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23 July 2014
Robe Pointes on fire with the Rolling Stones
Europe - The Rolling Stones have just finished the European section of their 14 On Fire tour with another spectacular lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe of Woodroffe Basset Design (WBD) which included 54 Robe ... More >>
Meyer at The Crossing Church in Las Vegas
USA - To attract a younger, media-savvy demographic, The Crossing Christian Church in Las Vegas has installed a concert-grade Meyer Sound system. The design features the JM-1P arrayable loudspeaker and the 1100-LFC ... More >>
Michael Meacham creates pixel ambience with Chauvet
Japan - The newly-opened Vanity Osaka nightclub in Osaka features a bold lighting design by Michael Meacham that draws upon the brightness, colour and pixel mapping capabilities of over 400 fixtures from Chauvet ... More >>
Tannoy loudspeakers update Fort Worth church
USA - University Christian Church (UCC), located on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, recently upgraded its sound reinforcement system with Tannoy column line array loudspeakers. Curt ... More >>
RML's B-EYE stars on BBC's Blue Peter
UK - Blue Peter is one of the longest running shows in television history. So much history, it is a national treasure. Richard Martin Lighting (RML) has been involved in the show for a long time now and ... More >>
Adlib gets into Summertime at Wembley
Bandit brings magic to Little Big Town tour
Third Eye Blind rocks with Clay Paky
ELAR Q1 colour changing Par debuts at Xbox event
Summer Jazz showcases the best of young UK talent
Danley expands outdoor loudspeaker series
TiMax appoints S.C. Alliance for Japan
Robe LEDBeam 100s for Vasco Rossi shows
Penn Elcom partners with Entertainment Workshops charity
ETC Sensor control reaches high in London
PR Lighting launches LED for large scale applications
Pure Groove Systems gets Lost in a Moment
B-EYE is star pupil on London Grammar tour
George Benson UK tour supported by White Light
Masque Sound supports Shakespeare in the Park
Capital and MLA continue Hyde Park sound evolution
Hippotizer dazzles at the 68th Tony Awards
Outline spreads the Pope's message to 250,000
MLA Mini reinforces The Rose of Versailles
Chauvet Professional lights Therapy? at Sonisphere
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino turns on the G-Spot
Fenix towers support La Reina ceremony
Calrec consoles drive audio World Cup coverage
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22 July 2014
ETC Sensor control reaches high in London
UK - ETC's UK dealers have now installed over 28,000 Sensor power control channels across central London, making ETC the most popular choice in the capital. If all the modules were stacked on top of one another, they ... More >>
22 July 2014
Outline spreads the Pope's message to 250,000
Italy - Outline Butterfly and Mantas loudspeaker systems amplified the voice of Pope Francis on the occasion of the Holy Mass celebrated on the Plain of Sibari before a crowd of 250,000 worshippers. A stage 50m by 25m ... More >>
18 July 2014
Behind the Scenes UK launch set for PLASA London
UK - The PLASA Foundation has announced the formation of Behind the Scenes UK to provide financial assistance to entertainment technology professionals, or their immediate family, who are seriously ill or injured. ... More >>
21 July 2014
HSL helps Control t'force at Emley Moor Mast
UK - Lighting and visuals rental specialist HSL supplied equipment for a bold, vibrant interactive lighting installation work, Control t'force, created by lighting designer James Bawn, that illuminated the 330m ... More >>
21 July 2014
Sennheiser UK sub distribution changes structure
UK - As a direct result of an increase in business and market share within its sub distribution network, Sennheiser UK has announced a significant change to its sub distribution model in the UK. "The growth we are ... More >>
3 July 2014
Chromlech in liquidation
France - Chromlech, the French manufacturer behind innovative LED lighting products such as Jarag and Elidy, has gone out of business with the loss of 14 jobs. NKown as an innovator of lighting products, Chromlech ... More >>
22 July 2014
B-EYE is star pupil on London Grammar tour
UK - Lighting designer Steven Bewley is using a primarily Clay Paky rig to light renowned trip-hop trio London Grammar during the band's current UK tour. The delicate lighting design created by the Newcastle-based ... More >>
22 July 2014
PRG Nocturne expands UK operation
UK - PRG Nocturne which provides LED video and projection support to the concert touring, festival, and corporate event markets, has expanded its operations in the UK. "We are now heading into our fourth year with ... More >>
22 July 2014
Le Mark girls triumph at Race For Life
UK - Smashing their initial target by over 1000% and then beating their increased target by over 20%, the girls at Le Mark did an amazing job at Race For Life on Sunday 20 July in Cambridge. The first of the girls ... More >>
22 July 2014
Capital and MLA continue Hyde Park sound evolution
UK - Proving last year that London's controversial Hyde Park festival site could be protected from noise leakage into the surrounding neighbourhood by deploying Martin Audio's MLA technology, promoters AEG Live ... More >>
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22 July 2014
Mitch Mortenson joins Cadac US
UK - Cadac Audio US and Canada has secured premises for its sales, distribution and service operations in Hoboken NJ. The new premises, looking out across the Manhattan skyline, will house Cadac's new North American ... More >>
PRG Nocturne expands UK operation
