The Svenska Teaten, or Swedish Theatre, in Helsinki is a case in point. Built originally in 1860, the theatre burnt to the ground just three years later, but quickly rose from the ashes in 1866. Occupying a central site in the city, the building looks unchanged externally. Internally, however, things are now very different thanks to a major restoration project completed at the end
Comperes, comedian and F1 specialist Danny Hornigold partnered with car expert and BBC commentator Andrew Coley to ensure everyone was well informed and enjoyed the fun. Pro freestyle skateboarders Kilian Martin and Alfredo Urbon impressed the crowd dazzling with their skills on the Fun Fortwo, the world's first-ever tandem skateboard and foot-tapping artists Threepenny Bit and beatboxer champion Jack Hobbs AKA "Hobbit" added an eclectic soundtrack to keep the fun and light-hear
The overall project, which has lasted for much of 2012, saw Black Light working with some of the biggest names in the construction business - Graham Construction, Morgan Sindall and Balfour Beatty - to install stage lighting, sound, audio visual and recording studio equipment in five of the region's high schools and four of its primaries.
This large-scale, multi-location project demonstrates Black Light's expertise in the education sector and its ability to offer a high quality, specification-compliant proposal at the right price.
"Black Light did an extremely professional installation," said Derek Johnston, head of music and drama at Coltness High School, which was the first of the nine schools Black Light worked at. "The entire syste
Visitors to the show will be among the first to see many new products being displayed and demonstrated in the region for the first time, including the Hippotizer Version 3.2 Software on TMB's booth; LumenRadio's SuperNova; four additions to the ProPlex Devices range of tour-grade signal management systems; The Solaris Flare Color Strobe; the Schnick Schnack Systems LED Accent Lighting System, as well as a hands-on demonstration of Aereographer by Flying by Foy - the world's most advanced design tool for flying automation, with many more announcements coming soon.
ETC is recognized around the world as the leader in entertainment lighting and control products. City Theatrical specializes in unique lighting accessories and has developed and marketed hundreds of accessories related to ETC products over the last 20 years, and the two companies have enjoyed a close working relationship during that time.
ETC's customers will find SHoW DMX Neo wireless DMX systems useful in a wide range of lighting applications such as schools, civic auditoriums, houses of worship, cruise ships, museums, exterior architectural applications, and a
Zepp concert halls are a group of dynamic, busy venues which are spread across all areas of Japan and play host to many international tours and Japanese musicians. They offer a broad programme of music and tours, designed to appeal to all ages, with upcoming dates including Paul Weller, The Offspring, Slayer and Brahman.
The Zepp venues are also popular locations for corporate events and conventions.
The 2700-seat Zepp DiverCity in Tokyo is the largest of the Zepp venues and the largest live house in Tokyo while the slightly smaller Zepp Namba in Osaka caters
"Over the past couple of years, we have seen a substantial increase in the number of ISE exhibitors offering display solutions that are above full HD resolution," comments Mike Blackman, managing director, Integrated Systems Events. "The potential of these technologies is enormous, but these are complex systems and many industry professionals are enduring a steep learning-curve while implementing them.
"By hosting the MegaPixel Summit at ISE 2013, we hope to create a forum in which the cha
Presented by Oran Burns from the d&b GB Education and Application support department, the day will feature practical experiments and demonstrations all designed to provide a clearer understanding of electroacoustics. By exploring the acoustic signal path from loudspeaker to listener and its relationship with the surrounding environment, discover how focused, intelligible sound can be achieved for every member of the audience.
Whether new to professional audio or just want to refresh the ears, this is a fun and fascinating way to learn how the fundamentals of audio physics can support engineering and system design skills, says d&b.
Booking details can be found at www.dbaudio.com
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Based in Cambridgeshire, ELP offer a vast hire stock of the latest lighting technologies and provide a premium single source service for production managers, lighting designers and TV lighting directors.
