Friday, March 12th, 2010

Martin MAC luminaires illuminate an LA icon

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 put Martin MAC III Profile to the test

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 and [...]

Martin offers RADAR lighting information feedback system

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 and [...]

On Broadway with “Rock of Ages” and Martin MAC Luminaires

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 1980s [...]

Martin MAC luminaires for colossal “Ben Hur Live” production

History came alive in a big way on September 17th at the world premiere of “Ben Hur Live” at London’s O2 Arena, a musical behemoth that features a cast of 400, ship battle, real chariot races and a lighting rig of more than 200 Martin MAC 2000 Wash XB™, MAC 2000 Profile™ and MAC III [...]

Martin LC series LED panels team with MAC luminaires on UK dance show

KAVE Theatre Services of West Sussex, England recently supplied all lighting, sound, AV, set and crew requirements on a large scale production for a dance school client.
The show was choreographed around some of the most famous movie soundtracks in history with a set design brief to deliver something “unusual and exciting.”
KAVE Project Manager Dave Singleton [...]