Welcome to AyrtonLIVE 15!

For those of you heading for LDI in Las Vegas, we have a little online reading for you to download before your flight!

In this issue of AyrtonLIVE we are proud to bring you features that show the breadth of capability of Ayrton fixtures as they illuminate everything from rock ‘n’ roll and EDM, to theatre and ballet.

One of the most talked about tours this year has to be that of Shawn Mendes and we cover Louis Oliver’s expansive use of Khamsin, Bora and Mistral-S on the road; there is colour from the Canary Islands and serenity from Boston Ballet. In May, the Eurovision Song Contest burst onto our screens again, with over 700 Ayrton fixtures playing key roles in Ronen Najar and Dakar Azulay’s lighting rig, while at the other end of the scale, Erik Anderson and Nick Whitehouse make the neat use of MagicDot-R a major feature of Billie Eilish’s visuals on her When We Fall Asleep tour.

Mistral and Diablo get rather devilish on Broadway and off-Broadway with Ken Posner, and French balladeer Daniel Guichard brings in the services of 18-year old lighting designer Alexis David who chose Mistral-TC for the veteran performer’s latest tour.

Finally Ghibli enters a State of Trance with The Art of Light in The Netherlands before we finish up with a spot of Amnesia in the south of France with, appropriately enough, DreamPanel-Twin.

We think this will keep you entertained on your flight and look forward to showing you our new Huracán Profile and Perseo Profile fixtures at LDI…and perhaps a little more!

Enjoy the read!

Other news

MEROL kicks off festival season at Paaspop with Stage-Mate and the Ayrton MagicDot Neo

The young and ambitious team at Stage-Mate was responsible for the lighting design and brought a set of Ayrton MagicDot Neo fixtures for the new tour. We spoke with lighting designer Wout Panis about his vision and his choice of Ayrton.

Ayrton Veloce support magician Shin Lim’s “Limitless” in new lighting rig at the Palazzo Theatre, Las Vegas

Award-winning lighting designer, Howard Harrison, has chosen Ayrton Rivale Profiles as his only moving lights – amounting to 95% of the entire rig – for the West End transfer of Shadowlands which has just opened in London’s Aldwych Theatre.

Ayrton Diablo shines in “Masquerade,” a new immersive production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera”

Award-winning lighting designer, Howard Harrison, has chosen Ayrton Rivale Profiles as his only moving lights – amounting to 95% of the entire rig – for the West End transfer of Shadowlands which has just opened in London’s Aldwych Theatre.

Howard Harrison casts light over Shadowlands with Ayrton Rivale Profiles

Award-winning lighting designer, Howard Harrison, has chosen Ayrton Rivale Profiles as his only moving lights – amounting to 95% of the entire rig – for the West End transfer of Shadowlands which has just opened in London’s Aldwych Theatre.

NeonBlack provides the magic for Wales Investment Summit

Award-winning live design and creative production studio, NeonBlack, chose a rig of Ayrton Rivale Profiles as the workhorse lighting fixtures to light the recent Wales Investment Summit 2025 which, presided over by First Minister for Wales, Eluned Morgan MS, took place on 30 November at the International Conference Centre of Wales in Newport (ICCW).

GRiZ goes cross country with Ayrton Kyalami and Rivale fixtures

Denver’s Voyage Productions chose Ayrton Kyalami and Rivale fixtures for a wide range of recent shows featuring longtime client GRiZ, the DJ, songwriter and electronic music producer from Southfield, Michigan.