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ETC is set to make a highly anticipated return to Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) with a showcase of its latest technologies on stand 6M900. ETC specialists will be available for one-on-one consultations and demonstrations throughout the four-day show from 4th-7th February 2025.

Astera is delighted to announce Agata Birn as the company’s new Head of Sales. Agata Birn brings over 12 years of experience in international business development and distribution strategy.

A new installation of Robe T11 Profiles in the 200-capacity Small Hall at the Theater de Bussel in Oosterhout, southern Netherlands is helping to save electricity and enhance the scope of lighting shows and events there, explained the venue’s head of technical, Evelyn van ‘t Hof.

Lighting designer Elliot Baines from Spiralstagelighting reached for some Astera PixelBricks to help create an imaginative, memorable, and high-value lighting effect for the London show of Canadian indie band Wild Rivers, a showcase gig at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire that was part of their 2024 UK tour.

The grandMA3 system from MA Lighting, running Mode3 software, is the choice of lighting control behind the new musical, The Devil Wears Prada, which opened at The Dominion Theatre in London’s West End on 1 December, following an out-of-town try out at Theatre Royal, Plymouth.

After the global triumph of Cobra, which has sold in thousands across the world, Ayrton unveil Mamba, a groundbreaking, versatile lighting concept. Equipped with a laser source twice as powerful as Cobra, Mamba delivers a multitude of breathtaking new psychedelic effects that are nothing short of spectacular.

A brand new production of The Devil Wears Prada has hit the runway at the Dominion Theatre in London’s West End, fresh from its out-of-town previews at Plymouth Theatre Royal, with an original score and a dozen new songs by Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub and Mark Sonnenblick, and direction by three-time Tony Award winner, Jerry Mitchell.

Michel Arntz has been appointed as Global Sales Director for the Robe Group, a role involving oversight of all sales related activities for the Czech-based moving light and LED manufacturer and its associated businesses and brands, including Avolites, Anolis, LSC Systems and Artistic Licence.

The Pixyline 300 GFX LED bar, developed in France, providing the functions of a blinder, strobe, and dynamic color effects, and has a new progressive frost effect that can be controlled by DMX for extreme versatility.

NYC post-punk band, Interpol, concluded the penultimate leg of its world tour with five dates in the UK at the end of the year. The stripped back design employed 21 Ayrton laser-sourced Cobra fixtures, Warren’s only moving lights, in what Warren terms an ‘extremely considered and precise’ show.

Avolites announces a change in partnership in the Middle East, which will see the UK-based lighting and visual control manufacturer distributed and serviced by Robe Middle East as of January 1st, 2025.

The Jim & Linda Lee Performing Arts Center, Northern Arizona’s premiere entertainment venue, has installed Ayrton Rivale Profile and Karif-LT fixtures in its lighting rig.

Robe’s award-winning iBOLT, a innovative, hugely bright moving light fixture that is the first real replacement for conventional high powered xenon searchlights, has been approved by authorities for use in the USA and is now available for the North American market.

The Last Dinner Party is a British indie rock band fronted by lead singer Abigail Morris. The band has just completed a tour with a theatrical set, and lighting. Key to Warren’s design were Ayrton Rivale Profiles and Kyalami laser-sourced spots, compact units which fit well into the touring rig.

ETC introduces Zeo to its High End Systems range, an astonishing and ultra-versatile moving fixture that functions as a blinder, strobe, wash, beam, and scenic decoration. Designed to deliver powerful visuals in live settings.