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14 March 2016

The key features of the new DMX-controllable XPar 390 are the 90 x 3W high quality LEDs (24 each of RGB and 18 white) rated at 50,000 hours. This offers full colour mixing and linear CTO, with 0-100% linearly adjustable dimmer; 1-20 fps strobe; Beam Angle of 14° (Field Angle 28°) and IP67 waterproof rating. Power Consumption is 300W@220V and the weight is just 14kg.

Contained in the same housing, the XPar 390-W offers 66 x white 3W LEDs and 24 amber, with full colour mixing and linear CTO. It comes with standard 14° lens (8° and 45° optional) and beam angle of 32° (24° and 55° optional), with 0-100% linearly adjustable dimmer. Other features include: 0.3-20 fps strobe; IP 67 waterproof

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Richard Cuthbert, director of engineering comments: "This is our fifth year of exhibiting at ABTT, it is a fantastic show for us and a great opportunity to meet end users, customers and most importantly theatre consultants who have valuable input in to our product development."

The ABTT Lighting Product of the Year Award was given to GDS for ArcSystem, its new LED house-light system. The award was presented to Richard Cuthbert, director of engineering for GDS. The judges were impressed by the wireless dimming performance of ArcSystem, a bespoke fitting manufacture

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14 March 2016

The project involved projecting light from the blue part of the colour spectrum from concealed Selador fixtures onto a the 25m long, curved, white wall extension of a lighting showroom in the heart of Milan's design district; when visitors viewed the wall through a red light shade, a previously hidden video of a car appeared to the viewer.

Cocksedge says: "I was very ambitious about what I was proposing; we were really pushing the boundaries of what is achievable. I wanted a lot of light, and a very certain, precise light. Only the Selador Ice unit gave that precision. When I first came up with the idea to use light in this way, I was put in touch with Adam Bennet

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14 March 2016

Their preferred lighting system is composed of Robert Juliat 329HF 2500W and 310HF 1200W Fresnels plus 614SX 1200W and 613SX 1200W profile spots. These give broad, even coverage, precise control over direction of light and warm tungsten colour temperature that flatters the models' skin tone.

"The importance of top quality lighting on events of this calibre should not be underestimated," says Robert Juliat's sales director, Lionel Garraud. "A lot of responsibility rests on showing the work of the designers, choreographers and models to their best advantage. We are very proud that Robert Juliat lighting products have been chosen to perform this

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14 March 2016

The LEDHead EPW uses the latest LED technology to give a moving head with true spot and wash capabilities, says the company. The 60W white LED light engine, colour wheel, two gobo wheels and rotating prism provide the spot functions.

Wash lighting is provided by 8x high powered tricolour LEDs situated at the front of the unit. This allows both functions to be used independently or simultaneously, giving many possibilities for creative lighting design.

In addition to these functions the tricolour LEDs are arranged in four zones to provide visual effect capabilities.

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

"We would like to invite you and your colleagues to join us for an informal demonstration and a sandwich lunch," says the company. Details of the event are as follows:

Tuesday 19th July - Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theatre. 2pm - 5pm.

An optional tour of the theatre will take place at 3.30pm

Drinks and a sandwich lunch will be provided.

"Everyone is welcome, all we ask is for you to RSVP to janemonk@monkey.biz with a guest list."

(Claire Beeson)

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The Pixled F-25 and F-37L surfaces were purchased by Milan based AV Rental company Event Management specially for the tour, and supplied to them from Pixled Europe's HQ in Belgium. It's Event Management's first investment in the Pixled brand - although the company has used it on shows in the past.

For the Rossi tour, 14 columns of Pixled F-37L are positioned in two sections of seven either side of the stage at the back. These are on a Cyberhoist automation system that moves them between level 1 (the stage) and level 2 of the set. They can also move apart into seven individual segments or be run as one large surface per side.

Two horizontal strips

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14 March 2016

True to form, the skies opened and it pelted with rain throughout the first day of the event, turning the site at Punchestown Racecourse into a slightly sticky, mud-tastic experience - which didn't dampen any of the vibes.

