An illuminated trail of 105 Astera AX3 lighting fixtures, fitted with custom firmware, were set up along a 58km stretch of the Danish / German border as part of Genforeningen 2020 – a series of events celebrating the centenary of the reunification of Southern Jutland with the kingdom of Denmark. The border of beacons were designed by Line Lybek Witt from the Theatre and All Stage ApS’s Anders Kruse and organised by Teater Seachange. The showcase was originally planned for 2020, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kruse was delighted to take up the challenge. Astera AX3s were placed along…
Author: Jacob Waite
Zodiac The Musical is a brand-new musical produced by Peet Nieuwenhuijsen, directed by William Spaaij and staged at the Koepelgevangenis – a former prison in Breda, The Netherlands, which provides a spectacular backdrop to this compelling and entertaining piece set in 2031 focussed on a number of human, political and environmental issues. Lighting Designer, Marc Heinz and Technical Production Manager, Michiel van der Zijde – representing Unlimited Productions with Jeffrey Kranen, Luc Huisman and Assistant Lighting Designer, Jordy Veenstra – designed the set, with the LD specifying 32 Robe T2 Profile fixtures for the project, along with 50 Spiider LED…
64 Audio has launched the U6t Universal In-Ear Monitor. The six-driver U6t has been designed for touring professionals looking for a cost effective option, combining all of the properties of 64 Audio’s acclaimed A6t custom IEM into a universal option. “This is a significant launch for us,” said 64 Audio Founder and Chief Sound Designer, Vitaliy Belonozhko. “The U6t represents the culmination of some very hard work by our R&D and engineering teams to bring the A6t’s technology into a universal option that can be utilised by a broad spectrum of musicians and engineers. The U6t is a great way for…
Martin Audio and Generation AV have announced the appointment of Spectrum Audio Visual Pte Ltd as the distributor for Martin Audio products in Singapore, focusing on the installation sector. Spectrum General Manager, Wayne Soo commented: “Being recognised by Martin Audio as their business partner, and trusting us to grow the business in the Singapore market, is something that excites the whole Spectrum team. Our MD Mr. Vincent Chua and I are really relishing this long-term business relationship.” Generation AV and Martin Audio Sales Director, David Wong added: “We are very pleased to welcome Spectrum Audio Visual as our new partner…
On 30 June 2021, the Adam Hall Group marked its live relaunch, and with it an emotional end to a seemingly never-ending standstill for the entire event industry. Representatives from around the live entertainment industry paid tribute to a special evening that showed how the challenges ahead are being tackled with renewed vigour. Since spring 2020, the Adam Hall Group has been searching for ways out of the crisis with unwavering confidence, while also seeking dialogue with politicians, its own community and business partners in order to proactively advocate for the closed industry. At the We Are Live event, this…
Phantom 12R Hybrid has been added as the most powerful fixture yet in Highlite’s Showtec portfolio. The Phantom 12R Hybrid is a versatile hybrid moving head with a 300W discharge lamp that produces up to 8600 lumens. It is equipped with motorised zoom, generating a beam angle from 2.2° to 48.8°, focus, frost, and strobe function. Two overlapping prisms of 8 and 24 facets can be used simultaneously, creating very dynamic projections. Together with the motorised zoom and/or prism, a metal gobo wheel with 17 static gobos and a second gobo wheel with eight removable, rotating glass gobos plus open,…
Highlite expands the Showtec Phantom series towards the top end with a very bright 250-watt LED spot moving head for indoor venues. The Showtec Phantom series are Showtec’s high-end line of professional lighting fixtures. The latest addition of the Phantom 250 Spot expands the series towards the top end with a very powerful 250W LED spot moving head. This new top-of-the-line moving head is equipped with six metal gobos and one bi-rotating glass gobo plus open. It has two prisms (five-facet linear and six-facet circular) and two frost filters, which are placed together on one wheel and are addressed via…
13 July 2021 has been revealed as the release date of the Black in the Boardroom report by The Zoo XYZ, which explores racial disparities within the UK event industry. The report analysed 16 UK event trade bodies and associations with a focus on Black professionals within these organisations. The data was conclusive, within the 16 UK event trade associations and bodies analysed, there are no Black professionals in senior, board or leadership positions. With an overwhelming 99.1% White majority of senior, board or leadership positions within these organisations, this poses the ultimate question, is diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI)…
Taking place from 2 to 17 July, despite beinh scaled back with fewer venues and lower capacities to meet local health and safety guidelines, Montreux Jazz Festival returned for its 55th year, promising a new audience experience as the principal venue moves outdoors to the scenic shoreline of Lake Geneva with Meyer Sound also returning for its 35th year as a sound provider “This year we reimagined the festival to adapt to the times,” said Production Manager, Marco Güntensperger. “It was a major challenge, so it was great to again collaborate with our longtime partner, Meyer Sound. Their team was…
