Creative Director Patrick Woodroffe, Lighting Designer Terry Cook and Associate Lighting Designer/Lighting Director Ethan Weber give us a look at The Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds Tour. Plus we get the vendor views from lighting provider Upstaging and video supplier Nighthawk Video.
It was hard to beat the magnitude of the star power at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, but one dozen innovative Claypaky Skylos searchlights held their own against headlining acts on the Pyramid Stage, including the UK’s last live touring performance of Sir Elton John. Placed on the ground and producing super-concentrated beams of lights, the Skylos searchlights showed themselves to be extremely versatile fixtures that are more than simple searchlights, creating dense, solid beams of light and ever-greater light output. Read More »Claypaky Skylos Searchlights Light Up the Sky at Glastonbury Festival
“Billboard” magazine recently ranked tours around the world by total ticket sales from November 2021 through October 2022. The Showtime section within PLSN’s January 2023 issue focuses on the lighting, staging and video production teams and equipment supporting these tours.
The Rolling Stones took to the road this summer for their first European tour since 2018 with their new show, SIXTY, in celebration of their… Read More »Ayrton IP Fixtures Tour Europe with The Rolling Stones
‘Peaky Blinders: The Rise’ is an immersive experience that transports audience into the world of Tommy Shelby and his family at the new Camden Garrison venue in London’s Camden Market. Tasked with transforming the raw space into various locations including a betting parlor, pub, and office was Production Designer Rebecca Brower and Lighting Designer Terry Cook. They share with Stage Directions how they did it.
Peaky Blinders: The Rise Production Team for Peaky Blinders: The Rise Creative Director: Tom Maller Production Design: Rebecca Brower Lighting Design: Terry Cook Sound Design:… Read More »Peaky Blinders: The Rise
With Cosmo Wilson – Lighting Designer and Director.