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UK - Light Bureau scooped the top prize in the Workplace Lighting category at the 2011 Lighting Design Awards. The ceremony, held at the Hilton Hotel, Park Lane saw over 700 of the UK's top lighting personnel gather to celebrate the very best of lighting design projects from the past 12 months.

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

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UK - Unusual Rigging's work on the Wizard of Oz wasn't just unusually big, it was also unusually heavy. The show uses two scissor lifts in the basement, which weigh in at four tons each, while the steelwork which was installed in the basement to support the set weighs 20 tonnes.

"We went in to the theatre to begin the three week fit-out, installing the mother truss with 40 chain hoists and tracking beams to help get the steelwork into the basement," explains project manager Simon Stone. "But the Royal Variety Show took place half way through, so the production crew for that came in and took possession, laying their show floor over ours for the duration."

The chain hoists and 300ft of truss above the stage enable the set to be flown in and out of place. But, in a theatre as old as the London Palladium, none of the counterweight sets were heavy

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Germany - Professional loudspeaker systems manufacturer Fohhn Audio will preview a range of new products at Prolight and Sound in Frankfurt. Taking centre stage this year are the latest modular additions to the company's flagship Linea Focus electronically steerable line array series, along with a new active cardioid subwoofer.

Fohhn's successful Linea Focus series is to be extended with the addition of two high-power, electronically steerable modular systems: an active, high-frequency module containing 16 x 1" compression drivers, Waveguide and horn, and an active low-mid module with 32 x 4" long excursion speakers. The compact modules can be freely combined and cascaded, enabling the construction of high performance systems with 48, 80 or even 112 speakers. The modules are particularly suited to large venues with challenging acoustics due to their unobtrusive appear

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UK - Exhibition production company Standby were the first to use NanoLumens flexible LED screen, showcasing the action in the Skoda Bike Arena at The London Bike Show 2011. The eye catching lightweight display was hung on truss above the live action from stunt performers in the Skoda Bike Arena, relaying sponsor videos, associated footage and company logos to promote the arena throughout Excel to the visiting crowds.

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."

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UK - Stage Electrics has added the latest generation of Miltec LED battery powered uplighters to their rental stock. These units join the extensive range of LED lights which Stage Electrics already have in hire, including Martin Professional Stagebar, MAC350, MAC301, MAC101, Pulsar Chroma Floods, James Thomas Pixelline range, Chauvet 72 way batterns, ColorDASH and Highlite ArcBar, budget LED Parcans and the GDS Liteware uplighter products.

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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UK - Cloud Electronics has announced the introduction of the VTX Series of high-power multi-channel amplifiers. The range features three power level variants: VTX4120 offers 4x120w, VTX4240 and VTX4400 offer 4x240w and 4x400w respectively, all into 4 ohms.

The new Cloud range "achieves high quality acoustic performance across the long term". Built in accordance with Cloud's principle of reliability, the VTX series is the perfect choice for low maintenance and worry-free installations, says the company.

Simple and reliable installations can be achieved with these 2U rackmounting amplifiers benefiting from studio quality VCA input modules for Remote Level Control (RL-1) as standard and featuring a switched hi-pass filter (18 dB/oct below 65 Hz) for each channel as well as extensive protection against short-circuit and reactive loads, clipping, DC and overheating.

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UK - Crawley's Hawth Theatre has installed installation a Yamaha digital mixing system. Opened in 1988, the West Sussex venue offers a lively and diverse programme, featuring over 350 annual performances.

The theatre's facilities include an 855 seat main space, a smaller 146 seat studio space, exhibition space, eight meeting rooms, coffee shop and bistro, two bars and an outdoor marquee and amphitheatre which are used for performances throughout the summer.

A recent technical upgrade has seen a Yamaha M7CL-48ES digital mixing console, together with three SB168-ES stage boxes, purchased for the main theatre.

Supplied by AC Lighting, the system was chosen because of the experiences of the in-house technical crew, led by technical manager Chris Wilcox.

"We noticed a lot of people touring with Yamaha consoles, which not only indicated that they are worth having, but also

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Sweden - Wireless Solution Sweden has an OEM partner agreement with Antari, one of the world leaders of fog machines, making W-DMX available in selected W-Series of W-515 and W-530. W-DMX is also available in the X310 Pro Series as option.

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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USA - Nemetschek Vectorworks extends congratulations to Chris Riebold, the grand prize winner of the Behind the Scenes raffle at this year's United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) conference. Riebold, who works at Charlotte's Norman Sound & Productions, will receive a professional license of the 2011 version of Vectorworks Spotlight with Renderworks software.

Behind the Scenes is a programme developed by The ESTA Foundation to provide entertainment technology industry members with grants for emergency situations, such as serious illness, injury or death. A raffle co-hosted by The ESTA Foundation and the Long Reach Long Riders is held each year at USITT to raise funds for the programme.

"Behind the Scenes is a wonderful programme that provides an invaluable service to members in the entertainment industry," said Jeremy Powell, director of product marke

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UK - David Atkinson of David Atkinson Lighting Design (DALD) won the Lighting Designer of The Year Award at the 2011 Lighting Design Awards (LDAs) for his consistently groundbreaking and varied architectural schemes over the years - many of which have been supplied by A.C. Special Projects.

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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Finland - ETC's Finnish dealer Studiotec has held its fourth annual Congo group training session in Helsinki. Over the course of three days, Oskar Krogell and several colleagues taught 30 people how to programme and run a show, from introduction to advanced level.

"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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USA - AXYS Scope loudspeakers recently made their Broadway debut on Elf the Musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The musical is based on the 2003 Warner Brothers movie and is the tale of Buddy, a young orphan who mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole.

The show boasts some of the best creative in the business. The book is by Thomas Meehan, who won the 2003 Tony Award for co-writing the book for Hairspray. The musical side of the show is take care of by the Matthew Sklar, who received a Tony Award nomination (Best Original Score) and a Drama Desk nomination (Outstanding Music) for his work on The Wedding Singer, and the lyrics are provided by Chad Beguelin, who wrote the lyrics and co-book writer for The Wedding Singer.

Sound designer Peter Hylenski, himself a Grammy, Tony and Olivier award nominee, decided

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UK - The new PixelSmart from PixelRange has been snapped up for use on Saturday night prime time entertainment show and charity fundraiser, Let's Dance for Comic Relief - the show where famous faces perform some of the world's most well-known dance routines.

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

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