Note from Blumano: This article was originally published on 18th September 2020 from the DailyMail, but highlights the vast importance of health and safety. A Wuhan nurse and her husband have died in a tragic accident while watching a performance dedicated to coronavirus health workers at a local theatre. The unnamed medic and her partner [...]

Prolight + Sound will offer a new digital format for their 2021 event. Please see below: The first digital international exchange and information format for the event community, 13 April 2021, 10am - 4pm. As Prolight + Sound 2021 could not take place due to the current developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, we offer our [...]

Classic FM has reported that the PM's roadmap out of UK lockdown plans for concert halls and theatres to reopen their doors as soon as May 17th. However, this is only if "cases and hospital admissions continue to fall". Yet according to the roadmap, we will have to wait until June 21st for live concerts [...]

A French court on Wednesday handed suspended prison sentences to four people charged over the collapse of a stage as it was being set up for a 2009 concert by pop superstar Madonna, which killed two workers. Judges in the southern city of Marseille, where the concert was to take place, convicted the four of [...]

BSI Publication Help prevent a second wave: Practical steps to support safe working, and prevent and mitigate COVID-19 outbreaks in your organisation. A new version of the ‘Safe Working During the COVID-19 Pandemic Guidelines’ is now available. Version 2 of the Guidelines offers a comprehensive, practical approach, applicable to all organisations, large and small. The [...]

Mischief Theatre's Peter Pan Goes Wrong is a "play within a play" that showcases extraordinary and comical use of its stage where the set becomes a central figure in the story. The play is about a theatre company trying to put on a performance of Peter Pan, but experiences multiple yet humorous mishaps along the way. [...]

A crane holding heavy lighting equipment snapped Wednesday while the crew of 'Indian 2' was shooting a major fight sequence. In the wake of an accident on the sets of Kamal Haasan's 'Indian 2', the Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI) has decided to impose guidelines to work with production houses henceforth. In a [...]

Prolight+Sound 2020 has been cancelled as a result of the international Coronavirus outbreak. Show organiser, Messe Frankfurt, has confirmed new dates for 2021. Following the initial postponement of the event from March 31 to April 3 to May 26-29, organisers have now confirmed that the event will not go ahead, following guidance from German health [...]

Cristiano Giavedoni has been appointed as Chair of the BSI MHE/3/13 committee for Lifting equipment for performance, broadcast and similar applications. The BSI MHE/3/13—sub-committee under the direction of BSI MHE/3—is also responsible for standards that cover lifting equipment for film, broadcasting, theatre, conferences, concerts, public events and similar use. The committee works on establishing codes [...]

Prolight + Sound has been postponed by show organiser Messe Frankfurt due to the spread of Covid-19 (corona virus) in Europe. They have expressed in a press release that "the health of exhibitors, visitors, contractors and employees has top priority" for them. They have also stated: "Due to the increased spread of the corona virus [...]