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24 September 2025

Greece - Petros Iakovidis performed at the Oinoforos Estate’s music festival in Mytilene on the Adriatic Coast as part of the singer and multi-instrumentalist’s 2025 summer tour.

The deeply evocative and ever-changing lighting design was by Konstantinos Ntovas and ran on a ChamSys MagicQ MQ250M Stadium console.

“My intention was to enrich the overall setup by adding LED screen columns and playing with both the height and the depth of the stage,” said Konstantinos, who configured his stage on three levels that had half-metre columns varying in height (1.6, 1.8 and 2 metres).

“Each of my columns was positioned slightly in front of the other, creating a layered effect,” he explained. “The content that ran on them was quite dynamic - things like descending lighting effects, particle lines, and other visuals that complemented the ene

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24 September 2025

Slovenia - The national television broadcaster RTV Slovenia recently completed a major studio lighting upgrade, installing Elation KL Series fixtures in its newly redesigned Studio 3 in Ljubljana. The project marks a milestone for Elation’s presence in the Slovenian broadcast market.

The installation, delivered by Elation’s local distribution partner Sync AV earlier in the year and integrated by KSL Sound and Light Studio, includes 24 KL Panel LED softlights and 29 pole-operated KL Fresnel 6 CW PO LED wash lights.

To ensure the best possible match for the broadcaster’s needs, Sync AV presented the Elation products in live demos and competitive shootouts, testing them directly in the studio environment.

Sync provided Elation units for extended on-site testing, allowing the broadcaster to experience their output, versatility, and build fi

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24 September 2025

South Africa - PartyBros, a company founded in 2022 by brothers Emil and Etienne van Heerden, has recently launched its corporate division, EVH Events. Building on their experience in the events industry, EVH focuses on delivering high-end solutions for large-scale and corporate events.

The company has invested in an Absen NT3.9W LED screen consisting of 120 panels, Prolyte trussing for structural support, and ADJ Focus Beam and Focus Flex units from DWR Distribution.

Emil is the older brother, and directly after school, he took a gap year. Then COVID hit. “We went on another gap year together - Etienne’s first and my second - and travelled to Nepal for three months,” says Emil. “When we came back, we considered studying, but everything was online, so we didn’t see the point of studying from home.”

“My dad asked me if I wanted t

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23 September 2025

UK - Drawing an international audience, PLASA Show 2025 transformed Olympia London’s Grand Hall into a hub of live entertainment technology from 7-9 September. Welcoming over 30 new exhibitors, and with a focus on sustainability, skills and the people behind entertainment technology, this year’s show welcomed a 2.6% increase in overall attendance despite severe train strikes that challenged travel across the capital. 

The surge in international visitors and the record number of students in attendance highlight how the industry continues to broaden its horizons and attract fresh talent, says the show’s organiser.

A growing, international audience

According to PLASA, visitor numbers rose by 14% on the opening day and 5% on day two, with 11.3% of total attendees arriving from overseas, marking a 24% increase on last year

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23 September 2025

UK - Academy Music Group (AMG) has revealed a major investment at its West London venue, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. These recent improvements are the latest in a continuous programme of upgrades planned by the company to ensure its venues are at the forefront of the industry.

The historic building, which was designed by renowned architect Frank Matcham and opened in 1903, has been entertaining audiences for over 120 years and this summer has undergone a comprehensive technical upgrade, transforming the venue's audio capabilities and updating the venue’s lighting - while preserving the architectural integrity and remaining sensitive to the backdrop of performances and arguably one the most well-known theatres in the UK.

Partnering with Adlib, the installation of a d&b audiotechnik system has been designed to work with and respect the historica

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23 September 2025

UK - The Adam Hall Group is continuing to drive its international availability for partners, customers and interested users. With the new complex in Derby, the event technology provider headquartered in Neu-Anspach, Hesse, is opening its next showroom.

Customers from the UK will have the opportunity to experience the extensive product solutions of the Adam Hall Group brands in detail on site and test them hands-on. The opening ceremony will take place on 30 September 2025, followed by the first open days starting on 2 October.

The new UK Show Space comprises around 100 m2 of exhibition space and is located in Unit 5 of the North Edge Business Park in Derby. The strategically chosen location is centrally located in England, making it easily accessible for all interested parties from the UK.

