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USA - Founded in 1966, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre (ASGT) is an outdoor community theatre in downtown Annapolis, Maryland, USA. With its all-volunteer staff and actors, ASGT hosts three major productions each season in an outdoor garden setting. While most ASGT productions are musicals, the venue also hosts Shakespeare, improv and educational programmes.

The outdoor garden setting is pleasant for theatre goers, but it presents ongoing challenges to actors and staff ranging from lingering afternoon heat and inclement weather to noise from boat engines and horns at the nearby City Dock. Scott McCormick, one of two technical directors at ASGT, says the theatre's previous loudspeakers weren't weather-resistant and had to be bagged or removed from the theatre when it rained and aft

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Belgium - Lighting design firm Radiance35, in collaboration with the ZimmerFrei artists' collective, created Through the Walls, an award-winning, artistic lighting installation in the Saint-Jacques district of the city (near Brussels' Grand-Place). The key idea from the artist was to project imaginary openings onto the facades of the buildings in order to engage the curiosity and imagination of those walking by and help them envision present-day spaces, interiors and places of life and work inside the district's beautiful medieval structures.

The Saint-Jacques district of Brussels is characterised by its urbanism and is one of the best preserved medieval communities in Europe. The designers at Radiance35 projected 20 Rosco custom glass gobos throughout the neighbourhood to highlight the district's architectural identity, attract attention and encourage visitors to explore

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Germany - Based on the award-winning impression Spot One, GLP has produced a smaller, lighter and less expensive version, known as the Volkslicht Spot - aimed at a wider fixed installation and rental customer base.

Explaining the design rationale, GLP GmbH CEO, Udo Kuenzler, states, "The Spot One has proven a big success in long throw applications but we believe the Volkslicht Spot will appeal to entertainment venues, corporate event spaces, cruise ships, theme parks and houses of worship who don't require the same throw distance. With a single fixed beam of 15 degrees, the Volkslicht Spot has been able to maintain a powerful output despite its compact footprint and reduced price."

This is because the fixture features a 300W RGB LED engine which offers high output through an efficient optical system with clear gobo projection, even field distribution and smooth dimmi

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West London based lighting and visuals rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment is supplying lighting for the first full production tour by chart-topping indie rockers Bastille, who are rapidly ascending stars with their first album Bad Blood and lighting designed by Will Dart.

Earlier in the year Colour Sound provided a specials package for the summer festival season and as soon as this UK leg of the tour kicked in, the production requirements increased to include supplying a full system. Dart has worked with Colour Sound for the last couple of years and comments, "They are an excellent supplier in all aspects."

Dart sat down with the band ahead of the tour and they talked through several ideas - of which there were plenty!

Projection was a large element of the show for the UK leg- although used very judiciously - so the lighting had to compliment this and also t

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USA - When LeRoy Bennett started specifying SGM's X-5 LED strobes early this summer, he not only had Beyoncé's The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour in mind but also the hard industrial sounds of Rammstein and Nine Inch Nails.

The deployment of 144 heads on NIN's world arena and festival shows, he believed would contribute to a production that was "visually high art minded". Returning to the stage after a long break the band's mentor for the last 25 years, Trent Reznor, introduced a new line-up to promote the band's eighth album, Hesitation Marks.

During production rehearsals at the LA Sports Arena Bennett had worked alongside production manager Chris Fussell, art director Rob Sheridan and conceptual artist Jon Morris, with the intention of "beefing up" the festival production and creating an interactive set, with video walls - adding the SGM strobe

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ETC Halcyon Silent

High End Systems Halcyon Silent builds on ETC’s legacy of fanless automated fixtures by incorporating features from the highly sought-after Halcyon family. Halcyon Silent perfectly balances silent operation with brilliant output of 18,400 lumens and high-impact features. 

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UK - Sony has announced a new initiative that will provide music enthusiasts with a better way to experience their favourite recordings. The initiative includes a new line of Sony products that make high resolution audio a more convenient, compelling and cost-effective listening experience for digital music enthusiasts everywhere. To support this, selected Sony products will come pre-installed with high-resolution tracks from Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment.

