Nic Farman and CHAUVET Light Up at Mountview Theatre Musicals Live by Thomas Richard - October 3, 2019 Image by Robin Savage On the surface at least, “My Favorite Year” and “Children of Eden” are very different shows. The Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens musical takes a farcical behind the scenes look at 1950s television, as a hapless writer tries to keep an irascible matinee idol from a bygone era out
MLA PROVIDES QUICK-FIRE SOLUTION FOR SAS Live by Thomas Richard - October 3, 2019 Stage Audio Services (SAS)’ 15-year-long relationship with the Shambala Festival in Market Harborough, England, continued this year but with something of a difference. While they again deployed the full-sized Martin Audio MLA that they had acquired in time for last year’s event, the festival coincided with the birth of system engineer/crew
Martin Audio Appoints Vardhaman Megatech (VMT) in India News by Thomas Richard - October 1, 2019 Martin Audio has appointed Vardhaman Megatech Pvt. Ltd (VMT) as its exclusive distribution partner for India. The appointment was confirmed by David McKinney, managing director of Generation AV, who undertake Martin Audio sales strategy, account management and technical support duties in the Asia Pacific territory. “VMT has a strength in all the
New CEO for Claypaky News by Thomas Richard - October 1, 2019 Claypaky has announced that Marcus Graser is, with immediate effect, the new CEO of the Company. Marcus takes the place of Pio Nahum who, starting from 1 October 2019, will retire after spending 30 years in the lighting industry. Marcus Graser, 42, is an experienced executive coming from OSRAM - mother company
Claypaky Lighting Fixtures Hit the Road with Thomas Rhett Live by Thomas Richard - October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 © 2019 Todd Kaplan Summer’s not over yet, at least not for country singer/songwriter Thomas Rhett who continues his headlining Very Hot Summer Tour of North America. A large complement of Claypaky Mythos 2 and Scenius Unico lighting fixtures are accompanying the tour, which is in support of Rhett’s fourth studio album,
Dreambeach Villaricos 2019 Brings Out the Best of Claypaky Live by Thomas Richard - September 27, 2019 Electronics, lights and lots of dancing meet every year at Dreambeach in Villaricos (Almería, Spain) where thousands of people gather for five days to enjoy one of the biggest musical shows in the country on the Main Stage and in the Dreams Tent. Spectacular lighting plays a leading role in electronic
Proteus peace of mind at Eric Church record-breaking Nashville concert Live by Thomas Richard - September 27, 2019 On May 25th, country music star Eric Church played a very special show at Nissan Stadium in Tennessee, USA. The show was extraordinary in that it marked the first stadium headlining performance in Church's 15-year career and with 56,521 fans in attendance impressively broke Taylor Swift’s previous venue record. The show
Astro Spatial Audio Breathes New Life to Mozart’s Requiem at Aix-en-Provence Festival Live by Thomas Richard - September 27, 2019 One of the world’s most respected opera festivals has been transformed into a fully immersive production courtesy of Astro Spatial Audio, including the creation of highly reverberant, church-like room acoustics in an historic open-air courtyard theatre. Founded in 1948, the Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence returns to Southern France each summer
Christie Pandoras Box Enables Creation of Amazing Visuals at 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Live by Thomas Richard - September 26, 2019 The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup tournament kicked off in the Chinese capital with a spectacular opening ceremony featuring eye-catching onstage visuals that were created using the Christie Pandoras Box real-time video processing and show control system. Held at the National Aquatics Center (Water Cube) on August 30, the event captivated
Double Mega for Hanan Ben-Ari Tour Live by Thomas Richard - September 26, 2019 Israeli singer-songwriter Hanan Ben-Ari is currently one of the most popular artists in a country replete with singing talent, and his new tour has just started, complete with a lively and dynamic visual design by Nesi Alfasi, who has included 12 x Robe MegaPointes at the core of the lighting
