Drawn to Life, the first collaboration between Cirque du Soleil, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering, has opened in Disney Springs, Florida where Robert Juliat DALIS 860s take centre stage with an impressive 80ft by 45ft cyclorama. In Drawn to Life the stage is transformed into a giant animation table where drawings come to life. The art of classic Disney animation is reinterpreted through Cirque du Soleil’s innovative design and costuming, mesmerising acrobatic performances and dazzling choreography combined with all-new Disney animation and an original score. Drawn to Life is the new permanent show at Disney Springs, where…
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Broadcast live from Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy, on 14 May, the 66th rendition of Eurovision Song Contest featured 40 international artists and attracted more than 100 million viewers globally. The sound of Eurovision 2022 was designed by Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana and supported by Agorà, the service company for audio, lighting, and video service, by De Amicis Wolfango and Vittorio brothers. Shure Axient Digital Wireless System was selected to deliver extraordinary audio throughout one of the largest live music events in the world. Eurovision Song Contest was first held in 1956, and with more than 30 countries competing each year,…
The 66th edition of Eurovision Song Contest was one of Italy’s most-anticipated television shows of the year, broadcast live to an audience of millions. 2022 marked a significant year for the Contest, celebrating the comeback of the great live shows after the two-year stop due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For that reason, the production of the event decided to highlight unique and innovative scenic machinery. Rollstar, a stage effect that reinvents projectors’ movements in large live shows, made its world premiere at Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Rollstar blends electronics and mechanics in a self-contained system that supports, powers and controls…
The 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held by the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) at the PalaOlimpico in Turin. RAI RadioTelevisione Italiana, as host broadcaster, took the lead in setting up the stage, which this year revolved around an ambitious new stage concept based on the light of a kinetic sun, designed by Francesca Montinaro. The multilevel stage set-up was complemented by spectacular waterfalls, large LED video walls and – as always – an impressive array of lights. Over 400 Claypaky lighting fixtures, including 120 Sharpy X Frame, 64 Xtylos, 25 Mini Xtylos, 42 Arolla Profile HP, 25…
Collaborative Creations, a business services agency for the live events industry, has announced three new appointments in key positions. Nic Farman (pictured centre) has joined the CC team as its new Lighting Designer and Business Development Specialist. Farman was previously a freelance lighting designer and will now be continuing his lighting design work in theatres internationally, but under the CC banner. He will be working with Collaborative Creations’ clients, including Follow-Me, Chauvet and LEDBlade, to offer feedback on the design process. Farman has more than ten years of experience lighting musicals, theatre and opera. He has worked extensively in the…
64 Audio promotes the importance of its Hearing Health Initiative by offering free custom earplugs and all four apex modules (mX; m15, m20, m26) with the purchase of a custom 64 Audio IEM* throughout the month of May. “As a musician, your ears are arguably your most important asset,” explained Vitaliy Belonozhko, 64 Audio founder and Chief Sound Designer. “You spend hours rehearsing to perfect that riff, master that drum solo, or hit that high note. Your ears are your guide, your biggest fan, and your harshest critic. As such, ear protection and being mindful of your environment can help…
Centred around the making of Michael Jackson’s 1992 Dangerous World Tour and created by Tony Award-winning Director/Choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner producer, Lynn Nottage, MJ The Musical goes beyond the singular moves and signature sound of the star, offering a rare look at the creative mind and collaborative spirit that catapulted Jackson into legendary status. The entire MJ production is live with four musicians on stage and nine under the stage. The entire cast sings live apart from a moment in Thriller where the ensemble mics are covered by masks. To do justice to the famous music…
Void Acoustics wrapped up ISE Show 2022 in Barcelona with a book full of new customer contacts, confirmed orders and an overwhelmingly positive response to the new Cyclone 4 – the latest compact, versatile addition to the Cyclone speaker series. “Our expectations for ISE have most definitely been exceeded,” reported Void Acoustics EMEA Sales Manager, Josh Pearce. “We had designed an open and welcoming stand for us to reconnect with many of our existing customers – both from Europe and from further afield. And there was a constant stream of global customers and potential new customers coming onto the stand…
Central to the Santiago-based Real Audio Sistemas’ mission to provide comprehensive, innovative, and professional solutions to enhance its clients’ projects is an investment in NEXO STM, a modular sound system which has equipped Real Audio Sistemas to cover events of all sizes, up to and including large festivals like La Cumbre Del Rock and Lollapalooza. To this end, a STM system was deployed at Festival Maleza, which took place on 22 April at The Hippodrome in Santiago, where Spanish ska-punk legends Ska-P headlined in front of a 37,000-strong crowd. Drawing on a single inventory of just four compact, powerful and…
