FocusTrack, the production lighting documentation system, has been chosen to create a record of the lighting on another hit Broadway show: the new musical Sister Act. The show is now playing at New York's Broadway Theatre after a hugely successful run in London. FocusTrack was specified by production electrician Michael Pitzer to document Tony Award-winning lighting designer Natasha Katz's work … [Read more...]
New Purchasing Option For FocusTrack
FocusTrack, the production lighting documentation system, now has a new purchasing option designed to make it even more accessible than before. FocusTrack's new Single Show option enables the purchase of FocusTrack for one single production for a cost of just £245 ($375). This compares to the original Full FocusTrack licence at £400 ($600). That licensing option is still available for those … [Read more...]
On The Fringe With FocusTrack
FocusTrack, the production lighting documentation system, is already in use on some of the biggest theatre shows in the world - but it is by no means limited to huge shows, as shown by its recent use to document Roadkill, one of the hit shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This harrowing play, directed by Cora Bissett and designed by Jessica Brettle, featured 'evocative mood … [Read more...]
More New Shows Choose FocusTrack
The spring season has seen a number of high profile new plays and musicals choose to use FocusTrack to give them a complete, accurate record of their show lighting, ideal for maintaining the show over a long run, transferring it to a new venue or taking it on tour. In New York, the these shows include the musicals Come Fly Away and The Addams Family and the play Red. Come Fly Away, the Twyla … [Read more...]
FocusTrack… now with PowerTrack
The ongoing evolution of FocusTrack, the show lighting documentation system, sees the introduction of PowerTrack, a function for calculating the power consumption of shows. PowerTrack takes the information about the levels lights are at in cues, which it extracts by importing showfile data from ETC Eos/Ion, MA grandMA or Strand 300/500-series consoles, and combines it with information about … [Read more...]
