In keeping with Galileo’s lifetime preoccupation with circles, ellipses and their spatial movement, the Young Vic’s recent interpretation of Bertolt Brecht’s Life of Galileo was also staged in-the-round. Central to the sound design by Tom Gibbons and associate sound designer Dan Balfour was a TiMax SoundHub processor, which provided a uniquely powerful platform for rendering immersive three-dimensional spatialisation of multi-layered sound effects and high-energy music beds, the latter specially-commissioned from one half of The Chemical Brothers, Tom Rowlands.

As part of the Warsaw Mozart Festival, which has been running for more than 20 years, lighting designer Adam Tyszka this year took on responsibility for an open air performance of the W. A. Mozart opera “The Magic Flute”. This opera took place in the courtyard of the 17th century Museum of King Jan III Palace at Wilanow, thus using the prestigious façade as a beautiful backdrop for lighting and video creativity.

It’s a July 4th tradition: the “Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular” at the Edward A. Hatch Memorial Shell on the Esplanade along the banks of the Charles River in Boston.  The celebrated orchestra, under the direction of Conductor Keith Lockhart, is one of the biggest annual outdoor concerts in the world.  This year Michael Berger of LA-based Full Flood, Inc., utilized Claypaky Scenius Unico and Mythos 2 fixtures, supplied by 4Wall, to support the production.  ACT Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Claypaky in North America.
 

The State Theatre Wiesbaden has placed its trust in Stage Tec equipment for many years. Four CANTUS, the first generation of Stage Tec digital mixing consoles, were installed in 2001/2002 as well as an extensive NEXUS network. In view of the excellent track record with Stage Tec equipment, the theatre is now replacing its CANTUS consoles with the latest generation of mixing consoles, the AURUS Platinum. For maximum performance the consoles are equipped with the new Platinum DSP unit. The NEXUS network has also been upgraded to meet the increased requirements. In total, three of the State Theatre's venues now possess five AURUS Platinum consoles, three NEXUS STAR routers and 17 NEXUS Base Devices.

I’ve always liked the video game industry just not playing them because … oh look, there goes a bunny rabbit.
 
The market is basically broken down into three segments:
-        Consoles
-        Computer
-        Mobile device (phone)
 
Lump them together and sales (hardware/software/service) should produce about $90B in sales this year and climb to $120B by 2018, according to Juniper Research.
 
That’s more than the M&E (media and entertainment) industry!

More than 400,000 spectators gathered on Paris’ Champs de Mars for the 14th July La Fête Nationale (Bastille Day) public holiday. Marking the culmination of the French Revolution in 1789, and signaling the rise of France as a nation, the crowd assembled at the foot of the Eiffel Tower for a performance of Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” by 250 musicians from the National Orchestra of France and of the Radio France Choir. TV viewers and radio listeners in France and beyond joined the assembled tourists and local residents to listen to the music and watch the firework display that followed.

Entertainment engineering specialist WIcreations specified and fabricated two large and spectacular set pieces – a water fountain and a Tree of Life - for the highly acclaimed Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games, a multi-national, multi-sport event staged in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 22 May 2017. WI’s team, project managed by Yves Vervloet, was working for Betty Productions Ltd. who co-ordinated all the creative and technical production elements for the ceremonies on behalf of the Islamic Games Operations Committee.

With the yearly TV show “Criança Esperança” (Child Hope) Brazil’s biggest TV channel TV Globo collects funds to support social projects assisting children’s development across the whole country. This project started in 1986 and has to date collected over 200 million Reals (100 million USD).

Live concerts with a quick change over of acts are the sound engineer’snightmare. Dealing with hundreds of channels is enough of a challenge withoutworrying if essential parts of your recording chain might fail. Floating Earth provided the sound facilitiesfor the Jubilee Concert and Pyramix was the natural choice to deal with keyparts of the signal chain.

Over 20 hugely talented artists including Queen + Adam Lambert, Olivia Newton-John, John Farnham, Alice Cooper, Delta Goodrem, 5 Seconds of Summer, Tina Arena, Ronan Keating, Hill Top Hoods, Amy Shark, k. d. lang and many more entertained 75,000 music fans – and a worldwide TV audience – all helping Fire Fight Australia raise over A$10 Million for bushfire relief during an emotionally charged, high energy day of performance at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium.

Bristol UK based lighting and video rental specialist Fineline is very proud to have been the LED screen supplier for the 2018 Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) shows at the Royal Albert Hall, which has seen another series of show-stopping performances and unique collaborations which help raise awareness and funds for the charity.

Bristol based lighting and visuals rental specialist Fineline supplied lighting, LED side screens complete with new bespoke supporting structures and an IMAG camera package for Warwick Castle’s 1100th Anniversary Summer Proms Spectacular - a music, fireworks and pyro extravaganza to celebrate the founding of the Castle.

Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (Glasto to regulars), arguably the world’s best known and highest profile festival presented another fantastically diverse melting pot of music, performance, entertainment, culture and fun from around the globe descending on the massive Worthy Farm site at Pilton in Somerset.

One of the biggest festivals in France, and unrivalled in its setting, Festival de Carcassonne attracts crowds of more than 200,000 every year. The UNESCO World Heritage Site, La Cité de Carcassonne, is a spectacle of its own accord, but throw in 120 different shows throughout the month of July, including many national and international artists, and you’ll find this event is like no other.

Global Wings for Life World Runners, walkers and rollers have run to the moon and back eight-plus times since 2014 so who better to ask than NASA and ESA scientists about how space's impact on astronauts can lead to finding running benefits for Earth dwellers.