China - PR Lighting's XR 330 BWS is a newly-launched, high-output moving head, which integrates three features (Beam, Wash and Spot) in a single unit. This fixture has adopted PR patented technology, and combines advanced 330W lamp technology (via Sirius HRI 330W discharge lamp) with a superb optical system.

Introduced at the recent PALM Beijing Show to great acclaim the XR 330 BWS had already set the bar high back at specification stage. "As a result, all these fixtures combine superb optics with advanced light source technology to deliver bright, flat and uniform light, all linearly adjustable," says PR Lighting. All models support wireless DMX and offer CYM colour mixing with macro.

With a typically comprehensive feature-set contained in a chassis weighing just 22.2

UK - Triple E's ModTruss is being deployed as the 'universal building system' for the Theatres Trust stage, the Technical Theatre Awards/USITT stand and the Technical Theatre Awards stage at PLASA this year.

Triple E launched ModTruss - best described as full size Meccano - in the UK market at the ABTT Theatre Show in June 2015. It was immediately recognised as 'Engineering Product of the Year' at the ABTT Awards.

ModTruss was Triple E's most ambitious launch since the company was formed in 1984. The product is set to revolutionise theatre staging, set building, stage machinery, construction and event markets.

"We're very excited that visitors to PLASA 2015 will be able to experience ModTruss," says Triple E's managing director, David Edelstein. "The feedback at ABTT was overwhelmingly positive, not only from the wider industry but also from the ABTT Awards ju

UK - Flightcase, loudspeaker component and 19-inch rack manufacturer Penn Elcom highlights two exciting new products at the 2015 PLASA London expo - a brand new, super cool LED rack light, and the robust and innovative MOL3 latch with patented automatic cantilevered action.

These and a selection of other current Penn Elcom products will be prominent on stand L26 at the ExCeL exhibition centre, 4-6 October.

A seriously stylish and efficient rack lighting product to hit the market, the new Penn Elcom RADM-23 1U Raclite is designed to be fitted to any 19-inch equipment rack providing an elegant and practical solution for illuminating equipment in dark and dingy environments.

Twenty-five super bright cool-white (6500K) LED emitters provide a crisp wash optimised for clear vision of the kit in the rack, allowing the status of equipment to be checked at a glance.

A 130 - 150 deg

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UK - Unusual Rigging is proud to announce that it is now meeting over 50% of its annual on-site power consumption with renewable energy via a solar PV system.

The 100KW solar PV system is installed on the roof of Unusual's new 1,056 sq m warehouse, which opened in June this year, and was energized on September 3.

Tom Harper, resource and sustainability manager at Unusual Rigging, explained: "This really is the icing on the cake in our drive to become a green business. Over the past few years, we have been implementing the key concepts of a circular economy - ensuring that all materials streams are efficiently managed and recycled, as well as striving to run entirely on the basis of renewable energy, mitigating negative effects on human life or our ecosystem. This implementation of the solar panels is our most recent step and will significantly reduce our annual C02 footpr

UK - Bend it like Beckham the Musical, which opened to rave reviews this summer, is a striking tale of female footballer Jess, based on the 2002 film of the same name. The musical takes the audience on her journey as she struggles with a big decision - live up to her family expectations of university and marriage or chase her dreams and follow in the footsteps of her hero David Beckham.

When production manager Gary Beestone realised the show would throw a number of interesting challenges at him, he asked Unusual Rigging to provide the entire rigging at London's Phoenix Theatre.

"I've worked with Unusual Rigging on a number of projects in both theatre and events and have always had a great working relationship with them. The show required complete rigging solutions for the overhead flying in the Phoenix and also for the set build, and with a variety of challenging flying p

UK - As part of a busy summer, Illuminate Design has recently completed a number of technical upgrades at the Hawth Theatre, Crawley.

