The historic stage of the foremost Russian theatre has reopened after six years of renovation and restoration. The original unique acoustics and the "golden" curtain were restored, and the total area of the theatre was doubled to 72,000 square metres. The theatre has not only been given new life, it has become one of the most technically advanced in the world!

Manchester based dbn Lighting helped to bring an ancient legend to life for a landmark event in the UK’s first ever City of Culture, Derry-Londonderry. Dbn designed and supplied rigging and lighting for a breath-taking recreation of the famed Loch Ness Monster – which played a starring role in the Showdown on the Foyle finale to the weekend-long celebrations entitled The Return of Colmcille.

Albania is today experiencing strong growth in various areas. This is evident from the development of tourism on the coast and in its beautiful historic castles, its enhanced communications network, which connects it today with the rest of Europe, and the many events that take place each year in its major cities.

The Pennsylvania Ballet,which makes its home in Philadelphia,is shining a new light on its 25th anniversary production of “GeorgeBalanchine’s The Nutcracker” by using a dozen Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800 fixtures supplied by Pin PointLighting in Aston.

Central Asia’s oil-rich Turkmenistan celebrated the 20th anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union with a multimedia extravaganza lit by Luc Lafortune, one of the creators of Cirque du Soleil, with an extensive package of Clay Paky Alpha moving heads.

Olivier Award winning lighting designer Paule Constable is using Clay Paky Alpha Beam 700s to add drama to the Chinese production of the hugely successful stage play War Horse.

Spectacular environments, exclusive productions and international artists: these are the elements that make the Tones on the Stones Festival an unparallelled project, unlike any other in the world. The Festival's goal and challenge is to enhance the aesthetic and historic values of the Palissandro Marmi quarry (Gruppo Tosco Marmi) in Crevoladossola (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola). The setting that the impressive "gash in the mountain" provides for the show is huge and striking: it transforms the quarries into a fascinating, unique, enormous stage.

When Clair Broadcast, a leading global service and live show audio provider, was asked to supply the wireless audio needs for the live broadcast of the Thanksgiving Day parade held annually in New York City, it chose the MFL RF Distribution system from WISYCOM, a leading Italian manufacturer of RF solutions, for its fiber transport capabilities. The parade marks the first large-scale, live use of the MFL RF Distribution system in the United States.

Renowned for their original, intimate, exciting and thought-provoking work, Cirkus Cirkör was Sweden’s first circus groups of the genre. Under the artistic direction of Tilde Björfors, it mixes elements from street theatre, rock videos, theatre, dance and film into its shows. The company tours extensively worldwide and is based in Alby, south of Stockholm.

MOOV Limited, the U.K.-based graphics company of choice for leading broadcasters including BBC, ESPN, RTÉ, ITV, Sky Italia, and Channel 4, relied exclusively on Chyron HyperX³ on-air graphics systems for the Diamond Jubilee honouring Queen Elizabeth II that took place June 2-5.

VDM records completed recording one of the Vatican’s most memorable and notable concerts of 2011 on December 21st using a Pyramix MassCore workstation as the primary recorder. Using 2 x MADI coaxial PCIe Mykerinos cards, Igor Fiorini, the lead engineer, was able to record 96 inputs over the hours of performance at the Concerto Di Natale XIX Edizione (Christmas Concert 19th Edition).

The Cannes International Film, founded in 1946, is the most prestigious film festival in the world. The 64th edition took place in May at the Palais des Festivals. With a reported budget of approximately 20 million Euros, and record breaking attendance of over 65,000 people, Christie, Technical Partner for the fifth year in succession, provided digital projection technology and supported all digital cinema screenings during the Festival programme.

In Riyadh, Samir El-Wesemy’s company, EvenTech Co. Ltd, staged a major outdoor event at the Regime Palace District, sponsored by the Supreme Authority for Riyadh Development and attended (and officially opened) by HRH Prince Sattam bin Abdul Aziz. Among his many other duties he is Vice Chairman of The Supreme Saudization Committee.

QED fielded no fewer than 19 Christie® high-end projectors to meet one of their most complex projection-mapping challenges ever for BBC’s Red Nose Day.

Blackmagic Design today announced that the newest branch of South Africa’s Christian Revival Church (CRC) has installed a multi purpose AV solution based on the ATEM 4 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K and ATEM 1 M/E Advanced Panel.