UK - The Association of British Theatre Technician's ABTT Theatre Show is approaching its 30th anniversary event in London's Royal Horticultural Halls, 11-12 June 2008.Many new innovations on the lighting front will be showcased this year with an emphasis on energy efficiency in line with the Theatres Trust conference on sustainable theatres to be held on 10 June. Selecon will showcase its new 80V power supply with direct DMX control removes the need for any dimming products. When combined with the Philips 80V 100W energy saving lamp it delivers the appearance of 2kW of white light from the Pacific range or the Rama 175 high performance Fresnel.

ETC will also highlight products that offer low cost of ownership and sustainable solutions. Its highly efficient Source Fours will be on display. These fixtures are currently being deployed in Hackney's Arcola theatre being powered by a hydrogen fuel cell as part of the venue's bid to become the world's first carbon neutral theatre.

PRG Europe will highlight its products and services that have built the company into a world class rental house supplying internationally acclaimed productions including Mamma Mia!, The Lion King, Jersey Boys and Joseph.

Zero 88 will demonstrate its new version 3 software for its Leap Frog 48 & 96 consoles. Its Jester ML series will be showcased. As a compact alternative it is a cost effective solution for the controlling up to 30 moving lights. Stage Electrics will premiere the cost-effective, high performance QMaxz 575 moving head from Dutch manufacturer QMaxz, the latest addition to its rental fleet.

As the worldwide distributor for Global Design Solutions, TMB will showcase three groundbreaking innovations from GDS, set to augment the working theatre environment including, the multi-award winning Blues System comprising the BlueDome and BlueBeam, which both offer LED sourced and energy efficient dimmable fittings designed for backstage lighting in the working theatre. Plus the ProCue self-contained portable cue light system, which is a modular stage manager's desk system that meets all the demands of the modern stage manager.

Kave Theatre Services gives the green light at the Show to highlight how theatres can utilise sustainable techniques to reduce running and maintenance costs. A host of LED alternatives will be showcased as well as some of innovative software, including Lightfactory to assist lighting technicians. Mushroom Lighting Technology and Mushroom Event Services will highlight its powerful combination to supply world - class events with some of the most innovative LED displays and fixtures.

Clay Paky will debut its new Alpha Series of moving lights, which includes the Alpha Beam - 300 moving light beam; the Alpha Spot HPE 300 (see the May issue of Lighting&Sound International for an in-depth look at this product), the Alpha Spot 300 effect projectors and the Alpha 300 washlight - powerful new tools for the theatre and live industries.

With energy and creativity in mind, MGC Lamps will highlight its range of energy-saving solutions with low energy lamps for a variety of applications. As a dealer for Tryka and Pixelrange LED, the company is also offering quality LED solutions.

A immense selection of gobos from specialist Goboland will be displayed. Its high resolution glass gobos are available in both black & white and coloured dichroic. Their award-winning metal gobos are etched on black, non - reflective steel for a sharper image.

PID will showcase its Catalyst Digital Media software Version 4. As a highly flexible, configurable and adaptable package it is ideal for productions no matter how large or small. City Theatrical will debut its SHoW DMX - a wireless DMX system that utilises a patent pending method hat synchronises the hopping pattern of the radio with the incoming DMX packet to attain levels of data fidelity previously unre


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