Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Bringing the world of technical theatre to you.
Tegan and Sara lighting designer Benjamin Price was given a challenge – fit the entire lighting rig for the duo’s current tour into a 10 x 7 foot trailer without exceeding the 5,000 lb weight limit. The limitations put significant constraints on gear specification and ultimately helped to shape the lighting design. “It meant of [...]
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford-upon-Avon is one of the world’s première classical theatre ensembles. Its location in the hometown of the Bard himself makes their productions even more memorable for theatregoers. A recent purchase of Martin MAC III Profile moving head luminaires by the RSC has further highlighted the company’s leading reputation. A [...]
The exterior of the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall in down town Los Angeles was awash in colour and patterns recently for the LA Philharmonic’s Annual Gala. In concert with the energy of music director Gustavo Dudamel, lighting designer Raymond Thompson (Images by Lighting) created vibrant colour and pattern combinations using Martin MAC III [...]
Green Day is currently on their mammoth “21st Century Breakdown” world tour which started earlier this year and is scheduled to continue towards the end of 2010. The band has just finished the Australian leg of the tour where they received amazing reviews for their professional, endurance-testing shows where anything goes. Never missing a beat [...]
Martin Professional has teamed up with Wybron, Inc. to offer an innovative lighting feedback system based on the industry-standard feedback protocol Remote Device Management (RDM). Called Martin RADAR™, an acronym for Remote Access Diagnostics And Reporting, the information feedback and monitoring system enables users to communicate with lighting fixtures by gathering lighting fixture data remotely [...]
Jason Lyons, lighting designer for the new Broadway musical “Rock of Ages,” is using a full Martin MAC rig to visually energize the rock love story, which is laden with crowd pleasing rock anthems. Playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, one of the ideas of the show, says Lyons, was to have a flavor of [...]
