His role for Robe UK is to further develop the theatre, arts and performance markets for Robe Show Lighting’s product range. Holland has been working hands-on with Robe products for some time, owning, installing and dry hiring
When the group, pioneers of Latin pop rock and recipients of a number of Grammys, play the four German concerts in June, two grandMA lighting consoles will control the largely Vari-Lite-dominated rig. We have already renamed them ‘grandMANÁ’, said Sandro Pujia, lighting designer for the tour. In 1998 Carlos Santana asked Maná to play three songs for his comeback album ‘Supernatural’ - and in September 2003 they will embark on a joint tour.
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Blur marked their return by showcasing work from their new album ‘Think Tank’. The Astoria dates were essentially a one-off event, but lead singer Damon Albarn wanted a distinct visual feel for the show. His brief to LD Dave Byars was to come up with the essence of Morocco and Devon - warm, inviting, peaceful, positive. From this starting point, Byars designed both lighting and video (the latter supplied by XL Video) and decided to take an ambitiously large rig into the Astoria to realize his ideas - an imaginative gamble that certainly paid off.
The first part of the show saw a false ceiling formed by a drape lacerated by a series of
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The Gobo Rotator Mk 2 range includes three products: all can be fitted with glass or metal gobos, offer variable-speed rotation in either direction, and also a range of ‘stand-alone’ effects that do not require a lighting controller - including fire, water, tick-tock, shimmer, accelerate and shake-pause. The Junior Rotator is designed for the ETC Source Four Jr range. Designed primarily fo
In 2002, the company (which specializes in motion picture projection and lighting equipment, and includes Strong Entertainment Lighting amongst its group members), reported a net loss from continuing operations of $2.6 million. At the shareholder meeting, director William F. Welsh II was elected for an additional three-year term and Mark D. Hasebroock, a new director, was elected to serve a three-year term.
John P. Wilmers, president and CEO of the company, told shareholders that Ballantyne’s 2003 results would benefit from revenue gains in its theatre and restaurant equipment segments, as well as from continuing effi
.Visitors got a glimpse into the workings of Stage Electrics' warehouse, with tours supplied by sales and marketing manager Linda Moore, who says: "Stage Electrics Open Days are a great opportunity for suppliers and customers to meet. They have proved highly successful and we are already planning more for later in the year."
Not only were customers provided an insight to the inner workings of Stage Electrics, technical manager Adrian Searle organized a Moving Light Symposium, providing hands-on experie
Working alongside lighting designer John King and the BBC outside broadcast team, ELP crew have recently visited various boxing venues across the UK, including Nottingham, Brentford and Cardiff.
"Each venue has its own set of challenges," explains crew chief Toby Dare. "For example the most recent venue in Cardiff was the Welsh Institute of Sport which had a restricted power supply and only two 63A sockets on the wall to run 70 channels of dimming! This meant we had to provide a whole range of practical lighting solutions for BBC Sport including lighting temporary broadcast studios, lighting the boxing ring and providing light over the audience."
Fantôme is Wynne Willson Gottelier’s (WWG’s) fully automated version of Robert Juliat’s much acclaimed d’Artagnan 2.5kW HMI zoom/profile spotlight. Fantôme provides pan and tilt, via WWG’s patented orbital, double mirror head (now manufactured by High End Systems), with remote automation of zoom, focus, and iris, plus WWG’s new ultra flexible, four blade, full-framing system. The system for the Musiktheater will also include a unique gobo facility. Gel scrolling will be provided by a Licht Technik colour changer.
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After studying science and psychology at the University of Edinburgh, Francis spent five years in stage and production management including Rep Drama, Touring Opera, and productions at the Aldeburgh Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Throughout the 1960s, Francis was Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s lighting director and he was subsequently responsible for the lighting design of over 300 productions staged throughout Europe. Productions of musicals such as Man of La Mancha, Bubbling Brown Sugar, Grease, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and Anne of Green Gables; plays such as Sleuth, Move Over Mrs. Markham, V
Peter Kemp, Coemar De Sisti’s managing director, said: "I believe David’s experience and talents gained over the years in TV, film and architectural lighting will be an excellent asset to the company and we are p
One of the more popular features is a re-creation of a paddleboat complete with 20-25ft high smoke stacks. Officially known as the Pepsi Power Stacks, these erupt when home runs are made, there is an outstanding play or the home team wins.
