The development of digital ART2000 dimmer range has addressed the exacting needs of areas such as film, TV and theatre, and two of the UK’s largest film and TV lighting rental companies have recently invested in Avolites ART dimmers - AFM Lighting and ARRI. The AFM order involved a total of 10 dimmer racks - six ART2000 16 amp/48 channels of dimming with an RCD disable system and four ART2000 32 amp/16 channel dimmers, also with a disable system. These are going into AFM’s busy hire stock. The ARRI system involved the purchase of four ART2000 special edition dimmers - with BAC mains input and 48 channels of direct out on Socapex, and two ART2000 12 channel racks of 32 amp rated dimmers, BAC mains input with RCD disable.
The buoyancy in the TV market is reflected in the theatre market with Avolites dimming used on a range of productions including Grace The Musical (see feature in the February issue of Lighting&Sound International); the UK national tour of Bob Carlton’s Return To The Forbidden Planet; The Royal Festival Hall’s Christmas Ballet 2001/02 season and the latest two-year tour of the hit musical Chicago.
(Ruth Rossington)
