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The state-of-the-art 1,400 seat venue has been built to provide an alternative space whilst the main theatre building is redeveloped as part of the Chichester Festival Theatre 'RENEW' project.

The Theatre in the Park venue plays host to Cameron Mackintosh's Barnum. "This is a great project to be involved with" commented Entourage Live managing director Andy Bartlett. "It's key that we work with all parties and stakeholders on a project of this size. We're working with the tent and site designers, production management, company management and the show's producers.&quo

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"The endorsement by venues of qualifications such as this will help to further improve competency and safety standards across the industry. The NRC is another step towards meeting the rigging industry's aspirations of consistently high levels of competence and safety," says Nicky Norman, senior production and technical manager, ACC Liverpool, home to BT Convention

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The new Sharpy Wash luminaire - a 330W washlight with the luminous efficiency, graphic and optical performance of a 1000W fixture - is providing a lightweight yet powerful solution for Sinclair as the tour travels from America to Europe and the Far East.

"We specified the Sharpy Washes because I needed an extremely bright workhorse light that was small enough to travel with us on the numerous plane journeys around the world," says Sinclair. "They're working great, and we're very happy with them."

The tour is projection-focussed, jam-packed with dynamic visuals throughout, which are beamed onto an enormous Venetian blind-style screen. This requires

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"Every year Kilowatt AV chooses to back a charity," commented Dillon Jearey, managing director at Kilowatt AV. "We feel that by doing this we can add significant value with cash and services donations. We look for charities that do not facilitate basic life needs but rather focus on inspiring people and helping them get excited about life and the awesome opportunities it presents. For the last two years we have supported Songo, a charity that uses cycling to inspire and uplift a community."

Kilowatt AV's main drive for their charity is entering a team into the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle tour and then raising money through suppliers and other friendly companies. DWR Distribution w

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Gavin Scott, sales director at Azule commented on the significance of Azule's inaugural presence at the show: "Having become a member of PLASA earlier this year, it was a natural step for us to attend the event with a greater physical presence to increase our visibility within the industry. PLASA's well established as a landmark event for the live sound and lighting sectors, which are key markets for us. Our decision to exhibit this yea

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In addition to exhibiting its complete new console range on the Stagecraft International stand, Cadac's International sales manager, Ben Milson will be making daily mainstage presentations on the CDC four, CDC eight and LIVE1 consoles in the main exhibition hall.

Ahead of the PALMM exhibition, Ben Milson will also be hosting CDC four and CDC eight training days with Stagecraft International, on the 12 and 13 August. The first day will be at the Stagecraft International's HQ; 312 AB Sandoval Bldg., Cor. Oranbo Drive, Shaw Blvd. Pasig City Philippines, Zip 1603. The second, with Stagecraft

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Located in Liverpool city centre, ACC Liverpool is an award-winning building. Within it is the BT Convention Centre, which houses a 1,350 seat auditorium, 18 break-out rooms and 3,725 m2 of exhibition space, and the 11,000-capacity Echo Arena. Both are interlinked by a central galleria.

When ACC Liverpool decided it was time to update its existing audio system within the BT convention Centre, their technical staff turned to Stage Electrics.

Nicky Norman, senior production and technical manager at ACC Liverpool worked closely with Stage Electrics' business development manager Rob Beamer to find the ideal solution.

"Since becoming a dealer for EM Acoustics we have been holding demo days around the country and inviting our customers to come

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"I've been with Frank for 14 months now, starting off with club shows where there was a different console and different PA every night. For the tour, I'm travelling with an iLive-112 and iDR10 - my favourite mixer, which is flexible for what we're doing. We are using 64 channels, as on stage there is everything from modular synths to old EV1 bass guitars to concert drums, so it's quite a challenge," says McDonald. "Combined

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Clay Paky's distributor, Pro JGS Light, Sound and Video, based in the Slovakian capital Bratislava, supplied the fixtures to Prague based production company Media Pro Pictures, which used them on Prague's Barandov Studio's SuperStar production - a joint Czech and Slovak production aiming to discover the countries next big singing sensation. The show was broadcast on popular Czech TV channel, Nova TV.