Working with the Hawth's technical manager (Quentin Whitaker), Illuminate Design's technical sales manager Ken Berreen and operations director Andrew Wales designed & installed new sound, lighting and rigging solutions for the venue.

Both the studio and the main theatre benefited from new sound equipment. In the Studio Illuminate Design supplied, Yamaha QL1 mixing console with a digital Yamaha RIO3224D I/O rack, RCF C5212-94 2way speaker system, RCF S 8015 II Subwoofer 15" 1000W - Reflex RCF IPS 2700 Class H power amplifiers and RCF IPS 3700 Class H power amplifiers.

The main theatre system was designed in conjunction with Al Brown from Martin Audio. The new system included Martin Audio W8VDQ speakers, MA 3.0 amplifiers, MA 2.0 Amplifiers

UK - Long-time advocate of Martin Audio's signature sound, venue installation specialist Middlesex Sound & Light (MSL) has wasted no time in introducing the manufacturer's new CDD range to the leisure hospitality industry.

The company has completed several high profile projects including its first installation for the burgeoning Burger & Lobster bar/restaurant brand. For their sixth venue opening in Bath the operators took over the Grade II*-listed Octagon Chapel - originally built in 1767 but recently restored within the courtyards of the city's new Milsom Place retail and restaurant development.

The new CDD - the successor to Martin Audio's popular AQ architectural range -combines distinctive curved enclosures with Coaxial Differential Dispersion technology to deliver high performance, projecting more output to the rear of the audience to distribute sound evenly front-to-bac

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UK - PLASA 2015 opens its doors to the public in under a week, but already the lights are on and burning brightly as the industry's leading brands turn their attention towards this year's event. Robe will once again carry the headline sponsor torch, taking their place alongside more than 70 lighting brands and lighting distributors at London's ExCeL exhibition centre between 4- 6 October.

"The visual spectacle of the PLASA Show in full swing is quite a sight," says Christopher Toulmin, director of PLASA Events. "Just the scale of the light show created by our exhibitors is always something special to see. This year we're looking forward to an even bigger display with many new exciting products for visitors to explore."

As lighting brands and distributors come together at this year's show, many of the larger stand areas feature products from groups of market

USA - Country singer David Nail turned to Nashville-based Cour Design for help in creating the lighting for his I'm a Fire tour, a fully MIDI-triggered lighting rig that uses Elation Professional Cuepix Panel LED matrix blinders as the main lighting element.

Gordon Droitcour, co-founder and designer at Cour Design, knew the singer would be opening for artists in large arenas but also needed a rig that would fit into clubs when David headlined his own show. The rig needed to have the same impact in each venue plus fit in a single trailer.

Looking for a vendor who could supply the gear while providing excellent customer support, Droitcour called on Elite Multimedia, also of Nashville. "We've worked with Elite Multimedia on all our projects because their customer service is excellent," Droitcour says. "They are very good at helping us come up with the best s

USA - Every year ETC invites students with an interest in lighting design and stage technology from around the world to apply for the company's annual LDI Sponsorship as a part of its commitment to nurturing young people looking to launch professional careers in the industry.

Sponsorship recipients - five from North America and two international students - are awarded an all-expense-paid trip to the 2015 LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas, 23-25 October, in addition to receiving exclusive ETC swag, backstage access to ETC's show stand and newest products, and will get to attend a special networking reception with the industry's leading professionals. Each student is also paired with a lighting designer mentor who will offer them guidance and support for one full year in order to help them get their fledgling careers of the ground.

ETC has announced the recipients of the 2015 LDI Stude

UK - The annual West End Heroes show takes place this Sunday at the Dominion Theatre in London. The event unites the country's top military musicians with the biggest stars of the West End in a showcase of show-stopping numbers, choreography and unlikely song mash-ups. The event is held to raise money for the Help for Heroes charity and White Light is once again donating the lighting equipment for this important fundraiser.

