In the world of television, Stagetec is finishing complete new lighting installations for five studios at Bloomberg TV Studios in London in association with Film & TV Services. The studios transmit 24 hours a day to five countries in Europe. Equipment includes 120 channels of Compulite CompuDIM 2000 dimmers with Dimmer Monitor software and five SP-4D control systems. At BBC Belfast, the lighting installations for two studios are having the final touches added. The installation includes 132 channels of 96 channels of 2.5kW Compulite CompuDIM 2000 dimmers with Dimmer Monitor system, Ovation 4D and two Micron 4D control systems plus Ethernet nodes, DMX network and complete installation of lighting grid and mains distribution system. At the London Studios on the South Bank, part of the Granada Media Group, Stagetec is installing 280 channels of 2.5kW and 20 channels of 10kW Compulite CompuDIM 2000 dimmers in Studio 2 complete with Dimmer Monitor system, custom built mains distribution and a portable 24 channel CompuDIM 2000 rack with SparkTOP control system.
Stagetec’s educational projects are as varied as they are numerous, including a recording studio upgrade at Easthampstead Park School in Bracknell to provide a facility for recording news tapes for the blind. There’s a full theatre and drama studio technical installation happening at the new Oaks Park High School in Redbridge, with Compulite Photon control desk, LSC dimmers and Selecon luminaires, together with a technical installation in the drama studio. At Dagenham Priory School, Stagetec is supplying curtain tracks and sound system for the dance studio, with Zero 88 dimmers, LSC control and Selecon luminaires. At Davenant Foundation School, there’s a new lighting and sound installation for the main hall, plus a drama studio including a Compulite Photon lighting control system, LSC dimmers and Turbosound/Ohm speakers with Soundcraft mixers. At the College of North East London in Tottenham, an upgrade is underway in their drama studio, including a new lighting grid, motorised cyclorama roller and RCF speakers.
In the performing Arts sector, the new Laban Centre in Lewisham is nearing completion, with Stagetec continuing its installation of a complete sound installation for the new theatre space now including Nexo speakers and Crown amplification. At Horsham Arts Centre in Sussex, Stagetec has designed and is installing a new lighting system for the refurbishment of the main and studio theatres with two Compulite control systems and the new CompuRACK installation dimmer racks, and at the Curzon Centre in Beaconsfield, another complete lighting and curtain installation is happening with Zero 88 dimmers and LSC control.
(Lee Baldock)
