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08 September 2025

UK - As in previous years, a range of fascinating historic lighting and sound equipment is on show, from a Thorn Q-File to a Vari-Lite VL1 to a DHA Pitching Digital Light Curtain to a PanCan to a Revox which those who’ve never had to do it can use to try their hand at old-school manual tape editing!

Classic Gear Live also has a dark area this year, filled with the magic of psychedelic projection using Aldis and Optikinetics projectors – with the ability to try your hand at the magic of liquid light shows, and with theatrical projection with some of the remarkable range of Strand effects discs on show.

Also on show: classic lighting plans, the hand-drawn light plots for such legendary shows as the original Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard and Sweeney Todd, plus stencils and pens if you want

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08 September 2025

UK - Harman Professional Solutions (Stand C22) has introduced its Martin Professional ELP MANET 8f LED Stage and Studio Fresnel. Inspired by Shakespearean theatre and timeless storytelling, it’s innovative design blends classic tungsten warmth with high-efficiency six-colour LED performance. The result is brilliant light, precise colour rendering, and soft-edge projection for versatile stage and studio use.

ELP MANET 8f debuts Martin’s next-generation light engine, featuring six LEDs - red, green, blue, amber, lime, and cyan - to generate a broad, refined colour palette. Boasting near perfect scores of TM-30 Rf of 95 and a CRI of 98, the fixture delivers true-to-life colour throughout the blackbody curve. Its fully linear colour-temperature control, spanning 1,850 K to 12,500 K in 50 K increments, promises consistent, flawless reproduction without sacrif

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08 September 2025

UK - At PLASA 2025, Claypaky will unveil “a groundbreaking innovation in a world premiere: the Arolla Aqua HP”. This product marks a major milestone for the industry and will be revealed for the very first time in London, says Claypaky. Alongside it, they will showcase their latest releases from the past year - innovations that have already achieved major success and international recognition.

Claypaky and Entedi will be hosting a special celebration of Claypaky’s 50th anniversary, taking place on Monday 8 during the show (4.00pm-7.00pm) – “an evening of connection, reflection, and celebration of five decades of innovation with pizza, prosecco, cake and a lot of Italian flair”.

The Arolla Aqua HP is the most powerful fixture in the Arolla Aqua series, designed for lighting professionals who need a versatile, high-performance, all-weather

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08 September 2025

Mexico - Mexico City’s Pepsi Center WTC is a busy multi-use venue located in the World Trade Centre building complex in CDMX’s lively Nápoles neighbourhood – utilised for hosting conferences, trade shows and music concerts. The concerts are all staged in one 8,000 (standing) capacity room, and are usually every weekend, Thursday through Sunday.

The venue, which opened in 2012, has recently invested in new Robe moving lights to enable them to continue offering world-class production values for anyone playing there.

The new lighting package, delivered by Robe’s Mexican distributor Showco, comprised 16 x Fortes, 16 x Spiiders and 16 x MegaPointes, plus two RoboSpot base Stations complete with two Forte FollowSpots.

These latest Robe products – together with other lights – replace the previous ones, which were installed in 2015 and a

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05 September 2025

Germany - On 4 July in the Heinz-von-Heiden-Arena in Hanover, Scorpions celebrated their 60th anniversary under the motto Coming Home, in front of 45,000 spectators, alongside Judas Priest and Alice Cooper. Fans from all over the world travelled to experience the German rockers in the city where it all began.

Manfred Nikitser has been responsible for the band’s visual appearance, as lighting, stage and video content designer, since 2015. For the anniversary show, he created a production design that set the standard for large-scale open-air rock shows: stadium-ready in terms of output and reach, yet precisely tailored to the requirements of a multi-camera recording.

“The unique thing about a stadium show is that the audience in the front row is perhaps three metres from the stage, while the audience in the back is over 100m away – and y

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05 September 2025

USA - Full-service production company Toucan Productions has added Elation’s new Paragon series to its rental fleet, utilising the award-winning LED profile fixtures across concerts, festivals, corporate events, and large-scale branding projects throughout Oklahoma City and beyond.

Toucan CEO Chauncy Harris explained the decision: “They are perfect for any customer that needs flexible and affordable profile fixtures. It is a great product, a versatile solution for a variety of production needs, and with a great price point for our market.”

Toucan first saw the Paragon at the LDI tradeshow last December, where it earned the Best Debuting Product Award. Needing a compact, IP-rated fixture, Toucan arranged a demo for a closer look and eventually invested in the Paragon S model.

