 Nominations for 2013 Olivier Awards Announced
The 2013 Olivier Awards nominees have been announced. The awards will be presented at the Royal Opera House April 28, hosted by Hugh Bonneville and Sheridan Smith. They will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 at 6:30pm, with a ... 
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 Christie Lites Adds 1,000 Platinum Beam 5Rs to Rental Inventory
Christie Lites has purchased 1,000 Elation Professional Platinum Beam 5Rs for its rental inventory. The high output ACL beam moving heads will be made available to Christie's client base of lighting professionals from the ... 
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 Bandit Lites Launches BanditBuys.com for New and Used Gear
Bandit Lites announces the launch of its new e-commerce website BanditBuys.com. The new site (www.banditbuys.com) will feature used and new gear for sale, including lamps, fixtures, consoles, effects, and foggers. ... 
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 Chauvet Professional Shows Off Fixtures at Prolight + Sound
Chauvet, a manufacturer of professional lighting, will display an assortment of fixtures in stand 11-B27, at Prolight + Sound 2013 International trade show, set for April 10-13. In addition to a selection of new luminaires, ... 
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 L-Acoustics deploys the KSE Accreditation Program for L-Acoustics System Technicians
Since the introduction of the K Systems Standard in 2008, L-Acoustics has trained over 2,200 technicians in over 270 training sessions worldwide. L-Acoustics would like to recognize this accumulated field experience in the trade ... 
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 Whistler Conference Centre Extends Partnership with Audio Visual Provider AVW-TELAV
AVW-TELAV announces it has been renamed the official supplier of audio visual equipment and simultaneous interpretation services for the Whistler Conference Centre, in Whistler, BC Canada, effective April 1, 2013. AVW-TELAV has been ... 
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 Theatre in Review: The Mound Builders (Pershing Square Signature Theatre Center)
Theatregoers are getting a crash course in Lanford Wilson this season. Roundabout Theatre Company is offering Talley's Folly, his masterpiece in miniature and one of the two or three plays by which he will take his place in ... 
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 PLASA CEO to Appear Before Select Committee in House of Commons
Today, Tuesday, March 26, PLASA CEO Matthew Griffiths appeared alongside members of the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony creative team to represent the entertainment and installation technology industries before the ... 
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 Hemsley Program Announces New Mentorship Initiative
The Hemsley Lighting Programs announces a new initiative, The Hemsley Mentorship Program. The program will provide grants of up to $5,000 to lighting students or recent graduates of a professional lighting degree program to ... 
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 Association of Lighting Designers Reorganizes
Following a deep strategic review in mid-2011, the ALD is changing and growing with greater focus on member benefits, public, and industry engagement. A significant investment in resource has already been made consisting of a new ... 
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 Desmond Heeley to Receive the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatrical Design
Three-time Tony award-winning costume and scenic designer Desmond Heeley is among the 2013 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards recipients. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Friday, May 3, at 6:30pm, at the Hudson Theatre (145 ... 
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 d&b audiotechnik Shows New Products at USITT
It's only right and proper that d&b audiotechnik should feel a special warmth for the USITT Conference & Stage Expo recently held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: "Any town that has a famous song about beer is okay with us," said d&b ... 
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 Clear-Com Presents USITT Stage Management Award to University of North Carolina Student
Clear-Com, a manufacturer of critical voice communications systems, continues to demonstrate its dedication to the live sound industry through its ongoing support of the USITT (United States Institute for Theater Technology) ... 
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 MPM Latest to Add to Their Inventory of Adamson E15s
MPM is already the largest carrier of Adamson products in France and their long standing relationship is set to grow again. They've recently announced that they will continue to expand their existing inventory with the ... 
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 Roscolux 359 Makes a Difference to Behind the Scenes Grantees
Rosco Laboratories and The ESTA Foundation announce the fifth annual presentation by Rosco of the royalty check from the sales of Roscolux 359 Medium Violet to Behind the Scenes, the charity that assistants ... 
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 Rose Brand Announces the Winner of the Rose Brand Scenic Design Scholarship
Rose Brand announced Natalie Khuen as the winner of the Rose Brand Scholarship at USITT. Natalie studies theatre design at the University of California in San Diego. She is described by her design professor as having ... 
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 Tekamaki Becomes the First d3 Studio in California
d3 Technologies announces San Carlos, California-based rental and staging company Tekamaki has signed up to become the latest d3 studio. With a client base ranging from NASA to Nintendo and Electronic Arts to Google, Tekamaki ... 
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 Artistic Licence Engineering at PLASA Focus: Leeds
Artistic Licence, supplier of architectural lighting control and data distribution, will be bringing their latest innovations to PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013 at the Royal Armouries New Dock Hall in stand N-D13. ... 
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 The Week in Review
Rosco Buys GAM: We don't usually get such surprises at the USITT Conference and Stage Expo, but this one was a doozy: On Thursday, March 21, the first day of the show, it was announced that Rosco had signed an agreement to acquire ... 
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 David Guetta Kicks the Beat, Adamson E15s Deliver the Punch
David Guetta has sold over six million albums worldwide, so it is no surprise that he can fill an arena anywhere in the world. On March 8 he did just that, as he packed more than 60,000 excited fans into Estadio Azteca for the ... 
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