Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Bringing the world of technical theatre to you.
With all eyes on South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, SABC (The South African Broadcasting Corporation) set up the hub for its World Cup broadcast studio in Exhibition 1 at the Sandton Convention Centre, central Johannesburg. All the match coverage and several regular programmes are being transmitted from the studio for the duration [...]
Lighting for the current UK touring version of cult classic musical The Rocky Horror Show has been transferred to grandMA for control, with the tour, produced by the Ambassadors Theatre Group, carrying a grandMA light with an grandMA ultra-light for backup and 2 x MA NSP (Network Signal Processors), supplied by lighting contractors White Light. [...]
New shows in London, New York and Chicago join many others in using FocusTrack to document their show lighting.
Lighting and video content for multiple LED surfaces at the 2010 Miss Universe Slovakia beauty pageant, staged in the SIBAMAC Arena, Bratislava, was controlled by 2 x grandMA full-size consoles, 6 x video stations with the MA VPU software (Video Processing Unit) and 6 x MA NSPs (Network Processing Units). The show – which regularly [...]
A ceiling of Clay Paky Alpha fixtures recently shared the stage with an eclectic international music lineup during Wakestock in Abu Dhabi. Long considered one of the coolest mash-ups of wakeboarding and music in the world, the Wakestock model was exported to the Middle East for the first time this year to Abu Dhabi, March [...]
Once again, the Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival took place in Dubai’s Media City Amphitheatre. It was the 8th edition of the festival which featured artists like The Brand New Heavies, David Gray and James Morrison. For lighting control, the show’s lighting designer and operator Paul Smith relied on a grandMA system solution consisting of [...]