The Chroma-Q fixtures - 18 Studio Force V 12, 3000 - 6100°K CCT variable white and 30 of the Studio Force D 12, 6100°K CCT daylight white - were purchased by ELP's rental manager, John Singer.
This was ELP's first Chroma-Q purchase and John comments that when they saw the products demonstrated, they were "Immediately impressed" by the fixtures' brightness, clean white colour rendition, compact size and build quality.
Chroma-Q were initially brought to the attention
Matt Moreland of Wave Productions was lighting designer and director for the project, which reflected the diversity of Houghton's musical style. "The look of the show was sometimes very rock 'n roll, sometimes dramatic and moody, sometimes very high energy. It really ran the gamut as did the music from Latin to rap to a more traditional gospel sound."
Moreland chose 10 Stage Zoom 1200 moving heads and six Alpha Spot
"MIDAS Consoles are selling like hot cakes here in South Africa", explains Prosound's Mark Malherbe. "We've sold five PRO9 consoles within the last three months, around 15 Pro2's and a couple of Pro3's."
This huge growth in sales saw Midas technical sales manager, Jason Kelly, along with Malherbe take to the road to share the Midas training experience. "We visited all of the major cities of South Africa to deliver what we called the 'Prosound Live', training and advice event," continues Malherbe. "The PRO3, PRO6, and PRO9 digital consoles are all hugely successful in South Africa and with the recent additions of the PRO2, PRO2C - and even more recently the
In late August, d'light completed technical production of a student festival on the University of Agder campus in Kristiansand. The event, a celebration to mark the beginning of the school year, featured live entertainment with lighting design by Ronnie Tungland who incorporated the newly purchased MAC 350 Entours and 101 LED wash lights along with Martin MAC III Profiles.
Using an 8 x 10 ground support, the MAC 350 Entours were mounted on the back wall on four arm trusses. d'light chose to stock the LED profile because their 8000 lumens of brightness allow them to punch through without looking weak compared to bigger fixtures like MAC I
Showcasing the most innovative, creative original and funky elements on offer in multiple sectors from handbags to marmalade vodka, the first three day BOB event took place at The Farmiloe Building on London's Clerkenwell Road. The former warehouse is a fine example of Victorian architecture, completed in 1868 by Browne & Robinson.
Entec's equally fine crew was project managed by Adam Stevenson.
Entec was asked on-board by production manager Charlie Canavan, with whom they have worked on several previous live music projects. The turnaround was exceptionally tight - even by production industry standards - so Entec
The equally flamboyant lighting design for the event - in its 11th glorious year - by Peter Vervloesem - featured all Robe moving lights, which together with other lighting fixtures and equipment and trussing - were supplied by Total-E (Total Event Support) from Paal-Beringen.
Vervloesem also designed the set. His starting point for the show was to create a fabulous, sizzling, mega-kitsch environment full of colour, movement and lusciousness to help emulate the parting spirit of the era and produce a great atmosphere.
No celebration of the seventies would be complete without that classic component of stage déco
PR supplied lighting, audio and staging for the high profile press event staged in the Ballroom of the Northumberland Hotel, just off Trafalgar Square. It was attended by the three surviving members of the band and the world's media.
PR's Ian Coull designed the set and lighting scheme after taking a brief from the client.
It featured an eye-catching three tiered stage with seven metre high backdrop covered in the album / DVD cover artwork, featuring a large Zeppelin airship hovering above a London cityscape pastiche in a bright orange and red sky.
Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and Paul Jones sat below this a
"With a brass section and the world of keyboards we hit 56 inputs but the 112 surface allowed me to see a lot of what was happening and the flexible layout ensured I never lost sight, keeping lead vocal, FX, etc. available at all times," explains Pattison.
Pattison also connected a Waves networking card to record the gig and conduct a virtual sound check.
