We’ve all been there – you have an area that you want to project a gobo onto (usually a blank wall), but the only point you’ve got to place a fixture is nowhere near a straight shot, and the gobo you...

The 2016 Opera Festival at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing opened with a “made in Italy” production of Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser. Designed and directed by Pier’Alli, the unit...

I have a fantastic tool that I use to teach subtractive color mixing in my color lectures and workshops: it's a deconstructed, full-color glass gobo that allows me to display its individual cyan,...

Back when theaters were lit almost exclusively with Tungsten-Halogen lamps, choosing gel colors was easy! In today’s venues, there is a healthy mix of fixture-types – especially as white LEDs find...

When ETC launched their new, cool-running, Source 4WRD LED retrofit endcap, we witnessed a whole new interest in using plastic gobos. As more and more facilities contemplate upgrading their fixtures...

[guest_author] The multi-colored, dimensional sign spelling out ‘TORONTO’ has become one of the city’s most photographed icons – for locals and tourists alike. The sign, which was originally...

Like many lighting designers, Herrick Goldman puts his talents to work designing large parties and corporate events, in addition to the arena shows and stage productions he also works on. Below,...

For a production of The Tempest at Western Illinois University, I needed to create a world that complemented the “geode design,” constructed by scenic designer Tammy Honesty – while still playing...

Adrian Hillis is a manager at Jack A. Frost – a Rosco dealer in Toronto, Canada. Theatre has not only been a big part of Adrian’s life, but also his girlfriend Emma’s too. “Emma and I first met in...

If you google the late lighting designer Patrick Latronica, you will find more than one entry that looks like a Rosco marketing piece. Patrick’s brilliant lighting designs were seen in major...