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23 September 2025

USA - Staten Island’s landmark St. George Theatre performing arts venue recently invested in 33 Ayrton Khamsin fixtures and 11 Ayrton Huracán Washes for its latest equipment upgrade. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting fixtures in North America.

The 1,900-seat St. George Theatre opened in 1929 as a movie and vaudeville house whose interior, in a mix of Spanish and Italian Baroque styles, rivalled many Broadway theatres. It was renovated in 2004 and has been hosting educational programmes, architectural tours, television and film shoots, concerts, comedy, Broadway touring companies and children's shows and is noted for its acoustics.

The theatre’s most recent upgrade, to replace outdated lighting fixtures, saw 15 Ayrton Khamsin units mounted on the FOH truss and 16 Khamsins spread on the third and fourth electric and

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23 September 2025

South Africa - Robe LEDBeam 150s are proving a good match for Cape Town’s Baxter Theatre, where they are in use nearly every day, providing powerful, flexible and handy lighting solutions for all types of performance.

The Baxter Theatre has five performance spaces plus a garden, which is also used for shows, and is located in Cape Town’s Rondebosch suburb on the edge of the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus. It is the second largest performing arts venue in the city – after the Artscape Theatre Centre – and has a vibrant programme embracing thought-provoking drama, dance, music and many other genres of live theatre and performance.

Purchasing the new Robe fixtures – supplied by the Cape Town branch of Robe’s distributor DWR – followed a decision by their five technical crew and the venue’s production manager, Marisa Steenkamp.

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23 September 2025

Serbia - Inovations, the Belgrade-based production company, has recently taken stock of a number of Dalis Access 863 150W LED cyclorama lights.

Inovations has been successfully engaged in the technical production of events in Serbia for close to 20 years. When looking to upgrade its range of lighting equipment, the team reached out to Light and Sound Design, Robert Juliat’s exclusive distributor for the Balkans region, for recommendations on how to bring its inventory up to date and elevate the visual identity of its events to an even higher level.

After detailed consultations and testing in LSD’s massive showroom, the team decided to invest in 12 units of Robert Juliat Dalis Access 863.

Dalis Access 863 shares all the technology of the original award-winning Dalis 860 cyclorama fixture on a smaller scale, featuring a four-colour mixing s

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23 September 2025

Europe - tarm Professionals Luminaires has unveiled the Revolt, a new hybrid moving head featuring a white-light laser source capable of producing ‘razor-sharp beams over vast distances or a broad, uniform wash effect’. The fixture boasts an IP66 rating, making it suitable for outdoor applications.

The tarm Revolt achieves an impressive 1.15m lux at a distance of 20m. The motorised zoom covers a range from 0.38° to 12.5° (wash effect up to 40°), ensuring high visibility for long-throw applications at large outdoor festivals or creating immersive wash effects on theatre stages.

Colour mixing in the tarm Revolt is achieved through a full CMY system. It is further enhanced by colour wheels offering a total of 17 colours plus white, four multi-colour filters, and a gradual CTO filter. For gobo projection, the Revolt is equipped with two gobo wheel

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22 September 2025

USA - There is a common thread running through dance and lighting design, two art forms that rely on movement to tell stories and convey emotions. This connection is evident in the design that Matthieu Larivée and the team at Lüz Studio created for Jason Aldean’s 31-city Full Throttle Tour, which began 23 May and concludes 4 October at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach.

Working with a rig from Bandit Lites, Larivée and his colleagues deftly moved video and lighting elements through carefully choreographed steps that would do any ballet company proud. Virtually every design element in this production was in motion at one point or another, from the Chauvet Professional Colorado PXL Curves, which Larivée said “waltzed slowly to the music” in three songs, to the 49 x 19ft upstage video wall, as well as panels on the 52 x 3ft

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22 September 2025

USA - ADJ’s flexible Jolt Panel FX has been utilised throughout the summer for the Music in the Mountains concert series in Big Sky, Montana. Supplied by production company Jereco Studios, 12 of the fixtures served a pivotal role in the house lighting rig for the summer-long event. Each week they were used extensively to generate bold colour washes as well as engaging ‘eye candy’ effects for the visiting performers.

For more than a decade, Music in the Mountains has offered free outdoor concerts to both locals and visitors to Big Sky. Organised by the Arts Council of Big Sky, it features up-and-coming touring musicians as well as established artists. The shows take place in Len Hill Park every Thursday from late June through early September, culminating in a special Metal in the Mountains concert to close the season.

