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Mannheim Steamroller debuted their first Christmas album in 1984 combining the group's signature mix of baroque instruments and rock 'n roll beats to give a fresh twist to holiday classics. This year two tours of six-member ensembles played 80 dates on a Christmas tour running from mid-November to late December.

Francesco Romagnoli, Clay Paky area manager for North and Latin America, commented: "It's great to see our Sharpy Washes added to such an iconic show. I'm glad that Mr. Jackson is getting good use out of th

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"As lighting designer for the very first edition of Varekai, it's great to be working on it again as it evolves. With the new arena tour, Varekai is hosted at a different location each week and presents its own lighting challenges allowing me to adapt the lighting to 'the arena' of each new environment," said van Genuchten.

"We introduced BlackTrax as an operational efficiency and cost saving tool as well as a way of calibrating lighting highlights to track performers on the stage area. Blac

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Circus Under My Bed provided family entertainment in a linear narrative, following the simple storyline of a young girl preparing to move away the next day. Adventures ensue when magical imaginary friends with an amazing range of physical skills visit her to help pack.

The lighting design was delivered on a tight deadline and had to share a lighting rig with another circus company who use the space in a completely different way with a very different style of show. The production was playing in repertory in the studio theatre with La Soiree performing in the evening. Repertory poses difficulties for many producti

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The show, Odyseo, was devised by artistic director Pascal Jacob to commemorate the 150th anniversary of world leasing Belgian chemicals and plastics manufacturer Solvay. Fifteen performances took place over 10 days in a special tented venue installed at the Solvay Campus HQ in Brussels.

Brussels based Y. Services handled all the artistic, technical and show production and scenography under the direction of Yvon van Lancker, well known for his work with Cirque du Soleil founder Franco Dragone in Las Vegas.

Wicreations was approached by Yvo

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Christmas Spectacular featured a combination of favourite music classics, breathtaking dance, thrilling lights, sensational lasers and a fantastic indoor firework finale. Special guests included West End star Kerry Ellis and chorister Jack Topping.

Royal Albert Hall (RAH) lighting design and systems manager, Richard Thomas utilised the venue's Jands Vista T4 console to control the ambitious lighting production.

"The vision for my design was to produce an exciting and dynamic light show in conjunction with lasers and pyrotechnic effects, to complement the music, dance, ballet, and vocal performances," says Richard. "The music programme was quite varied,

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Lighting designer Tom Beck got a call for the show the Monday before the Friday load in as Lady Gaga was finishing her latest album and time was running short.

"I really wanted to use Sharpys and Sharpy Washes," says Beck who grabbed 20 of the former and 23 of the latter from the inventory of ELS. "It was the first time I had the chance to use the Washes, which I really love. I wouldn't mind trying a whole rig of just Sharpy units."

The set designed by Tom Lenz featured "a lot of curves and arches - it was beautiful," Beck reports. "I put up an arche

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The company will be demonstrating its latest innovations, including the new, turnkey, MultiTaction iWall, comprising 12 x 55" ultra-thin bezel MultiTaction displays. In addition, delegates will see prototypes of the new 84" and 55" 4K MultiTaction cells, MultiTaction Site Manager, the latest release of the Cornerstone software development kit, Codice Markers, and infrared pen support software.

Running a custom-made MultiTaction Experience application, the MultiTaction iWall demonstration will highlight the features of MultiTaction technology, including simultaneous touch, IR pen and object recognition, 200+fps tracking and Enriched Reality. It will also highlight MultiTouch's Full HD, ultra-thin bezel displays, which result in a pixel-to-pixel gap of less than 6mm b

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Critical data, such as lamp hour usage of video projectors or video server operations, are permanently monitored by Medialon Controllers. Now it is possible to regularly send snapshots of those values to the LonCloud service where users can monitor the data in real time and set up thresholds to send alarms to technicians so they can act before equipment fails.

LonCloud is designed for integrators and offers several levels of access rights, allowing professionals to set up LonCloud monitoring for their customers and resell the monitoring services.

LonCloud, as a web service with an easy to use graphical interface, also offers a diagnosis tool to compare data values across time, such as room temperature a

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Martin Professional will hold the US launch of the MAC Quantum Wash, which will be shown alongside a selection of products from the RUSH range, the MAC Viper family, the Jem Compact Hazer Pro, the Jem Ready 365 and the M6 console.

Robe Lighting will showcase five of the latest additions to the ROBIN Series - the Robin Pointe, Robin MiniMe, Robin CycFX 8, Robin DLS Profile and Robi9n 100 LEDBeam.

Chauvet Professional will be showing the latest models to join the Nexus series - the Nexus 2x2, a square-shaped panel configured with two rows of two COB LED cells; the Nexus 4x1, a linear unit with one row of four COB

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Lindsay-Johnson's previous roles have included international sales and marketing manager for Duran Audio BV, and managing director of Harman Pro UK.

