23 May 2013

PLASA Focus triumphs in the sunshine state

USA - PLASA Focus: Orlando, the latest addition to the North American regional event series is hailed a great success, impressing local visitors with the newest and most innovative products and a show stopping line-up of seminars. Nearly 700 attendees saw a number of new products make their regional debut, including the first fixtures of Martin Professional's new range - RUSH; four new fixtures from Robe Lighting's multi award-winning Robin product line; Elation's EZ6 LED Video Panel, Rayzor 7 and Platinum Beam 5R Extreme; DiGiCo's ... More >>

Robe shines on Metro Radio Music Awards

South Africa - Lighting designer François van der Merwe of Wizardry Group chose Robe moving lights to be the central fixtures of his classy lighting scheme for the 2013 Metro FM Music Awards event, staged at the Durban International Conference Centre Arena in South Africa. François was working for Dream Sets, commissioned to deliver the technical elements of the event for producers, Blue Moon Corporate Communications. Dream Sets' Robert, Sean Hoey and Eben Peltz were technical directors and worked closely with leading SA rental company ... More >>

Clay Paky stars in Eros Ramazzotti's tour

Europe - Eros Ramazzotti is always on the crest of the wave and is taking his NOI Tour 2013 throughout the continent. After 14 dates in Italy, the tour has come alive in the rest of Europe, where the shows are recording an excellent turnout even in this difficult economic period. This confirms continued interest in this musician, who has trod the boards of music venues for 30 years. The set, video and lighting were designed and built entirely by lighting and video designer Jvan Morandi and his company Placing Shadow. "The set ... More >>

Martin Professional heads for ABTT 2013

UK - Martin Professional heads to the ABTT show (Stand 125) with a full stable of new lighting, video, control and smoke products. Join the Martin UK team June 12-13 at the Old Truman Brewery in East London and be some of the first to see the newest members of the award-winning MAC Viper Family of moving heads. From the MAC Viper Wash with superior colour mixing to the MAC Viper Wash DX and MAC Viper Performance, both with internal framing, theatre professionals will want to check out the complete MAC Viper Family, says the company. ... More >>

GLD mixes Elvis at the London Palladium

UK - Allen & Heath's GLD digital system was employed to manage FOH and monitors for Elvis - the Ultimate Performance staged recently at the London Palladium. The show ran off AR2412 and AR84 input expander units, with 28 inputs on stage and three inputs into the GLD-80 mixer for playback and talkback. Elvis - The Ultimate Performance stars Elvis performer, Chris Connor, accompanied by a comprehensive band comprising drums, bass, rhythm and lead guitar, keys and synth, dedicated wind band, brass section containing ... More >>

Dirty Rigger gloves for ShelterBox aid workers

UK - 2013 has seen a constant stream of heart wrenching news stories being broadcast, many involving building collapses caused by natural disasters such as earth quakes. More often, it is by specific man made destruction from rocket or high explosive shells as in Syria However it was caused, people - men, woman and children were killed or trapped under tons of rubble. "We are so lucky not to experience or live through such horrendous and simply unimaginable circumstances" quoted Stuart Gibbons, managing director of Le Mark Group ... More >>

BIG-O multimedia show breaks new ground

South Korea - Creative Production Agency ECA2 of France has broken new ground in show technology with BIG-O, a breathtaking multimedia installation at the EXPO 2012 grounds in Yeosu, South Korea. BIG-O enjoyed a stunning debut at EXPO 2012 and stands impressively as a giant 41m high sculpture and 3,000-nozzle water curtain that transforms into an immersive multi-sensory show by night. The magnificent interaction of light and water incorporates 30 Martin MAC 2000 Profile and 48 MAC 2000 Beam XB luminaires as an integral multimedia ... More >>