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CONTENTS FALL 2019 VOLUME 23 NO.23 DEPARTMENTS 09. News Flashes The latest from Canada’s lighting, video & production industries 15. Agenda Your industry event calendar 16. Northern Lights Generations MTL at Pointe-à- Callière, Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria – In a New Light & more. 34. In Focus Gideon Ayesu & Tracey Hill 36. Product Spots New products & technologies for the lighting, video & staging markets 41. Advertisers’ Index 44. Classifieds 46. Project Update Billie Eilish on tour, the Barcelona Beach Festival & more Flying Lotus’s one-of-a-kind concert experience with live 3D visuals, Pg. 22 FEATURES 18. SHAWN MENDES A Euphoric Spectacle Befitting His Meteoric Rise By Michael Raine The global superstar and a talented team of multidisciplinary touring pros have delivered a one-of-a-kind touring production that’s as exciting as it is expansive. 22. EXPLORING NEW DIMENSIONS Incredible 3D Visuals for Flying Lotus By Andrew King The genre-bending artist’s current tour boasts truly spectacular visuals built around elaborate and, at times, totally engulfing 3D animations and footage. 26. CATERING TO THE COMMUNITY The Shell Theatre in Fort Saskatchewan, AB By Andrew King The Shell Theatre’s versatile production package might cater to a world-famous recording artist one night and a local singer-songwriter playing the biggest show of their career the next. A community-tailored production package for Fort Saskatchewan, AB’s Shell Theatre, Pg. 26 30. PL&P www.professional-lighting.com PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING & PRODUCTION A WOMEN OF THE BACKSTAGE ROUNDTABLE By Andrew King SHAWN MENDES A Spectacle Befitting One of 2019’s Biggest Tours Awesome Live 3D Visuals On Tour with Flying Lotus Catering to the Commmunity Fort Saskatchewan, AB’s Shell Theatre Women of the Backstage A Roundtable Discussion Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria – In a New Light, Billie Eilish on Tour & More Cover Photo: Shawn Mendes: The Tour by Josiah Van Dien We sit down with a few women+ theatre techs to talk about their work, issues they currently face, and ways the entire industry can achieve and benefit from some mutual goals.