Professional Lighting & Production - Fall 2018 | Page 5

DEPARTMENTS
09
News Flashes
The latest from Canada’s lighting,
video & production industries
15
Agenda
Your industry event calendar
16 Northern Lights
34 In Focus
Ottawa’s Glowfair Festival,
Cirque’s Crystal on ice & more
Steve Bedard & Philip Giffard
36
Product Spots
New products & technologies
for the lighting, video & staging
markets
Bringing Cirque’s Corteo
to arena stages, Pg.22
FEATURES
18. JACK WHITE
Blue Blues Rock on the Boarding
House Reach Tour
By Andrew King
Having done plenty in red and white
over the years, Jack White went heavy
on the blues for his latest extensive
world tour.
22. CIRQUE DU SOLEIL’S
CORTEO
TRANSITIONING FROM THE BIG TOP
TO ARENAS
By Michael Raine
Though Cirque’s imaginative Corteo has
been touring since its 2005 premiere, a
lot of work went into preparing for its
transition to major arenas across North
America.
41 Advertisers’ Index
44 Classifieds
46 Project Update
The Central American and
Caribbean Games & more
Cover Photo: Jack White on the Boarding House
Reach Tour by Todd Kaplan
26. HISTORIC STRUCTURE,
FUTURISTIC SPECTACLE
Projection-Mapping the Old Post
Office in Cambridge, ON
By Andrew King
To celebrate its reopening as a digital
library, a treasured building transformed
into a canvas for a state-of-the-art
projection show that blends history,
culture, and sheer thrills.
30. AUTOMATION
CONVERSATION
Q&A with Mark Desloges of Christie
Lites
By Andrew King
Learn about the proliferation and
evolution of automated rigging
systems and how they’re affecting
live productions from one of Canada’s
foremost experts.
The concept behind Toronto’s sleek new
Samsung Experience Store, Pg. 22
The proliferation & evolution of automated rigging systems, Pg. 30
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