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UK - The young Vic has been heralded as one of the most exciting new performance spaces to open this year. Charcoalblue Theatre Consultancy, subcontracted by Theatre Projects, is responsible for the design, specification and integration of the entire technical infrastructure of this exciting new space.

One of the most important producing theatres in the UK, the Young Vic was originally founded in 1970 by Sir Laurence Olivier for the younger members of his newly formed National Theatre Company. Built as a temporary space, it had an intended life span of a mere five years. However it wasn't until 2000 - when the building reached a dangerous state of disrepair - that 'the powers that be' sanctioned its rebuild. The theatre reopened six years later to press on 11 October - on time and

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Italy / India - Announced at the PALA India exhibition in early October, Italian manufacturer LDR has appointed Modern Stage Service as exclusive distributor for its theatrical and architectural lighting products in India, following discussions earlier in the year at PALME in Dubai and at PLASA in London.

LDR's Fabiano Besio told L&SI: "MSS is one of the leading companies in the Indian market, not just a distributor but a company that really understands applications and how to support its customers, with strong knowledge of the local market and its requirements." He added: "The Indian market deserves a lot of attention."

Varinder Wadhwa of MSS commented: "LDR manufactures quality products, far better than what is available in India. Now the Indian market is opening up, and people are willing to pay for quality."

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - SE Systems of Greensboro, NC has been named the recipient of a 2006 TEC Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Tour Sound Production for the North American tour of Alison Krauss and Union Station, featuring Jerry Douglas. The award was presented to SE Systems as well as FOH engineer Bernie Velluti and monitor engineer Mark Richards.

According to SE Systems owner Cliff Miller, the use of JBL Vertec line arrays proved to be one of the keys to the tour's success. "The system has worked out extremely well for us on the Alison Krauss tour," he said. "We try to make the sound system as transparent as possible to maintain the purity of the acoustic instruments and Alison's vocals. With the Vertec line arrays, we are able to amplify the instruments through microphones without any additional built-in pickups. This provides us with significantly more gain at th

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France - At this year's Paris Motor Show, Lighthouse Technologies' R6 6mm LED screens added impact to the stands of Porsche, Nissan, Fiat and General Motors among others.

One of the most eye-catching stands what that of Porsche, which featured three R6 screens each in a 7 x 5 panel configuration. Two of the screens were used as portrait format backdrops, while the third was angled above the right hand upright screen and showed footage of the sky to create the illusion of the car, positioned directly in front, actually driving along a winding country lane.

"Car shows are always a spectacular affair," says Lighthouse managing director Mark Chan. "Each year the technology involved in the manufacture of vehicles becomes more sophisticated and the way in which companies market their products has become equally technologically advanced. LED screens are not only equal

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The Netherlands - In early September, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships took place at De Smelt (Ice Stadium) in Assen, the Netherlands. After the Paralympics this is the largest worldwide sporting event for the disabled in the world with approximately 1200 athletes from 78 countries competing for 891 medals. The event was broadcast worldwide.

The Championships' Opening Ceremony was produced by IdtV Events & Promotions with technical production and design completed by Livetime Productions. Livetime chose AED Rent as its partner for sound and lighting equipment. AED Rent recently purchased 100 MAC 700 washlights and Livetime was the first to use the new MAC 700 Washes in a technical production.

The Opening began with a parade of nations followed by a dance spectacle in which Fair Play and the importance of the referee in competition was h

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India - Avolites, working with its Indian distributor Jagmag Electric, staged a workshop, seminar and open day in Mumbai for its newly launched Pearl Expert console. This was the first viewing of the Pearl Expert in Asia.

Avolites' Steve Warren and Koy Neminathan organised the event with Jagmag's Atul Sonpal. It was attended by over fifty enthusiastic and interested individuals including LDs, programmers, operators, rental companies and show producers - representing a broad range of market sectors.

Avolites left Mumbai with 16 confirmed orders for the new desk. "I was honestly overwhelmed by the response" says Steve Warren. "The original Pearl has been a huge success for us in India generally, but reaction to the Expert has been stunning, and took us all by surprise."

Atul Sonpal comments, "This console has come to our market at exactly the right tim

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UK - Audio-Technica is employing an innovative Bluetooth based mobile marketing application at this year's Music Live exhibition to promote the new Artist Series range of microphones.

The BluRange Ranger from electronic marketing specialists, LHM Media, will broadcast a MMS message to all Bluetooth enabled devices - mobile phones, PDAs or laptops - within a 100 metre radius of the Audio-Technica stand (C50) during Music Live. The promotional message, with content incorporating full colour graphics, offers customers a further 10% off of the special offer price on all Artist Series microphones during the show, to anyone showing it on their mobile device to an Audio-Technica member of staff.