“For a rental company, it is built very well and will hold u

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05 September 2025

USA - Halsey’s recent For My Last Trick tour concluded on 6 July. The multi-Grammy winner was intimately involved in creating the look for the 30-city tour - a look that interwove the dramatic expectations of theatre with the raw energy of rock (not to mention a rainbow of colours) so naturally, that its various elements seemed to flow from one another.

“My Last Trick was definitely more theatrical than a typical tour,” said John Featherstone, who worked with his Lightswitch colleagues, Hailey Featherstone and Ignacio (Iggy) Rosenberg on lighting the show. “Given that there were multiple acts, it was important for Halsey and her team that there was a strong differentiation between each stage of the show we were in.

“There are moments of real softness and emotion; raw, vulnerable emotion,” continued Featherstone. “Then

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04 September 2025

UK - Prolight Concepts (UK) has been appointed exclusive UK distributor for ADJ. “With the goal of improving customer service, product availability and delivery efficiency, we are pleased to announce we have been appointed as the new exclusive distribution partner for ADJ in the UK,” says Prolight.

Supplying the industry for nearly 30 years and with a solid reputation, large UK-based warehouse, and experienced sales and customer support, Prolight says it is ideally placed to facilitate smooth distribution of ADJ products across the UK. Effective from Sunday 7 September, Prolight will offer the full ADJ catalogue of entertainment lighting, LED video panels, atmospheric effects, and will also provide after-sales support and service information.

"We are delighted to be appointed as the exclusive distributor for this exceptional brand across the UK,"

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04 September 2025

France - Horse riding show Cadre noir of Saumur took place at the famed seaside resort of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage as part of the Gala of the Squires of the Cadre noir of Saumur.

Highlighting the aesthetic harmony of horses and their riders at the popular event was an elegantly balanced lighting design that relied on the precise performance of 16 Chauvet Professional Maverick Storm 2 Profile projectors supplied by Alive Angers, the technical provider for sound and lighting.

Charley Guitton of Alive Angers served as the project manager of Cadre noir of Saumur, and Esteban Sabatier, lighting console operator for the show who managed all aspects of lighting. 

“We needed IP65 fixtures, given that the shows are held outdoors and there is a lot of dust with the Cadre noir horses, not to mention the potential rain,” sai

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03 September 2025

Canada - More than 25,000 fans descended on Ottawa’s RA Centre Grounds for the 15th annual edition of the Escapade Festival this summer, Canada’s largest outdoor EDM event.

Being relatively far north (450km above Toronto), Ottawa enjoys long summer days. That’s great for people who spend time outdoors, admiring the area’s natural beauty, but for anyone trying to light a major festival featuring stars like The Chainsmokers, Excision, Kaskade, Gryffin, Jessica Audiffred and Liquid Stranger, all that sunlight can present a challenge, especially if you want to serve up the intense, searing looks that their music demands.

The team at Quebec-based Onedot was more than up to the task this summer. They succeeded in setting the stage for evocative looks even during day light hours, thanks to some adroit fixture placement and a carefully curat

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03 September 2025

UK - Visit Obsidian Control Systems together with distributor Live Technology (Stand C22) where lighting control experts will be on hand to showcase the latest innovations. The Obsidian team has been busy with new product developments, software upgrades, and a fresh schedule of training sessions - all designed to keep you at the cutting edge of lighting control.

Obsidian will feature the new NX W, a sleek, portable, and full-featured PC control wing designed to deliver professional-grade Onyx operation via USB-C. Its responsive hardware surface brings the power of Onyx to any PC system, offering lighting operators the tools they need in a compact and intuitive form. From RGB-backlit motorized faders to customisable multi-function buttons, every detail is engineered for speed, precision, and creativity.

Obsidian’s popular and award-winning Netron da

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02 September 2025

Europe - Robert Juliat has announced its major participation in an ambitious investment project led by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, as part of a European programme to renovate the energy efficiency of cultural infrastructures in Belgium. Ten emblematic French-speaking theatres have benefited from the renewal of their lighting systems: Les Tanneurs, La Raffinerie, Le Botanique, Le Varia, Le Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles and Les Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussels, L’Orchestre Philharmonique Royal, Le Manège Fonck and Le Forum in Liège and Le Manège in Mons.

This project enabled the replacement of tungsten lighting with LED solutions, making a strong contribution to the energy transition. To guide the process, end-users were invited to a series of demonstration days to compare the solutions offered by different manufacturers, as well as to a

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02 September 2025

Europe - One of the most successful gatherings to date, Showlight 2025 was welcomed back with open arms as it hosted a record number of delegates in Dijon for three days of lighting, gastronomy and conviviality.

