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SGM CEO Peter Johansen said: "We had planned to keep the unique features of this world-beating Profile Spot firmly under wraps until Frankfurt - but word got out and it quickly went viral. Of all the years I have been in the industry since setting up Martin Professional, I have never been associated with a product that has caused such a buzz of anticipation."

Ever since the evolution of LED technology enabled a genuine colour mixing moving head spot to be produced, the market has been screaming for an all-weather IP-65 rated version.

SGM's highly accomplished R&D team - boasting more than 100 years of accumulated moving head design experience - rationalised that moving heads ar

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The visits programme is included in the delegate fee and takes place on the afternoon of Monday 20 May, with a choice of eight tours, each with a different selection of visits. One of the most popular visits will undoubtedly be the Baroque Theatre inside Cesky Krumlov's castle, where Showlight is being held. Dating back to 1760, the theatre is one of the oldest fully operational Baroque Theatres stil

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Cann previously worked in Stage Electrics' hire operations department working on a broad cross-section of hire and event work. Prior to joining Stage Electrics, he spent seven years working within the theatre industry, graduating from University of Essex- East 15 Acting School with a BA Hons

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"We think that the product range is world class and truly innovative," says Phil Haldane, Black Light's head of company development, who is particularly impressed by the functionality that ilumo's software provides. "We are very excited to be working with Lumonic throughout Scotland and the rest of the UK."

The ilumo Spot is a high power, high efficiency LED soft edged spot unit with full colour mixing optics and a remote motorised zoom. It features 12 High Brightness Osram LEDs controlled by market-leading software.

The product comes with a strong pedigree. The team involved in its development has been instrumental in bringing LEDs into the entertainment industry, having used the technology

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Earlier this month, the museum held a special event to celebrate the Grand Opening of Extinction: The End of the World? giving guests a first look at the temporary exhibition. Guest of Honour Sir David Attenborough and Environmental Secretary Owen Paterson were invited to unveil the newest attraction in style. Entertainment specialist White Light provided the lighting design, equipment and personnel to make the night a success. Using bold colours and patterns, White Light set a stunning backdrop for the event. Guests were treated to a glowing Dippy the Dinosaur and an exclusive look at the information, artefacts, and interactive games presented in Extinction.

The team from White Light, led by Richard St

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The critically acclaimed chart topping singer-songwriter's show features an impressive array of props and stunning costumes in addition to her vibrant performance.

HSL's Mike Oates project managed and comments, "Rita Ora is one of the hottest emerging talents in the UK, and Andy's light show was every bit as original and exciting as her stage presence. We are extremely proud to be involved."

Iliffe's dynamic touring rig for Ora's energy fuelled Radioactive tour was completely floor based. At each venue he also hooked into a front truss prepared to their LX spec with profile and wash fixtures.

He explains that a key starting point for the design was that it had to be scalable so it could fit into any of

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In accordance with the granted patent, it is possible to in a more precise way handle an adaptive wireless environment including a plurality of wireless devices competing for the available bandwidth. Accordingly, this new technology makes it possible to increase the reliability of wireless transmission and control of wireless devices for example used in relation to the entertainment, architectural, commercial, industrial, street and/or event industry.

What this patent means is that W-DMX can now protect this technolog

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It was recorded in Kew Studios in Johannesburg with lighting supplied by leading SA rental company, Blond Productions.

Robe moving lights - including new Robin LEDBeam 100s, MMX Spots and 600E Beams plus ColorSpot 250E ATs, ColorSpot 700E ATs and 575 XT Scans - were used extensively. The fixtures were a major element of an impressive lighting design by Peter Reick, while Anolis ArcLink optic 4 LED strips were used to illuminate key parts of the set.

Centurion based Blond Productions was involved right from the outset through their close working relationship with Endemol South Africa.

