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15 May 2025

USA - Pharos Architectural Controls has confirmed its attendance at InfoComm and announced its plans for the conference next month.

The Pharos team will be on stand 7575, meeting with visitors and highlighting key updates to their lighting control product ranges – Pharos Designer and Pharos Expert. Product demonstrations will be running with a focus on their integration capabilities and how these can help meet the specific needs of the AV industry.

Pharos Designer is the company’s flagship range, centred around scalable, highly configurable lighting controllers for any DMX, eDMX, and DALI lighting project. Programming with Pharos Designer 2 software offers a versatile, comprehensive feature set, powerful show control solutions and ultimate flexibility.

The team will also be demonstrating what's new in Expert, the company’s easy-to-progr

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15 May 2025

UK - Architectural LED lighting brand Anolis – a Robe business – has appointed Eloise Reed as its international specification manager.

Eloise is based in the UK and will be travelling extensively both nationally and internationally in her role for the Czech Republic-based manufacturer, which will include streamlining the design support and tender processes for clients and boosting the Anolis profile within the architectural lighting community, and as an essential element of the wider ‘Robe Group’ of premium brands.

Australian-born Eloise’s journey into the lighting industry started at WAAPA (Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts) in Perth, a well-known melting pot for creativity and independent thinking, where she graduated with a Performing Arts degree equivalent, majoring in lighting.

Simultaneously, Eloise was also working

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14 May 2025

Europe - ARRI has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its subsidiary Claypaky to new strategic owner, EK Inc, headquartered in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China. Operating one of the most advanced lighting production and development facilities in the industry, EK Inc. offers a strong foundation for Claypaky, which is a world-renowned brand recognised globally as a leading provider in the high-end professional entertainment lighting market.

“This decision is part of our strategic realignment as we focus more strongly on our core business,” says Chris Richter, managing director of ARRI. “Clearly recognising Claypaky’s potential, it was important to us to find a new owner who pursues next level growth based on a deep understanding of the market and a long-term strategic vision - for both Claypaky and its customers.

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14 May 2025

South Africa - When lighting designer Simon King took on DreamScapes, the latest production by Joburg Ballet, he was presented with the opportunity to integrate Robe T1 Profiles and T11 fixtures into his creative vision.

Staged at the Roodepoort Theatre, DreamScapes marks Joburg Ballet’s first production of the 2025 season. A dynamic triple bill, the show highlights the company’s dedication to artistic innovation, cultural celebration, and technical excellence. It also marked a homecoming, as this was Joburg Ballet’s first performance at the Roodepoort Theatre in a decade - a return made even more memorable by a beautiful and precise lighting design.

To help bring the production to life, Simon deployed two Robe T1 Profiles and six T11, supplied by DWR Distribution. “Simon had worked with the T11s before, and I knew they’d

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13 May 2025

UK - It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Russell Dunsire, founder and chairman of LSI Projects. Creating the company over 30 years ago, Russell was the initial driving force behind LSI.

Having previously served as international sales and marketing director at Rank Strand Lighting for almost two decades, Russell left Strand to create Lighting Systems International in 1991. Appointed as the UK distributor for ADB Lighting and based out of the Siemens office complex in Sunbury-on-Thames, Russell helped build ADB Lighting into one of the strongest theatre and television lighting brands in the country.

With his global experience in overseas markets, ADB entrusted more regions to LSI with the developing Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions creating opportunities that allowed LSI to open offices in Kuala Lumpur and Dubai.

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13 May 2025

France - Robert Juliat is proud to welcome Showlight 2025 to France for the first time in its history as it opens its doors in Dijon from 19-22 May.

This global quadrennial networking event for lighting professionals is itinerant by nature, choosing a new country and a new venue at each outing. France has a rich tradition in the arts and lighting which Robert Juliat is thrilled to showcase on an international stage.

“As a company that has been at the heart of the lighting industry for over a century, Robert Juliat is honoured to be the headline sponsor of Showlight 2025,” says Robert Juliat’s third generation managing director, François Juliat. “Bringing this prestigious event to France, the home of our heritage, is a moment of immense pride for us. For over 100 years, Robert Juliat has been synonymous with excellence in li

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13 May 2025

UK - Follow-Me has announced the opening of its new meeting space and demonstration room in the heart of London's Soho district. Located within the technically advanced Underbelly Boulevard Soho, the facility will serve as a hub for designers, operators, and potential Follow-Me users to experience the system's capabilities firsthand.