In total Pro JGS supplied 40 high-speed, graphic effects-ready Alpha Profile 1500s, 20 Alpha Spot HPE 700s featuring an array of optical and graphic devices, and 20 extremely high luminous efficiency Alpha Wash 700s.

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Having met Doughty Engineering at the Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) last year, Carter realised that of all the companies he'd considered for this project, Doughty was most evidently able to meet his brief for the new multi million pound space.

The new entrance to the department is just one aspect of the University's major redevelopment to make the Harrow Campus a world-class environment for students, with state-of-the-art facilities, new and improved social and learning spaces and an enhanced sense of community for students and staff. Harrow is also working to become a more sustainable site with reduced environm

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The Theatre measures 30 x 48ft, has a 23ft high ceiling and is popular with aquarium guests staging a variety of dive-based shows for an audience of around 150. It is also used as an events space. It features one of the largest water tanks in the aquarium, the central focal point of which is a visible viewing area of 17 x 9ft.

The four ColorSpot 250 ATs are rigged off the ceiling grid at the back of the theatre. It's a challenging space which entailed the use of custom brackets so they can be suspended below several large air ducts.

This gives an ideal angle for them to be pointed all around the space and also to light and project

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In Cape Town the show was hosted at the Grand Arena at GrandWest on Friday, 31 May 2013. Rental Company, Ultra Event Technical Solutions, had the use of the Grand Arena's in-house sound and lighting but also supplied additional lighting fixtures, and were responsible for the technical and support.

Yasheen Abdullah from Ultra Events did research on Chevelle to ensure he could recreate their lighting style. "I had a tool, the grandMA2 light, which made my life easier," said Abdullah. "It helped me to make the show as good as it was." Abdullah fel

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Genk-based Paining With Light was asked by Philips Lighting Solutions to propose a complete scheme with bespoke control solution for specialist visuals in certain areas of the new venue. Their concept was chosen by the project's chief developer Paul Gheysen, CEO of Ghelamco.

Led by Luc Peumans, the PWL team utilised their cross disciplinary experiences in the worlds of entertainment and rock 'n' roll and their penchant for stylish building lighting to deliver a spectacular result in a very short timescale ... of just under two months.

"It was a fantastic proje

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The 125-year-old Preston North End (PNE) has relied on the services of public address specialists TG Baker to keep its audio fit for purpose for nearly two decades.

When it came to upgrading the 8,100 capacity Sir Tom Finney stand - built in 1995 at a cost of £4.4m - they saw the opportunity to debut the new AWC129.

Project manager Jason Longworth recalled, "We were sent a couple of speakers for evaluation by [Harman Professional UK & Eire distributors] Sound Technology and we put them through their paces and really liked them." The AWC129 itself is a compact, coaxial-driver, 2-way, highly weather-resistant (IP56) full-range loudspeaker which is designed for speech and music.

Faced with installing these as part

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The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the biggest and most technically advanced productions in the world. In Eurovision: Mega Production, Mega Budget, Mega Fun technical director Ola Melzig, a part-time Austinite, will discuss some of the triumphs, challenges, highpoints and low points of putting on this year's production which took place in Sweden.

Audio Engineer Rich Davis will present Audio Engineering for Live Performance - Across the Board. For the past decade Davis has been the sound man for Jimmy Buffett, and has previously worked with entertainers including Doc Severinsen's Big Band, Melissa Ethe

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Sahara Presentation Systems Plc is a trade only distributor and manufacturer of Audio Visual (AV) products including major brands as well as their own brands of audio solutions, mounting products, and more traditional presentation products including rail systems, dry wipe boards and notice boards.

The agreement, which sees Sahara distribute the full Neets portfolio means Sahara can offer a comprehensive range of control systems, connectivity and input panels predestined for classrooms, board rooms and conferencing facilities.