Commenting on the campaign, Harvey Roberts, senior UK marketing manager, Audio-Technica, states: "We are constantly looking to extend the reach and effectiveness of our mar

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UK - Adlib Audio has completed the design, specification and installation of a new sound system at Liverpool Royal Philharmonic Hall. The prestigious 1700 capacity concert hall venue is one of the city's landmarks, and Its music programme encompasses a wide variety of events.

Adlib's Andy Dockerty and Roger Kirby designed the system, and the installation project was co-ordinated by Mark Burnley. The system is based around a 9-a-side Nexo GeoD line array, with two Adlib AA 218 HL subs a side. The Nexo was chosen by the venue for its neat, tailored appearance that would cause minimal intrusion in the room and provide sufficient SPL for the various events held within the hall.

Across the front of the stage, the old Nexo PS10 speakers have been reutilised for centre stalls infills and onstage there are eight AA1214w floor monitors, Adlib's latest 650W/12" wedges. To the rear

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UK/Germany - Forge Europa will be launching a new range of standard and custom designed LED assemblies along with new product developments such as aLED high power LED lighting assemblies, high intensity traffic LEDs and long life LED technology at Electronica 2006.

These aLEDs consist of a high power LED mounted onto a thermally optimised substrate complete with a connector or solder pads. This takes the headaches of thermal design away and gives an easy to use sub-assembly.

The standard aLED range consists of 1w hexagonal shaped assembly, 1w triple cluster assembly, 1w lighting strip in single colour and in red, green, blue for colour mixing, and 1w double and triple LED lighting strips. Additionally a diverse range of standard optics giving wide, medium and narrow beam patterns in a variety of sizes can also be supplied to fit the aLED devices, thus giving the lighting or ga

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USA - Crown International announces two key appointments to its senior staff with the dual promotions of Scott Potosky to vice president of engineering and Marc Kellom to vice president of marketing.

According to Crown president Mark Graham, who made the announcement: "Both Scott and Marc have impressive track records with Crown, leading the development of some of our most important products over the past decade. Each brings extensive leadership experience and an intimate understanding of our business to their respective positions."

Potosky has enjoyed an 18-year tenure with Crown, most recently serving as a product development manager. "Scott's experience in the engineering process and collaboration with other Harman Pro business units makes him a great fit for his new role," says Graham.

Prior to joining Crown, Potosky earned his bachelor's degree in el

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UK - 5 Star Cases has supplied a selection of Tour Grade 'specification' trunks to Paragon Projection, specifically to house their stock of Pioneer PDP-50MXE 50 inch plasma screens. The cases are finished in a striking Royal Blue laminate.

The usual construction and hardware characteristics found in Tour Grade include 12mm birch ply, together with large recessed butterfly catches and sprung handles. Internally, polyethylene foam supports ensure complete equipment protection. Additional compartments have been designed into the base to allow for the storage of matching speakers, plus mounting brackets and other accessories.

Mark Davies of Paragon Projection says, "We've been using 5 Star for about 18 months now and have given them some tough projects to handle in that time - and they just keep coming back with excellent innovative design and build solutions."

(Jim Ev

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USA - GE Consumer & Industrial has called for entries for the 24th Annual GE Edison Award competition. Through the competition, GE recognises excellence and quality in professional lighting designs that employ the significant use of GE lamps.

The competition is open to professional designers, architects, engineers and consultants. Entries are judged on the following criteria: functional excellence; architectural compatibility; effective use of state-of-the-art lighting products and techniques; appropriate colour, form and texture revelation; energy effectiveness and cost effectiveness.

Projects scoring the highest number of points will qualify to receive Awards of Merit or Awards of Excellence. The GE Edison Award Winner is selected from among the Awards of Excellence. Awards for Sustainable Design are given to those projects that demonstrate exemplary, sustainable lighting de

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Italy - Proel SpA has appointed Marco Farello as export manager. Previously, he has worked with with major Italian distributors, developing solid international relationships with MI and pro audio manufacturers worldwide.

Farello will have special responsibility for Proel's sound reinforcement division. He says, "The market is continuously offering new opportunities to expand business. I am very happy to be joining such a forward looking company that has high quality products and a strong reputation for customer service."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard was among the stars performing at the first Secret Policeman's Ball benefit show to be staged for 17 years, the event that raises money for Amnesty International.

For stage lighting, event organisers Flux asked Pete Barnes to design the show. Event Producer, John Farquhar-Smith, wanted someone experienced in both TV and live environments that would create a show that worked in both contexts.

Barnes created a semi circle of 80 PixelLine 1044s at the back of the stage that worked well as background eye-candy both on camera and live. He explains, "The 80 battens were housed in ten customised metal frames, which formed a wrap-around effect that didn't take-up too much stage room. Video content amalgamated with colours and effects were run through the PixelLines."

Izzard shared the stage at the Royal Albert Hall with many comedy favo

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UK - London's Trafalgar Square recently played host to a series of live music events, with sound reinforcement services provided by AdLib Audio Hire of Liverpool. A complete large-scale audio system featuring JBL Professional Vertec line arrays and Soundcraft's new Vi6 digital mixing console was supplied.

