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14 March 2016

Contestants for the 2010 awards showcased a wide variety of achievements, from the simplest problem solver to complex uses of technology that extended the boundaries of entertainment technology. Project nominations showcased everything from innovative new products, to unusual applications, to massive events that highlighted the collaborative nature of our industry.

Anyone may nominate a PLASA member for the awards. If you've seen something that's blown your mind in the last year, now is your chance to tell the world. It could be a pi

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Based on Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray's BAFTA-winning 1984 film A Private Function, Betty Blue Eyes is set in the ration-stricken Britain of 1947.

The show is lit by award-winning lighting designer, Neil Austin. for whom Goboland UK produced coloured glass gobos of the Royal Crest, stained glass windows and a keystone-corrected Union Flag, for use in Vari-lite VL3500Q Spots. Goboland worked with the designer to create a graduated edge iris gobo that makes it possible to achieve a soft-focus, round edge beam that is not normally available from the VL3500.

Goboland UK also created black and white glass gobos depicting the butchers' shop windows of Barraclough's and Metcalf's for

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All the seated tickets for Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra sold out within three hours. Verdi's Requiem and Havergal Brian's gargantuan the Gothic Symphony have also all gone. However, up to 1,400 extra tickets are released on the day of each concert. Proms director Roger Wright said, "We're delighted that so many people have been able to get their tickets successfully and look forward to welcoming them to the Proms this summer."

Musical Chairs - Warner Music has been bo

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The show is now over 85% sold - almost five months ahead of its four-day run at Earls Court from 11-14 September. Confidence that PLASA 2011 will be a busy event is confirmed by the increase in visitor registrations, with 8500 visitors representing a healthy 5% increase on the same period last year. This is matched by a 14% increase in the number of companies confirmed to take part.

PLASA 2011 event manager Sophie Atkinson comments, "The PLASA Show has a unique reputation for launching ground breaking products. The Show embraces everything from theatre, live music, film/TV and special events to night venues, architectural installations and construction projects. It's a true reflection of a highly d

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Held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from 27 February - 7 March, the championship was the first poker event ever to be televised on and produced by a major US television network.

The set design depicted a Roman coliseum and the 101s were chosen based on size, weight, brightness and speed, Garrone says. "I placed 18 MAC 101's (nine per side) on top of the Roman columns. We shot this show with two jibs and had star filters in them. I incorporated the MAC 101 into the lighting design to provide RGB stars (beauty lights) into the jib cameras. That way when we took a high wide of the set we had colorful,

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"The show was probably one of the largest TV programs that the grandMA2 light has done," says Brett Puwalski, vice president of operations at Atomic Lighting in Lititz, Pennsylvania, which supplied the grandMA2.

"Using the grandMA 3D software that MA offers as freeware really helped us with the pre-viz," he addss. "Univision has a very tight schedule, and the network uses its time and money very resourcefully. There were many acts participating and no time to prep such a

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The latest addition to the Selador LED fixture line - Desire D40 and D60, features the Selador x7 Color System used in a PAR shaped housing. The Selador Classic line remains a strong answer to area and cyc lighting;

The new ETC Source Four Fresnel features the Source Four HPL lamp but in a Fresnel housing to provide a controlled washlight and soft focus area.

The ETC Source Four XT, first seen at PLASA 2010, is now offered as an outdoor IP65 Zoom profile.

The smallest member of the Congo family, new Congo Kid, will be on show too. It comes with 256 or 512 channels in a compact desk including 40 onboard submasters/faders. In addition, as always at ABTT, the latest software and hardware in the Congo, Eos and SmartFade families wil

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In the past seven years, Eakins has worked at both Total Production International magazine and AED Rent. "I am very much looking forward to the future and taking the i-Pix brand strategy forward," she states.

i-Pix founder and director Chris Ewington says, "I'm delighted to welcome Hannah on board. We are continuing to focus on bringing a range of different and unique products to the market and working very closely with lighting designers and specifiers in all disciplines, particularly the entertainment, rental and