The new demo space will be overseen by Luke Edwards, designer relations liaison UK at Follow-Me, who will be available on-site to provide demonstrations, consultations, and system training on request.

Underbelly Boulevard Soho - the first permanent location from the live entertainment company Underbelly - provides a suitable technical environment for showcasing Follow-Me's remote follow-spot and performer tracking technology. With convenient access to public transportation, the space is positioned to become a central mee

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13 May 2025

Belgium - Ten high-profile theatrical venues in the French-speaking region of Belgium - a multilingual European powerhouse for arts, culture, music, entertainment and diversity with a penchant for creativity – have received delivery of a major order of Robe lighting products comprising 13 different fixture types, totalling 1043 units.

This achievement has been co-ordinated by the Belgian office of Robe’s Benelux distributor, Controllux, led by Mattias Ternoot in conjunction with Guillaume Canart of Nivelles-based integration and installation specialist, Inytium.

It is the biggest single deal for lighting fixtures delivered by Controllux Belgium, and the project is part of the drive to convert all venues in Belgium from conventional light sources to LED to enhance sustainability and reduce operational overheads and power consumption.

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13 May 2025

China - Arts and theatre education within schools in Hong Kong continues to play a vital role in student development. Professional lighting in school settings is particularly prominent and represents a substantial market, driven in part by the many festivals and competitions focused on theatre studies held across the education system.

Recently, LXR Theatre Technology, a specialist in theatre and entertainment solutions, selected Luci Della Ribalta (LDR) lighting products to equip the auditorium of the Hong Kong Taoist Association Wun Tsuen School, a junior secondary school.

Among its key facilities is a fully equipped auditorium, designed with a standard 24-channel configuration and a high-performance lighting system tailored to support both educational and stage performance needs.

“Theatre is undoubtedly an important element in Hong Kong

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12 May 2025

UK - The owner of Bear Bright Studios, Luke Edwards is lighting multi-Grammy winner Jacob Collier's global Djesse tour.

When asked which colours are dominant in his tour design, Edwards simply said "all of them". His pithy answer makes sense, considering that the tour he's lighting covers his client's widely celebrated four-volume Djesse album, a 50-song opus that weaves myriad musical influences, including contributions from stars like John Mayer and Chris Martin, into a captivating whirlwind of sounds.

"While I usually follow a rule of using no more than two colours on stage, working with Jacob led me to break that mould," said Edwards. "Each of the four albums in this collection is associated with its own distinct colour. For this production, we embraced all four colours simultaneously, creating a vibrant and dynamic visual exper

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12 May 2025

USA - Elation is strengthening its commitment to product quality and reinforcing confidence in its offerings by expanding warranty coverage on several product lines. The KL Series and OPS Series (Outdoor Permanent Specification) series, along with the Fuze Pendant and Fuze Pendant Compact, now come with an expanded, complete five-year fixture warranty for long-term protection.

Additionally, the company's new Paragon Series, as well as full-spectrum Fuze Series luminaires, benefit from three-year warranty coverage, offering enhanced assurance for customers. The warranties cover not only the light engines but also any manufacturing defects, materials, and workmanship, ensuring full protection throughout the extended coverage period.

Eric Loader, Elation's global vice president of sales, commented on the enhanced policy: “At Elation, product quality h

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09 May 2025

Europe - Belgrade, Serbia-based Light and Sound Design (LSD), headed by Milan Scepanovic and run by him and his team, became a Robe distributor for the Serbia with Kosovo region in 2023 and have been very successful with the brand.

Their area of operation has now been extended to embrace the entire Balkans region – adding Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Montenegro to their list.

Avolites and LSC Control Systems – also Robe businesses – have chosen to go with LSD distribution to stimulate their presence throughout the Balkans and additionally in Albania, together with all the strategic advantages this will bring to LSD’s customers.

LSD is a stocking distributor, and for speed, efficiency and quick turnaround will always aim to have a large stock of Robe moving lights in the warehouse, ready for immediate dispatch. The rea

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09 May 2025

Europe - Designer and manufacturer of high-performance, precision-engineered lighting, Light Forms, has announced the appointment of their first European distributor – VisionTwo based in Germany.