The highprofile festival is promoted by the country's largest concert and live event organisation, MCD and this year it featured a strong line-up.

Dublin-based rental company Just Lite's relationship with MCD's Denis Desmond stretches back over 20 years, and the company headed by Paul and Alan Smith has been involved with lighting the festival for the last 11 years, when it was originally launched as Witnness in 2000. O

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Geelong-based Total Events provided lighting, staging, transport, rigging and AV requirements for the festival across six venues. 2011 was the 35th year of Port Fairy Folk Festival and Total Events managing director Scott Parker has provided various levels of production to the event for over 15 years.

Lighting - consisting of approximately 100 LED fixtures, 50 moving head fixtures and 100 dimmer channe

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14 March 2016

Star Factory lighting designer Leonid Pozdnyanskiy made up his mind to use the Sharpy after viewing a demonstration at the studio organised by Clay Paky distributor DOKA.

"We are pleased that Channel One allowed us to promote Sharpy on Star Factory," says DOKA's Vasily Litvin, brand manager for Clay Paky. "Sharpy has found an instant fan base here in Russia; those in the studio were absolutely amazed by the output, and we expect great things from this fixture in the Russian market

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Prof. Juan Carlos Greco, technical director comments, "As we needed a very flexible and powerful control, it was logical to go with the grandMA2 as the console offers control for moving lights, conventionals as well as video. Furthermore it features a great back-up solution and fast programming tools."

Besides the main hall with 2,000 seats Teatro Argentino de La Plata includes the smaller 300-seat Astor Piazzolla Hall, as well as rehearsal areas, and space for associated technical shops. The lower level includes the Emilio Pettoruti Exhibition Hall for permanent and transient art collections.

The grandMA2 was installed by Max

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Headlining the programme is the 2011 Gottelier Masterclass presented by last year's winner of the Gottelier Award and one of the best known designers in the industry, Fred Foster. The theme of his talk will be a huge draw since his title is A Call To Arms - We Must Protect the Quality of Light.

Says Foster, "Faced with the headlong rush towards 'energy efficient' lighting, we as an industry must join together to defend the quality of light. While we have a duty to make and use more efficient sources of light, we must also work to ensure that these sources provide the beautiful full spectrum of light." The Gottelier Masterclass will be presented on Monday 12 September

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14 March 2016

San Francisco's City Hall was the venue for a recent private party. The main floor interior was bathed in dramatic colours by LiteWareHO (High Output),GDS's wireless LED battery-powered uplighter.

Allegra Entertainment & Events, a full-service entertainment, production and event-planning firm in Burlingame, California and a preferred vendor for, the City of San Francisco, teamed up with award-winning Little Rock-based interior designer Kaki Hockersmith for the event. The elegantly-restored City Hall, which was rebuilt in 1915 following the great earthquake, is a favourite spot for corporate receptions and social galas.

Allegra handled the event production and

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The BBC2 chat show, which will be airing its second series at the end of July, welcomes different celebrity guests each episode to come along, chat, play games and sometimes sing with the Welsh comedian.

The lighting rig includes Pixel Range Pixel Par 90s and Martin Stage Bar 54s.

(Jim Evans)

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Billed by the company as 'the largest LED wall in Georgia', the new video screen is comprised of EVLED 1024SMD 20mm LED panels from Elation Professional. Each of the IP65-rated panels features 1024 pixels made of 3-in-1 SMD Tri-Color LEDs (red, green, blue), capable of creating over 14 trillion colours. Active purchased 80 of the 2'2" square panels, which can be configured to form a video screen of any desired size or shape to meet a wide range of design needs.

"Active clients expect innovation, and the LED wall has provided us with a whole new A-V design concept from which to create," said Matt Clouser, preside

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The first use of the new lights was by the theatre's resident lighting designer, Yury Canales for a high profile production of the classic musical Cabaret recently staged at the venue.