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22 September 2025

USA/Europe - The family of architectural luminaires from ETC now includes three new brighter display fixtures: the Irideon FPZ Plus, Irideon WLZ Plus, and Source Four Mini LED Plus. With new control options and a dramatic increase in lumen output, each becomes suitable for museums, lobbies, and retail environments alike.

These Plus luminaires reintroduce the ability to mount ETC fixtures on 230 V track, this time using the DALI control protocol and adapters compatible with OneTrack by EUTRAC.

The Irideon Framing Projector Zoom (FPZ) Plus features a 25-50° beam spread and impressive optics. With an output of up to 1600 lumens, this fixture is notably brighter than its standard predecessor. FPZ Plus is available with DMX or DALI control, and is compatible with F-Drive, ETC’s centralized remote driver system. This luminaire is available in 2700K, 300

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19 September 2025

UK - Robe enjoyed a ‘fantastic’ PLASA London expo at Olympia which continues to expand, create more buzz and attract a dynamic cross-section of the industry.

Robe and all its brands – Avolites, Anolis, LSC Control Systems and Artistic Licence – took up the largest footprint on the show floor, revealing a spectacular new live expo show Excalibur & the Lights of the Round Table which included two talented dancers, acrobat Oskar Skrypko, and Pauline, a 2.6-ton industrial robot all right at the centre of the action.

The Czech Republic-based manufacturer used this opportunity to launch six versatile new LED lighting products – T3 Profile, iPainte LTM, SVOPATT Classic, Footsie1 MC and Footsie2 MC, plus the PowerDolly, which is ‘a highly practical innovation that the world of ‘festival specials’ and touring floor packages has be

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19 September 2025

Belgium - Change was the order of the day at the 2025 edition of Hype’O Dream. In addition to moving its schedule up a month earlier, the renowned dance festival had live band performances on stage for the first time in its 11-year history. The festival featured dance bands like Regi, The Subs and Compact Disk Dummies.

The festival organiser’s goal was to be true to their event’s original dance DNA. They accomplished this in no uncertain terms. The 2025 edition of Hype’O Dream celebrated its dance festival roots in style with kinetic lighting and production design from John&Jane - Premium Technical Event Support that featured 266 Chauvet Professional fixtures.

The festival’s main stage, which rose in steps until it reached its towering centre apex, created an inspiring cathedral-like setting that lent itself to an elec

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19 September 2025

USA - 4Wall Entertainment has made a significant investment in Elation’s Paragon series, adding hundreds of Paragon S and Paragon M LED profile luminaires to its rental inventory across multiple US locations.

According to Wes Bailey, CEO at 4Wall, the Paragon’s compact size and host of innovative features were decisive factors. “Paragon S fills a valuable need for us due to its compact size and wide feature set. The fact that it's also IP54 rated made purchasing these an easy decision.”

Bailey also highlights the fixture’s variable CRI engine, multiple front lens choices, and ultra-quiet mode as significant advantages. “Previously, there were few options in this field that had these offerings. You would have to pick and choose what features were important to you and what you were willing to give up. Having these features all in one fixtur

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18 September 2025

USA/Canada - Since 2020, Pharos Architectural Controls solutions have been pivotal in the control of lighting at Niagara Falls. More recently, and to celebrate 100 years of illuminating the world-famous landmark – culminating in a special event between 12 and 14 September – additional solutions from Pharos have been used.

Throughout 2025, the Niagara Falls Illumination Board (NFIB) has been marking its centennial anniversary – a milestone that commemorates 100 years since the Falls first became lit every evening. These nightly illuminations are used not only to add a majestic visual to the intense power of the water, but also to honour global causes, notable calendar events and cultural moments.

The celebrations have included a large event in June to commemorate the first lighting of Niagara Falls with timed fireworks, and other activities thro

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18 September 2025

Germany - In the heart of Kempten, one of Germany’s oldest towns, the historic Kornhaus building stands as a testament to Kempten’s rich heritage. The building recently underwent a significant renovation across six floors to transform it into a modern cultural and event hub for Kempten. At the centre of this ambitious transformation was the design challenge of integrating modern lighting and sound technology without compromising the building's timeless character. Kscape’s RAIL integrated lighting and audio system proved to be a sound solution.