VisionTwo is a distribution company for professional theatre, architecture, TV/studio and event technology, supplying modern and innovative lighting technology. This made them the ideal choice to become the dedicated European distributor for Light Forms.

The agreement will offer VisionTwo’s clients access to the Light Forms suite of made-to-measure high-performance lighting solutions. This includes MoonFull,  Moonband 60, Moonring, Lightplane 2.5, Lightplane 1S, Round Lightplane 1 and Lightplane 1 Concave.

Harry Prior, managing director from Light Forms said: “With an eye on growth, we knew that securing better distribution and supply across E

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09 May 2025

USA - It was a magical moment. At the end of Alice Cooper's outdoor CoopStock show in Mesa, AZ this spring, the rocker was joined on stage by a group of other artists including Rob Halford of Judas Priest, as well as Corey Glover and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick, to perform his hit classic School's Out For Summer.

The sold out crowd loved it, but ironically ‘school’ will not  be out, but open a little longer thanks to CoopStock, an event Cooper initiated to raise funds for Solid Rock Teen Centre, an educational institution Cooper cofounded 30 years ago to provide  young people between the ages of 12 and 20 with places they could go to learn more about music, art, film, photography and other forms of creative expression.

Providing Cooper and his fellow legends with a dynamic background to support their performances for this worthy cause

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09 May 2025

UK - AbsenLive, a division of Absen, recently brought Culture Club's UK Tour to life with immersive visuals, delivering a truly memorable experience for concertgoers.

Culture Club embarked on a UK arena tour in December 2024, with special guests Tony Hadley and Heaven 17. The tour took place in venues such as the O2 in London and Manchester’s new Co-op Live. Axiom Events, the production management and equipment provider for the tour, were responsible for delivering robust touring LED panels that could also push the creative boundaries of the show.

The tour marked the first large scale deployment of Axiom’s new stock of AbsenLive LED screens which includes over 140sq.m of XL, Standard and Cube corner panels. When making the investment it was key that the product was of exceptional build quality and suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Therefore, t

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08 May 2025

USA - Lighting designer Benjamin Moffitt has been working for US rock band Foreigner for the last two years and has been a lighting professional for 40 years – and for around 20 years of that period, he has been using Avolites for his lighting control.

Foreigner – founded in 1976 – is one of the best-selling bands in the world and has been extremely active recently, taking to the road for ‘farewell’ tours through 2022, 2023 and 2024, interspersed with very successful Las Vegas residencies at The Venetian in 2023 and 24, as well as some co-headliner tours. Dates are currently booked for 2025 and into 2026, when they will celebrate their 50th anniversary.

Some performances have seen original members rock up to join and play with the current lineup, notably original lead vocalist Lou Gramm, who was one of six founding members starting out in 1

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08 May 2025

USA - The team at Harford Sound has set up stages in all kinds of places over the years, but none was quite like the site they worked at for Augusta After Dark. A signature event at this year’s Masters Golf Tournament, the evening gala, which was sponsored by Draft Kings and Sports Illustrated, took place at an upscale private estate near the Augusta National Golf Course.

The ritzy home has a lot to recommend it, but it was never intended to host a one-hour show by a multi-Grammy winner for 500 VIP invited guests. The question quickly arose: where to put the stage? The answer, it turned out, was over the swimming pool.

This arrangement required more than a little fancy footwork on the part of production managers Evan Kirkendall and Steve Wozniak along with their team at Harford Sound and their partners in this project –

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08 May 2025

USA - After Matt Stephens and Josh Watson of Afterglow Lighting were introduced to Elation’s new Paragon LED profile fixture at LDI in December – courtesy of Chris Healy from the manufacturers’ rep firm Healy Sales – they knew they wanted a closer look, and it didn’t take long before a full demo of the LDI award-winning LED moving head was arranged.

“We’ve been extremely impressed with Elation’s innovation and design over the past decade, and the Paragon is another standout example,” stated Josh Watson, production manager at Afterglow. “We had a gap in our inventory that needed filling, and this fixture was the perfect choice. We were immediately drawn to its IP54 rating, shutters, output, and weight – key features that really stood out to us given its size.” He added: “Our relationship with Chris Healy is one of the main reasons we

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08 May 2025

UK - IPS, supplier of staging and structures, technical production, and equipment hire to the events industry, is excited to return to PLASA Focus Leeds 2025, bringing a bold new lineup of IP-rated lighting and showcasing some of the most exciting developments in technical equipment hire.

