academy Brixton. Photo Courtesy: Zoe Visuals

“When I make my music, I want people to feel good, I can really feel that when they sing the lyrics back to me,” house heavyweight Sonny Fodera told an interviewer from Forbes earlier this year. The Australian-born star must have had no doubt that his music was having the desired elixir effect on his audience recently, when he performed two sold-out shows at O2 Academy Brixton. Throughout both shows, the walls of the iconic concert venue reverberated with fans responding to the highly emotive songs from his recently released fifth album “Wide Awake,” and other recordings.Read More »BIGABOX Calls on CHAUVET Professional to Support Sonny Fodera at O2 Academy Brixton

Lighting in the Digital Age

LD Chris Lose takes a look at how the digital age is changing the job market for our industry. With the need for a “survival of the adaptable” outlook he discusses how to learn to retrain our brains to thrive in the modern world and our evolving industry.

Robe on Tour with Phoebe Bridgers

For the U.S leg of Phoebe Bridgers’ 2022 world tour, Gateway Studios & Production of St Louis provided LD Spike Kienholz Inglis of Spike Design with a Robe moving light rig. The setup included 24 MegaPointes, 24 Spiiders, 16 Tetra1s and six FORTES.

Tickets on Sale for frame:work:london ‘22; Event Set for Nov. 3-4 at CodeNode

Super Early Bird and Student Tickets are now available for frame:work:london 2022, Nov. 3 & 4. frame:work:london 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 in creative video production, partner design disciplines in set, lighting and audio, production leadership, new professionals, and students. If you work in real-time content creation, screens content for live entertainment, or interactive content—this is your home. Let’s build a future for the creative video community.Read More »Tickets on Sale for frame:work:london ‘22; Event Set for Nov. 3-4 at CodeNode

frame:work:london 2022 Conference to be Held Nov. 3-4 at CodeNode

frame:work is hosting its first in-person conference—frame:work:london—for the creative video community on November 3 & 4 at CodeNode in London, UK. frame:work is a community organization for creative video professionals working in screens-dominated live events, installations and virtual productions.Read More »frame:work:london 2022 Conference to be Held Nov. 3-4 at CodeNode

Proteus Plays Key Role in Al Gurdon Design for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Acclaimed designer turns to Proteus Maximus™, Proteus Excalibur™ and new Proteus Rayzor Blade™ for entertaining, impactful Opening and Closing Ceremonies

Fireworks are set off around the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Alexander Stadium on July 28, 2022. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Some 72 nations and territories came together July 28 – August 8 in Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, England, for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Lighting the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the quadrennial multi-sport event was Al Gurdon of Incandescent Design who used over 300 Elation Professional IP65 Proteus luminaires to light the festivities.Read More »Proteus Plays Key Role in Al Gurdon Design for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games