zactrack News and Case Studies – Real-Time Tracking in Concerts, Theatre, Broadcast, Immersive Audio and Live Productions

From October 26 to December 1, 2024, the Grande Fête Lilloise du Cirque returned to Lille, France, bringing two hours of nonstop thrills, laughter, and wonder. To support his vision, lighting designer Jean-Marie Lemaire deployed a zactrack SMART system.

Lighting designer Ryan Attig turned to zactrack for the 9th season of The Voice Thailand, aiming to enhance lighting precision and impact during the show's highly popular live broadcasts.

zactrack SMART debuts in Norway: On October 26, 2024, Norwegian singer-songwriter Ramón headlined the Oslo Spektrum Arena.

Production designer Andreas Ohldieck (Filament) chooses zactrack SMART for Astrid S’ live show in Oslo Spektrum arena.

Transforming theater audio: For the first time in spoken theatre, sound now follows the actors in real time—creating a natural and immersive listening experience for the audience, in Natale in casa Cupiello.

Shreya Ghoshal's All Hearts Tour in Hyderabad was a visually captivating experience, featuring the debut of the zactrack Smart system. Distributed by Hi-Tech Audio and Image, zactrack smarts systems illuminate Shreya Goshal's concert in Hyderabad, India. Lighting designer Manu Jacob, who helmed the lighting for the tour, is a well-respected figure in the industry and an official trainer for MA Lighting in India. His extensive experience with grandMA3 consoles made him well-eq

Piotr Sochaczewski - Since 2018, he has been associated with the Independent Theatre Group Organized in Staszic as a theatre director and lighting director for musical performances and concerts. Since 2021, he has been a lighting director at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. He is the author of the modernization of the lighting system in the main concert hall of the university building. There he also fulfills a pedagogical role - he conducts a faculty showing

British indie rock band Glass Animals continues their global ”Tour of Earth” headlining some of the biggest venues of their career, including Madison Square Garden and London’s O2. The band’s unique show is supported by Ayrton lighting fixtures, a zactrack SMART automated follow spot system and grandMA3 consoles, all brands which are exclusively distributed in North America by ACT Entertainment. The tour kicked off in Atlanta in August and will wrap up in Australia and Hong K

Hong Kong-based lighting designer and technical producer Onefai Mak specified a zactrack mini system to control both audio and lighting sources for a production of Detective Theatre 13.67 staged by theatre company Zuni Icosahedron at the Esplanade Theatre in Singapore. Onefai has collaborated with Zuni for many years and is frequently asked to light their shows. For this production, he designed lighting and was also the technical advisor. They used the Esplanade's in house so

On 10 June, the "A Chorus Line" musical premiered at First Stage Theater in Hamburg. The final project of the graduates of Stage School Hamburg runs until October 2024 and is impressive evidence that the Hanseatic city will remain one of the most sought-after venues for musicals around the world for years to come. The annual joint project receives support from the media technology students of Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg), who are in charge of the autom

Disney movies offer a virtually inexhaustible pool of musical masterpieces - from the great animated classics of the 1940s and 50s to the Pixar productions of the 21st century. The "Disney in Concert" series has been bringing this magic onto the large concert stage for many years. The production has been on tour once again in 2024, visiting arenas in Germany and Austria with the Hollywood Sound Orchestra. To keep the numerous soloists perfectly under the spotlight in front of

A fully redundant zactrack PRO remote tracking system – covering the largest zactrack mesh field area mapped to date – was used to track essential key lighting for Adele’s acclaimed Adele in Munch residency shows.