As one of the industry's most trusted suppliers, IPS is set to raise the bar at Stand N-B05, where the team will be ready to inform with their latest innovations and investments.

This year’s spotlight is firmly focused on outdoor-ready, IP rated lighting, responding to the growing demand for versatile, weather-resistant fixtures. Making its debut in the IPS hire fleet is the highly anticipated Martin MAC Viper XIP, a cutting-edge luminaire that combines the power and precision of the classic Viper series with robust IP65 protection.

Joining the lineup are

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08 May 2025

USA - ETC has released new versions of its Paradigm Architectural Control Processors, doubling the capacity of its flagship architectural control system while reducing system cost with a DIN rail mount model.

“LEDs have pushed the complexity of architectural control systems to new levels,” says Shawn Fernandez, architectural controls product marketing manager at ETC. “The new Paradigm Architectural Control Processor doubles the sACN channel count to accommodate these larger systems. Plus the new DIN rail version takes up much less space and makes it easier to install.” 

The new Mk2 versions are the heart of ETC’s Paradigm architectural control system, controlling channels, groups, presets, macros, and sequences. They are available in two models: the enclosure version (P ACP E), designed to fit in ETC’s ERn and DRd cabinets; and the compa

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08 May 2025

USA - Designed for lighting professionals in the touring, event production, and integration markets, the new Tour Link Series from ADJ’s Accu-Cable brand offers high-quality 5-pin DMX cables in a variety of lengths. These cables combine premium zinc diecast connectors with superior copper wiring to deliver uncompromised performance, durability, and ease of use.

Each Tour Link cable features a precision-engineered 5-pin SCMF5-BG (female) connector at one end and a matching 5-pin SCMM5-BG (male) connector at the other, both housed in a robust zinc diecast shell for extended durability and heightened reliability. The DMX512 AES/EBU cable utilised is a 2X2X0.34mm² (22AWG) configuration with 19 strands of 0.15mm tinned copper (TC) and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) jacket.

Employing high-purity, oxygen-free copper ensures minimal resistance and opt

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07 May 2025

World - The latest issue of LSi is out now, and can be read online for free here.

Inside our new May issue, we discover how Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, home of Welsh rugby, has undergone a major technical revamp. Alongside recent additions like large-format displays, IPTV, LED ribbon boards and a Nexo line array system, the stadium has now upgraded to LED lighting to enhance both match days and concert set-ups. Ian Cullen reports from pitch-side.

From one iconic venue to another: Cat Strom covers Andrea Bocelli’s grand one-night-only performance at Sydney Cricket Ground. Meanwhile, Phil Ward traces the 100-year journey of Shure, from Prohibition-era Chicago to pop culture icon,

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07 May 2025

UK - Two ATG Entertainment venues – the Liverpool Empire Theatre and the Ambassadors Theatre in London – have recently upgraded their lighting systems with ETC’s ColorSource ThruPower technology, in collaboration with ETC dealer Push The Button (PTB). This strategic move underscores ATG Entertainment’s commitment to providing flexible, cutting-edge lighting solutions that meet the diverse demands of modern productions.

ETC’s ColorSource ThruPower technology delivers versatility by allowing venues to switch between dimmed and constant power modes. This flexibility supports both traditional tungsten fixtures and modern LED lighting, making it a suitable solution for venues that host a wide variety of performances. By eliminating the need for separate circuits for different lighting types, ColorSource ThruPower facilitates seamless transitions between

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07 May 2025

UK - Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition opened at Excel London in March 2025, inviting visitors to step inside the story of the boy king in a spectacular reimagining of Ancient Egypt. Produced by FKP Scorpio Entertainment and created by Madrid Artes Digitales (MAD), the 26,000sq.ft experience blends archaeology, storytelling and immersive technology.

At the heart of the show is a towering 8m-high, 360-degree projection-mapped environment – an engineering feat designed to transport audiences to a richly detailed ancient world. This central immersive space, known as the ‘black box’, was designed and installed by Belgian multimedia specialists Painting with Light (PWL), with projection powered by Epson and media playback delivered by Hive’s high-performance Beeblade system.

From the outset, the project came with an ambitious timeline