Help for Heroes is a charity that provides better facilities for British servicemen and women who have been wounded or injured in the line of duty. The donations it receives are used for individual support, rehabilitation centres and its recovery programmes. David Pearson, general manager of the Dominion Theatre, states, "This is a truly unique event as it brings together the very best in West End entertainment in order to support a great cause. E

Germany - The Frappant, an underground art gallery and artists residence in Hamburg Altona, Germany was the site of a widely acclaimed avant-garde exhibition Der liebe Gott (The Dear God). Among the pieces attracting the most attention during the 10-day event was light artist Boris Frentzel-Beyme's haunting and transcendental work Deus luminogaster which draws on the output of carefully placed Freedom Pars from Chauvet DJ to make its powerful impression.

Although the central object of Frentzel-Beyme's work - an embossed plastic sheet manufactured in East Germany during the days of the GDR - is interesting in and of itself, it's the vibrant colours and punchy light of the Freedom Par RGBAW+UV LED fixtures that endow this piece with a captivating holographic and illusory quality.

Frentzel-Beyme's light art consortium, Lumidium, is no stranger to using light to brin

USA - Bandit Lites has again made a large strategic investment into a wide variety of additional, high demand lighting equipment. This investment was created by a high demand on a repeating basis for all of the products involved. Bandit chair Michael T. Strickland stated, "It seemed that no matter how many of these items we purchased monthly, there was always a demand the next month for even more. To meet the demand we have simply ordered a large quantity of each fixture with the knowledge the demand will be there."

Products in the purchase include Robe 1200 LEDWash, Robe BMFL, GLP X4, GLP X4s, GLP X4 Bar 10, Clay Paky B-Eye K20, Aryton Magicdot-R, Aryton Cosmopix-R, Chauvet Rogue R2 Beam, Chauvet Rogue RH1 Hybrid, Elation Cuepix Panel, Phillips Showline Nitro, Tyler GT Truss, Tyler GT Corners and other Tyler parts. With the massive increase of fixtures, it was only na

UK - dbn Lighting from Manchester returned to the picturesque town of Ramsbottom in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, UK, a deep valley steeped in history nestling amidst the stunning scenery of the west Pennine moors - for the annual Ramsbottom Festival.

The 5000 capacity truly 'boutique' music event is action-packed with fun, adventure, good vibes and great music for all the family. It's the fifth year that dbn has lit the event's main stage in which time the production has grown steadily under the direction of Roy Fernley of ETS, with whom dbn regularly works on other shows in and around Manchester.

dbn's project manager Nick Buckley also created the production design for the main stage which this year included headliners The Wonderstuff, The Magic Numbers, Idlewild and The Proclaimers, together with a host of other performances throughout the three days

USA - Chroma-Q has announced the appointment of 30 year industry veteran, John Fuller, as the company's Chroma-Q global brand manager - effective immediately. This position is a result of Chroma-Q's continued strong ongoing growth in the global entertainment and commercial lighting markets.

John has been deeply involved in the entertainment industry for over 30 years in various roles, bringing a wealth of industry experience and technical knowledge to the role. For the past 10 years he has been principal of Denver, Colorado-based Mountain Light Company, where he had intimate involvement with corporate events, lighting rentals and special projects using LED lighting.

While studying physics at the University of Colorado and continuing after he concluded his studies, John worked as technical director of Macky Auditorium, a 2,000-seat road house in Boulder, Colorado. In the subseq

UK - A powerful load cell monitoring system with improved coverage, increased security and a range of up to 800m will be showcased by leading load cell brand BroadWeigh at PLASA 2015.

Development engineers at BroadWeigh's parent company, Mantracourt Electronics, have developed a new radio module giving four times the range of the previous system. Improvements in the omni-directional antenna have provided increased performance in more challenging environments such as high concentrations of truss or wall. The system will be on show on the stand of BroadWeigh's exclusive UK distributor, A.C Entertainment (F30).