"It's been more than a decade since the first MP3 digital downloads and music players were introduced to the public," said John Anderson, Vice President of Home Entertainment & Sound, Sony Europe. "Now is the time to offer high-resolution audio products that bring music enthusiasts closer to their favourite recordings, and allow them to experience those recordings the way

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UK - PRG (Production Resource Group UK) has become the latest high profile lighting hire company to invest heavily in SGM's new generation LED fixtures.

They have purchased 46 of the P-5 RGBW wash lights for their busy Autumn and pre-Christmas outdoor season, as part of a general LED inventory upgrade.

Paul Weaver, head of EU asset management, says the company has enjoyed a long and successful relationship with SGM over the years, and this marks the latest chapter. "We have had SGM in stock for the last eight to ten years, using the Palco 3 as our standard weatherproof LED flood but it was time to update our stock."

Says Weaver, "Since the introduction of the new SGM, and Peter [Johansen] coming on board, the company has become really interesting again and there are exciting products coming through such as G-Spot. We see the P-5 as an investment for the long t

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Create new traditions – Cameo P6 - High Output Full-Spectrum Ellipsoidal

Cameo's P6 is a future-proof LED profiler with a powerful 600 W RGBACL engine and 16,000 lumens. It’s an energy-efficient replacement for 2.5 kW halogen profile lights in theatres and venues. With excellent light quality and natural colour rendering, it fits perfectly in theatres, musicals, TV studios, congresses, and live events.

With an LED life of 50,000 hours and low power use, the P6 cuts energy costs and supports the EU’s ‘Green Deal’ goals for climate neutrality by 2050. It also meets updated eco-design rules for lighting.

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Germany - PR Lighting's PR 5000 Framing fixtures have been adopted for the Autumn season opera productions of the famous Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Germany, which combines both the Opera Düsseldorf and Theater Duisburg.

Ordered from Focon Showtechnic, PR Lighting's German distributors, the PR-5000 Framing fixtures were chosen as offering the best quality to price ratio, comparable with the leading professional models in terms of performance.

Specified by lighting and video director, Volker Weinhart (and used by other guest lighting directors), the fixtures, driven by 1500W discharge lamp, will also form part of the theatre's opera and ballet touring inventory, where they will be used on all productions across the world, 300 days of the year. In fact the Opera and Ballet company is one of the largest in Europe with 870 employees including two symphony orchestras with 220 musici

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USA - Saskatchewan Roughriders fans enjoy more than a winning football team upon entering the 45,000-seat Mosaic Stadium in Regina each game day. In fact, home and visiting team fans alike are treated to professional in-venue, large-screen video productions that further enliven the atmosphere - with instant replays and highlight packages from Tightrope's ZEPLAY slow-motion system playing a major role.

"We have the challenge of keeping our fans entertained and engaged, and our philosophy is that we're not simply competing with the at-home TV experience - we want to improve on that experience within the stadium atmosphere," said Bill Wright, director of partnerships and game day operations, Saskatchewan Roughriders. "So we show more replays than viewers get at home, along with more close-ups and stats. We create as much on that screen as we can, at the best possible

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Korea - Allen & Heath's Korean distributor, Sama ProSound Co., Ltd, recently installed a GLD-80 digital mixing system and ME-1 personal monitor mixer in Gunpo Sungjang Church in Gunpo-si near Seoul.

The church recently expanded, and decided to upgrade the sound system to digital from an old analogue system. Founded in 1984, the church contains a 1200 capacity main worship area with two floors and there is a sub-worship area and cafeteria.

Sama ProSound's brief was to install an easy to use and convenient digital mixer, so the company selected a GLD-80 digital mixer expanded with a AR2412 and two AR84 I/O racks, and with personal monitoring provided by five of the compatible ME-1 mixers, making Gunpo Sungjang Church the first church to install ME-1 in Korea.

