South African rental company, XGX Productions were commissioned by NuWave Entertainment to supply the sound, lighting, AV, structures and special effects to the venue.
Working on an Avolites Tiger Touch console, the lighting designer and operation was by Gert Smit of XGX. His team included Mpho Kgobe, lighting technician and rigger, Zee Mabasa and Petri Smit, lighting & sound technicians.
(Jim Evans)
The audio system for Wahaca Southbank is divided into four zones covering ground and first floors, walkways and outside areas. To provide simple but flexible control and power, Marquee chose the Cloud Electronics 46/50 4-zone integrated mixer/amp with the optional 100V line module. APart MASK4T and MASK6T loudspeakers were used throughout.
"We chose the MASK loudspeakers for their discreet styling, audio quality and price, which fitted a real
Lighting rental company Event Lighting ensured that the whole experience was made extra special for all involved, with Robe moving lights filling up most of the rig and a production design by LD Uro Vovk
The Robe count of over 75 units included 18 Robin 600 LEDWashes, 30 ColorSpot 1200E ATs, 12 ColorSpot 700E ATs and 16 ColorSpot 575E ATs. These were positioned all around the venue on a series of over-stage trusses and a box truss over the crowd. The LEDWash 600s were all on the stage floor.
Event Lighting has been investing in Robe for the last eight years, and continues to do so because of the reliability and performance of the brand.
Their original fixtures
The PLASA Rigging Conference is delighted to confirm that the conference will close with 'Question Time' hosted by Alan Jacobi LVO, MD of Unusual Rigging.
An iconic figure in the world of rigging, Alan's involvement with the Rigging Conference dates back to its inception, as conference consultant Chris Higgs explains, "Alan Jacobi (AJ) opened the inaugural PLASA Rigging Conference in 2010 in his inimitable style but sadly wasn't able to join us last year. I was therefore delighted that he agreed immediately to host the closing Q&A session this year. Alan is an inspirational character to many of us and someone who I have no doubt will again ask insightful questions, act as question mast
Off Stage - Long-running musical Blood Brothers is to end its current run after spending 24 years in London's West End. The show has its final performance at the Phoenix Theatre on 27 October but will continue to play on tour. A spokesman for producer Bill Kenwright said it was "the end of a cha
Leinster appointed Andy Tonks to the project for Chaos: "Antony Randall, Tinie's show producer consulted with myself and Alex and led the realisation of W
A special production of Turandot took place on the 1,000-seat venue's opening night, which was directed by the legendary Franco Zeffirelli (who also designed the set) and conducted by Spanish tenor, Placido Domingo. Approximately 350 Italian performers were flown in especially on order of the Sultan, to create a musical night to remember.
At the beginning of this gargantuan build, a concrete shell was created and a team of 30 carpenters built a 1:5 scale model of the Sultan's vision, which was regularly subject to change.
Originally, the venue
Working for LIFT (London International Festival Theatre), production manager Tom Bailey and lighting designer Paul Cook, PRG's Loz Wilcox supplied lighting to illuminate the EDF Energy London Eye. This was the last event in the Surprises:STREB sequence and an exciting finale.
Production manager, Tom Bailey said, "With such a complex project, spread over seven iconic London sites on one day, I was looking for a turn-key approach from PRG to tackle the lighting of the Eye. PRG took this on-board right from the start and managed the process in a straight forward and efficient manner - and produced fan
"For lighting designers, the Source Four has almost become a photometrics reference point, a unit of light," says ETC's David Lincecum. "They know how much light they'll get from the first electric, and that's a shared language of light output."
This year ETC introduced a much anticipated and well received LED version of its classic spotlight - combining the advantages of the revered Source Four optics with the colour system and further energy efficiencies of an ETC Selador LED luminaire. A rig of these was recently employed in the temporary London studio of France TV Sport for the Olympics
MDS of Maidstone were chosen to provide lighting and sound for the VIP area during the weekend and supplied MT Professional Audio speakers and lightweight amplifiers to provide FOH sound and on-stage monitoring on three stages. Artists using the equipment included Big Country, The Guillemots, James Walsh and the Punch Brothers, and nobody had their power switched off.
Darren Tomlin, proprietor of MDS commented, "I visited MT Pro at their showroom near Maidstone, Kent to listen to the amps and speakers before making the purchase. I was very impressed with both the sound an
More than 300 movers and shakers from the Russian entertainment technology industry attended the seventh annual Russia-wide seminar, which bought lighting designers, rental companies and technicians together to share ideas, meet new equipment and network.
Pasquale Quadri, president and CEO of Clay Paky, said, "On the occasion of 25 years since the foundation of Doka, the Clay Paky team would like to thank you for a business partnership that has seen an extraordinary growth of both companies over the years. Professionalism, honesty and trust are all values that underpin the strong foundation of our long lasting partnership that, over the years, has forged a strong friendship that goes w
Of its three spaces, the vast 28,000sq. ft. main space, with its triple height ceilings, is the centrepiece, and can host sit-down dinners and conferences for in excess of 1,000 people.
LCI was invited to tender for the technical design, installation and commissioning of a comprehensive house production system, incorporating industry standard sound, lighting and video. This would be available to any incoming production companies along with smaller event clients who don't have a production partner associated with them.
Speed of rigging/derigging was an essential part of the criteria, as was a s
Stars of the music world, including musician and songwriter Richard Stilgoe OBE and Julian Colbeck, joined opera singer Dame Felicity Lott DBE for the official opening of the new £3.2m Monkton Senior School Music Centre. Located at the prestigious Monkton Combe School in Bath, the new centre will provide facilities to pupils of all musical abilities under director of music, George Bevan, but will also be available as a rehearsal and performance space for professional musicians.
