This years PLASA Show will see Philips Selecon LED luminaires participate in the Society of Television Lighting Designers (STLD) LED fixture shoot out on Stand 1F-60. The event promises to be an exciting interactive, hands-on, head-to-head showdown where PLASA show visitors can experience first hand why the Philips Selecon PL1, PL3 and PLTR2 RGBAW (ColorBlaze) luminaires are the LED product of … [Read more...]
grandMA2 accompanies Will Young’s “Greatest Hits” Tour
Glen Johnson of i-Lite Ltd, Set and Lighting Designer for the current Will Young's “Greatest Hits” UK and Irish tour, is using 2 x grandMA2 light consoles to run the show's lighting. The two are networked together, with the first used as the main console, and the second running in full tracking backup. Johnson has used the grandMA2 light on a number of other tours and events this year, … [Read more...]
Tracy Chapman world tour goes to grandMA2
The current Tracy Chapman tour lightshow has been re-programmed on to the new grandMA2 platform for its European and US legs. The show - which has been out since last year and is reaching its final stages - is designed by UK-based Paul Normandale. It was originally programmed onto a grandMA full-size by Canadian Lighting Director/Operator Graeme Nichol. Due to other commitments, he couldn't work … [Read more...]
Divine Sister Act arrived in the West End
May 7th saw the London debut of the new musical Sister Act, based on the hit film of the same name. Produced by Whoopi Goldberg, who starred in the film, along with Stage Entertainments, the show features a new score by acclaimed composer Alan Menken, the man behind such hit shows as Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and many others. Directed by Peter Schneider, … [Read more...]
