The Netherlands - A new theatre in Roermond, south eastern Holland, has decided that energy saving is the way forward - and has been fitted out with entirely LED fixtures. ECI Cultuurfabriek is a converted former chemical factory which ...
Tags: LED, LED fixtures, LED luminaires
In his first headlining tour, American Country Music Award-winner Luke Bryan is already selling out venues throughout the United States on the "Dirt Road Diaries Tour". Out on the road with the tour, FadeUp Design Group lighting designer ...
Tags: Luke Bryan, VL3015LT Spot luminaire, Philips Vari-Lite
USA - The creative forces of Blue Man Group (BMG) have been working for two years to bring an all-new production to the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. This international entertainment phenomenon - one of many adaptations around ...
Tags: audio team, Blue Man Group, Cinema Speaker
The Duke of York visited the Churchill Hospital in Oxford during December to commemorate the opening of a new building that includes an integrated Cancer and Haematology Centre and provides a base for many NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research ...
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A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd's Audio division recently supplied the University of Cumbria with a quantity of channel 38 compliant Sennheiser wireless microphone and in-ear monitoring systems for their busy Performing Arts ...
UK - Free registration is now open for the PLASA Professional Development Programme, which will run alongside a sold-out PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013, on Tuesday 30 April and Wednesday 1 May 2013. Whether you are a seasoned campaigner in the ...
Tags: LED Stage Lighting, LED Lighting
Finding new solutions and innovative ways to minimise the risk of infection or contamination in hospitals and other medical and laboratory settings is an essential part of modern healthcare. Theatre staff at one medical facility in the ...
Tags: medical facility, Operating theatres, Medical equipment
The ABTT Theatre Show is increasing exhibition floor space by some 50% and introducing more facilities for both exhibitors and visitors for 2013. Following the successful transfer of the show to The Old Truman Brewery in 2012, the event ...
Tags: The ABTT Theatre Show, increasing exhibition floor space, 2013
USA - Opened in late 2012, ArcLight Cinemas' newest location in La Jolla, California, offers patrons "the ultimate movie-going experience with ArcLight Wide Screen, a state-of-the-art auditorium concept". The premium theatre features a ...
Tags: Arclight Wide Screen, loudspeakers, Screen
One of the country's most culturally important theatres, the Thétre National Populaire (TNP) has been at the heart of contemporary French performing arts for over 90 years. Moving from Paris to Villeurbanne 40 years ago, a ...
UK - When Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (BOVTS) required an upgrade from their ageing prompt desk they turned to Stage Electrics who have successfully been building stage management consoles for over 30 years. "When I joined BOVTS I ...
Tags: Electrics console, BOVTS, cue lights
Popular Dutch comedienne and singer Tineke Schouten is touring with 24 Robe Robin LEDBeam 100s together with Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 700E AT moving lights, all of which form the core of a dynamic lighting rig designed by Danny den ...
Tags: Tineke Schouten, moving lights, LEDBeam
A Midas PRO1, supplied and installed by South African Midas partner Prosound, ensured one of Durban's most prominent theatres went digital just in time for its fast moving Christmas production - Beauty and the Beast. "The city's Elizabeth ...
Tags: Midas PRO1, South African, Durban Panto
Canadian new wave /indie band, Metric, recently completed a successful tour in support of their fifth album Synthetica. Long-serving LD Ian MacDonald designed the lighting to be diverse - partly scaled to fit 1000-seat theatres, but ...
Tags: Metric, GLP, LED moving heads
Lighting designer and operator Ed Warren of Next Level Lights turned to Martin Professional's MAC Viper Profile for Mumford & Sons' Tour of Two Halves (first half theatres, second half arenas), which hit dates in the UK and Ireland in ...
Tags: Lighting designer, Ed Warren, MAC Vipers