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Ultra Events recently supported the much-anticipated return of pop-folk band Milky Chance to the stage in South Africa. The creative technical supplier provided a complete package, including a D&B Audiotechnik sound system. The performance was held at Green Point A Track Stadium, Cape Town. Part of a three-leg tour in South Africa was produced in collaboration with Breakout Events alongside Rogue Entertainment. Powered by D80 amplifiers, the sound system was based off D&B’s V-Series line array loudspeakers. This included 20 V8s and four V12s, stacked in a left-right configuration on either side of the stage. CAPE TOWN GIG BOOSTED BY V-SERIES
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For the world premiere of One of the Good Ones at the Pasadena Playhouse in southern California, lighting designer Jaymi Lee Smith turned to Elation’s new Proteus Odeon LED profile fixture to fulfil a number of lighting roles. The Odeon, a 30,000-lumen moving head housing a variable CRI LED engine, allowed the designer to find the best blend of intensity and colour accuracy to form onstage lighting while energising the theatre with full-on effects after the final curtain. “The production is a realistic comedy,” explained Smith. “While design as a
whole needed to gently support this story – and not bring conscious attention to itself – I still wanted the lighting design to help play a character within the play. There were moments the light needed to match the energy on stage, but other moments when the lighting needed to create tension.” For One of the Good Ones , Jaymi had six Odeon fixtures at her disposal; three used for an upstage window wall with one unit on a ladder offstage left for the main architectural window and front door, plus two units on a downstage truss over the audience for pickups.
The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts continues to raise the bar for excellence in live entertainment – this time with the newest integration of Clear-Com communication solutions into its prestigious venue. The recent installation of over a dozen Freespeak II beltpacks in the Concert Hall at the centre hopes to significantly advance communications – on top of the 95 other beltpacks already in operation. “We are incredibly proud to support the Kennedy Center in its mission to inspire and enrich audiences through the performing arts,” said Paul Morini, regional sales manager at Clear-Com. From symphony performances to comedy shows and hip-hop concerts, Clear-Com’s communication solutions enable the Kennedy Center to deliver experiences to audience and artist alike. INTERCOM INTEGRATIONS AT JFK CENTER
EUROPALCO TRANSFORMS PORTUGAL’S BIGGEST VENUE Europalco is the largest provider of solutions for events and shows in southern Europe, and its recent transformation of Lisbon’s Meo Arena into a sensory delight for the Generali Tranquilidade annual meeting event was one to remember. The audio-visual equipment supplier implemented an impressive and subst range of AV tech, scenography and furniture, turning the Meo Arena into an immersive sanctuary for the 3000 attendees – including employees and business partners from across the country. One of the highlights was the integration of LED wristbands, synchronised by radio frequency, which changed the colour to reflect the transition of the old green branding of the company to the new Tranquilidade red brand. This extended to the furniture, with 240 tables illuminated and controlled via the lighting desk – perfectly complementing the visual compositions.
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