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Young Frankenstein comes to life with grandMA

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Young Frankenstein is the musical version of the book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, with music and lyrics by Brooks. It is based on the 1974 comedy film of the same name written by Brooks and Gene Wilder and directed by Brooks. It is a parody of the horror film genre, specifically the 1931 Universal Pictures adaptation of Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein” and its 1939 sequel, “Son of … [Read more...]

Kuorosta with Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300

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Clay Paky’s Alpha Beam 300 recently aided a dynamic mix of choir-meets-rock’n’roll at Kuorosota (“Battle of the Choirs”) in Lahti, Finland. The format is similar to a singing contest, although the participants are not what you would expect. If you’re picturing a stoic and formally robed choir singing hymnals, you’re way off. After all, this is Finland. The concept of the program is that choir … [Read more...]

Creativity by design: MA Video Processing Unit

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MA Lighting’s new MA Video Processing Unit (VPU) is especially developed to further extend the MA system by integrating innovative video control. The whole operation relies on MA's well established control philosophy and is therefore as straightforward as possible. Setting up and programming the MA VPU is really time saving. This plug & play solution allows for instant show start. After … [Read more...]

i-Pix BBs for Morrissey

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Lighting designer Max Conwell of Naked Eye has been using 12 i-Pix BB7 beam lights for Morrissey's 2009 "Tour of Refusal". It's the first time he's incorporated these fixtures into one of his touring designs - after initially using them to light the top of the "Gherkin" office building in central London, where the only available power supply was two 13 amp sockets! For Morrissey, he … [Read more...]

grandMA a winner at the Confederation Cup

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Gearhouse South Africa supplied full technical production for the Closing Ceremony of the 2009 FIFA Confederation Cup at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. The spectacular show took place ahead of the Brazil vs USA final, with 53,000 fans watching in the stadium, joined by several million viewers of the live broadcast on SABC 1 and Superchannel 1. Lighting was designed by Hugh Turner, and … [Read more...]