"I am thrilled to be joining the Community team at such an incredible time of innovation and growth within the company," said Lindsay-Johnson. "Community is a world leader in outdoor loudspeaker technology and its engineering excellence continues to drive expansion in its established position in the installed/engineered sound market. I look forward to bei

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At the end of November, the lighting specialist bathed the Burj Khalifa in light to mark the announcement that the city had been chosen to host Expo 2020. On 18 December, a magnificent light show in Doha followed to mark National Day 2013, and a further superb lighting spectacle that included a record-breaking firework display on 31 December at the Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai heralded the advent of 2014.

"A&O Technology is now excellently placed in terms of ideas and expertise to participate in shaping the future of the lighting sector," says Marco Niedermeier, CEO.

It began with the n

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A Night with Janis Joplin is a musical journey celebrating the legacy and unmistakable voice of '60s rock legend Janis Joplin. "It's rock 'n' roll so I wanted a lighting fixture that could be featured visibly, as well as one that projects a nice beam," Justin says, who acts as both set and lighting designer on the show.

"It's my first time using Elation and I'm really happy with them. They are bright, have great articulation and the price point is nice; just perfect when you have to watch the budget. They project a great, sharp beam and are really dynamic. They made for a nice a

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Fast forward to 2013 and the Kings has successfully moved with the times, upgrading and modernising its facilities without losing any of its original charm and theatrical heritage, not always an easy balancing act as technical manager, Nick Benjamin explains. "The time had come to replace our house followspots - the inclusion of new moving light fixtures on our rig meant our old models were simply not bright enough to do th

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14 March 2016

Guetta's lighting is designed by Jonathan 'Leggy' Armstrong - well known for his imaginative and stylish shows which have graced several leading dance acts including Basement Jaxx. The touring team works with entirely locally sourced productions wherever they play, and lighting on the road for this leg of the ongoing world tour was overseen and operated by two lighting directors - Alex 'Junior' Cerio of Smash Productions and Sam MacLaren of LightLab - both also LDs in their own right.

Between them and the video visuals produced by Ben Brett's Pilot video control system, operated by Nick Briggs, Guetta gets a dynamic world class show wherever he plays.

This is also a very exciting and refreshing way to work, fusing structured el

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"The Standard has a small, powerful, and flexible system that offers excellent dispersion and reproduces sound perfectly," says Anders J°rgensen, project manager and sound designer for Stouenborg.

The installation in the 68-seat club combines two UPJ-1P VariO and three UPM-1P loudspeakers with one UMS-1P subwoofer. Performances are mixed on a Roland V-Mixer mixing console, and musicians use DPA microphones.

"We considered a number of options, but the combination of UPJ-1P and UPM-1P loudspeakers best provided the necessary audio fidelity and visual unobtrusiveness," says J°rgens

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"We faced a real challenge," said Alexander Evstratov, AE Consulting director general. "In our line of work we focus on quality rather than quantity, so to neutralise the reverberation of the room and other unwanted acoustic artefacts, required the lightest of touches architecturally speaking. To complete the fifti

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Based in Bremen, Germany, Weingaertner brings more than 26 years of sales and marketing experience in pro audio to the role - covering all aspects of MI, rental and fixed installations.

"After all this time in pro audio I remain excited by the possibilities, and this has enabled me to constantly learn, not only about new products but also the changing needs of distributors and end-users," said Andreas.

"I had been approached in recent years by other loudspeaker manufacturers, but the opportunity to work for such a pioneering manufacturer as Martin Audio, was a prospect too good to pass by. They really are leading their field, with the likes of MLA.

"I'm looking forward to meeting the network of EMEA distributors at Integ

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The entertainment industry newspaper's 2014 awards also saw Hampstead Theatre named London theatre of the year. Michael Grandage's company was named producer of the year. The Donmar Warehouse's former artistic director was praised for his inaugural West End season, which featured the likes of Daniel Radcliffe, Jude Law and Dame Judi Dench and offered £10 tickets.

The prize for school of the year went to the National Youth Theatre, which provided free training to young people in 2013. London's Southwark Playhouse was named best fringe theatre, while the annual &q

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Hosted by DiGiCo's Dan Page, the new video tutorials provide a quick and easy resource that takes you through the main points of each software extension, demonstrating that the T and B versions of the SD range are as simple to use as the original live versions.

DiGiCo's proprietary Stealth Digital Processing already gives SD console users a huge advantage in the real world. DiGiCo's T and B application specific software extensions provide additional set of tools, for theatre and broadcast respectively, that are normally reserved for much more expensive consoles.

T software is available on the flagship SD7, SD10 and SD9 consoles, making the same powerful functions that are used in the West End and on Broadway accessible

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According to sales manager, Dave Stephen, a more minimalist approach this time out paid dividends, resulting in a more direct communication with the customer and clear, unambiguous messaging.

Attention was mainly focused on the dnp 92in STS Ultra Short Throw, in 16:10 aspect ratio, used in conjunction with a super widescreen Epson EB485W projector (0.27:1 throw ratio), and 100in Supernova Core 2 display.

Here, the permanently packed stand gave visitors the opportunity to see a split screen, comparing standard screen resolution in daylight conditions, with the high visual acuity of the award-winning Supernova technology.

"As a result, we received a very good