"I first saw ME-1 at KOBA 2013, and it really impressed me. ME-1 meets all of my expectations as it is very easy t

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USA - Marshall Electronics, manufacturer of rack-mount LCD monitors and broadcast solutions, has announced a free warranty extension on all its professional LCD monitors. The offer extends the regular one year warranty to two full years from the purchase date. The extended warranty is an added value to Marshall owners and prospective buyers.

"The extended warranty lets customers know we're confident in our products and we are backing that up by doubling the warranty protection for our customers. Our commitment to quality has never been greater and we're willing to back it up," says Russ Walker, Marshall director of strategic planning & business development. "As we move into 4K and other higher end monitor technologies, we want customers to have peace of mind when making Marshall purchases. The extended warranty program is also another way to give our customers mor

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UK - The MTFX Snow Tower is the latest and most versatile snow making machine in the MTFX winter effects range. Featuring two MTFX mini evaporative snow blowers mounted on a height adjustable tower, this machine is perfect for creating amazing and realistic outdoor falling snow.

The snow tower is mounted to a towable trailer making for easy transportation and can be raised to a maximum height of 9m. The unit is completely self-contained as it is powered by an internal hush-quiet generator.

It is designed for TV snow effects, Christmas light switch on events, outdoor attractions, product launches and so much more.

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USA - From the people who created the entertainment industries first powerful UV (UltraViolet) based effects and powerful UV lighting in Hollywood in the late 1980's, the first day to night, dual image and complete invisible scenery and scenic effects in the mid 1990's, now comes the next generation of UV based signage. Welcome to the latest venture from Ultra Vista Systems.... interior signage for brands in need of serious attention!

The first product in a series of planned products is ISIS 3D (The Illuminated Suspended Image System). This sign systems allows for glowing brand names, logos and art to shine in a slim, low voltage, lightweight profile that has never before possible before, says the company.

UltraVista Systems is the latest collaboration between Leslie Pringle and Richard Green, a collaboration that began in the 1988 when they brought Wildfire over from Europe,

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France - Urban Peace 3, Europe's largest hip-hop and urban music event, was an all-Nexo affair. 60,000 fans packed into the Stade de France in Paris for five non-stop hours of live performance, headlined by IAM and Sexion D'Assaut. Sound rental provider Melpomen brought Nexo's new STM Series line array systems into the national stadium for the first time, tying into the permanently-installed Nexo Geo S12 PA for extra coverage of the uppermost seating areas.

Urban Peace 3, which comes five years after Urban Peace 2, presented the cream of French rap music on the city's largest and most prestigious stage. The line-up included Stromae, Orelsan, Chris Brown, Youssoupha and La Fouine, and the mix tent hosted some of the best sound engineers in France.

Sound design for the event was done by Thierry Tranchant of Melpomen, with measurement and tuning by Vladimir Coulibre, using 78 'se

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Germany - Besides extraordinary talent and the fact they have all made the history of music, another thing legends such as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse all have in common is that they belong to the 27 Club. The members of this fictitious club all died prematurely at the age of 27 in tragic (and obscure) circumstances.

The play of the same name, The 27 Club, directed by British director Toby Gough and performed at the St. Pauli Theatre in Hamburg, pays tribute to these and other music legends. It is a musical journey through time in which first-class musicians from Britain and the United States bow down to their idols and play songs such as Hey Joe, Light my Fire and Smells like Teen Spirit.

Patrick Woodroffe and associated designer Roland Greil dealt with the lighting design. Fifteen Clay Paky

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The Netherlands - Hoevenaars LGV BV, a top live event production company located in the Netherlands, recently added Adamson Systems Energia E15 enclosures to their production inventory.

"We were looking for a new stadium size line array system to take our sound department to the next level," explains Patrick Hoevenaars, CEO of Hoevenaars. "The transparency, range, headroom and sheer SPL of this system is just amazing. As soon as we heard it we were sold."