The weekend of September 15-17 featured an eclectic variety of events, including a peace rally and a full live musical programme. On September 16, Scissor Sisters performed at the MOTO (RED) benefit event, sponsored by Motorola. Proceeds from the show went towards the global fight against AIDS in Africa. September 17 featured Simcha On The Square, a celebration of Jewish music and culture.

AdLib Audio provided two main left/right arrangements of Vertec VT4889 full-size line array elements, with additional outfill arrays positioned to serve the large audiences in the br

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UK - London School of Sound (LSS) has adopted Allen & Heath's Xone:3D mixer/controller to conduct its modern DJ Skills courses for live performance and studio production, and has devised a course with specialised training on the Xone:3D in conjunction with Ableton and other music software providers.

"We were initially attracted to the Xone:3D because it is the first control surface for Ableton Live designed with the performing DJ in mind. The layout is clear and well organised, the controls are intuitive, and the construction quality make it a reliable choice for our demanding schedule of (ab)use!" explains LSS tutor, Federico Bersano Begey. "Its ability to work as an audio/MIDI interface for both Mac and PC, make it the ideal controller to run almost all of our courses."

He continues, "Modern DJ's, whether pro or bedroom, are interested in much more t

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UK - Visitors to the South Bank of the River Thames over the last few months will have seen a dramatic visual change to the concrete structures of the South Bank arts centre as night fell and a new lighting scheme took over.

Lighting designer Willie Williams - most commonly thought of for his work with U2, but also represented in London's West End and in theatres around the world with the musical We Will Rock You - was asked by the South Bank Centre's creative director Jude Kelly to devise a lighting scheme for the Centre, both to give it its own identity and to ensure that it wasn't overshadowed by the dramatic exterior lighting scheme now in place at its neighbour, the National Theatre.

Working to a tight budget, Williams devised a fixed look for the buildings; White Light supplied a large quantity of MBI floods and ETC Source Fours to implement the design, which Will

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Australia - Australian lighting control manufacturer, LSC Lighting Systems, recently appointed Jaz Harrison to the role of marketing officer. The appointment cements another strategic step in the company's growth plan, enabling it to better service its customer base, says the company.

Harrison goes to LSC with a varied background, having worked for several global companies,including the Fairfax Media Group and The Salvation Army, accumulating many years ofmarketing communications and creative/design experience.

Harrison will provide LSC with improved distributor communications and up to the minuteinformation on new products. Harrison has already been involved in the new LSC corporate logo and identity, revised maXim and EKO brochures, and the popular LSC carabineer torches given away at recent tradeshows.

(Chris Henry)

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USA - "We've had great success integrating the LSC maXim series of lighting consoles in small and large spaces, houses of worship in particular," says Bill Manning of All Pro Sound. "While they have some very sophisticated features, they still maintain a simplicity that's attractive to clients working with limited resources through volunteers.

Pro Sound Installations of the console include Village Baptist Church in Destin, Florida, and the Mendham Hills Chapel in Mendham, NJ. Chad Edwardson.

All Pro Sound's lighting guru, reports that when training customers on the operation of the maXim he has found that the learning curve is rapid. "The layout is very well designed and the graphical display is very intuitive," he said. "Controlling intelligent lights is a breeze and the scene setup is much quicker with the use of the filter function."

(Ji

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USA - D.A.S. Audio staged its North American Aero Line Array Training Seminar on October 18 and 19 at the Fitzgerald Hotel in Las Vegas. The seminar was addressed to US Aero line array system users as well as potential clients. At the same time, the new Variant line array and EASE Focus software were presented to the US market.

The main seminar speakers were Ashok Maharaj, independent professional audio consultant from Venezuela; Javier Navarro, D.A.S. Audio sound engineer; Kevin Hill, head of sales for the US; Ramón Franco, sales representative for Colombia and technical adviser for Latin America; and Jack Palacio, international sales director of D.A.S. Audio. Roberto Giner, D.A.S. marketing director, as well as all sales representatives for the US were also present.

Close to ninety people attended the sessions which focused mainly on the line array theory and the dev

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UK - The Showman's Show takes place at the Newbury Showground in Berkshire every October and its outdoor situation makes it an ideal platform for large-scale products to be examined at close quarters. Star Events Group took full advantage of this at the 2006 event to officially launch Morbit.

"The response to our announcement of the concept earlier in the year was excellent," says Jane Russen, director of Star Events Group's mobile division. "The majority of people who came to see the stage at Showman's had already heard of it, although I'm sure there were some who came along to see if it actually existed!"

Star Events Group founder Roger Barrett developed the first modern mobile stage in 1988 and, with the company having acquired Orbit UK in 2004, it rapidly became clear that a mobile version of the popular Orbit stage would appeal to a wide range of event

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