Robert Juliat (RJ) has announced the appointment of PSI Production as its new exclusive distributor for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. PSI Production was established in 1996 to provide high-quality technical solutions to the corporate, arts and entertainment industry. Its dedicated lighting department specialises in all aspects of lighting from theatrical, architectural, live concerts and festivals, to television, conferences and special events. PSI also has an excellent in-house lighting design team, and a network of talented LDs at its disposal. The company will be responsible for promoting and supporting the entire range of Robert Juliat lighting products. With…
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Sound Technology has been appointed as the exclusive distribution partner for LC Innovation’s Macula follow-spot system in the UK. For applications where a remote-controlled follow-spot system is required, the Macula system offers unprecedented performance thanks to its incredibly high-resolution fluid head and simple yet powerful software control. The Macula system is not tied to any brand of lighting fixture, offering wide compatibility with intelligent moving heads from a number of manufacturers, including the Martin MAC Ultra Performance, Ultra Wash & ERA 600, Jb-lighting P18 & M18. Robe, Ayrton, Cameo, Clay Paky, High End Systems and more. As a standalone system,…
Every concert tour undertaken by the former Pink Floyd man extends his reputation for presenting rock ‘n roll on a scale that few contemporary artists can emulate, while delivering his own unique take on politics, world affairs and the human condition. Every performance is a visceral multi-media experience and his current This Is Not A Drill tour, his seventh as a solo artist, is no exception. Delayed, as so many were, by the global pandemic, the tour eventually got underway in July 2022 and is scheduled to wrap in June 2023 at the AO Arena in Manchester. By that point…
The L-Acosutics L Series was launched in April at a private event at the Hollywood Bowl, and in Europe at the Prolight + Sound trade fair in Frankfurt. Six leading L-Acoustics certified partners around the globe, including Dushow in Europe, will deploy the new technology as part of a pilot phase through October 2023. Since the beginning, Dushow has always been a forerunner in research and development and innovation. Today, the adventure continues as Dushow works in collaboration with L-Acoustics to introduce L Series in Europe. This new sound system will be tested in France in the coming months. These…
To ensure a visually stunning experience for gamers and fans alike, Lighting Designers Mathew Stovall, Tiffany Keys, Pete Thornbury and Michael Appel worked together to provide the League of Legends World Championship Finals with an impressive lighting rig featuring an array of Martin professional lighting solutions, supplied by Christie Lites, with MAC Aura PXL playing a key role. League of Legends is a team-based multiplayer online battle arena video game by developer and publisher Riot Games. Founded in 2011, the League of Legends World Championship is the annual tournament to decide the best team in the world each year, and…
On 6 May 2023, the world turned its eyes to Westminster Abbey. The coronation of King Charles III was held here in front of 2,300 invited guests. One day later, more than 20,000 visitors attended another Royal highlight: in front of the magnificent scenery of Windsor Castle, the official Coronation Concert took place with live performances by global stars such as Katy Perry, Take That and Lionel Richie as well as an emotional speech by Prince William. To light up this unique event, which was produced and broadcast live by the BBC, lighting designer Nigel Catmur relied on more than…
Backup is set to bring together over 300 live event industry fellows for its annual summer fund raiser – Kartfest -The Village Fete on 6 July 2023. “Building on eight years of successful Kartfests we’re adding an extra layer of theming to this year’s event and incorporating the traditional British village fete,” says Backup Trustee and Kartfest organiser, Lee Dennison. “This now provides the day out we have been looking to create for the live events industry with the karting becoming part of the day rather than the focus. We will be delivering a host of other attractions and areas…
An ADJ heavy lighting rig incorporating Focus Profile moving head and Jolt Panel FX static LED luminaires, amongst other fixtures, was used to illuminate a recent sold-out concert by Easton Corbin at Yucaipa Performing Arts Center in California. Lighting Designer Tommy Frisch utilised the ADJ fixtures both to light Corbin and his band as well as to fill the stage with vibrant colour, movement and pattern projections, creating a wide variety of looks for a performance that included a mixture of big hits and brand new music. Having sold over 500,000 albums and 5 million singles since his eponymous debut…
FOH Engineer Lloyd Williams (Against the Current, The Fray, Trixie Mattel) has chosen the Waves eMotion LV1 Live Mixer and Waves plugins for the 2023 UK/EU tour of the American pop/alternative act PVRIS, formed by multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer Lyndsey Gunnulfsen (aka Lynn Gunn). Williams comments on choosing the eMotion LV1, for live mixing the tour: “I had been using the eMotion LV1 since 2021 on headline, support tours, festivals and one-offs with the band Against the Current. When the opportunity to work with PVRIS came around, my immediate choice was to bring in the LV1. I worked from…