Over 1000 guests attended the weekend opening event and were tr
Robert Juliat followspots first went on tour with Bruce Springsteen in 2007, on the Magic tour. Lighting designer, Jeff Ravitz, of Intensity Advisors in North Hollywood, California, wanted to use Manon and Topaze spots in the truss for their optical quality but he also needed the spots to have electronic power supplies to insure there were no frequency interference issues with the video system on the tour. Robert Juliat got together with Morpheus Lights, of Las Vegas, Nevada, the production company for the tour,
Integration company, Technical Entertainment Services, which specialises in architectural LED feature lighting, was commissioned by Bow Arts Trust to refurbish its permanent installation of vertical tubes of light which are suspended over the public walkway between its two buildings on Bow Road.
"Bow Arts Trust wanted to replace the existing fluorescent tubes with an LED alternative which would better comply with their environmental concerns, and offer extended lamplife with reduced maintenance and running costs," explains TES technical director, Matthew Owen.
Owen proposed a multi-pixelRGB fixture as the best solution to these requirements, which would also allow Artists in Resid
In control Front of House is long-time Midas user Robbie McGrath, whose sound engineering credentials include some of rock music's finest acts including The Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Kasabian. McGrath praised the PRO6 for its wealth of musical ability.
"The head amps are incredible, I can set up the PRO6 the same way as I would a great analogue console such as the MIDAS XL4. On top of this you have a very smooth digital trim, which is fab. The EQ is exceptionally musical - it really retains that much-loved MIDAS sound and the on board compressors are amazing."
He continues, "The Stone Roses' are incredibly talented. Because it's drums, bass, guitar and vocals, with no trimmings whatsoever, I need a desk that will concentrate on the quality of the raw m
Although the show's total weight does not exceed the limits of the Hippodrome, most of the weight is concentrated in the downstage area, necessitating the strengthening of the four roof truss bays to enable each one to take the full weight at any one time. This meant each bay had to be capable of carrying 30 tonnes, the theatre's existing evenly distributed show load.
Using eight tonnes of steel, Unusual Rigging worked with Sheetfabs to fabricate 15m x 1.5m of strengthening truss for each of the four roof truss bays, and completed the install in just 10 days. The team also strengthened the upright truss stage left and righ
It's the seventh year that Entec has been involved with providing lighting the popular boutique festival, set in the environment originally created by prominent Victorian, Lieutenant-General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers, and opened as the first private gardens for 'public enjoyment' in the UK.
The Entec crew of five was led by Richard Hutton. The equipment and designs covered five principal music stages of various sizes and a theatre / club space located in England's oldest corrugated iron building.
The Main stage was an 18m saddle span structure which was new for this year, bringing its own set of lighting challenges for designer
The Chinese manufacturer's territory representatives, Techhouse, ensured that the portfolio was well represented at the Bee Free (free festival) after taking on the distributorship at the end of last year.
"The quality of the products is vital to us, and we are delighted when that is matched by the price," states CEO, Stefan Kollar. "When we purchased the first samples of the lights at the end of 2011, we were positively surprised by the quality and reliability."
They had no hesitation in recommending them to the event, which was again held at Aiport Pietany, and attended by around 20,000 visitors. Organised by teams from Storm Promotion and KuulFabrik, every year more than 150 DJ's perform on five stages.
Techhouse's rental
One of the most active has been Lyon-based rental company, Audio Technique, who have been very busy since they joined the Uniline Solution network with the purchase of their system in May this year. Two of their most prestigious festivals featuring Uniline this summer have been the FΩtes Escales in Venissieux near Lyon - a six-day festival that saw audiences of over 6000 every night for an eclectic music programme ranging from the Opera de Lyon to the urban rap sounds of Zebda and everything in between - and the Nuits de la Guitare festival held in the spectacular setting of Patrimonio in Corsica.
Held over eight days, this festival of international renown featured perfor
The solo piano performances had to be planned in meticulous detail, as the piano and audio system were set up directly in front of the international arrivals area in one of the world's busiest airport terminals. Robin Conway was project manager for Capital Sound, with the company providing all necessary equipment, crew and logistics.
"One of the key challenges of the event was that we were given specific load in and load out times to coincide with quieter moments in the terminal," says Conway. "We had to set up the equipment
The first highly anticipated show truly tested everyone's technical and creative skills. Performed in front of enormous crowds (estimated at up to 500,000 people) in Independence Square, Kiev, Ukraine - the concert was televised live as part of the Euro 2012 Football Championships as well as streamed online.
Although Sinclair has been a keen Vista user for a number of years, this was his first experience using the new flagship L5 console. Choosing to do so on a show of such stature and visibility was a real testament to his confidence in the reliability and flexibility of the Vista family.
Sinclair's design concept began wit
The AT4050URUSHI, a visually striking version of Audio-Technica's acclaimed AT4050, was created to commemorate A-T's 50th anniversary and sports a stunning traditional urushi lacquer finish with hand-painted Japanese maple leaves.
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Jacobi has lit all seven editions of the show to date, and each one has featured Robe moving lights.
However this was the first time that any of his lighting designs have included MMX Spots and Robin 1200 LEDWashes - all of which are supplied by Danor Rental.
Dancing With The Stars is recorded in Studio 1 of the GG Studio Complex in Jerusalem, the country's largest TV production facility.
The set is designed by Avi Fahima, with the basic elements styled on the original classic BBC version, with a new video theme added for this Israeli series, consisting of scenic LED panels running ar
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