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At the Roe Green Junior School in Brent, staff decided to incorporate theatrical-style lighting to let them quickly change the decoration of their new library and childrens' lounge to match different stories. A particular challenge was that the school is committed to sustainability as part of the Groundwork London One World Schools programme; the library was part of a building newly refurbished, using sustainable materials, with even the curtains sourced from Fairtrade-certified suppliers. The lighting clearly had to play its part in the school's eco

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Da Costa has lit the show (this was the eighth series) since the start, and in that time has seen the demands and challenges of the lighting become increasingly sophisticated. Over the nine shows in the series, he had to programme for about 120 different songs and performances - ensuring that each one looked interesting, fresh and unique for the competitors, the 1300 live audience as well as several million TV viewers.

Robe fixtures were originally planned and specified for German I

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Lighting operator Jess Frost comments, "The 1500 has got some really smart features and is just an easy console to use coming from a Strand background. ETC really appear to have gone the right way about doing things. It's simple to operate quickly and efficiently."

ETC's Ion console is available in channel counts from 1024 right up to 3072 with show files fully interchangeable with the larger EOS series consoles. Monash's Ion 1500 was supplied by Melbourne dealer ASL Systems.

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Barco was selected to upgrade EMP's visualization platform with a curved, 60' x 33,' 7mm indoor LED display which spans the width of the innovative special event venue. The new display was unveiled at the recent debut of Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses exhibition, in which it showcased a candid retrospective of the grunge luminaries' musical history.

Despite containing more than six times the number of LED's as the previous LED display, Barco's C7 uses less power, which minimized the need for additional electrical or HVAC upgrades.

Sky Church will showcase a wide variety of media, including concert footage, short films, live feeds of museum events and programs, as well as video support for private events, live

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South African rental house Complete Event Solutions (CES) was the number one choice as technical supplier for the South African leg. Just after Martin Professional distributor Electrosonic SA received their demo stock of MAC 101s, Bruce Schwartz from Electrosonic invited Dylan Bridle to see them in action.

Although the units were in short supply due to huge demand, the 101s arrived a day before load in with 48 units rigged in two straight rows of 20, and a further eight units dotted around a circle truss directly over FOH.

The all Martin rig consisted of MAC 700s, MAC 2000s and Atomic 3000 strobes while the MAC 10

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Installed around the perimeter of the building on 1.8m high decorative poles are Exterior 400 and Exterior 410 lighting fixtures as well as Martin Exterior 200 luminaires.

The main decision maker behind the lighting concept is ADJD architect Aziz Meleka who specified the Exterior 400 Range after viewing a demo by Martin Professional Middle East.

The project was then forwarded to the contractor, B.J. Lighting, a Martin Professional dealer in Abu Dhabi, who also handled local lighting supply and installation. B.J. Lighting worked closely with Martin Professional Middle East throughout the project.

The facade lighting for the building consists of three parts - dome, curved

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A team of staff from AC-ET's specialist lighting, audio, rigging and video sales divisions were on hand to discuss the vast, multi-million pound stockholding of over 200 leading brands available from the company's High Wycombe and Leeds offices, and the super-fast round the clock service and support for which the company is renowned.

Jonathan Walters, sales director for A.C. North, comments, "We had a really good show, with the new products on our stand attracting plenty of traffic and interest as it was the first UK appearance for many of them."

The new Jands Vista v2 software - of which this was the UK launch - caused a stir,

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The local production management and technical staff pride themselves in using the best of new technology. They do not shy away from using equipment typically only found at larger professional theatres and hire professional designers to accomplish what they want.

Lighting designer Olof Söderberg, who has long and extensive experience from Swedish opera and musicals, designed a system with three CRMX receivers and one CRMC transmitter to distribute DMX from the ETC/AVAB Congo control console to hard to reach locations and mobile objects on-stage and around the theatre.

