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The tour has been out since January, and Conwell has worked with the artist for the last five years. For the last year, he has exclusively been using MA Lighting's grandMA control platform for this and all his other work.

"I wanted a totally reliable console and operating system," he says commenting on his switch to MA. "It's a good all round moving light desk, does exactly 'what it says on the tin' and I am really confident about using it."

The starting point for his Tour of Refusal lighting design was the distinct backdrop, complete with a haunting giant snapshot of 1960's Italian actor, Walter Chiari. This was carefull

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As export sales manager at MGC Lamps, Jackson has been instrumental in developing and growing the business and he will, within his new role, help formulate and implement strategies necessary to facilitate the continued growth and success of MGC Lamps, says the company.

Jackson says, "I am very pleased with the results that have been achieved at MGC Lamps over the last three years and am looking forward to the new challenges ahead."

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"Although the turnout may have been lower than previous years - which is to be expected in the current climate," says sales director, Lionel Garraud, "we noticed a marked improvement in the quality of visitors who came to discuss serious projects. Several new dealers will be appointed as a result of meetings at PLASA.

"One interesting development is the increased demand for extra followspots we have received from rental companies. This seems to be a direct result of the global financial downturn. Consequently, we will be very busy fulfilling our customers' requirements between now and the end of the year, with Victor an

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Over 60 products were nominated and evaluated by a panel of independent judges, with eight receiving PLASA Awards for Innovation. These were presented by the Shadow Minister for Innovation, Universities & Skills, Adam Afriyie MP, on the second day of the exhibition.

The judges' comments on the ROBIN 300 Plasma series included: "The opportunity to deploy new technology in the form of the PLASMA lamp has led Robe to perform a ground-up rethink and redesign of the traditional moving light. The result is a fixture that impressed us with its quality of light, low power of operation and rich list of features."

Robe's MD Josef Valchar states: "We're absolutely delighted. This is a real recognition of the 15 years of constant R&D that

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By the time they broke down the stand after four days' heavy trading, the company had sold more than 300 units of its newly launched Impression 120RZ (Zoom).

However, even more valuable than the sales was the quality time with customers and specifiers that the company enjoyed. GLP says that having the ability to meet and discuss in detail with their rental partners, lighting designers and other specifiers is a core part of the company's philosophy, and on this front PLASA proved to be "a massive success".

Along with the Impression 120RZ, two other new products were showcased; the Volkslicht, which is a compact Rebel LED moving head priced at budget-driven shows which don't want compromise, and the Meisterstuck, which is designed to meet lig

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The 2009 event featured Glen Morrison and DJ, Armin Van Buuren, backed with lighting supplied by TriTec AV. TriTec built the lighting rig for the party consisting of a free-standing truss structure installed in the middle a spectacular yet challenging desert backdrop.

TriTec covered the structure in a variety of Clay Paky fixtures including 30 Alpha Wash 575 fixtures, 24 Alpha Spot 1200 HPE, and 16 Al

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"There may have been fewer visitors this year but the quality of the enquiries was high and were of great value to the company," says Goboland UK director, Vicky Fairall. "The new Credit Crunch custom gobo went down extremely well - people just love it since it has brought custom gobos within the budget constraints of our customers in these financially challenging times."

Credit Crunch custom gobos are an economical, uncoated alternative to the award-winning Goboland Black Steel gobos.

"People were also very excited by our new iPhone App which allows customers to access our Black Steel Gobo Catalogue - which now holds over 1,250 designs - on the move! It is the first free gobo App ever to be launched and our customers were even dow

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Creative director Wayne Howell's seminar on Artistic Licence Art-Net: The Benefits in Large Scale Installations & Applications saw standing-room only, with candidates being turned away at the door. Subjects covered included how to maximise Art-Net's capabilities, the integration of Art-Net into large scale applications and a discussion on broadcast and unicast.

The content catered for the wide variety of attendees which included specifiers, designers, end users, who agreed that the discussion clarified points of use and brought people up to speed on the history of control and what Art-Net II, the latest version of Art-Net, could offer. Transcripts and video clips of the seminar and the Q&A session which followed can be found on the Artistic Licence websit

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The presentation ceremony took place at the Hotel Ibis, Earls Court, London on 13 September 2009. Clay Paky - with support from equipment suppliers Hawthorn Theatrical and Richard Martin Lighting - set up a professional lighting rig in the Suite, mainly using the new Clay Paky Alpha 700 Spot HPE, Wash and Beam lights.

Almost 350 industry professionals attended the event, including light

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DBN supplied lighting, rigging and lighting design services to six major events at the MIF, following on from their very successful work with the first MIF in 2007. Jack Thompson, technical director of the festival said: "I try to use locally based companies for the Manchester International Festival and DBN were my first port of call for all lighting and power needs. They have an excellent range of top quality equipment and a highly skilled and efficient crew."

MIF 2009's opening event at the Velodrome featured a concert by Kraftwerk and Steve Reich, for whic

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"The theatre owned several lighting boards, and as I planned on using their moving light system extensively, I chose the grandMA." said Kebour.

Kebour explained his design: "The concept was quite minimalist - an area with big windows and a wall that would move into different positions creating different spaces. Part of the concept was also to give a clear colour identity to each act. It was important to feel the space, and to light the full volume of the stage which was quite big. I took advantage of all th

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At the show, visitors were encouraged to leave their details at London Light's stand and on the Wednesday afternoon, ETC regional sales manager for UK and Ireland, Mark White, drew the winners. Anton Prior, a technician from Salisbury City Hall, wins a week's hire of the Eos, while Ben Goodland, department tech from the Regis Centre, wins a week's hire of an Ion.