They came up with a staging concept and supplied the full technical production as well as production management and co-ordination,

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Production designer Seth Jackson began using grandMA2 consoles during the programming process. "We did a lot of the programming while the band was on the road, then we had a lot of stuff to re-program and no window to do it all at once," he recalls. "So we did most of the programming with a MA onPC command wing in California during rehearsals. Then we took the MA onPC command wing to New York to do a lot of ESP programming. It was a massive amount of work, and with the MA onPC command wing, it was like having a real grandMA2."

Once settled

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When DR Quinton W Simpson was assigned CEO in May 2012, he was open to new ideas to further enhance the theatre including the request to transform the theatre to LED. "I asked if we could start changing to LED due to the power, gel and weight of conventional fixtures," said Simon King, senior lighting technician at the State Theatre.

Soon thereafter, the work began with the two smaller venues first. Robin DLX fixtures and LED parcans were purchased. "We realised that we could not buy LED fixtures alone, we also had to change

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The lighting design reflects the band's persona; direct, clean, sharp and uncompromising. Rob Sinclair, designer of both set and design sums it up succinctly, "Set, light and lasers exist as a whole, unified visual force." A designer with names such as the Kaiser Chiefs, Peter Gabriel and Pulp under his belt, Sinclair is straightforward about his choice of lights for the show: "I've been using Clay Paky products on a regular basis since I first programmed a show with four Golden Scan Mk1s in 1992!&q

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Three days of papers from renowned international lighting designers, an afternoon of visits, which includes the castle's very own baroque theatre, and discussion with manufacturers of the highest quality lighting equipment are included. There's also the opportunity to visit the Robe factory after the close of Showlight.

(Jim Evans)

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VH-1 and the NFL joined forces to celebrate the Super Bowl with Train headlining on Friday night. CMT and the NFL partnered the following evening on a Crossroads special starring superstar country band Rascal Flatts and iconic rock band Journey. Both concerts were held at The Sugar Mill in New Orleans, which seats 4,000-5,000 fans.

Atomic Lighting of Lititz, Pennsylvania provided 40 Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800s and a pair of grandMA2 light systems with wings for the concert series. PEDG was the production design team collaborating. Bob Pederson was acting lighting designer on the broadcast truck.

"Atomic had suggested u

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The Jarag-L provides the performance of a conventional lighting array with the ability to create unlimited lighting effects. All the electronics required (dimmers and controls systems) are built in, making it simple and easy to use.

It provides a complete range of originally shaped lighting instruments and accessories specially conceived to give a broad spectrum of visual effects with unlimited scope for setting up designs. The system is modular and is made of units with individually controlled lamps. This fully integrated, programmable multiple light source system is a simple means of producing lighting effects.

The controller is built into the unit ready to use. Patterns and video textures can be programmed into the system and videos can

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Staged at One Marylebone in London, CSE was working in conjunction with Insight Lighting and production company Swim Productions.

CSE's Project Manager Fletch collaborated with creative director Brendan Clarke from Insight Lighting to create the lighting and production design for the much anticipated event, which saw several live performances from Cerys Matthews, Carleen Anderson, Ahmad Jamal among others.

The main room featured a stage and seated a capacity audience of 268 for dinner, and there was also a reception area that needed lighting.

The CSE team started with the installation of the four legged ground support system - meas

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The Baxter Theatre at the University of Cape Town purchased their new Philips Strand Wallrack Dimmer units from DWR Distribution. "As time allowed and as the venue became available, the old dimmers were steadily replaced," commented Dave Whitehouse from DWR.

"We chose Strand because it is a trusted name in theatre lighting," said Patrick Curtis from The Baxter. "The linkage to Philips is a positive development, but mostly we chose the product because we are assured of 100% backup from DWR."

"We would like to thank Patrick Curtis from The Baxter for the opportunity to work on this installation," ended Whitehouse.

(Jim Evans)

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Lighting was designed by Richard G Jones, who was asked on-board by show director (and judge) Craig Revel Horwood last year.

