The Studio 100 Pop-Up Theatre in Puurs, Belgium is the world’s largest temporary show venue, and regularly plays host to large scale musical spectaculars. A flexible space with mobile seating for around 2000, the 7000sqm auditorium has seen blockbuster productions of the wartime-focused ‘40-45’, and most recently an updated version of Daens, The Musical. Production specialist Studio Haifax, a customer of CODA Audio distributor Viladco, deployed a CODA system for alternating productions of ‘Daens’ and ‘40-45’ before the COVID-19 pandemic intervened. During lockdown, with no prospect of the major shows returning, Studio 100 worked with artist management and booking company…
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Orlando-based Evolve Technology, which partners with clients to provide an extensive range of customised video rental, sales and training solutions, has launched Immerse to develop immersive technology solutions and services for systems integrators, production companies and consultants. “It’s been apparent that immersive technologies were coming; a lot of clients had been talking about immersive solutions this year. Then COVID-19 hit and accelerated the conversation,” said Evolve CEO, Tyler Mayne. “We realised that live events would be the last business segment to come back after the pandemic, so that got us thinking about how to provide immersive solutions to this sector…
A webinar designed to unite the live production industry in developing new working practices for a more sustainable approach has shown a “clear willingness” for change, according to The Sustainability in Production Alliance (SiPA). The panel discussion, broadcast live on social media channels as well as via a Zoom video meeting, brought together many of the leading companies and individuals who are committed to a more sustainable future for live event production. The webinar was a collaboration between SiPA, the Association of British Technicians (ABTT) and The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT). Top of the agenda was how…
Elation Professional’s European office has recently launched The Elation Coffee Break on Facebook Livestream, an online presentation series that takes an up-close look at some of the company’s most popular product series. Elation continues the webinar series on Thursday, August at 11am (CEST) with Technical Sales Specialist, Alistair Smyth and International Sales Manager, Frederik Afif looking at the innovative qualities of the Rayzor 760 and Proteus Rayzor 760 LED luminaires. The presentation will air live on Elation Europe’s Facebook page. No registration is required. The Rayzor 760 is an LED wash effect with wide zoom and innovative SparkLED pixel effect…
Audience and community engagement, music education and global co-operation have always been at the heart of the London Symphony Orchestra’s activities. Working with long-term partner Yamaha, the orchestra has accelerated its digital outreach programme in recent months, helping its musicians to perform together again and for worldwide audiences to enjoy the unique experience of live classical performance. Familiar to millions through its music for films, including the Star Wars and Harry Potter series, as well as classical music fans, as lockdown took hold the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) was reaching out to new and existing audiences through online archived performances.…
As event professionals took to the streets of every major city across the UK on 11 August, in support of the PLASA-led #WeMakeEvents campaign, TechLED once again bathed Production Park, including the Studio and Rockwell cafe in the companion #LightItInRed campaign’s signature colour, emergency red. TechLED’s MD, Gordon Addison, once again turned to the power of Prolight’s LEDJ Spectra QX40 Pixel exterior fixtures to illuminate the buildings. While the Production Park team attended the protest demonstration in Leeds, the team at TechLED kept alive the signal of allegiance, with many other theatres and cultural institutions across the country affected by…
An Allen & Heath dLive system recently mixed a special performance by around 50 musicians from the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra, livestreamed against the sumptuous backdrop of the Königssaal (Royal Hall), within the walls of the historic Heidelberg Palace. The performance was the centrepiece of a cultural evening on July the 10th, staged by Heidelberg Theatre and Orchestra in partnership with the town’s municipal authority and livestreamed to Facebook and YouTube audiences. Full-service AV rental company, Konferenztechnik Kiel supplied the complete audio, video, lighting and streaming solution for the event. Freelance Audio Engineer, Eric Siemens headed up the sound team, ably…
The ALD’s successful Lumiere Scheme, which has for the last five years created pathways for lighting practitioners to work as an assistant to established designers on a diverse range of new productions, has been reformatted in response to the current pandemic situation. This year, a modified scheme entitled ALD Lumière 20:20, will pair 20 emerging lighting practitioners with 20 Lighting Designers, representing a wide spectrum of work, for a series one-hour online conversations across the ten weeks from mid-September. ALD Lumiere 20:20 is an exciting opportunity to gain direct access to a designer and to inspire creative conversations about the…
Elation Professional resumes its Innovation Hour virtual product launches 19 August with a look at a new automated LED Fresnel in the company’s high-value Fuze series, the Fuze Wash FR. Join National Sales Manager John Dunn and Global Product Manager Matthias Hinrichs live on 19 August at 10:00am (PST) in the U.S. as they introduce some of the leading technologies implemented in the Fuze Wash FR. The live demo also includes a Q&A session. RSVP here. The Fuze Wash FR is designed for any application where an automated Fresnel fixture with outstanding colours, a wide zoom range and framing beam…