You too can get a taste of what this perennial lighting quadrennial is about with the release of the first two speaker presentation videos from 2025. These can now be viewed on the Showlight website here: www.showlight.org/videos

This month, Brad Schiller and Lucy Carter are featured.

Brad Schiller’s presentation Transforming the Industry: The Promises and Potentials of GDTF covers improving workflows using GDTF and has been the most requested presentation to date, with Showlight delegates citing it as a brilliant demystifying of the intricacies of General Device Type

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02 September 2025

Spain - The Sagunto Roman Theatre, an open-air venue with over 2,000 years of history, has chosen to modernise its stage lighting with nine Ayrton Rivale Profile units, exclusively distributed in Spain by Stonex.

Every summer, this space hosts Sagunt a Escena, a festival that brings together theatre, music, and dance in front of thousands of spectators. Working in such a historic and open-air venue is a challenge: lighting must be powerful enough to cover large distances, resistant to changing weather conditions, and at the same time discreet, so as not to interfere with the aesthetics of the monument.

That’s where Rivale Profile has proven to be the best choice. With its IP65 rating, the fixture is built for outdoor conditions while maintaining a compact design that blends seamlessly into the theatre’s architecture. According to Ramón

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02 September 2025

Europe - Stage Precision has joined the OpenAV Cloud, a global, nonprofit initiative dedicated to building an open, connected audiovisual industry. The OpenAV Cloud fosters interoperability through open APIs and shared protocols, ensuring that AV systems, tools and platforms can communicate seamlessly across brands, disciplines and geographies.

By becoming part of the OpenAV Cloud community, Stage Precision is reinforcing its long-standing mission of delivering customers true freedom of choice, flexibility and system integration without lock-in.

At the heart of this commitment is SP Grid, Stage Precision’s flagship platform for managing and synchronising live data across complex AV workflows. SP Grid acts as a universal data backbone, bridging tracking systems, media servers, lighting desks, automation controllers, and more, so creatives and engine

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02 September 2025

UK - The multi award-winning new musical, The Great Gatsby, which opened at New York’s Broadway Theatre in April 2024, successfully transferred to London’s West End at the London Coliseum in April 2025 for a limited summer run that lasts until 7 September.

Produced by Korean musical producer, Chunsoo Shin and directed by Marc Bruni, The Great Gatsby is set in the American Jazz Age of the 1920s. 

The musical features music by Jason Howland, choreography by Dominique Kelley, book by Kait Kerrigan and lyrics by Nathan Tysen. The scenic and projection design and lighting are handled by the decade-long collaborative partnership of Paul Tate dePoo III and lighting designer, Cory Pattak.

Pattak talks to PRG UK, the lighting, control and atmosphere supplier for the London production, about his inspirations and vision for the

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02 September 2025

UK - Robe will have a big presence at PLASA Show 2025 - on stand A70 - and will be launching six new products – T3 Profile, iPAINTE LTM, SVOPATT Classic, Footsie1 MC and Footsie2 MC plus the new PowerDolly.

These will be available in one of the demo theatres for interested parties to see up close and to receive detailed demonstrations.

A new expo cycle live performance concept show Excalibur will also be premiered. This will be ‘full of cool, high-impact surprises and gravity-defying performance thrills from acrobat Oskar Skrypko… plus surprise guests’.

Produced by Robe’s in-house creative team, Excalibur will riff on the delight and drama of Arthurian legends – complete with the ‘lights of the round table’ and the magical sword … all with a contemporary twist and a specially compiled soundtrack, capitalisi

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02 September 2025

UK - ETC is gearing up for the PLASA Show at Olympia London, bringing new seminars and a showcase of its latest innovations - many of which were launched this year as part of ETC’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

As part of the commemoration, ETC will be celebrating its 50th anniversary at its new building in Greenford, London, following the second day of the PLASA Show. Attendees are encouraged to visit stand B29 during the show to learn more about the celebrations and ETC’s latest product offerings.

On the show floor, visitors to the ETC stand can explore a wide range of new technologies, including the recently launched F-Drive RX centralized LED driver system, the next-generation Hog consoles, and the latest ETC luminaires and automated fixtures.