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Many of the exhibitors at the 2011 Theatre Show are highlighting green and low-emission technologies, so visitors might want to show eco-solidarity by using foot power to get there. The Royal Horticultural Halls exhibition centre is only a short walk from Victoria mainline railway station, with Waterloo further along on the other side of the River Thames.

The Barclay's Cycle Hire scheme is another viable and eco-friendly way to get to the show. Mayor of London Boris Johnson wants the distinctiv

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On Saturday 18 June riders will depart from The National Theatre London and travel to the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. They will travel to Norwich where they will have a backstage tour of the Theatre Royal. After an overnight stop, riders will journey to Castle Acre where they will have coffee with Jane Slattery. Then it's on to Nottingham for a complimentary lunch and tour courtesy of Eric Oldham of Metool Reels.

If you're not available the first weekend, why not join the ride on Friday 24 June in Cardiff? The riders will cruise to Swindon Mechanics Institute. From there they will travel to Stratford u

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"High performance levels together with energy savings, reduced conditioning costs and lower maintenance costs are all possible nowadays thanks to the use of LEDs," says D'Alessandro. "And when you choose a company like Coemaryou are sure that your lighting will be a fantastic show in itself."

The studio walls are lit by 24 StageLite LED SC and 20 StageLite LED Sc devices with 50° optics. Ten RazorLite LED devices, consisting of 36 LEDs with RGB colour mixing system and elliptical optic, complete the wall lighting. The presenters are lit up with the aid of 10 ParLite LED Natural White 4000K devices, 10 Wash LEDs and five PinLite

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Powershine Stage Edition is a high density LEDs colour changer which features 90 powerful RGBW LEDs that are capable to deliver "a strikingly remarkable performance from a relatively compact unit". A wide variety of photometric distributions, a newly conceived articulated fixing system along with the plug and play configuration of the unit, make it suitable for a wide choice of installations.

The Diamond Stage Edition is designed for a vast array of lighting applications and stage performances, which requi

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Using the latest W-DMX G4 technology, the PWDMX modules can transmit/receive a full 512-channel universe and are compatible with all DMX512 equipment. Effective range is typically 100m, with up-to 250m possible in applications with a clear line of sight. A long-range antenna is also available.

The W-DMX technology employs AFHSS Adaptive Frequency Hopping, Multi-Mode DMX packet error correction, accurate DMX packet timing integrity and simple one-button setup and pairing. Unlimited numbers of receivers can be paired with

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Most recently however is the installation of a Martin Professional EC-20 LED display that is being used as part of the Festival of Britain 60th anniversary series of events which take place throughout the summer, celebrating British culture and creativity.

"As part of our continued support for this hugely important London arts venue we have installed a 50sq.m EC-20 LED video screen on the outside wall of the Hayward Gallery opposite the Royal Festival Hall," comments Mike Walker, sales director at Martin Professional UK. "The screen is designed to the highest standards and we are proud that it is be

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Curtis Lewis is now in the American DJ UK team as area sales manager for the Southern region. Curtis brings a solid experience from all DJ environments. Not only that he has worked himself for many years as a DJ, he was a retailer of DJ equipment, and most recently worked as a sales manager in the industry.

"We are pleased to have Curtis in the team now", says Dirk Kast, general manager of ADJ Group Europe. "We need qualified people to serve best the permanent growing market in which we are active. The experience of Curtis is a big help for us to optimize customer relations and to improve our position there."

Curtis Lewis adds, "To be working for American DJ is a great task that is exactly what I expected. It is a fantastic oppor

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Products from PixelRange's unique intelligent lighting range stole the show, generating much interest. The recently launched PixelSmart, alongside pre-release models of the PixelRange QPar and SmartLines demonstrated the new direction of media-driven LED lighting to the key industry visitors.

Matt Hallard of PRG Distribution comments: "The addition of PixelRange to our distribution portfolio will provide a massive boost to our EMEA dealers and distribution partners. With the amount of interest we received from showing PixelRange at both ProLight and Sound and the recent PLASA Focus in Le