Amy Shark’s Cry Forever tour kicked of Australia kicked off in Newcastle, Australia in July, marking one of the first arena tours in the nation following the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour is the Gold Coast local’s most ambitious live undertaking yet in some of the largest venues Australia has to offer and it was down the lighting designer Tim Beeston to create a show that looked big on a budget with a quick turnaround time. “All of the design tricks had to be deployed and our suppliers delivered a high amount of value for a carefully balanced expenditure,” he laughed.…
RM Multimedia has restructured and is expanding the business, following the untimely passing of Marco Bartolini. Marco, Paula Porolisseanu and Ermanno Tontini all founded the company in 2007 since when it has grown steadily. Operational continuity will be maintained by Paula as Owner and Managing Director and Ermanno as Chief Technology Officer. The duo will lead a RM Multimedia sales team headed by Michele Sgolacchia that includes a network of regional sales agents covering the whole of Italy. RM Multimedia has reported a recent increase in business as activities in Italy pick up over the later summer, with plenty more…
Central to this year’s Pride celebrations in San Francisco were the Movie Nights hosted across two consecutive days in mid-June. Held at the city’s Oracle Park, the events featured live entertainment and special appearances before movie premieres shown on the stadium’s big screen. A total of 35 ADJ lighting fixtures, controlled via an ADJ LINK, were used to light the stage, enhance the atmosphere in the stadium and fill the sky above it with a rainbow of coloured beams after dark. Although ongoing COVID-19 restrictions meant that this year’s Pride weekend in San Fransico wasn’t able to go ahead in…
disguise has launched a new and improved state-of-the-art xR stage at its Los Angeles office. The new space comes equipped with the latest technology to meet the growing demand for the disguise xR workflow in virtual production and broadcast in the West Coast area. In early 2020, disguise accelerated the development of its award-winning xR solution, providing an innovative alternative for live events to resume in a virtual space. Since then, the workflow has powered over 250 projects, as well as forming an essential component in the 170+ xR stages that have been built around the world to support the…
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly come as a blow for several of the country’s most crucial industries, leaving businesses in limbo and facing existential crises. No more so than for those working in the live events sector – worth an estimated £30bn a year to the economy – with successive lockdowns and social distancing measures putting the brakes on the industry. Across the country, it has hit those working in gigs, theatres and live performances particularly hard. For final year students at Wakefield’s Backstage Academy, the versatile skillset learnt studying over the COVID-19 pandemic has strengthened their resilience and eagerness…
Download Festival Pilot took place on 18 to 20 June with a reduced capacity of 10,000, marking one of the first live music events to return to the UK and had an all-British line-up, headlined by Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Enter Shikari and Bullet For My Valentine. Mandylights created a spectacular show design for headliners, Enter Shikari. To achieve the desired looks Mandylights utilised a range of leading products, including a Green Hippo Hippotizer Karst + media server, supplied by A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET). Mandylights Director and Designer, Steve Bewley commented: “With such short notice for the show, we…
Stanley Soares divides his time between the studio and the road, working with a range of well-known artists, including Megadeth, Motörhead, Sepultura, Juanes, Meshuggah, Devin Townsend and many more. As the entertainment world begins to emerge from COVID-19 restrictions, Soares is preparing to go out on tour with Megadeth later in the year, where a compact and portable DiGiGrid MGB interface will be a key part of his set-up, enabling him to run Waves SoundGrid plug-ins for the shows. His most recent project has been the mixing of a live album for another client which was recorded before the COVID-19…
Tour-Tech / Stage Audio Services extensive inventory of L-Acoustics cabinets has been bolstered by a further investment in the first K3 system to arrive in the UK. Launched in October 2020, K3 is the latest in the renowned touring reference L-Acoustics K Series. Designed to deliver big sound for mid-size events by providing full-range bandwidth without the need for a flown companion subwoofer. According to Tour-Tech / SAS’s Kevin Mobberley, these benefits meant that K3 would be a profoundly useable tool and ultimately solidified their commitment to invest in the new loudspeaker. Although, like most of the industry, the company’s…
Playmodes utilises 15 Claypaky Sharpys to illuminate its immersive installation Exo, part of the Constellations 2021 international digital art festival in Metz, France running from 1 July to 4 September. The Barcelona-based Playmodes collective works with tailor-made technologies mixing creativity, software and hardware to create immersive installations, projection mapping, architectural lighting, digital scenography, audiovisual instruments and sound design. Exo is presented with the support of Vinci Construction France and staged inside the Temple Neuf, a Protestant church in Metz. It explores the structures of language and communication by using light and sound as an audiovisual language. Exo represents a dialogue…