The new line arrays were immediately put into service for the We Love The 90's concert held in Goffertpark Nijmegen in the Netherlands. More than 23,000 people were in attendance for the eight-hour celebration of the music of that decade.

The audience was treated to live performances by many popular artists from the 90's including Scooter, Paul Elstak, Captain Jack, Flamman & Abraxas, 2 Brothers o

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USA - Avery Fisher Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Centre, has taken delivery of two DMX-controlled Robert Juliat Cyrano followspots from PRG/NJ. Avery Fisher Hall is part of The Lincoln Centre complex on the west side of Manhattan. The concert hall, which is used for a wide variety of events, opened in 1962 and has a capacity of 2,738 seats.

The Cyrano followspots replace aging fixtures. "The new Cyranos are the only followspots in the theatre," says Jason Marsh, associate director of production at Lincoln Centre. "We chose them for their exceptional quality and ease of use."

Marsh notes that productions in Avery Fisher Hall range from classical, rock and pop concerts to corporate events, television specials and network upfronts. "Television is the area requiring the highest-quality lighting, and TV lighting designers have requeste

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UK - Cadac has signed an agreement with Waves Audio to license Waves SoundGrid technology in order to provide integration solutions of the two companies' products.

The agreement will enable the two companies to develop an interface solution between Cadac's advanced proprietary MegaCOMMS networking technology and Waves' SoundGrid and plugin products.

"The intention is to integrate Waves MultiRack SoundGrid with our MegaCOMMS networking technology," says Richard Ferriday, Cadac brand development manager. "This will give Cadac users access to the huge range of Waves MultiRack plug-ins, which can then be incorporated with the console's own processing options."

"Waves is pleased that more and more live engineers are able to utilise the SoundGrid platform," says Mick Olesh, Waves Audio EVP. "Consoles fully loaded with SoundGrid make it easier tha

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Italy - Genelec has announced that MidiWare Srl is its new Italian distributor. From 1 November 2013, Midiware will be responsible for Genelec monitoring product distribution and dealer support in the region, following a mutual parting of the ways with long-term partner, Leading Technology Srl.

MidiWare is based in Rome and has a local sales office and demo space in the Lecco area close to Milan. MidiWare also represents other brands including SSL, REM, Moog, SE, Novation in both the professional and MI segments. Jarmo Masko, international sales manager is delighted that Francesco Borsotti's team are now part of the Genelec family of almost seventy distributors worldwide:

"MidiWare has a dynamic team that is focused on achieving results for their wide network of dealers and business partners. They have excellent reach into the education sector through thirty years of expe

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UK - A global musical phenomenon, Wicked has taken to the road for its first UK and Ireland tour and the Production Resource Group (PRG) is providing a custom-built automation solution and the full lighting system.

The show opened at the Manchester's Palace Theatre to five star reviews and plays until 16 November when it will move on to Dublin. PRG is no stranger to the show, having supported the US tour since 2004.

PRG supplied a bespoke designed automation package for the production. For expediency the system used was set-up in its entirety in PRG's testing facility in New Windsor, New York prior to shipping to the UK. This enabled Wicked's creative team to pre-approve scenic moves, which saved valuable time in the theatre.

To support its UK installation John Galante, systems manager for PRG, joined the PRG and Wicked's technical team at the Manchester Palace Theatr

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UK - After 25 years in the business, in the year Artistic Licence celebrates its Silver Jubilee, the company is relocating to a new studio space in London's vibrant Kentish Town.

Based in Harrow, Middlesex, for over two decades, the lighting control specialist has previously occupied the sort of light industrial premises suited to a traditional manufacturer. However, Artistic Licence now operates more as a design house, outsourcing the majority of its product assembly needs.

CEO Wayne Howell explains, "Artistic Licence is an agile company, happy to reinvent itself as the market evolves. The decision to outsource manufacture was one such change, but it has left us in a building that is no longer well suited to the way we operate. Our company philosophy is all about ideas and pushing the boundaries of new technology, and the new studio provides just the sort of environment

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