"This was our first PLASA show, and it was made possible by the organisers providing a new exhibitors area," says London Light's business development manager, Andy Vere, referring to PLASA's new initiative Small Business Pavilion. "We had a steady stream of visitors throughout the four days who were interested in finding out

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DOE launched the L Prize initiative to spur development of high-quality, high-efficiency LED replacements for the common light bulb. Every year it is estimated that more than 425 million 60W incandescent light bulbs are sold in the United States alone, representing approximately 50% of the domestic incandescent light bulb market. According to DOE, an LED replacement for this could save 34 terawatt-hours of electricit

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The show will feature the latest industry technology and exhibits from leading lighting and sound suppliers. Avolites, Doughty, ETC, Le Maitre, Lee, MA Lighting, Martin, Panasonic, Pulsar, RCF, RSS by Roland, Rosco, Philips Selecon, Yamaha and Zero 88 will be exhibiting their latest products, offering demonstrations and providing product advice.

Stage Electrics will be exhibiting and demonstrating a wealth of new products including: LED screens, QMAXZ QME700P moving lights, Prolyte truss, Arkaos A-Series Media Servers, Flamejettt and the Altair WBS200 Wireless Intercom System. Throughout the day website demonstrations

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While in the San Antonio, Houston and Dallas areas, the Mobile Showroom will provide hands-on demonstration of Wybron offerings and an opportunity for 'tΩte-à-tΩte' with lighting professionals, including their local dealers. Most importantly, however, the Mobile Showroom offers education on the general theory behind and mechanics of professional lighting to an audience who may be unfamiliar with either or both, says the company.

"The challenge of this industry is to actually get information to the people who will benefit from it," said Wybron CEO Keny Whitright. "A trade show is terrific, sure, but you're often lacking time to connect with all the folks you would like to."

"The e

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Proceeds from the event, to be held on 25 October, will aid the PRS (Performing Right Society) for Music Members' Benevolent Fund. Lane's widow Katy is one of the many to receive assistance from the charity, which helps musicians, songwriters and their families in financial difficulties. "This will be so special for us, staging a reunion for such a wonderful and prestigious event," said Wood. &quo

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Anton Prior, a technician from Salisbury City Hall, wins a week's hire of the Eos, while Ben Goodland, department tech from the Regis Centre wins a week's hire of an Ion.

"This was our first PLASA show and was made possible by the organisers providing a new exhibitors area," says London Light's business development manager Andy Vere. "We had a steady stream of visitors throughout the four days who were interested in finding out about the services we offer. It was also a great opportunity to m

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Fluent in English, Spanish, Russian and Portuguese, Oksana Koval has joined the company along with Steve Davis, previously head of production at Olive 360º.

"It is vital that we are always improving our service delivery and both Oksana and Steve bring excellent skill sets to our operation," says PSP's David Woodcock. "Their appointments are complemented by our continuing investment programme in new equipment, which means we can offer the very best event delivery, whatever the location and client budget."

These significant additional investments in the company's inventory of audio, lighting and video equipment include a Yamaha LS9-32 digital mixing conso

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The MAC 401 Dual's advanced wash characteristics combine with a host of other useful features like fast zoom and individual LED segment control to add a new and inventive element to touring and rental applications, TV shows, corporate events, night-time venues and leisure environments, says the company.

36 new, multi-colour, single-point source LEDs produce "an outstanding colour quality". The 401 Dual's innovative colour mixing system fully blends colours at the source before they leave each lens so that individual source colours are not seen. This eliminates the problem of rainbow shadows and the messy multi-colour lens looks of traditional LED fixtu

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Ubisense provides BlackBox the live precise location of moving objects and people needed to automatically direct lighting and sound equipment with zero latency. The technology of Ubisense begins with antenna sensors, which 'hear' the active tag and compute its exact location through a combination of time difference of arrival (TDOA or triangulation) and angle of arrival (AOA). This object can be anything from a live performer to a scenery piece.

Through Ubisense, BlackBox processes a constant stream of exact 3D locations needed to control movement of sound and lighting equipment automatically. This Ubisense system

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Andi Watson, creative director for the In Rainbowstour, explains: "Doing away with conventional lighting on set was a massive leap of faith for us. Of course our concerts are all about delivering the music but the fans expect a visual spectacle as well. At the same time, we can't just pollute the atmosphere merely for effect."

Watson continues: "Having put the LED equipment through its paces we were convinced it was the right way to go. To be honest, not having a single discharge or incandescent lamp in the design has set a new benchmark for us."

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Martin Professional product manager Paul Pelletier explains: "Today's lighting control needs cannot be satisfied by a single surface that works for everyone and every application.

"The Maxxyz Modules concept allows for full customization of a lighting control system while keeping it simple and easy to manage for rental houses. As an example, a set of four Maxxyz Modules can be used on a single rental event or split over four different rental applications, something simply not possible with typical large moving light desks. Flexibility is the key word here. The modules concept is certainly the way forward for controllers."

Maxxyz Modules can be as simple as a singl

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Each brings their own unique specialist skills to the design table. James Thomas specialises in auditorium design and theatre planning, with emphasis on feasibility studies, concept and detail design. He brings 13 years experience as a qualified Architect and has worked at Fosters, Make and Thomas Heatherwick. Whilst at Foster and Partners he was part of the winning team for the Lincoln Centre New York.

Sonya Flynn's focus is on the planning aspects of theatre design. She brings nine years experience in architecture having worked with Hawkins Brown; Foster and Pa

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Brought in to the project by event organisers The Rouge Partnership, White Light provided a complete lighting service to both the London and Edinburgh Skyfests, including equipment rental, installation, show operation and load-out. The company was responsible for lighting the main arena, the main outdoor stage, viewing tents, the drinks te