Driift has revealed that the final show of Little Mix’s Confetti Tour at London’s O2 arena sold more than 85,000 livestream tickets. Broadcast live from the London’s O2 arena, on 14 May, and directed by Liz Clare of Gold Dust Films, the show was watched by ticket buyers in 143 countries – including 29,000 cinema-goers, who enjoyed a simulcast of the event via a partnership with Rippla in association with CinemaLive. The livestream marked the final date on Little Mix’s hugely successful Confetti Tour and showcased Driift’s growing reputation for delivering truly hybrid productions, where online audiences share the real-time…
1 October 2021 marked the 72nd birthday of so-called ‘New China’. Chinese state-owned broadcaster, China Central Television (CCTV) helped curate an ‘ode to the motherland’ with a series of National Day shows boasting around 1,000m² of Gloshine Technology LED display screens. The production was split into three sections – ‘One Hundred Years of Prosperity’, ‘Striving to Achieve Dreams’ and ‘Embracing a New Journey’ – and featured three generations of performers and artists from all corners of China. Gloshine Technology AR Series 4.81 LED panels were chosen by organisers as the focal point of the staging design for the floor. The…
Hans Zimmer and his 19-piece band and orchestra hit the road with their latest touring campaign, featuring lighting design delivered by Lightswitch’s John Featherstone. The creative house pushed for an all Robe moving light rig for the tour, which started production rehearsals in Berlin with 250 Robe fixtures onboard ahead of the first European leg, with lighting equipment supplied by German rental specialist, Satis & Fy. Featherstone explained how the design process originally started back in 2019 with Hans curating his creative ‘dream team’ which included renowned Broadway set and scenic designer Derek McLane; Video Designer, Peter Nigrini and Choreographer,…
The return of the live events industry with in-person audiences post-lockdown has taken shape and has given a noticeable push to the demand for modern event technology. Even during times of tough restrictions, RCF has helped lead the development of new sound solutions and will exhibit new products at NAMM 2022. RCF CEO, Arturo Vicari stated: “After so much time with limited personal contact and conversation, we are delighted to collaborate in the reopening of the industry with our presence at NAMM.” Visiting RCF at Booth #17502 is the best way to see and touch all the innovations created over these last…
Currently touring across five countries and with US shows on the horizon, Patchwork London have been enlisted by Pale Wales to provide tour and production management services – which includes two DiGiCo Quantum 225 consoles for FOH and monitors. “Due to a massive increase in touring projects we support, we needed to invest in new, high quality consoles,” said Patchwork London Touring Director, Calum Mordue. “The Q225s ticked all the right boxes. They’re next generation consoles, hugely powerful and relatively compact in size so can easily service both a tour bus and trailer tour or an arena tour.” Despite having…
NSI Industries brands’ Platinum Tools and TechLogix Network will showcase outdoor cabling solutions during InfoComm 2022, held in Las Vegas, Nevada from 8 to 10 June at the Las Vegas Convention Center, booth N2274. Platinum Tools will feature its new weatherproof RJ45 coupler housing (p/n 744), and TechLogix will feature its MOFO ST Series. “Ideal for use on outdoor cable extensions, our new rugged housing protects almost any RJ45 coupler from dust and splashes,” said Platinum Tools Product Manager, Sean Rothermel. “Dual locking lugs keep the housing securely closed while dual center mounting points allow the housing to be secured…
ADJ is preparing to use NAMM 2022 to reunite with customers and demonstrate a variety of new lighting fixtures that have either been recently launched or will begin to ship over the summer. The company will also be the official sponsor of the outdoor Arena Plaza stage, which will showcase live performances throughout the show lit by ADJ IP65-rated fixtures and amplified by a sound system from sister company, Avante Audio. ADJ can be found at the heart of the show floor on booth #11233, where the team will be waiting to reunite in person with customers both old and…
tvONE will showcase interactive and integrated solutions at InfoComm 2022 on 8 to 10 June in Las Vegas (Booth N2523). The immersive demos on the show floor will showcase tvONE CORIOmaster2 video processor and Green Hippo Hippotizer media servers to bring several key verticals to life including corporate, casino sportsbook, and house of worship. The seamless interconnectivity that bridges video processing, media manipulation and interactivity will undoubtedly be a highlight of InfoComm 2022. Booth visitors will be able to experience a hands-on demo of CORIOgrapher software for the CORIOmaster family of products and the ZooKeeper control software for Hippotizer Media…
Tracking software, Stage Precision (SP), and technical business development specialist, Neutral Human, have announced a strategic partnership alongside the launch of Stage Precision to the wider market. SP is an independent data and control platform that enables users to build complex control-systems and previsualise or pre-programme technological workflows for the global live events market. “The industry’s creative technologists have adopted SP as part of their trusted workflows. It has enabled the high-end projects to develop with pioneering complexity, so now it’s time for the wider industry to discover such a ground-breaking tool,” said Neutral Human’s founder, Sarah Cox. “What drew…