The ‘Live is so much better with Music’ Eason Chan Charity Concert was the first ever event held by the HK LPPIA — Hong Kong Live Performance and Production Industry Association, and was streamed worldwide on YouTube, Facebook Live and Tencent QQ platforms with an estimated 10 million live views. Consoles supplied by Miso Tech Co Ltd, Hong Kong. The event was in fact made up of two separate shows. The first was a sunrise show broadcast from Victoria Dockside against the backdrop of the iconic Hong Kong skyline, which was recorded in one take on the previous day to…
Sound Technology, UK distributor of HARMAN Professional brands including Martin Professional lighting, joined the UK live events industry under the umbrella of PLASA’s #WeMakeEvents Red Alert campaign, for a day of action on Tuesday 11 August. The Red Alert campaign calls for urgent targeted government support for the entire live event ecosystem – freelancers and production companies who are not allowed to work and, crucially, are not covered by the government’s previously announced arts bail-out fund. With the #LightItInRed campaign under the same Red Alert umbrella, over 700 venues were lit in red across the UK, creating incredibly powerful images.…
Teams from SLLFX, JK Entertainments and Pfphotographics joined forces to light The Hub at St. Mary’s in Lichfield red. The event was part of a day of action from the UK live entertainment industry to highlight the challenges the sector faces at a time when events are essentially banned. The Hub at St. Mary’s was one of more than 700 buildings across the UK that were lit in red on Tuesday 11 August. The #LightItInRed night of action served to highlight the cultural institutions and companies that form a vital sector of the UK’s culture and economy. “It seems there…
Following the successful launch and positive feedback from the industry on its new Hydra measurement tool for LED panels, Brompton Technology has announced that the highly anticipated system is now shipping globally. Among the first wave of systems to arrive with customers, a number have reached Shenzhen, where Brompton has recently opened its new larger China office. These Hydras are already being used for panel calibrations by Brompton’s many panel manufacturer partners, assisted by a team of Calibration Support Engineers. The Hydra is an advanced measurement system custom-designed for LED panels fitted with a Tessera R2 receiver card. Panels must…
With government guidance now emerging for the events industry and companies beginning to return to site, Showforce has partnered with industry safety specialist The Event Safety Shop (tess) to develop COVID-19 protocols and risk assessments specifically for the award-winning global crewing business. The new working practises have been written in-conjunction with Showforce’s NEBOSH qualified health, safety and training manager, Laurence Jones and the highly experienced team at tess. They are designed to minimise the risk of infection and ensure the safety of Showforce’s crew, clients and fellow contractors in the working environment, wherever practicably possible. The protocols and risk assessments…
#WeMakeEvents, the campaign raising awareness of the events industry, has reached ‘Red Alert’. The technical production industry continues to be overlooked and the campaign calls for urgent UK Government support, with a day of planned outdoor activities on Tuesday 11 August. IN LONDON: Join #WeMakeEvents at London’s Southbank and Bankside to play your part in saving our industry and calling for the Government to ‘throw us a line’. To ensure the safety of the event pre-registration will be mandatory. More details to be announced soon. ACROSS THE UK: #WeMakeEvents hope to replicate the London event at major cities across the…
Once again BroaMan and Optocore network devices were deployed to maximum effect at this year’s Grand Concert de Paris spectacular. The event coincides with France’s National Day (on July 14). And having scaled new heights last year with the unique solutions and I/O capacity provided by the two German partner brands—creating an immersive environment for Radio France, with 152 Optocore preamps and MUX22 IVT / MADI connectivity—this year technology contractors GB4D went even further. Working once again for Radio France, they set up an elaborate optical broadcast network topography on the Champ de Mars in the shadow of the Eiffel…
Following on from the success of the launch of Let The Music Play campaign, the UK Live Music Group has planned Part Two – which will highlight the size and scale of the jobs and companies that make up the UK music industry that require urgent support. The PSA said: “It is vital that whilst the government are deciding the distribution mechanism for the support fund they understand the scope of individuals and companies that need support.” On 4 August there will be a follow up coordinated day of action that we would like you and artists to be a…
Hippotizer Media Servers from Green Hippo were used recently to drive the visual content for a unique production of Mozart’s opera, Don Giovanni, staged amid the COVID-19 pandemic to an empty Berwaldhallen concert hall in Stockholm, Sweden. Directed by British operatic tenor Andrew Staples, the production was conceived and produced under COVID-19 restrictions, with the necessary social distancing for all crew and performers. Instead of playing to a live audience, the performance was broadcast on the Berwaldhallen Play channel, in partnership with Medici TV. To look after the creation, management and delivery of the production’s video content, set designer Bengt Gomér…
