The Week in Lighting & Sound

Sound in the Round - The Human League, Gary Numan and Grace Jones will all play special shows at a new temporary venue, the 5DX dome, in Miami and London in March and April. The venue will offer "3D Surround Sound and ... More >>

RSAMD deceived by fraudster Simon Brophy

UK - The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) has suspended a member of staff after it emerged that he was using a false name. As reported in the Scottish News of the World on 7 February, the lecturer, who for six ... More >>

de Vreede to head PR Lighting European sales

The Netherlands - PR Lighting has strengthened its management team by appointing the experienced Fons de Vreede to handle sales in Western Europe. The appointment was confirmed by Ernie Armas, PR Lighting's international ... More >>

House named brand manager at Cooper Controls

UK - Cooper Controls UK has announced the appointment of Claire House as brand manager for its entertainment brands. As part of the company's new structure and strategy for the performance entertainment marketplace, House will ... More >>

TOA unveils VM-3000 Series PA/VA system

UK - Combining an emergency voice alarm system with digital audio PA, paging and BGM functionality, the new VM-3000 Series from TOA brings new levels of flexibility to the deployment of PA/VA in small to medium-sized commercial ... More >>

Point Source helps Celebrate Australia Day

UK - Point Source Productions' technical productions department was commissioned by Eclipse Presentations to provide a lighting system for the Australia Day celebrations at the Australian High Commission in London ... More >>

Wolfmother rising with Clarity

USA / Australia - LSC's Clarity is the console of choice for lighting designer Dave Haus for the current Wolfmother New Moon Rising world tour. Haus and his company Prodigy Lighting Design are based in Maryland USA. He is a ... More >>

Sixpac appointed Proel distributor for Germany

Germany - Sixpac, based in Schwäbisch-Hall, just east of Heilbronn has been appointed as the exclusive Proel distributor for the German market. The company was founded in 1998 by a group of people from the former manufacture ... More >>

City Rock grooves with APG

France - City Rock, a lounge bar/restaurant in the Parisian suburb of Cergy Pontoise, is the latest nightspot to benefit from an APG sound system powered by Lab.gruppen's C Series amplifiers. The system was designed and ... More >>

Supernova screens in Jo'Burg cathedral

South Africa - Six dnp Supernova screens have been specified in the UCKG Park Station Cathedral in Johannesburg to provide all 7,000 members of the congregation with a clear view of the service. A full 12,000 people were ... More >>

QSC distribution hub in Happy Valley Shanghai

China - Happy Valley Amusement Park (Shanghai) opened last summer in the city's Songjiang District. With seven themed zones and 12 top level entertainment facilities, spread across 900,000sq.m of land, it is probably the biggest ... More >>

Clay Paky parties with Akon in Amman

Jordan - Under the banner, Party line never before, R&B singer-songwriter Akon performed live in concert at Amman Exhibitions Park with lighting courtesy of TriTec AV and Clay Paky. The show was hosted by The Arabian Journal, ... More >>

W-DMX celebrates fall of the Berlin Wall anniversary

Germany - Wireless Solution Sweden was recently in Berlin to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The four-day festival ran from November 5-9, 2009, with the highlight being the Festival of Freedom held at the ... More >>

G-LEC helps make a drama out of crisis

UK - On 15 September 2008, capitalism came to a grinding halt. As sub-prime mortgages and toxic securities continued to dominate the headlines, in spring 2009, London's National Theatre asked David Hare to write an urgent and ... More >>

Gearhouse SA supplies Kenya conference

Kenya - Gearhouse South Africa supplied full technical production - sound, lighting, AV & video, staging, sets, rigging and power - and one of their massive new In2Structures SupaDome venues for Swedish cosmetics multinational ... More >>

Lighthouse LED display at the Rose Bowl

USA - The Rose Bowl in Pasadena hosted the year's most anticipated college football game - the BCS Championship game - as well as the Rose Bowl. For each game, nearly 95,000 college football fans in attendance looked to the ... More >>

ABTT Theatre Show reflects exhibitor investment

UK - The doors for the ABTT Theatre Show at the Royal Horticultural Halls do not open until 16 June but already the organisers are facing the happy problem of ensuring there is enough space for new exhibitors as regulars book ... More >>

Ateis helps refurbish ExCel London

Ateis UK is playing a major part in the expansion and refurbishment of ExCel London, a leading European exhibition and conference centre. As part of this important project Ateis is supplying audio processing and control ... More >>

Prodigy tour with GLP Impressions

UK - Concert and television lighting specialist, Andy Hurst has introduced GLP's Impression moving LED light into his design for Prodigy's latest tour of UK theatres, after seeing them in use at this summer's Isle of Wight Festival (where ... More >>

Board changes at Paradigm

UK - While Paradigm AV founder Greg Jeffreys prepares to take over the role of president of InfoComm in 2012, new appointments have been announced to the board of his engineering and distribution company. Paradigm reports ... More >>

Barix debuts Store and Play in Vegas

Switzerland/USA - Barix AG will introduce Store and Play, a new FTP/HTTP download and playback application for in-store audio programming at the upcoming Digital Signage Expo, taking place 23-25 February at the Las Vegas Convention ... More >>

Audio-Technica updates 4000 and 5000 Series

USA - Audio-Technica has announced updates to its award-winning Artist Elite 4000 Series and 5000 Series Frequency-agile True Diversity UHF Wireless Systems. To signify the enhancements, the letter "a" will be added to the end of all ... More >>