Shaun Marklew, sales and marketing director at Sahara says, "I am very pleased with the addition of Neets to our product portfolio adding great connectivity products and value for money for our resellers."

Carl Harper, screens and connectivi

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In the Agora theatre, Chromasound installed a permanent CQ-1 loudspeaker system to support small ensemble musical and theatrical performances. A separate mobile system, based on the Meyer Sound JM-1P arrayable loudspeaker, complements the CQ-1 system during rock concerts, and is also used for outdoor events. The upgrade at the Agora was part of a wider government initiative to upgrade Hungary's cultural facilities.

"The mobile system is capable of delivering a very high SPL, and the integration between the mobile and installed systems is easy to achieve," says Makkay Imre, director of Chromasound. "The outstanding quality of the Meyer Sound loudspeakers proved itself fr

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Music & Lights AB supplied 72 Martin MAC Aura's, 12 MAC 301 Washes and 62 Atomic 3000 strobes for the festival's two, two-day events in Göteborg and Stockholm.

"The MAC Aura did an amazing job at the Summerburst Festival," stated production manager Daniel Rüdén. "The brightness of the fixtures and lenses are very usable during daylight and when the sun set, the zoom beam was almo

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The award was presented by Philip Cajka, Audio-Technica U.S. president and CEO and Michael Edwards, A-T V.P. Professional Products. Also representing On the Road Marketing were Justin Walker, Chris Grajewski, Jon Stafford and Jason Longobardo. On the Road's Frank Portalatin was absent. The A-T President's Award was presented at a ceremony during the 2013 InfoComm Expo on 12 June in Orlando, Florida.

Phil Cajka commented, "On the Road Marketing has been awarded this honour for their continued

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Vicken Hekimian, director of Scene Change Sydney, says that the Jands Stage CL is a really smart entry-level console and ideal for controlling LEDs.

"It's really easy to set up, simple to use and has a lot of features for the price point," he said. "The menu structure is very good so it's intuitive and easy to operate. It's a great little LED control surface that simply just works."

Vicken describes the ETC Source Four Profile as a particularly good value item saying that the cost for what you get is amazing.

"It's a good, even light source and is very reliable," he added. "We own many ETC Source Four Profiles and we've ne

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The stunning projections were produced using six large format projectors fitted with single scrollers, manufactured and supplied by PANI/Hardware Xenon. These were supplemented by lighting from four Robe Robin DLS profiles and a single Robin MMX WashBeam, all sourced from Dortmund based Niclen.

Casa Magica's Sabine Weissinger and Friedrich Foerster won a competition to present a dynamic projection and visuals show in the space, in which they first worked in 2004 - also the first time the Cathedral had experienced such an installation.

For the Eucharistic Congress, the drama and ethereal nature

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Subfrantic were the production company for the event and they used 10 of MilTec's Batten2 LED battens for pixelmapping and visual effects. The battens were suspended vertically from the roof truss and staggered to give depth, filling the space above the performers with light and effects.

Steve Davies from Subfrantic commented, "We were very pleased with the MilTec battens, They added character to the stage and were very bright, with good visibility even during the daylight hours."

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Sited on Macau's famous Cotai Strip, the Cotai Arena is part of The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel, a luxury hotel and integrated resort which is the largest single structure hotel building in Asia.

The new RJ Lancelots will augment the venue's existing lighting inventory which already boasts four of these powerful long throw followspots.

The RJ Lancelots have been put to good use over the years in this extremely popular and busy venue. Since it opened in 2007, the Cotai Arena at The Venetian Macao has played host to large-scale concerts from the likes of Lady Gaga and Celine Dion, with big names Rihanna and Justin Bieber due to play this autumn, Sporting events and international televised

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Ambersphere completed the deal with Robert Juliat in early June; days later they found themselves exhibiting their new brand at the ABTT show. "And what a successful show it was," said O'Donoghue. "ABTT has always been a favourite networking event with the back stage fraternity, a meeting on our stand with Tim Boyd the technical manager at The Oxford Playhouse was typical."

"We've been long term users of Robe