Teatro Municipal de Las Condes prides itself on high quality production values, and had been looking to invest in the latest moving light technology for some time to replace their existing stock. They underwent a lengthy evaluation process from which Robe was the brand selected.

"Robe was a clear winner because of the smooth colour mixing and wide range of colours, the incredible beam angles a

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14 March 2016

Specialising in the provision of comprehensive project solutions for the entertainment, leisure, architectural and retail lighting sectors, Alderamin Group comprises four key companies: Ptarmigan Integration, Artistic Licence Integration, Artistic Licence Engineering and Ten Thousand Things.

The Ptarmigan and Artistic Licence brands are already established in the industry. Now, their respective founders, Simon Fraser and Wayne Howell, have joined forces to create Alderamin Group, an organisation that promises to" reshape the lighting industry landscape".

"We believe we have a winning formula," says Howell. "Ptarmigan and Artistic Licence complement each other fantastically well, as

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14 March 2016

Pulse, also known as Bankside Vaults, is built into four spectacular interlinked brick arches, right beside Blackfriars Bridge in central London.

Divided naturally into four main interlinked areas, the space can be adapted for any occasion. Its primary space is equipped with a performance stage, recently used by Erick Morillo for a record-breaking crowd of 2,500 people, which has been fitted with a Geo S12 system, underpinned by Nexo's RS15 subbass units.

The installation of Geo S12 in Pulse follows the success of a smaller system at sister club Arcadia. The two projects have been overseen by H

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14 March 2016

Lighting Designer Paul Middleton has teamed the STLD with PLASA to bring visitors a unique tradeshow experience, where they will be able to directly compare LED lighting fixtures in three different areas of the 240sq.m space.

Middleton comments, "The STLD has been looking at staging a major LED-based event for some time now, having previously organised events at Pinewood Studios and elsewhere on the topics of consoles, moving heads and generic lights. We felt it was the right time to do another event and LED lighting was the obvious subject, basing the event on the simple question: 'can you light a TV set entirely with LED fixtures?'"<

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Part of this year's festival - held in June - was Six Acts, a collection of educational and artistic projects created by international groups of artists that were staged at cultural sites throughout the city. ETC lent a variety of lighting equipment to Scenofest that was used during several of the Six Acts and in student workshops.

ETC donated two lighting control desks - SmartFade and SmartFade ML - along with SmartPack dimmers, Source Four luminaires and Selador Lustr and Paletta LED fixtures. The equipment lit the First

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14 March 2016

Pei Partnership Architects, who have a history with Bank of China, have set out distinctive and sophisticated plans for the Bank of China Tower in Suzhou, drawing on simplicity and clean lines to reflect the strength and dignity of the banking giant.

Lightswitch Architectural has been tasked with the responsibility of providing lighting design for the interiors, exteriors, landscapes, banking halls and event auditorium of the dual buildings in the Tower com

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Richard Martin Lighting (RML) continues to support lighting designer Roger Williams on the show which is filmed at BBC Glasgow. Tom Sutherland programmed and graphics were provided by Potion Pictures which were run off two Hippo Grasshoppers.

The lighting rig, incorporates a heavy variety of the Clay Paky range - Alpha Spot 575 HPE, Alpha Beam 700 and Alpha Wash 300s.

Various LED Lights completed the look - including LED Par 36, 2 Lights, iCove QL and Chroma Strips and the new intelligent LED chasing ribbon.

(Jim Evans)

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When the Nomination phase closes on Friday 29 July, the shortlist will be announced and voting - open to PLASA Members, as well as PLASA Show Exhibitors and Pre-Registered Visitors - will begin on Monday 1 August.

This prestigious award is presented each year during the PLASA Show to someone who has made "a significant and sustained contributions to the advancement of entertainment, presentation or installation technology - whether in audio, lighting, rigging, staging, or any other related field".

The Award was introduced in memory of Tony Gottelier, the highly respected lighting designer, product developer and industry commentator who passed away in 2006.

Previous Winners:

2007 - Tony Andrews | Funktion-One

2008 - John Stadius | DiGiCo / Soundtra