Sunday, May 19th, 2013
Bringing the world of technical theatre to you.
The multi award winning show Phantom of the Opera has held a dazzling TV and live performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, supported by PRG and ETC lighting. The lighting for the original show in the West End was designed in 1986 by Andrew Bridge, with associates working on it throughout the show’s life. Designing [...]
The Royal Ballet recently staged Romeo and Juliet for an audience of 12,000 – not at their home venue at Covent Garden, but at London’s vast O2 arena. The bold spatial experiment was a great success. And behind the scenes of the complex production was an ETC Eos lighting control system. The Royal Opera House [...]
A network of Midas PRO9 and PRO6 live audio systems and an analogue XL4 was used at FOH and monitors respectively for the recent PRG LEA German Live Entertainment Awards held at the Frankfurt Festival Hall. The event featured top acts on stage and celebrities on the red carpet. Bandleader James Last was the surprise [...]
UK based specialist automation designer/manufacturer Kinesys has supplied 160 of its new DigiHoist motor controllers to Production Resource Group (PRG). The new units will replace all PRG’s existing motor control stock in the UK, bringing the latest in hoist control technology to the leading lighting rental house, in the process standardising the control platform across [...]
A large Kinesys automation system was specified for the 2010 Eurovision Song contest staged at the Telnor Arena in Oslo on Saturday. The system, comprising 80 Kinesys motors – a mix of 1 tonne and half tonnes, and K2 control – was spec’d by lighting gaffer Richard Gorrod and operated by Ian Macdonald. The equipment [...]
Causing the biggest stir for many years amongst audiences and industry professionals alike with the sheer scale of its design and construction is U2’s current 360° Tour. The now-famous ‘Claw’, designed by the combined talents of Show Architect Mark Fisher and long-time U2 collaborator, Show Designer/Director, Willie Williams, forms a 28m high canopy over one [...]
The spectacular new musical production of Oscar winning Australian movie “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of The Desert” hits London’s West end in style and gorgeousness at the Palace Theatre, together with a grandMA full-size console controlling the moving lighting rig. The show’s lighting design has been created by Nick Schlieper, and the stage adaptation, [...]
