 RCF Adds to LA Nightlife Scene at No Vacancy
In Hollywood, entrepreneurial brothers Jonnie and Mark Houston are reinventing the nightlife scene from bottle service nightclubs to cocktail-focused themed venues. They currently operate a number of nightspots including the Cuban rum bar ... 
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 Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Washes and VL3500 Spots are "Glastonbury Workhorse Fixtures"
Philips Vari-Lite's VL3500 Washes have once more provided the backbone of Glastonbury's famous Pyramid Stage's versatile house-lighting rig. Glastonbury Festival was held at Worthy Farms, Pilton, UK, June 26-30. ... 
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 Clay Paky Goes for Gold at Mediterranean Games
Istanbul-based event engineering company Phantom has supplied a team of Clay Paky Alpha, A.Leda, and Sharpy fixtures to light the sparkling 2013 Mediterranean Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies. ... 
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 LumenRadio Wireless Control Smokes Vasco Rossi Stadium Tour
Italian fans enjoyed a spectacular display of lights, lasers, and effects at rock legend Vasco Rossi's sold-out stadium tour this year. For maximum visual impact, designer Giovanni Pinna specified 64 of the new Lase-Array systems ... 
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 Alcorn McBride Supports Video Artist Bill Viola's New Show in London
Alcorn McBride's AV Binloop HD players and DVM8500 digital video machines play an artful role in internationally-renowned video artist Bill Viola's new show at the Blain|Southern Gallery in London. Associates in Media Engineering ... 
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 Entec Supplies Portishead Tour Lighting
West London rental company Entec Sound & Light supplied a "specials" package to lighting designer Tony Austin for the latest tour by Portishead, which followed up on shows earlier in the year by the enigmatic and popular band ... 
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 Megavision and PR Lighting Present the 38th Miss Nigeria Pageant
Although only one year old, Mark Osho's Megavision Lighting was contracted to deliver a spectacular set for this year's Miss Nigeria pageant in Lagos -- the 38th edition of this annual event. ... 
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 Gearhouse Splitbeam Supplies Starlight Express in South Africa
Gearhouse Splitbeam was the theatre lighting supplier of choice for the South African production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express at The Mandela, Joburg Theatre in Johannesburg. Produced by the theatre's executive ... 
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 Stampede and InfoComm International to Team Up Again at the Big Book of AV Tour Stop in Denver on August 8
North America's pro AV dealer tour will once again team up with InfoComm International to bring together the best manufacturers and pro AV dealers, when Stampede Presentation Products, Inc. brings the 2013 Big Book of AV Tour ... 
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 PPi Lights Up New Atlanta Ferris Wheel
SkyView Atlanta chose PPi as its production partner in creating the lighting design for Atlanta's new Ferris wheel. As production partner, PPi lent its services to the project by creating a dynamic lighting installation display ... 
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 Power and Color with a Purpose on Smashing Pumpkins
Many times as music tours are being launched the preparation behind them gets left unnoticed. With custom design elements, these tours take months to prepare and the designers must find new and inventive ways to bring the music to life. ... 
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 Chauvet Professional COLORado Paints the Rainbow for PrideFest
Chauvet Professional COLORado fixtures colored a dramatic rainbow on the Civil Courts Building for a PrideFest initiative in downtown Saint Louis, Missouri. Ironman Sound Industries production company of Brentwood, Missouri, ... 
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 Line 6 Speakers Fuel Mike West and The Beatles Down To Earth
Mike West is a California-based acoustic guitarist and vocalist who plays well over 200 shows per year. His current solo show, The Beatles Down To Earth - A Magical History Tour, is drawing rave reviews and ever-growing ... 
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 Bandit Lites Joins the Circus with Cirque Musica and Seth Jackson
Bandit Lites is on the road bringing the elaborate performances of the circus to stages across the country with Cirque Musica. The stage and arena production blends all the wonders under the big top, including acrobats, violinists ... 
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 Adlib Supplies Turnkey Audio Solution to R&B Group
Liverpool-based Adlib's specialist sales and installations division has designed, specified, and supplied an L-Acoustics KIVA system complete with Soundcraft console and line system to Newcastle-based live event ... 
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 Jands Vista Grooves the Moo
Indie pop duo/couple Matt & Kim who hail from Brooklyn, New York, have just toured Australia as part of the Groovin' The Moo festival. Lighting designer Ian Lyles uses a Jands Vista L5 console for the arena, club, and theatre ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Dancing on Nails (Theatre 80)
A pair of improbable, and interlocking, dreams lies at the heart of Dancing on Nails. One: Sam Heisler, the 50-ish proprietor of a Greenwich Village hardware store, falls in love, for the first time in his life, with his ... 
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 Meyer Sound Presents Three Technical Papers on Active Acoustics at Montreal ICA
At the 21st International Congress on Acoustics (ICA) in Montreal, Meyer Sound led three technical paper presentations focusing on the latest advances and applications of active acoustics, a field that has garnered widespread ... 
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 Theatre in Review: The Capables (The Gym at Judson)
The Capables makes a startling impression the instant one enters the theatre. The playing area is covered with mountains of things: flags, stuffed animals, trophies, clocks, artificial flowers, dolls, videotapes, colorfully ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Storyville (York Theatre Company)
You'd think a musical called Storyville might have a better grasp of, well, story. There is enormous potential buried inside this material, but in its current incarnation, it is too scattered, too focused on nonessentials to ... 
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