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14 March 2016

As the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for GLP products, AC-ET supplied 26 GLP Impression Zooms to the west London based Colour Sound. The fixtures have joined the 14 GLP Impression 90s already in their hire stock and are ready for a busy upcoming 2011 festival and touring season.

Colour Sound's MD and founder, Haydn Cruickshank explains that their original Impression 90s purchased 18 months ago were proving so incredibly popular and increasingly appearing on LD's spec sheets, that they needed more to keep pace with demand! This time they decided to invest in the 120 Zoom fixture, which is every bit as successful as the Impression 90s for them

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With an emphasis on live performance and winners including Muse, Arcade Fire, My Chemical Romance and Biffy Clyro it was a lively night.

"The Awards was an exciting opportunity for us to be involved in another sector of the entertainment lighting Industry; one that we look forward to working in more in the future," says Colin Brooker, business development manager.

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DBN was working for creative communications agency WRG and the event was the National Field Sales conference for a leading international pharmaceutical company.

The lighting rig was designed and the event project managed for DBN by Andy Kennett. The main challenge was to devise a rigging system to suspend a 2.5m dot pitch grid consisting of over 200 Pulsar ChromaSpheres above the audience in addition to a large number of moving and generic lights, which brought the total roof loading to 15 tonnes.

The loading constraints were 350Kgs per point, and the timescale for the get in and technical build was very short.

Working alongside the venue's structural engineer and WRG te

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Now Elation is introducing its highest-output Platinum fixture yet. Designed for larger venues and productions, the new CMY colour-mixing Platinum Spot 15R Pro moving head blasts out brightness comparable to 700-watt and even 1,200-watt fixtures. Yet its compact case is only about one-third the size of a conventional 700-watt moving head (409 x 419 x 541mm), and it draws just one-quarter of the power.

This output-to-size/energy use ratio is the result of the new, more powerful 300W Philips MSD Platinum 15R lamp, which brings all the advantages of Platinum technology to concert/aren

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"Our lighting rig is working roughly 40 hours per week, 160 hours per month, or 1920 hours per year," says Abbott. "Generally we do a full swap of bulbs on automated fixtures every 600 hours, or approximately three or four times per year if the bulbs are all functioning perfectly, but if not, we replace them once or twice a month. A

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14 March 2016

Prince played two shows at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey then moved to Madison Square Garden for three performances before and after Christmas. The in-the-round stage was shaped like his unpronounceable name symbol - essentially three catwalks joined by a circle. His band played in the centre of the loop.

The entire stage was outlined by Nocturne V-9 LED screens, driven through a Control Freak Systems media server with audio and MIDI control, which were treated as lighting elements. Fyssicopulos used the grandMA to control the CFS VU meter function that feed the video cells outlining the stage so they could modulate to the music.

MIDI was also used as a triggering

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The park was designed by Benoy Architects and is owned by Aldar Properties. It occupies a total area of 200,000 m2, with an indoor area of 100,000 m2. The main tower is 60m high and the whole building has an outer circumference of 2,200m. Facilities include a real race track, a theatre, various driving activities, several rides and attractions, multi-sensory video games and three thrilling races.

For the official opening, Filmaster Dubai was entrusted with the production of one of the most extraordinary shows ever seen in the Gulf region. The event was not only adorned with Clay Paky lights but there was also a spectacular firework display and a video

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14 March 2016

Egor Popowski, Clay Paky Middle East's representative said, "We have a lot of clients who have bought our 1200 Watt Alpha Spots, but Eclipse in Dubai is the first UAE company to have invested heavily in Alpha Spot 1500 HPE fixtures."

"Clay Paky 1500 Watt fixtures were chosen as they represent good value for money," said Darren Hodges, GM, Eclipse, which is based in Dubai's Al Quoz area. "Clay Paky have proven themselves in the region already with the 1200 Watt fixtures and Eclipse is finding that the industry is now demanding the 1500 Watt fixtures, which we believe to be the next generation of mov

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Says DWR's Duncan Riley, "We expected a keen take up, but the actual turn out and the intensity of interest still took us by surprise. People stayed a long time at the demos, chatted to everyone on our team and also amongst themselves, while others who had to leave returned for more. "

Robe's MD Josef Valchar and sales director Harry von den Stemmen joined the DWR team of Duncan Riley, Nic Britz, Dave Whitehouse, Dan Riley and Nicolet Britz. Says Valchar, "South

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Presented annually by the Society of London Theatre, the Laurence Olivier Awards are presented to shows opening in the West End between 1 January and 31 December each year. This year, the awards are establishing a higher profile with a new website, a return to television - and a change of venue from a hotel ballroom to London's largest stage, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

The team behind the new staging include producer Julian Stoneman, production manager Lee Batty, designer Morgan Large and lighting designer Ben Cracknell. White Light is supplying Cracknell with a rig centred around 18 of Martin's dramatic MAC III spotlights, with their high light output, low running noise, spectacular z

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German-American architects GRAFT and Berlin studio for media design ART+COM, the two entities that developed the overall concept, brought in local lighting designer Wolfgang Kunwald from Büro für Daten & Lichttechnik KG to commission a lighting system appropriate for the task.

"Digging up a large portion of the always busy Potsdamer Straße was not an option. A wireless system became the only practical solut

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Legally Blonde won three awards including best new musical, while the National Theatre's revival of Terence Rattigan's After the Dance collected four awards. Despite being nominated in seven categories, the Phantom sequel Love Never Dies was left empty-handed.

