Registration is now open for the 2022 New World Rigging Symposium (NWRS), which will take place online April 5-7, 2022. Produced by ESTA and USITT, the NWRS brings together professional riggers, engineers, manufacturers, venue managers, educators and students to further their rigging knowledge, hear about challenging projects, get up to speed on new technologies, discuss [...]

Venues would have a legal duty to put in place security measures to protect the public from terror attacks under government plans. It comes in the wake of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, when 22 people were killed as they left an Ariana Grande concert. Home Secretary Priti Patel will set out the proposals on [...]

Columbia, S.C. (WACH) - A scary incident during a circus act at the state fair this weekend has brought attention to the safety of all equipment inside the circus arena, as well as the seventy rides that can be seen throughout the grounds. State fair representatives say a bolt from a big wheel detached, sending [...]

A Public Comment phase is currently open for prEN 17795 Entertainment Technology - Codes of Practice. - Part 5: Lifting and Motion Operations in the Event Industry. The cycle opened on 18th November 2021, and will close next year on 11th January 2022. The standard sets out to give general guidelines on planning and the [...]

Note from Blumano: The original article was published in 2020 by BSI. However, we feel the information it contains is always important to highlight. In 2021, EN 82079-1:2020 became an IEC standard and is now IEC/IEEE 82079-1:2021-09.  In 2012, ISO and IEC got together to provide common minimum requirements for the preparation, structuring, content and [...]

ESTA’s Technical Standards Programme currently has five draft standards in active public review. The reviews are open to anyone having a material interest in the subject matter. The review opportunities are as follows. The Event Safety Working Group has one draft standard in public review. BSR E1.41, Recommendations for the Measurement of Entertainment Luminaires Utilising [...]

Over the last year, we've had tremendous growth with our online training classes, and have received many requests from students to provide more specialised courses. Nonetheless, the entertainment industry is also beginning to re-emerge, and as a result we are relaunching our online training curriculum for 2022. Our new and updated courses are tailored for [...]

Note from Blumano: The following summary is a news extract made by Blumano via PLASA, ESTA and LSI. Last month, ETSA and PLASA announced an Open Comment Period for the International Code of Practice for Entertainment Rigging that was drafted in 2017. ICOPER is intended to "promote awareness and safety worldwide by providing a model [...]

Note from Blumano: The following summary is a news extract made by Blumano via The Stage, The New York Times, and The Guardian.  How does a musical about the beloved 1985 film create the same type of magic as its predecessor, but onstage? It does it with engineering and automation technology. In interviews with The [...]

A UK stuntman involved in a serious accident while rehearsing for America's Got Talent: Extreme last week has thanked supporters from hospital. Jonathan Goodwin posted a picture of himself jokingly saying "na-na-na-na-na to death" on Instagram on Wednesday. It was reported that the 41-year-old got sandwiched between two vehicles suspended in the air before falling [...]