City Theatrical, found on the web at http://www.citytheatrical.com/, is the leading innovator in unique theatrical lighting supply products. They have found the industry niche of supplying custom lighting accessories for lighting fixtures regardless of the manufacturer. Manufacturers make the lights but they do not supply the top hats, irises, and barn doors. This is where city theatrical comes in. They supply these important accessories for all lights. They make each unique accessory slightly different sized to fit many manufacturers, like Vari-lite, High End Systems, ETC, Altman, Color Kinetics, and Martin just to name a few. They also have designed some of their own innovative products for the industry based on the needs and the wants of the people. Here are three of the highlights.
The first product is the City Theatrical AutoYoke. It was the first device to turn a traditional stage lighting fixture into a moving light fixture. It gives all the advantages of a moving light at a faction of the cost. A theater only needs to invest an AutoYoke instead of a full moving light. The space can then use any existing stage light they already have in their inventory. The AutoYoke can fit almost any fixture making it one of City’s hottest selling and most useful products.
The next product is City’s SHoW DMX, their proprietary wireless DMX system. City is the first company to release a decently reliable wireless DMX system. This is huge in the industry because wireless DMX replaces long cable runs that used to have to be run to the light. In addition to the SHoW DMX, some lights also have an optional battery pack to eliminate the need for cable runs at all. This new wireless age of theatrical lighting can lead to a big industry change. What use to take a whole crew a day to run cables, can now be done by one guy in a few hours. This is still a ways off but is now something that can only be possible due to the geniuses over at City.
The last product is more a product line that City makes exclusively for Color Kinetics by Philips. Color Kinetics is a leader in high quality LEDs for all types of applications. City theatrical supplies all the accessory products. These include all sorts of lighting attachments to focus the lights as well as wireless DMX and battery packs. They also have controllers and power supplies that do all sorts of preprogrammed LED features. The City Theatrical and Color Kinetics partnership is a great example of how companies can work together and create products that work together and provide mutual benefit to each other.
City Theatrical has made a name for itself creating the innovative and unique lighting products and accessories the people need. They have become the industry leader and work with various companies to come out with new, fresh product ideas. City also does custom work and will work with whoever necessary to come up with the product that is needed for the unique application. This ingenuity and drive to stay current in the market will keep them on top for years to come.
