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Cameo P6, the profile spot that is turning heads!

The P6 profile spotlight boasts impressive technical credentials, with its 6-colour, precision-controlled 600 W LED engine and 360°-rotating framing module.

Text & photos: Jérôme Boutié – Video: Allison Cussigh

The big comeback of the Palco by SGM!

On the occasion of its golden jubilee, SGM has chosen to revisit a product well-known to lighting designers: the Palco, soon to be available in three new versions. It is presented here by Markus Klüsener, product manager for Golden Sea, the new owner of the Danish firm.

Text & photos : Jérôme Boutié – Video : Allison Cussigh – Translation : Ted Hall

Sharpy comes back stronger than ever with the Ultimo version

Sharpy Ultimo is still compact and lightweight, but it’s even more agile. It incorporates all the features that have made it a success, but is now IP65-rated, has CMY colour mixing and is more powerful, thanks to its new 250 W UHP lamp.

Text: MC – Photos: Claypaky

Artscape Theatre invests in Robert Juliat LED followspots

Cape Town, South Africa’s long-established, premiere theatre venue, Artscape Theatre, has invested in four Robert Juliat Arthur 800W LED followspots and three Robert Juliat Oz 600W LED followspots, supplied by DWR Distribution.
Text from : Robert Juliat

ETC celebrates 50 years of innovations at Prolight+Sound

To celebrate its Golden Jubilee, American brand Electronic Theatre Controls (or ETC for short) unveiled new hardware for its Hog range, the RigPOV camera for automated luminaires, among other innovations.
Text and photos Jérôme Boutié - Video Allison Cussigh – Translation: Ted Hall

Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Tour at Coachella with Robe

For Lady Gaga's concert, headlining the Coachella festival, lighting designer Jeremy Lechterman used over a hundred Robe projectors in the main stage kit.

Text : Robe Lighting

Claypaky completes its Tambora & Volero ranges and launches the Actoris Fresnel

At Prolight+Sound 2025, Claypaky revealed the Tambora Stormy Linear and Tambora Glare, a double Volero called Twins, and a cutting-edge Fresnel named Actoris by ADB. Dylan De Mateo presents these in detail in this video.

Text: Jérôme Boutié – Photos: Claypaky - videos: Allison Cussigh & Claypaky – Translation Ted Hall

Ayrton unveils several new products at Prolight+Sound, the Stradale Profile, MagicDot Neo, and Taipan

Yvan Peard, CTO and designer of Ayrton, presents the ins and outs of the 4 new products presented at PL+S: Stradale Profile, the compact version of the Rivale, MagicDot, and MagicBlade in "Neo" version, and the laser source Taipan, adopting the functions and design of the Mamba in a very compact version.
Text: Jérôme Boutié – Photos & videos: Allison Cussigh - Translation: Ted Hall

OXO ARC Solutions, committed to energy sustainability

Arc Solutions, the architectural range from OXO, has introduced two effective and affordable fixtures: the Pendant 150 ARC and the MiniSpot 10 ARC, designed for architects, lighting designers and contractors.
Text & photos: Oxo

Prolights Astra Blade 100IP and EclProfile CT+HP

Among the new products unveiled at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt, the Italian company Prolights introduced two diametrically opposed fixtures: a new motorized tilt zoom LED bar and a latest-generation LED profile. Fabio Sorabella, the brand's general manager, presented them to us.
Text & photos: Jérôme Boutié – video: Allison Cussigh – translation: Ted Hall

Show Robe at Prolight+Sound 2025

Acrobatics and choreography on cult tracks, somewhere between modern ballet and circus performance, Robe shows necessarily put artists in the spotlight. The brand's latest spotlights are embedded in a crazy lighting and video design adapted to the context.

Text & video : Allison Cussigh

MDG appoints menzi ebz as new exclusive distributor for Switzerland and Liechtenstein

MDG is delighted to announce the appointment of menzi ebz ag as its new, exclusive distributor for Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The appointment takes place with immediate effect. menzi ebz is a company with a long pedigree, its origins stretching back to 1943 with the founding of Walter Eichenberger Theatre Lighting, and the creation in 1999 of MBelectronics by Marco Menzi, later to become Menzi Eventtechnik.

Text and Photos MDG

Robe Rocks at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Robe was thrilled to be an official technical partner of Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland, where lighting designer Tim Routledge and his team, together with London UK-based lighting supplier Neg Earth Lights, helped deliver a truly outstanding production for the world’s largest live music broadcast event, staged this year at the St.
Text: Robe - Photos: By Ralph Larmann

Astera launches QuikPunch Luminaire

Wireless LED lighting manufacturer Astera launches QuikPunch, the latest in its innovative ‘Quik’ series, which started with the QuikSpot launched at the end of 2024. QuikPunch delivers precise, high-quality light via its fresnel lens, featuring a 13º – 60º zoom, with no stray light and 8,000 lux at 3 meters!
Text and Photos Astera

Tim Routledge features Ayrton fixtures at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Ayrton fixtures played a key role in Tim Routledge’s spectacular and ever-changing, metamorphic design which included the complete range of Ayrton laser-phosphor sourced fixtures Mamba, Kyalami and Cobra, as well as Domino LT, Rivale Profile and Nando 502 Wash, all supplied by London-based Neg Earth Lights.

Text Ayrton

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