This year, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry have announced the Tony Award nominations! These two have quickly become household names within theatre communities worldwide. Globally known for multiple roles, it’s no question why they were chosen to present this year’s nominations. The Tony Award is Broadway’s biggest honour to achieve and there are several stellar nominees in the mix who are up for the award.
Welcome to the European theatrical stage, Disney’s Hercules! The latest stage adaptation for Disney’s 1997 animated film has officially opened in Hamburg, Germany as of 24 March. After having a first look, it’s great to see so much of the original score has been kept and a great cast has been chosen for their adopted roles.
The British pop band Coldplay releases sustainability report, and they are the first band ever in the world to do so! This band that has been on pop charts for the last 20 years voluntarily produced their sustainability report after the band set out to reduce their carbon emissions by half. While out on their latest tour, the band has nearly done just that.
Some common thespian terms that almost everyone in the theatrical and live events industry knows are great to have in your vocabulary if you want to get a foot in the door. Some of these term are more technically inclined while others are used more commonly by performers. Either way, these terms are heard throughout any stage of careers by those in the live events industry.
Since the Nineteen Nineties, the German Circus Roncalli began phasing out using wild animals in their shows. However, thanks to modern technology, they were still able to create amazing animal performances without mistreating innocent creatures. Circus Roncalli began incorporating massive animal holograms into their shows. Which, in many ways, are just as spellbinding to look at as the traditional live animal performances.
Leigh Sachwitz is the founder and principal of flora&faunavisions. She has worked in the theatre and art space for 20 years and is an experience designer and international creative director. In our interview, Leigh tells us more about her background and about what happens at the flora&faunavisions design studio.
In January, the Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter and his team projected a tiger onto the north face of the Eiger. The aim was to congratulate Asia on the New Year, the year of the tiger, which began on February 1, 2022. At the same time, Gerry Hofstetter wanted to use the strong symbolism of the tiger to motivate all athletes at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing. The projection Tiger on Eiger is 5.3 km long and over 2 km high.
For the next few weeks, Frida Kahlo is the illustrious guest at Zurich’s newly established MAAG Light Hall. In fact, the immersive exhibition has been such a success thus far that it has been extended to run until 27th of February 2022. This unique exhibition of Frida Kahlo’s work is a world premiere, full of accessible symbolism and colourful exotic plants and animals, as well as a series of powerful self-portraits.
Dear WIL and WIL supporters, we are pleased to share three new videos today with women working specifically in entertainment lighting.
E-hui is an independent lighting designer and digital stage technician currently based in Singapore. She creates art mostly in theatre and dance, and more recently theatre for young audiences. Passionate about the melding of art and science in theatrical production, E-hui often approaches artistic creation from a practical and problem-solving perspective, and especially loves to collaborate with like-minded artists to produce works that inspire the audience to reflect and enact positive change.
Walking into an art installation, have you ever felt being teleported to a whole new world? A world where visual & physical boundaries seem to blur out & slowly you become more present in the moment. That’s the power of art & artists are true magicians in designing those surreal experiences. Although Light Art, became a dedicated art form around 20th Century after the Light-Space movement, it has gradually gained momentum by exceptional works of some brilliant light artists.
We are asking lighting experts around the world, in the “Who Lights Our World” series, some key questions about their job. Here is Lisa Weinshrott Kimmel based in Kissimmee, FL and wherever her suitcase is.
We are asking lighting experts around the world, in the “Who Lights Our World” series, some key questions about their job. Here is Alain Lortie based in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
We are asking lighting experts around the world, in the “Who Lights Our World” series, some key questions about their job. Here is Sarah Johnston based in Brooklyn, NY.
We are asking lighting experts around the world, in the “Who Lights Our World” series, some key questions about their job. Here is Ignacio “iggy” Rosenberg based in Chicago, USA (although he lives in SLC).
We are asking lighting experts around the world, in the “Who Lights Our World” series, some key questions about their job. Here is Justin Sinclair previously based in Macau SAR, but now back in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
We are asking lighting experts around the world, in the “Who Lights Our World” series, some key questions about their job. Here is Michael Keller based in Las Vegas, NV, United States.
In the course of Black History Month 2021, we are working together with Roadies Of Color United (R. O. C. U.) and we want to introduce you to a number of fabulous entertainment industry professionals. Today’s spotlight is on Martin Thomas, Lighting Designer and Lighting Director. He shares with us his thoughts on working in the entertainment industry.
We are asking lighting experts around the world, in the “Who Lights Our World” series, some key questions about their job. Here is Josh Wood based in United States.
We are asking lighting experts around the world, in the “Who Lights Our World” series, some key questions about their job. Here is Chris Lose based in Ontario, Canada.
We are asking lighting experts around the world, in the “Who Lights Our World” series, some key questions about their job. Here is Sean Guarino based in Las Vegas, USA.
We are asking lighting experts around the world, in the “Who Lights Our World” series, some key questions about their job. Here is Coby Chasman-Beck based in New York.
We are asking lighting experts around the world, in the “Who Lights Our World” series, some key questions about their job. Here is Bennie Shapiro based in Las Vegas, USA.
We are asking lighting experts around the world, in the “Who Lights Our World” series, some key questions about their job. Here is Dawn Chiang based in Bridgeport, CT, USA.
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