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.
Expanding ADJ’s groundbreaking Hydro Series of powerful, reliable, and affordable IP65 rated moving heads, the new Hydro Beam X12 is a nimble fixture that outputs an intense, razor-sharp beam. Ideal for generating aerial effects at concerts, tours, festivals, and dance events, it combines the punchy Philips® Platinum 12R LL MSD 6,000-hour discharge lamp technology with a carefully curated selection of beam-shaping tools that include motorized focus and a dynamic 24-facet prism. Here’s an introductory video on the Hydro Beam X12 from ADJ:
Read More »Sharp & Powerful: ADJ’s New Hydro Beam X12 IP65-Rated Dedicated Beam Moving Head
Full-service production company 3G Productions LLC (3G) has bolstered its growing inventory of entertainment lighting with a large investment in Elation lighting fixtures. The purchase—some 230 fixtures in total—includes Smarty Hybrid™ and Rayzor 760™ moving heads, along with Cuepix Blinder WW2s™.Read More »3G Productions LLC Grows Lighting Inventory with Large Elation Lighting Package
DCR Nashville has taken delivery of the first group of grandMA3 systems it ordered in 2022. The company, which provides AVL services and design solutions, has long maintained an inventory of grandMA2 products and recently added the grandMA3 full-size units and 8Port Nodes for its touring clients, rental customers and its own production projects. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America.Read More »DCR Nashville Adds First of Many grandMA3 Systems to its Inventory
After almost a year and a half of no Broadway shows, the doors finally opened in October 2021. The reopening of the improvisational hip-hop comedy musical group Freestyle Love Supreme, started by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Veneziale in 2004, presented an opportunity for Tony-Award-winning Lighting Designer Jeff Croiter to upgrade his rig with gear from 4Wall Entertainment. Check out the video below for 4Wall’s full interview with LD Croiter on his work on Freestyle Love Supreme:
Main Light, based in Wilmington, DE and Las Vegas, NV, will open a third shop in the Nashville, TN area in April. The new 70,000 sq. ft. Main Light, South operation in Antioch, TN will be overseen by Randy Mullican. Pictured here, from left, are Main Light, South’s Operations Manager Jim Gregory and Rental Account Manager Cathie Berbena Lloyd.
Wilmington, DE—Main Light, LLC has hired Steve Nancarrow to be the Rental Executive based at the new Main Light West in Las Vegas, NV. Nancarrow’s responsibilities will include business development and client interfacing with professional production companies on the West Coast.
“I’m honored to be here. Main Light has an excellent reputation in the business and everyone here are among the best,” says Nancarrow. “That is what I love about this industry, first and foremost, the people in it. It’s a vast industry but it’s a small community representing that industry and you end up seeing the same professionals over and over again. Professionals who are highly dedicated, highly professional, and highly skilled, and that certainly includes the people at Main Light. After 27 years, the people that I’ve come across and the friendships that we’ve developed is what I appreciate the most. And, I am looking forward to working with many of those people as Main Light customers, but also meeting new people and helping them get the gear they need; backing up the many different companies Main Light works with on the many interesting projects happening all the time in our industry.”Read More »Steve Nancarrow Joins Main Light as Rental Executive for Main Light West
From the PLSN Podcast archives, with Paul Fine – Principal Designer at Fine Design Associates
With Dustin Snyder – Lighting Designer and Director
With Victor Zeiser, Managing Partner at Squeek Lights
With Chris McMeen – Rental Rep. at Christie Lites
With Craig Richter – Lighting Designer at Halestorm