The F-Drive RX offers a powerful, centralized approach to LED driver management, simplifyin

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02 September 2025

UK - The Adam Hall Group will be presenting the latest products from its Cameo and LD Systems brands at stand B22 in the Olympia Exhibition Centre. The focus will be on highlights such as the Cameo P6 LED profile spotlight and the powerful LD Systems ICOA Pro PA speaker series.

Visitors to the show with an AV focus can also find out about the extensive installation solutions from Adam Hall Integrated Systems. In addition, the PLASA Show marks the launch of the Adam Hall Group's new UK Show Space.

From compact IP65-rated outdoor moving lights to LED profilers for theatre and TV, from robust professional compact PA systems to slimline Dante installation subwoofers – the range of event technology and installation solutions that Adam Hall Group brought to the PLASA Show in London has never been more diverse. Visitors to the show can get a comprehensive

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02 September 2025

UK - Avolites will have a prominent presence at PLASA Show 2025 next week, on Stand C28, where it will be next door to Robe lighting in what is likely to be one of the busiest areas of the exhibition floor.

A major focus will be on its freshly-launched new range of D-Series control consoles – the D3 – uniting power, performance and portability in a family of five compact, stylish and fully-featured packages.

The D3 family has been developed for a world constantly on the move, underlining a new and innovative approach from Avolites since becoming ‘A Robe Business’ at the end of 2023.

Smart design, robust engineering and expedient sizing are at the heart of the D3 series philosophy.

The D3-010, D3-110, D3 Wing, D3 Core and D3 Touch are all powered by Avolites’ Titan software, offering cost-efficient, intuitive programming and

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01 September 2025

The Netherlands - Soenda Outdoor 2025 once again proved why it’s one of the Netherlands’ leading electronic music festivals, delivering a memorable experience to thousands of visitors. With exactly 512 fixtures from Showtec and Infinity deployed across the festival grounds, Highlite International helped bring the magic to life.

In a remarkable coincidence, exactly 512 Highlite fixtures were deployed across the festival’s three main areas - Java, Komodo, and Timor. The number 512 holds special significance in the lighting industry, representing the number of channels in a single DMX universe. This symbolic alignment and the efforts of all involved made Soenda Outdoor 2025 into a spectacular production.

The Java stage featured a vibrant mix of colour and intensity, brought to life by 100 Showtec Spectral M800 Q4 PARs and 124 Sho

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01 September 2025

USA - An array of Claypaky Arolla Profile MPs and HY B-EYE K25 Teatros illuminates Bob Marley Hope Road, a musical journey through settings inspired by the pioneer reggae artist.

Located in the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Bob Marley Hope Road features three attraction modes. By day, the Bob Marley Hope Road Experience offers an array of digital and analogue spaces for visitors to explore at their own pace. They can tour the streets of Trench Town, mix a track at the Tuff Gong studio, watch rare concert footage and move to the beat in a Jamaican Dance Hall while listening to the recordings that made history. 

At night, the venue comes alive with a 75-minute guided show in which visitors follow the cast from scene to scene, standing in the heart of the action as singers and dancers perform just feet away.

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01 September 2025

Belgium - Tomorrowland 2025 in Boom started with a bang, but not on a musical level: just a few days before the festival was due to begin, a major fire destroyed the Main Stage. Organisers, technical partners and crews erected a new stage within just 24 hours, which became an impressive example of the resilience and cooperation in the event industry – and symbolised the festival motto Live Today. Love Tomorrow. Unite Forever. Also on board were over 260 Cameo outdoor lights, which provided large and small lighting productions on several festival stages, despite the time pressure and difficult conditions.

PRG BeNeFra was responsible for the lighting design and rigging on the Main Stage. “It was a shock,” recalls managing director Peter Robberechts, remembering the moment the fire broke out. “But as soon as it was clear that no one wa

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01 September 2025

USA - Country star Megan Moroney has launched her much-anticipated 2025 tour, featuring a bold and theatrical production designed by Cort Lawrence of Raw Cereal, powered by Bandit Lites.

“Megan Moroney’s 2025 tour embraces the bold and emotional Am I Okay blue, with creative direction from CeCe Dawson setting the tone for a show full of sparkle, glam, and surprises,” shared Lawrence. “I designed the production and lighting to reflect that spirit and highlight the connection Megan brings to her fans.”

The production features an 8ft-tall set with two winding staircases lined with Martin VDO Sceptrons and topped with custom heart pieces that add theatrical flair and create unforgettable moments. A hidden centre reveal delivers one of the tour’s most dramatic visuals, silhouetting Moroney with a Martin Mac Viper in front of a massive