"I was able to use a laptop to record all 56 inputs directly from the Waves card over a single Ethernet cable, and manage virtual soundcheck without the need for an additional soundcard or interface,&
Integral to the whole ENTER. phenomena - four rooms fusing the principals of music, sake, technology and experience all curated by Hawtin - was a visual and lighting design by Matthias 'Lumpy' Vollrath from biglooks.net, who has worked with the artist (aka Plastikman) since 2008 in cooperation with Rebeca Sanchez from LEDsControl.
Lumpy included four Robe MMX Spots in the lighting rig which were used specifically to throw patterns and effects onto two prominent dance podiums flanking the stage in the main area. They were the main focus on the side of the stage and a substitute for any video projection.
This r
The centre of activities for this new relationship will be at PRG's expansive Las Vegas facility, the hub of PRG's touring sound business, where a fully complemented turn-key system of Outline GTO, GTO-SUBS, Butterfly, MANTAS, DBS18-2 Subs and recently introduced LipFill-0182, will be inventoried and staged for immediate deployment for PRG's most demanding production and touring requirements.
A joint launch of the GTO and Outline partnership is planned to coincide with the upcoming LDI Show and Parnelli Awards in Las Vegas. A Stageline Mobile Stage, with a full Outline GTO rig, will be set up on the grounds of the PRG complex. Transportation to and from the PRG compound from the Las Vegas Convention Center will be provided as a courte
Normandalehas been working with Coldplay for the past five years, first on the Viva La Vida tour and now on that promoting Mylo Xyloto. Lighting vendor for the European leg is Lite Alternative, while Upstaging handles the North American leg. On the arena tour, the Martin inventory included 46 MAC 101, 32 MAC 700 Profile and 13 MAC 2000 XB Wash. For the
The scrimmage took place on 12 October 2012 and marked the start of the University of Kentucky's basketball season. Tickets for Big Blue Madness sold out in 35 minutes, and crowds poured into the 23,500 seat Rupp Arena hours before the 7:30 p.m. show.
In an unparalleled opening, the packed arena watched as the entire basketball court itself transformed into a 94 feet by 50 feet screen.
Aaron Swetland of Bandit designed the lighting programme which highlighted a projection of the University of Kentucky logo exploding into light particles while banners expounding the university's eight championships filled the court. Sport commentaries reverberated to the crowd's deafening screams as they watc
"My reason for using a [DiGiCo] SD7 is simple, really: it is literally the only console that can handle a show like this," states monitor engineer, Seamus Fenton, who runs 110 channels from the desk. "Being a theatre production, there are so
Simon Bull, managing director of Castle Group said, "Rental is more and more of a desired option these days with capital budgets being squeezed from all directions in the face of work that still needs to be done! We are delighted with the response to our new site and are pleased that we can offer such an extended range of equipment. People who hire equipment from us tend to come back time and time again, so there must be something in it!"
Renting equipment for a short duration has clear advantages in cost saving, flexibili
Broadcast live on BBC Red Button, with highlights shown the following evening on BBC Three, the Radio One Teen Awards included a live music bill that read like a who's who of up-to-the-minute pop music. Headliners One Direction were supported by the likes of Little Mix, Ne-Yo, Conor Maynard and Taylor Swift, drawing a crowd of 10,000 screaming teenage fans.
Routledge, who has used WYSIWYG extensively in recent months, having been lead lighting programmer for the opening and closing ceremonies o
TheatreCraft, which is now in its seventh year, is the essential free event for anyone aged 17 to 25 looking for a non-performance career in theatre. Participants can explore topics including producing, stage management, wig-making, lighting, marketing, theatre journalism, sound, directing, costume design, playwriting and designing.
The event on Friday 30 November at the Royal Opera House will welcome more than 1,000 young people from across the UK and runs from 9am - 3.30pm. Participants will have the chance to take part in a choice of over 60 workshops delivered by skilled theatre professionals from, meet more than 40 exhibitors in the bustling marketplace and visit the 'Ask the Experts' zone which offers one-to-one advic
