Vari*Lite
Official website: http://www.vari-lite.com
Company History: https://www.vari-lite.com/global/about
Vari*Lite Digital Archive: https://vari-lite40.com/
(a wonderful resource packed wtih historical information and insights)
The first Vari*Lites were built for rock band Genesis in 1981.
Vari*Lites were first used for theatre by Andrew Bridge on Time (1986) and later by David Hersey on Miss Saigon (1989).
Archive Contents:
Exhibits in the Backstage Heritage Collection
Price Lists and Catalogues
See individual product pages for data sheets, instructions etc.
Catalogue & Journal Entries in the Backstage Heritage Collection
People
Documents
Patent: Light source having automatically variable hue, saturation and beam divergence (July 1986)
[External Website]
Vari*Lite The Automated Lighting Company (January 1989)
[572kb PDF]
From Lighting & Sound International
Pink Floyd Division Bell Tour 1994: design Marc Brickman (1994)
Click on thumbnail to enlarge
[116kb JPEG]
From Mike Owen Collection
The Genesis of Vari*Lite (September 2001)
[External Website]
From PLSN - Projection Lights Staging News