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Amadeus Austrian Music Awards Take Place in Historic Setting with the Latest Technology from GLP

The Amadeus Austrian Music Awards were presented for the 23rd time recently. The ceremony took place in the historic Volkstheater in Vienna, which, with its lavish interior, offered a wonderful setting for both the live and TV audience. However, it was precisely this historical backdrop that presented Lighting Designer Manfred Nikitser and his team with a number of technical lighting challenges. FUSION X-PAR 12 Z, impression S350, impression X5, and impression FR10 Bars from GLP helped them to do justice to the special features of the location and the staging itself.Read More »Amadeus Austrian Music Awards Take Place in Historic Setting with the Latest Technology from GLP

Creative Rock Thailand Invests in Thailand’s First Ayrton Diablo S Fixtures

Ayrton Diablo S are put through their paces at the Creative Rock Thailand premises.

Total Solution Marketing Thailand (TST), Ayrton’s exclusive distributor for Thailand, is happy to report its first sale of Ayrton fixtures into Thailand with the purchase of 16 Diablo S by Creative Rock Thailand. Creative Rock Thailand, which specializes in servicing high end international conferences, was looking to upgrade its existing 700W moving lights to LED fixtures.Read More »Creative Rock Thailand Invests in Thailand’s First Ayrton Diablo S Fixtures

‘My Mother’s Courage’ in Madrid Lit with Astera AX3 LightDrops

Photos by Lucia Romero

My Mother’s Courage is a bold new theatrical co-production by Teatro de la Abadia in Madrid, Ur Teatro Company and Palma de Mallorca’s Teatro Principal in Spain, recounting a gripping multi-layered narrative based on Jewish Hungarian-born George Tabori’s true story recalling how his mother Elsa Tabori escaped from Auschwitz and the Nazis during the Second World War using her wits and determination.Read More »‘My Mother’s Courage’ in Madrid Lit with Astera AX3 LightDrops

Classical Musicians at SXSW in Austin Lit with GLP X4 Bar Battens and FR1 Luminaires

Local tech suppliers, Limitless Lights & Sound, provided a lean but effective assortment of GLP X4 Bar battens and FR1 luminaires.

This year’s South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW) in Austin, TX provided a unique classical music showcase into its multi-cultural annual event. The brainchild of Thea Paraskevaides from Brighton-based ‘Artists&’, the underlying concept was to close the gap between classical musicians and audience via integration and collaboration—aimed at creating a fluid and dynamic experience for the audience. “I want to move classical music more into the mainstream,” she declared. And production lighting would play a vital role in that process.Read More »Classical Musicians at SXSW in Austin Lit with GLP X4 Bar Battens and FR1 Luminaires

Student Designers Appraise Elation Lighting on Yale’s Carlotta Festival

A scene from ‘Furlough’s Paradise’ with a lighting design by Yichen Zhou. The Carlotta Festival, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, 2023. Photo © T. Charles Erickson.

In partnership with dry-hire rental house Main Light, Elation Professional provided Fuze MAX™ series moving head luminaires to David Geffen School of Drama at Yale for use on the school’s annual Carlotta Festival, which showcases plays written, directed, acted and designed by students. The Carlotta Festival features three fully produced new plays by graduating playwrights performed in rotating repertory. The plays presented in this year’s festival, which ran May 5–12 at the Iseman Theatre, included littleboy/littleman by Rudi Goblen (directed by Jacob Basri); Furlough’s Paradise by a.k. payne (directed by Leyla Levi); and Color Boy by Esperanza Rosales Balcárcel (directed by Jecamiah M. Ybañez). Read More »Student Designers Appraise Elation Lighting on Yale’s Carlotta Festival

Robe Spikies and Spiiders Shine Through the Myst

Myst is a colorful, full-throttle cabaret-style musical megamix encapsulating some of Mexico’s rich and vibrant musical culture and history as it rips through two hours – split into two acts – of fun-fueled exhilarating live performance, staged at the Foro Totalplay in Mexico City. At the center of the show’s lighting since it has been at this venue are 60 Robe Spikies and 30 Spiider LED wash beam moving lights. These were specified by Lighting Designer Juan Ignacio Adriano who is also the technical director of música esencial at Foro Totalplay.Read More »Robe Spikies and Spiiders Shine Through the Myst

The Backseat Lovers

When The Backseat Lovers stopped off for a two-night stand in Northern CA, PLSN spoke to Production Designer Meagan Metcalf and Lighting Programmer and Director Gerry Dintelman about the show design.

Music Matters Productions 20th Anniversary

Learn more about Music Matters Productions, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary in business this year. From a middle school music education business, MMP has grown by leaps and bounds from small stages in the Atlanta, GA area to supporting festivals, productions, and tours across the U.S. 

Stage Directions Callboard, June 2023

The Howell Binkley Fellowship Program announced their third Fellow for 2023, Amara McNeil; and a 2023 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre will be presented to Production Supervisor and Production Stage Manager Lisa Dawn Cave. We also look at the Tony design nominations and present the news of appointments and promotions at the Washington National Opera (WNO).