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 [...]

The Music Of The Spheres dates, which include three Wembley Stadium shows, will be powered by 100 per cent renewable energy Coldplay have announced details of their 2022 world stadium tour, with an emphasis on environmental sustainability – see the dates, ticket details and information on the band’s eco-friendly measures below. Back in 2019 the [...]

ESTA's Technical Standards Programme has announced approval and publication of yet another ANSI-approved event safety standard, developed by the Event Safety Working Group. ANSI ES1.4-2021, Event Safety – Event Fire Safety Requirements applies to fire safety in the live event industry. This standard addresses the identification and assessment of event-specific fire risks, and the effects [...]

A Russian actor has been crushed to death during a set change at Moscow's world famous Bolshoi Theatre as it performed the opera Sadko. It is believed Yevgeny Kulesh went in the wrong direction during the descent of a ramp and was trapped under it. Footage appeared to show panicked performers pleading with staff to [...]