Jones ensured that no-one was disappointed, creating a show awash with colour, movement, drama and pizzazz to match all the dancefloor action, energy and high jinks!

All lighting, sound & rigging equipment was supplied by south Wales based rental and production company, Sonalyst.

The 14 x MMX WashBeams together with 23 x Robe Robin MMX Spots are newly purchased by Sonalyst for their hire stock - which now contains g

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Blake Augsburger, Harman executive vice-president and president Harman Professional Division, said: "As we move forward together and institute Martin Professional as a business unit within Harman Professional, our customers from both the lighting and AV disciplines will soon be able to capitalize on joint innovations, efficiencies and access to our systems portfolios. In doing so, I am confident we'll also drive growth into emerging markets and vertical markets where digital technologies are increasingly central to the commercial enterprise - specifically transportation, hospitality, retail, communications and education."

Martin is in the process of launching new products across all of its product lines including new models in the award-winning MAC Viper family

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With a number of very different scenes to evoke in a single environment set, designed by Victoria Spearing, Wardle had his work cut out. Lighting works with the set and direction to seamlessly shift the mood from the claustrophobic world of the tunnels under no man's land to bright outdoor scenes and the house where main protagonist, Stephen Wraysford, falls in love.

Wardle uses the PLCycs to deliver an evocative backdrop, symbolically conveying the time, place, feeling and atmosphere of each with his clever application of colour, transition and intensity. Wardle explains: "Because this play shifts so quickly between locations and time periods, we need to help the audience understand where we

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The show's narrative was based on the important natural and cultural elements of the world and how they all come together. The show was first performed on New Year's Eve preceeding the midnight fireworks for a site wide audience of 1.7m people and accompanied live by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The show then played twice nightly throughout January for the many daily visitors to the new heart of Dubai.

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The venue's existing house grid did not lend itself to many lighting or house ambiance options, as it held mercury vapour fixtures with gel attached and was both too big and heavy to articulate. Additionally, the stage system was a modest 120k rig and in need of an update. Bandit gutted the entire stage and house lighting systems from rigging down, and in five days, installed a completely new, dynamic lighting system.

"The idea going in was to remove this structure and replace it with something we could use to transform the room for various events," explained Bandit's Roth Edwards. "They can lower the truss grid to close in the space and make it

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''RML understand that LAMDA students are the future of our Industry and so it is imperative that they are given the tools to develop to the best of their abilities and shown the best and most recent in moving light technology. It is also a great privilege to be involved with such a prestigious institution such as LAMDA,'' says Steve Wells, operations manager, RML.

As part of this partnership RML will provide lights for their performances/productions, donate equipment for training, offer work placements throughout the year and Play Days for the students to come to our demo room and gain practical experience with things such as LED products. Such a hands on approach and opportunity compliment the ethos of LAMDA.

Rob Young, Course Director at LAMDA comments, "LAMDA

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An intimate venue with a relatively large stage, the Don Powell Theatre will deploy the new followspots on the last production of the school's 2012-2013 season, the Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music which opens in April. SDSU has a reputation for excellence in theatre arts offering undergraduate and graduate degrees.

"We just installed three Lucy followspots with heavy duty yokes flipping the yokes to the top and hanging the spots in our front of house beam position where they now fit perfectly," says Peter Nordyke, with SDSU's School of Theatre, TV & Film. "They are not that much bigger than a traditional zoom ERS

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TVB's headquarters, which is also the largest commercial television production centre in Asia, houses 22 production studios, collectively known as TVB City.

Under a new management initiative to reduce the carbon footprint of the company, TVB's engineering department, headed by Mr. Ko Cheuk Wai, had the challenging task of finding an LED solution to replace their existing discharge lamp automated lighting system.

Their research process was comprehensive and technically thorough, to ensure that their final decision would meet the studio's requirements for the next generation of automated lighting.

Present at the tests was Michael Münz, general manager of GLP Asia, who commented, "The technical tests took place at