In collaboration with stakeholders, including integrators Zeiler Technik and distributors Medialantic and Musik Lenz, ABT Elektroplanung played a central role in the Kornhaus renovation. As the project evolved, Ulf Klüpfel of ABT Elektroplanung took on the role of consultant, overseeing the design and integratio

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18 September 2025

USA - Dave Quinn is lighting designer for Dark Star Orchestra, the Grateful Dead tribute band that has been touring globally for the past 25 years and has performed with original Dead members Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann.

Like the band his client celebrates, Quinn tends to follow a minimalistic path that leads him to some endlessly deep and transformative possibilities that are anything but ‘simple’. This was evident from the moment the band kicked off their recently completed 21-city summer tour at Portland, Maine’s Thompson’s Point.

Working with a rig featuring 20 Chauvet Professional fixtures and no video wall at the sprawling venue, he conjured up some powerfully intriguing looks that drew people further into his client’s magical musical mix.

Dipping into his big creative bag of nuanced tricks, Quinn altered the appearance and

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17 September 2025

UK - Longborough Festival Opera in the Cotswolds is renowned for its intimate setting, visionary programming, and commitment to artistic excellence. This season featured four ambitious new productions: Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Dido and Aeneas, Pelléas et Mélisande, and Wahnfried: The Birth of the Wagner Cult.

Working in close collaboration with lighting designer Peter Small, the festival marked a significant milestone this year, as he became the first designer to light the entire season, bringing a unified creative vision to a diverse repertoire. Peter then approached White Light (WL), a d&b solutions company, to supply his lighting rig for the full season.

Peter’s approach was rooted in delivering quality and consistency across a technically demanding schedule. Each production presented different

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17 September 2025

Germany - The much-anticipated world premiere of the new Audi Q3 took place on 16 June at the Audi Forum in Ingolstadt, where lighting designer Chris Moylan of Sunrise Studios delivered a striking design using Elation’s Proteus and Pulse series fixtures, a look that matched the buzz of the premiere.

The unveiling, staged outdoors on the Audi Piazza, blended architectural elements with high-impact visual effects, creating a fittingly vibrant atmosphere for guests, employees, and media. Featuring a centre stage area encircled by a driving track with a ‘container city’ in each corner, the audience viewed the reveal from each side, as well as from the centre facing outwards. Moylan created a lighting concept that both framed the open-air architecture and delivered the spectacle necessary to showcase Audi’s latest models, with the new Q3 being the centrep

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16 September 2025

Czech Republic - Czech rental company High Lite Touring supplied 50 x Robe MegaPointe moving lights for the main Love Stage at the 2025 Beats for Love festival, currently the largest electronic dance music festival in central Europe, staged annually at Ostrava in the Czech Republic at the former Dolní Vítkovice steelworks.

This year’s event saw a diverse line-up creating some high energy in this setting, steeped in industrial atmosphere.

The Love Stage design was a tightly co-ordinated collab between the festival’s creative team and High Lite Touring, with a lighting design by Václav Olšar from High Lite Touring. Impressive décor and multiple LED screens were integrated into this visual environment, providing a spectacular centrepiece for the event.

When it came to lighting, there was some input from visiting artists, but V

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16 September 2025

UK - URSA is well known in the film and TV industries, with a decade of experience in developing comfortable and robust solutions for body worn technology. In 2025, the company celebrates 10 years of trading with its new products specifically designed to address the special needs of theatre. The Tracker Pouch is an integral part of the range and was developed in collaboration with key zactrack team members.

Based in Austria, zactrack develops automated tracking solutions for a wide range of applications. Its mini, SMART, and PRO product lines provide precise tracking for lighting, audio, video, and camera systems. Outputting data in familiar formats such as DMX, OSC, and PSN, zactrack ensures pinpoint accuracy with low-latency performance across all major network protocols.

The Tracker Pouches are made for all zactrack trackers and are sold in packs

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16 September 2025

UK - LDR – Luci Della Ribalta – was once again prominent at this year’s PLASA Show in London, thanks to the invaluable professional support of its distributors, GoboPlus and Prolight Concepts UK, who showcased the range of followspots that have established the company.

“Our brand has been known and appreciated in the UK for many years, thanks to the continuous work of our distributors who bring our products into the most prestigious projects and dedicate themselves with passion to training within the professional lighting industry,” says Lisa Papi, managing director of LDR.

Luci Della Ribalta remains one of the few companies designing and manufacturing high-performance manual followspots, boasting the widest global range of LED-powered models, with the Astro 600 quickly becoming a market benchmark. Alongside these, the company continues to