Capital Manufacturing was contracted to develop the new ‘home run effect’ and, in turn, contacted Entertainment Services Group, Inc (ESG) of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to provide the Jem Roadie X-Stream and LightJockey control system. Bob Schermerhorn, vice-president of sales at ESG, worked with Martin’s Southeast regional sales manager Jame
As COO, Faltin will oversee day-to-day operations at the company, assuming those responsibilities from Brad French, who added those duties to his chief financial officer role during the company's restructuring process. French will continue to serve as CFO, a position he has held since 1996.
Faltin most recently served as an executive consultant to Ballantyne's senior management team. Prior to this, he was president of Chief Automotive Systems Inc, a Nebraska-based manufacturer of collision repair equipment for the body shop industry, which was acquired by Dover Corporation in 1988. In this role, he oversaw the introduction of several new products, thecreation of a successful product trade-in programme and the implem
The Arcade building contains Buxton’s famous spring, and originally served as the old bathing house buildings. In the mid 1980s, a large arched stained glass roof was added along one section of the arcade. At the time, it was the largest continuous stretch of stained glass in Europe. Below and at one end of this barrel-ceilinged stai
A 250W highly efficient discharge lamp (included) combines with an exceptional optical design to maximize optical efficiency and provide designers with extremely high-resolution picture quality. Three available lens options
Eazy Bailey commented: "No job is too big for Adrian. From a creative perspective he can interpret any idea and make it happen!" Blackout project managers
The 100ft x 350ft (30.5m x 106.7) Microsoft Xbox and PC Games booth was designed and managed by The Production Network of Seattle (TPN). TPN's Alex Berry designed the lighting for the enormous booth with Gary Radakovich leading a team of programmers. Jason Richardson, Jon Smith (who were also the assistant lighting designers) and Leif Dixon completed the programming team with Jennifer Womack acting as master electrician.
The rig of 50 VL5s, 40 VL1000TS, 20 VL1000AS, 50 MAC 250+, 60 MAC 600NTs, 50 MAC 2000 profiles, 2
To ensure that messages are routed to the right place, messages should start with a department or company name. Currently contactable by text message are hire, sales, MLC (for The Moving Light Company), Service (for The Service Company), CH (for Colourhouse), Early (for White Light staff working outside White Light's normal opening hours) and admin. A message that simply says 'Help Me' will receive a reply listing the textable departments.
Anyone wanting to use the Text Service should first register with White Light so that the source of incoming messages can be identified. To register, text the word 'Register' followed by your f
Cast Software’s library-development team has been so busy that they already have a Library Update available for Release 5, including everything they finished since the final CD image was created. Release 5 also contains many useful new features, as well as a set of brand-new ‘Quick Start Tutorials.’ These multimedia tutorials will be helpful to users who are just getting started with WYSIWYG, as well as intermediate users who just want to refresh their skills.
In further WYG news, Cast Software and ETC hosted their first WYSIWYG ‘webinar’ on 23 April to help introduce schools and universities to WYSIWYG Learn
A performance space was planned for Parklands from the outset, but it wasn’t until Barrett-Baxendale actually accepted her post that serious thought was given to the development of the technical infrastructure. Adlib’s Andy Dockerty speci
Based on a typical theatrical style layout with 2 presets of 12 faders that can be used in a manual control level or a memory recall mode, the Minim comes into its own by switching the lower bank of preset faders between 'wide' preset - a further extension of the first 12 faders to a total of 24; and 'Playback' masters. The Playback masters can concu
Von Den Stemmen’s impressive CV includes 20 years’ commercial experience in the pro lighting industry. He’s been involved in theatre, entertainment and architectural sectors - from cruise ships to large building projects. He joins Robe from Martin Professional, where he was business development and archit
Chromacore is a breakthrough technology that applies microprocessor-controlled LEDs to generate millions of colors and dynamic lighting effects without the constraints and complexities of traditional light sources. The technology was awarded a U.S. patent in January 2000, a European patent in 2002, and is now covered by Patent #HK1025416 in Hong Kong - the first of many patents expected to issue in the company's name in Asia.
Color Kinetics' Chromacore-powered systems are widely used throughout Asia today, including high-profile installations such as the Shanghai Westin Hotel, Cathay Financial Dome in Taipei, high-end fashion retailer
The promise of performances by such prestigious ballet companies as the Royal Ballet, London; the New York City Ballet and the Hamburg Ballet as part of the festivities, provided the push that Vladimir Lukasevich, the Mariinsky's renowned resident lighting designer had been looking for. With support from his colleagues from the visiting ballet companies the funding to replace the old, ill-equipped ballet booms was granted. As with most venues the ability to multi-task is vital and as the booms would have to be multi-purpose - Opera as well as the Ballet - and the Pacific zoomspots fit the bill in