Best Lighting Design went to Neil Austin forThe White Guard at the NT Lyttelton. Also nominated this year were Mark Henderson for After the Dance at the NT Lyttelton; Hugh Vanstone for Deathtrap at the Noel Coward; and Paule Constable for Love Never Dies at the Adelphi. The Award for Best Sound Design went to Adam Cork for King Lear at the Donmar Warehouse. Also nominated were Gareth

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In 1998 the Union of Municipalities of Greek Salento and the Diego Carpitella Institute conceived a festival for Salento's traditional music, pizzica, to take place in several towns in the province of Lecce, the Greek Salento.

Their idea was to organize a large concert in the hellenophone area in which local folk music would mix ad mingle with other musical traditions, thus getting new life and experimenting a different way of composing contemporary music. Through the years that initial conception has evolved and earned its current national and international renown.

The team from GM Music, the

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Students were challenged to produce entries in any of four design categories. The winners in each category (stage design, costume design, poster design and online educational content) will be judged by a team of specialists from the Royal Opera House. Winners will be announced following an afternoon performance of the opera in Covent Garden on Thursday 17 March 2011.

Students' work will be exhibited at the matinee performance of Aida, for which participating colleges have been given priority booking. The winning entrants in each category will be invited to spend a day at t

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14 March 2016

Redesigned in response to customers' growing requirement for a more powerful LED controller, Rail-Pipe HC now runs at 20amps (@12V) split across six channels.

Rail-Pipe HC has two outputs, each with three channels for easy RGB connection which allows independent control over two sets of Artistic Licence Flexi-Strip.

The popularity of Flexi-Strip has been a key factor in the development of Rail-Pipe HC which can now control longer lengths of this innovative LED strip, says the company.

Rail-Pipe HC is DMX compatible and forms a mid-range partner to Artistic Licence Engineering's stand-alone Flexed-Up controller and its high-end Art-Net Ethernet contro

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Olivier Awards - Legally Blonde star Sheridan Smith was named best musical actress at the Laurence Olivier Awards at the weekend. Her co-star Jill Halfpenny won best supporting role in a musical, while the show also won best new musical. In an

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The one-day course focuses on how - and why - the IET Wiring regulations and BS 7909 apply to temporary events and also delves into why they are relevant and, more importantly, how compliance is not necessarily difficult. As well as looking at correct implementation it also examples where current practice is not always best practice, showing where potential dangers exist in a typical event. The course will be of particular use to rental companies as it gives the delegate a sound understanding of the importance of portable appliance testing, say Avitas.

The content is aimed at those with a reasonable appreciation of electrical systems and covers areas such as multiple sources of supply, RCDs, earthing and bonding, inspe

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Light Bureau was awarded winner in the Workplace Lighting category for their work at KPMG's new Canary Wharf headquarters project. The judges said of KPMG's space "this is such a fun and stimulating environment that the judges all said that they would like to work there."

Director and project leader, Paul Nulty accepted the trophy on behalf of the London based architectural lighting consultants "I'm very proud that we have achieved a balance between sophisticated design and energy consumption, creating a workspace for the people that use it. It's great the judges recognis

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Dave Cooper of Standby explained: "We are the first production company to use the NanoLumens display since it was brought to the UK in January. It is a 112" display with all the picture quality and brightness of LED, but its lightweight and easy to install properties means it could be hung above the arena with very little infrastructure. Our clients were able to show full motion footage on this incredible large display with the minimum of fuss."

The

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The Miltec ULite 3000 offers 12 TriColoured LEDs with 12 hours of battery life on full white, wireless DMX, stand alone and master modes, all housed in an IP55 15.5Kg Stainless steel case.

Adrian Searle, head of hire and technical for Stage Electrics commented, "The range of LED products we hold is increasing all the time. The benefits of a battery powered LED uplighter are obvious to everyone and whilst quick deployment and lack of cab

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The introduction of Antari's Wireless Series transforms digital wireless control of stage effect machines into simple, intuitive control via a W-DMX wireless solution with a 250m range. Antari has gathered the most popular models and given them a convenient wireless function where messy cables are a thing of the past. With large tank size and low fluid cut-off, the W-515 and W-530 offer continuous fogging. A built-in timer with interval and duration parameters is accessible by the LCD display screen. Neutrik power connector and full DMX control round off the package.

This premium performance series is designed for professional users who dem

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A.C. Special Projects' MD Peter Keiderling comments, "Congratulations to David for his achievement in winning the Award, which deservedly recognises him as one of the industry's finest practitioners. A.C. Special Projects and David have worked together on many high profile installations, where his innovative and original approach is constantly inspiring, so it's always a pleasure helping to bring his pioneering lighting schemes to life."

This teamwork includes lighting the British Music Experience (BME) interactive music exhibition at the O2 Arena in London, which won the 2010 Lig

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"With two students to each desk, users were able to work together while still getting plenty of hands-on time with the desk," says Krogell. "We've held the training around the same time every year since 2007, and it's always been really well received."

The Finnish training is just one of a series of regular training sessions run by ETC and its dealers around the world on both the Congo and Eos lines, which includes Congo and Congo jr; and Eos, Ion and Element. Ad hoc sessions can also be arranged at your theatre or venue.

A range of ETC training and support is available free of charge, both in p

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Lighting designer Steve Nolan and associate Tim Routledge had previously debuted the PixelSmart on the Royal Variety Performance. Nolan comments, "We loved them on Royal Variety and they're really good point sources because you can generate different shapes with them. It just gives you a little more versatility and movement in the background."

Routledge notes, "We're using them a lot more on this show than on RVP. They're in most of the show and they're great eye candy for us to give us some sparkle. As this is Comic Relief we've made them into rotating red noses, using red with the cold