The upgraded radio module and antenna give improved signal integrity and coverage of installations, meaning that, in perfect conditions, a signal range of up to 800m can be achieved, as standard. In addition to this, the shackles and base stations can now be assigned a Gro

The Netherlands - German manufacturer and MADI specialist, DirectOut Technologies launched new remote software for their MADI analyzer and signal generator, ANNA-LISA, at the recent IBC show in Amsterdam.

ANNA-LISA is a handheld device with a simple traffic light style LED Go/No Go indication. It is equipped with two MADI I/Os; a coaxial BNC port and an SFP cage for single mode or multimode transceivers. It is compatible with all MADI formats and checks for AES10 conformity, sample rate, format, signal amplitude and jitter. The onboard generator has three presets for different test signals.

The newly-launched remote software, which is available as an app for ANDROID™ devices and connected via Bluetooth, offers a significantly enhanced feature set for ANNA-LISA users. Functions include advanced analysis of signal parameters including amplitude and jitter measurement; monit

USA - The first annual Kaaboo Festival outside San Diego got off to a flying start, drawing huge crowds to see over 100 artists, including rock superstars like Counting Crows, The Killers, No Doubt and the Zac Brown Band on its seven stages.

One of those stages, the Tourmaline, didn't feature the biggest names at the three-day festival. Devoted to emerging artists, it showcased the talents of newcomers like Katastro, David Rosales and The Drowning Men. Although they might not have enjoyed the name recognition of a Sheryl Crow and other Kaaboo stars, these up-and-comers were supported by a lightshow that was every bit as dynamic as anything at the festival, thanks to an all-Chauvet rig put together by LD Matt Collier.

"I wanted to give this stage a big symmetrical look," said Collier. "This was a big moment for the bands and they drew large enthusiastic crowds. T

UK - Since forming in 2007, British band Mumford & Sons has toured the world almost non-stop. Now setting out again to showcase their third album, the band's lighting and production designer, Ed Warren, selected Martin Professional VDO Sceptron 10s and MAC QuantumTM Washes to make their live show even more immersive and experiential.

Warren developed a captivating new design specifically for the new album, Wilder Mind. He immersed himself in Mumford & Sons' music until it resonated in his mind - he even played the band's music while sleeping. "Designing is a very fluid process for me. I don't force it," says Warren. "When I've visualized my first thoughts and I feel like I'm in the right zone, the concept starts to take shape."

In the initial stages, Warren presented his ideas to the band using mood boards. They liked it and when finalized, he submit

UK - University of South Wales (USW) students will be heading to Belgium to represent the UK in a European lighting design competition later this year after winning the UK leg.

David Howard and Samuel Clay, who are both Lighting Design and Technology second year students at USW, won the Hog Factor competition at the recent PRO Performance and Venue Technology Show in Birmingham. Hog Factor is a lighting design and programming competition for HOG4 consoles run by AED Distribution, master distributor for High End Systems in the UK.

The competition is open to students who are currently enrolled in a full-time UK Entertainment technology related education course, or working at the starting level in a UK lighting rental production house.

David and Sam were one of nine teams who had to produce a lighting show to the Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars track, Uptown Funk.

Dav

UK - Buckinghamshire New University Audio and Music Production graduate Alexander Robins has won an award from leading manufacturer Sennheiser for the quality of his work.

Alexander, 21, won the Sennheiser Prize for Best Music Production Recording 2015 from David Brinsden, director operations UK at Sennheiser UK, after graduating from the University, in High Wycombe.

Sennheiser recognises what it considers to be the best sound design work produced by Bucks New University graduates this year.

Alexander won £1,500 worth of Sennheiser equipment. He said, "It feels great to know that the productions that I've worked on over the last year have been reviewed by industry professionals. I have learnt how to produce better sounding audio and asses my skills in sound design and recording, To be told that my work is of an outstanding and professional standard is a huge boost

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