Madrid’s iconic Gran Vía metro station was completed last year, with an MA Lighting grandMA3 onPC installed as its lighting control system. The solution, integrated by Stonex, includes grandMA3 onPC software and 2Port Node for lighting control in the main hall and the RGB LED luminaires of the exterior pavilion. The stability of the MA software make complex programming easily manageable for Metro staff. In addition, the ‘agenda’ function makes it possible to establish a lighting design for a specific date and programme repeated settings for special occasions such as Christmas or the Community of Madrid festivities. The system is…
Author: James Robertson
It’s been one year since Pro Media launched its European arm. How has the company grown and developed during this short time? AR: It’s been an incredibly exciting and busy period as we have worked to establish the Pro Media AV name across the UK and overseas, including communicating our unique offer to key consultants and manufacturers. Our income stream has kicked in pretty quickly and remains ahead of plan, meaning that we are able to accelerate our growth plans. You were the second member of staff to be added to the core senior management line up following the appointment…
A large banqueting hall in Los Angeles has installed an extensive new lighting system comprised exclusively of ADJ fixtures. At the heart of the venue’s lighting setup is a huge, illuminated dancefloor comprised of 225 of ADJ’s MDF2 LED-lit panels. This signature feature is complemented by a variety of other lighting fixtures, including LED pars shining on the stage, LED bars downlighting the walls around the hall and moving head beams which fill the space with piercing aerial effects. The Manchester Banquet Hall in Los Angeles, California is a premier event venue used for a wide variety of private gatherings…
Christie has appointed Hideaki Onishi as its new chairman and CEO. With more than 30 years of management experience in various positions within the Ushio, Inc. group – parent company of Christie – Hideaki will lead Christie into its next chapter, replacing Kazuhisa Kamiyama, who has completed his tenure with Christie and is returning to Japan to take up a new role at Ushio headquarters. “It’s a great honour to lead Christie,” said Onishi. “Christie has a proud legacy of continued innovation, in its products, manufacturing, and in its ever-evolving business models. I aim to bring strong leadership and to honour…
London-based Sparks Theatrical (Lighting) Hire have purchased seven Martin MAC Ultra Performance from UK distributors Sound Technology, which have gone straight onto the acclaimed new production of Straight Line Crazy at the influential Bridge Theatre. The Bridge is the first theatre run by London Theatre Company which was founded by Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr back in 2017. The lighting plays a prominent role in the production, lit by fast emerging LD Jessica Hung Han Yun. Said Sparks MD, Paul Anderson, “Because I design and also run a rental company I can see in the field what the designers and…
After teasing attendees at the USITT show early in March with a first peek at the Fuze MAX, Elation Professional is shipping the new full-spectrum LED luminaire. The fixture will see its European debut April 26-29 at the Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt (Hall 12.1, Stands B49, C49). Available in Spot and Profile framing versions, the Fuze MAX has been designed for precision lighting applications such as theater, broadcast and Houses of Worship where a wider chromatic spectrum (including dynamic whites), a full feature set and outstanding quality is required, a specification that rivals 1000W/1200W class discharge fixtures. The…
Matrox Video has appointed David Jones as the company’s new Vice President of Engineering. As part of his new post, Jones will be responsible for providing leadership to the hardware and software engineering teams, shaping the company’s strategic vision, and growing a first-class team to pioneer the next generation of video innovations. Jones brings over 35 years of industry experience to Matrox Video, having held leadership positions at broadcast and entertainment companies such as Autodesk, Grass Valley, LANDR Audio, and LVL Studio and product leadership roles at cloud-based enterprises such as Averna, Element AI, and Lightspeed. “Matrox Video is delighted to…
disguise has launched its latest software release, r21, unlocking improved functionality of its Designer software interface and RenderStream workflows, as well as introducing new tools for managing colour workflows. The release promises enhanced performance of the disguise software for productions across all of disguise’s wide-reaching industry applications, from live shows to virtual productions, broadcasts and fixed installations. Developed throughout the last 20 years as a pioneering solution to previsualise and deliver show stopping concert visuals for some of the world’s biggest artists, disguise has always held its community of users, customers and partners at the heart of its development pipeline. disguise’s award-winning…
Club After Dark is a vibrant new Dinner Drag Decadence supper club/cabaret concept, created by legendary Swedish drag artist and performer Christer Lindarw, a colourful, fun-fuelled extravaganza of music and dance directed and choreographed by Hans Marklund, with music directed by Kent Olsson who is also a co-creator of the show together with Christer and Hans. Staged at the Vasateatern (Vasa Theatre) in Stockholm, the show is lit by Mikael Kratt, who was asked onboard by Hans and producers My Blomgren and Mikael Jernberg, to craft an appropriately spectacular and dynamic lightshow for the evening, which unfolds over three hi-energy…
In 1959, the Wuhan Theatre was the first large theatre built since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Still standing as a prominent historical site today, the 1,459-seat theatre serves as a cultural centre that stages art performances for the local community. Having undergone only a few minor renovations during its sixty-year lifespan, the theatre received a very extensive renovation project in October 2020. The theatre’s management executed some structural repairs, some cosmetic work on the exterior, and upgraded the technical infrastructure. The main hall’s interior received acoustic improvements with a constructed fold-line design on the walls to…