UK - PRG Nocturne which provides LED video and projection support to the concert touring, festival, and corporate event markets, has expanded its operations in the UK. "We are now heading into our fourth year with ... More >>
21 July 2014
Sennheiser UK sub distribution changes structure
UK - As a direct result of an increase in business and market share within its sub distribution network, Sennheiser UK has announced a significant change to its sub distribution model in the UK. "The growth we are ... More >>
18 July 2014
POLARaudio promotes Liam Richards
UK - POLARaudio, as part of its ongoing internal restructuring, has promoted technical support engineer Liam Richards to the role of technical support manager. Appointed to his original position in 2010 from a ... More >>
16 July 2014
Sennheiser UK appoints commercial sales manager
UK - Sennheiser UK has announced that Simon Holley has been appointed to the position of commercial sales manager for its Pro Systems division. Simon joins from his previous position as sales manager at Bose UK and ... More >>
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"We had a total of five LED screens, four flown and one on a pulley system tracking across the stage. The flown screens were moving through both horizontal and vertical planes across a distance of between 15 and 20 metres with the weight of each of the Lighthouse screens in excess of 1500kg."
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20 Years Ago . . . LSi July 1994
"PLASA Members had responded angrily to LSi's reporting of AVAB's resurfacing in Sweden as AVAB Niethammer, following the bankruptcy of the original company, AVAB AB, and the associated Emil Niethammer operation in Germany. A number of UK companies had been owed money by one or both operations at the point of their closure, and little information was provided by either of the receivers involved. A great deal of the money involved related to AVAB AB's re-equipping of the Gothenburg Opera House. "
10 Years Ago . . . LSi July 2004
"Lead news this month was the merger of PRG and VLPS (Vari-Lite Production Services). The resulting company would operate as PRG Lighting, PRG Audio and PRG Scenic Technologies. Jere Harris, who was to take on the role of chairman and CEO of the new company, said that PRG was "bringing stability, resources and a stronger business orientation to an industry that is highly fragmented and under-capitalised." Rusty Brutsché of VLPS would become vice-chairman and Chief Technology Officer of the new company. "
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This month: FIFA Las Vegas!
". . . the inclusion of a UK console (Allen & Heath's GLD-80) at the centre of renovations to Rio's iconic Maracana stadium is the nearest that anything English is going to get to the venue for the tournament's final."
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This month: The Splicing Block
"If you want a test for which once-indispensable tools are now obsolete, just try them out on a current technical theatre student: 'Stencils' to a lighting student will get a dismissive look as they turn back to their VectorWorks Student Edition. Present a sound student with a splicing block and you might just get a bemused expression as they try to figure out exactly what it actually is . . ."
ReadCrew Cuts
This month: Lighting Designer, Tom Campbell
"I was extremely lucky that my secondary school had a pretty good lighting rig in their theatre - four MAC 500s and a lot of generic fixtures. I quickly realised, not only that I enjoyed doing it, but that I could miss lessons if I helped out on school productions."
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This month: Boris (and other) Bikes
"Bike sharing actually pre-dates the technology. Way back in 1965 a group in the Netherlands left free white bicycles scattered around a town, free for anyone to use. They quickly vanished . . . a sad reflection on human nature that free tends to be abused."
ReadRigging Call
This month: No Substitute
"It's astonishing the number of people who criticise, for example, a truss being slung in a way they haven't seen before, believing the way they learned to be the only way . . ."
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This month: Wireless Video on a Budget
"The documentation says to use Bash or Python - both of which are programming languages - but it doesn't tell you how to do it!"
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This month: Lee Baldock talks to production designer, creative director and principal of Rockart Design, Nicoline Refsing . . .
"I love the music side, and what comes with that is the whole process of loading something in in a very short space of time, and loading it all out again. I love that challenge - producing all of the parts, working out what's possible."
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We've added over 175 photos of the PLASA Show in London from the LSi archives dating back to 1993.
ReadiPix Db1: A Glimpse of the Future?
"It immediately seems packed with possibilities. Concert lighting, of course, patterns of light moving in the air. But also as a tool for stage or film lighting, perhaps genuinely providing the tool to fulfil the promise of being able to paint a stage with light, still or animated."
In an LSi exclusive, Rob Halliday reports on the iPix Db1 - "a glimpse of the future of lighting" . . .
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Lighting designer Ben M Rogers was one of the judges in this year's PLASA Awards for Innovation. Here he shares his thoughts on the products that caught his attention and what they tell us about the future . . .