Over the summer of 2022, Santana, together with Earth, Wind & Fire, got enthusiastic fans singing and dancing throughout North American arenas during their Miraculous Supernatural tour. Kevin Madigan, Santana’s FOH engineer made sure the sound would be top-notch by employing two Austrian Audio OC818 large-diaphragm condenser microphones to record Carlos’s guitar and one OC707 true condenser vocal microphone for his vocals. “We needed something to reproduce that guitar tone everybody knows, and to handle high SPL show after show,” said Madigan. “The mics worked out great throughout the year on the Santana tour and residencies, and we’ll be using…
Wireless LED lighting specialist Astera enjoyed a busy and successful 2023 Prolight + Sound expo over four days at the Frankfurt Messe, complete with a brand-new booth design and lighting concept that highlighted their current range of handy and ingenious ‘must-have’ lighting solutions for live events and broadcast applications. Astera’s sales & marketing director Sebastian Bückle and the team were energized to be back at the show and prominent in Hall 12.1 at this major European entertainment industry hub … where they enjoyed the buzz of an international audience visiting from all over Europe and much further afield. The large,…
Dry-hire rental house Main Light has partnered with the USC School of Dramatic Arts to supply Elation Professional Fuze MAX Spot LED moving head luminaires for use in the theatrical design program’s light lab for the 2023 spring semester. Used in teaching lighting programming and design, the luminaires allow students to get hands-on with the latest in cutting-edge entertainment lighting. “Fixtures like the Fuze MAX Spot, as well as Main Light’s generous loaner program allow USC School of Dramatic Arts students to prepare for a career in lighting design,” stated Elizabeth Harper, Assistant Professor of Lighting Design at the school.…
Laserworld announces the complete switch of their successful Purelight Series to a waterproof design. With a rating of IP54, the new Purelight laser series is out-of-the-box suitable for outdoor events, and they don’t mind if it’s raining or not. The power levels available in the Laserworld Purelight Series ranges from 5W up to 50 W of laser power, and all units have great beam specifications and fast scanning, which makes them suitable for graphics projections too. The Purelight Series lasers are extremely versatile due to the standard built-in ShowNET laser mainboard: Various stand-alone operation modes and ILDA control are possible,…
Austin Opera’s world-class Long Center presented a production of the classic Sweeney Todd in spring 2023, with an uncompromising series of lighting states created by LD James Sale using Vari-Lite VL2600 Wash luminaires from Signify. “I wanted to put Sweeney Todd in the audience’s faces which to me meant he needed to be bright,” says Sale, who has designed the lighting for shows at the innovative Long Center for more than a decade. “The VL2600s were very bright, which was a big plus. The color rendition and continuity from fixture to fixture was terrific and they moved very smoothly.” Sale…
The young people’s music charity, Youth Music, has announced the appointment of six new trustees to its board. The new recruits will help the UK based charity achieve its mission to equalise young people’s access to making, learning and earning in music . As the Cost-of-Living Crisis sees grassroots music projects struggle to survive, the charity recently revealed it’s having to turn down 77% of funding applications, equating to a £44m shortfall. Youth Music’s new trustees will support the charity to address this by raising its profile and securing crucial partnerships and income from the wider creative industries. Following a…
HOLOPLOT, is celebrating a year in partnership with Creative Technology. Creative Technology was the first UK HOLOPLOT Partner and the decision to join forces with the brand was, says Creative Technology UK’s Head of Audio, Mark Boden, quite simply because the HOLOPLOT system was like nothing they had heard before. “We went to an early demo, and we were really impressed with X1’s directional abilities,” says Boden. “We’d looked at various systems that claimed similar abilities before, but they just never really cut the mustard. HOLOPLOT does.” “We’ve known about the science involved in the system, and been interested in…
As industry demand continues to ramp-up for sub-hires to support spring and summer productions, Light Engine Dry Hire has made significant new investments in CHAUVET fixtures. The choice of additional fixtures has spanned the CHAUVET range and includes Rogue Outcast 1L Beams, Strike Array 2 & Array 4 Blinders and Strobes and Color Strike-M fixtures. Rental director, Jon Newman commented: “Demand for these Chauvet fixtures has just been intense! Customers have seen that they totally deliver and just keep working, however hard they are pushed. Increasing our extensive sub-rental stock was an easy decision for Light Engine Dry Hire as…
Rock-it Global is the official freight partner of the inaugural US Sports Technology Awards, New York, US on 18 May, 2023 marking the tenth anniversary of the global event. Rock-it Global’s decision to opt for a three-year partnership falls in line with its commitment to applauding excellence and, the high regard with which the previous Sports Technology Awards, based in previously London, UK, are held. “Taking the opportunity to applaud innovation and excellence was an easy decision for the Rock-it Global team,” said Adam Tubaro, Director, Key Accounts, Rock-it Global. “We pride ourselves on being the best sports time-critical logistics…
