Originally slated to reopen Leicester’s Curve Theatre as part of a season of socially distanced ‘in-the-round’ shows, Sunset Boulevard in Concert was forced to become a streaming event due to continued lockdowns in the UK. Nevertheless, the technical production continued to be supported by new generation Profile, Spot and Wash lighting from GLP, as originally planned, which now took on an...
The German Sustainability Prize ( Nachhaltigkeitspreis) has been awarded by the Nachhaltigkeitspreis Foundation for the past 13 years, in cooperation with the country’s Federal Government and several public and civil society institutions. Outstanding sustainability achievements in business, municipalities, and research are awarded in several categories. On 3 & 4 December 2020, the prizes were...
The 10 th anniversary edition of the iHeartRadio Music Festival took place recently in Los Angeles. Among the stellar cast was Usher, broadcasting from a red-lit stage. Both his 20 minute set, and the generic lighting rig at the iHeartRadio Theater LA, were studded with GLP fixtures—supplied by locally based Volt Lites and put to work by LD Matt Ardine and programmer Mark Butts. While the generic...
On Wednesday, September 9, the Aktionsbündnis AlarmstufeRot – Initiativen & Verbände der Veranstaltungswirtschaft (Red Alert Action Alliance – Initiatives & Associations of the Event Industry) assembled at a large demonstration in Berlin. No other industry is suffering from the effects of COVID-19 pandemic as persistently and catastrophically as the event industry, with numerous companies having...