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14 March 2016

It is the third New Year's spectacle that Jack Morton has produced for the event, which is organised by the Mayor of London. The display could also be seen at high points across the capital with many millions more watching it on TV. This is the third year running technical suppliers Stage Electrics have supplied lighting for the event.

The design team from Jack Morton commissioned the lighting design team of Durham Marenghi and Associate Paul Cook to create the stunning visual effects. Stage Electrics' project manager Simon Baker headed the 10 man on site technical team installing the equipment in the

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Hawthorns were responsible for all the lighting, power, sound, trussing and drapes. Once again the structure had to be multi functional in terms of hosting conferences, talent shows and gala dinners, and the lighting and sound systems had to be versatile.

Because of this factor, Hawthorns sound designer, Iain Reinhold opted for the new Yamaha Digital desk, recently added to Hawthorns hire stock. The desk proved an invaluable tool, as it allowed Reinhold to store each show and recall them with minimum fuss.

A seven-man crew that included sound, lighting

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The show is recorded live from the PKO Culture & Leisure Studios in Bratislava, produced by Oreo and broadcast live each week by the Markiza TV channel. It's Slovakia's first series of Let's Dance, which sees 10 celebrities from Slovakia and the Czech Republic pair up with dance professionals and demonstrate their skills on the dance-floor, with one couple voted off each week by the public.

Kubanka landed the lighting design role after his work on the Slovakian Superstar show for the same production company. On Let's Dance he is working with director Peter Nunes, DOP Jaroslav Zaman and set designer Daniel Sichman.

Q-99 first had to install 12 new rigging points in the

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As well as accommodating the show's expansion plans, the improved facilities also enable the organisers to provide the main exhibition, complementary theatre seminars programme and buffet lunch with a bar and dining area, all within the same hall.

Full show details will be confirmed in the coming months, but visitors can expect the same popular format, "including exclusive 1st UK showings of new products, the latest innovations from over 70 leading brands, one to one demonstrations a

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While the karaoke equipment, including the 42" Samsung plasma screens, was supplied direct from KoD (Karaoke on Demand) in Hong Kong, The Sound Division Group were tasked with providing a custom-coloured LED solution in each room. They consulted with Ian Kirby's Lighting Effects Distribution to see how the company's X-Chip PCB-based RGB colour change LED could be rebated into the ceiling periphery of each room.

Each room has the ability to create individual mood settings using colour and music. For example for Hen parties a palate of reds is predominantly used, whilst for corporate e

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Lamina offers multiple lines of LED light engine and driver OEM components directly to third-party manufacturers and through a network of distributors. Its components power the LED lighting fixtures of more than 100 companies. Through the agreement, Lamina can offer its customers a licensed solution that provides the valuable features made possible by digital intelligence, such as additive colour mixing through DMX control, among other innovations covered by Color Kinetics' patent portfolio. Lamina customers who develop fixtures based on the Color Kinetics-licensed components will be covered under Lamina

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The launch event - a dinner with presentations - took place in the Energy Hall and the Making of the Modern World Gallery at the Science Museum in London, one of the London venues for which White Light is an approved supplier. The Science Museum was open to the public on the day of the event, and no equipment could be visible until the public had departed for the day - just an hour before the guests started arriving for the event itself, which did complicate proceedings.

White Light's project manager Steve Richardson, worked with the Science Mu

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14 March 2016

The Lottery represents Kinane's first use of Satellites - the installation has been active since July, shortly after the fixture was first launched by the new company i-Pix. They'd been recommended by several colleagues including moving light programmer and operator Svend Pedersen, who is also an LD and worked closely with Kinane to set up the Lottery show.

The Lottery set is designed by Simon Kemble, and Kinane needed to light this very evenly with a colour changing wash fixture. Satellites were chosen for several reasons, a major one being their robust build quality and low maintenance requirements. This was an essential consideration with the ins

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"We handle everything from presidential conventions to rock concerts to lectures, along with a handful of annual television broadcasts," says Doukas, "so we need a mic splitter to deliver reliability, high sound quality and flexibility. And, being

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Décor in the venue is smart and stylish, so the sound system was required to complement the aesthetics as well as provide the highest quality audio to meet the expectations of its clientele. Peter Smith, proprietor of PSL explains: "The system also had to be dual purpose, providing a high power, DJ-driven system for weekend use in the bar and a more subtle quality ambience for the restaurant. We have recently started using Community loudspeakers on suc

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The software was added to PRG Europe's pre-production portfolio following a request from Marc Brickman, who is working with programmer Mark "Sparky" Risk on the lighting for Roger Waters' worldwide tour. Brickman and Risk are also using ESP with Mark Cunniffe for Il Divo's current tour.

"Marc and I asked for ESP as we've used it on previous tours and love it," explains Sparky, who is lighting director for Roger Waters and programmer together with Mark Cunniffe for Il Divo. "Marc's based in LA, and using a standard broadband internet connection on his Mac PowerBook, he can see exactly what I'm seeing on screen. It means we don't have to take a long flight to meet one another, and nor do we

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The two 2-day courses - which were completely free and aimed at all levels expertise - included WholeHog users, programmers and operators, and were designed to be hands-on, covering High End's popular WholeHog control range, specifically the WholeHog 3 and the Hog iPC.

The courses were deliberately restricted to six people each to ensure that everyone received enough individual attention and sufficient time on the consoles. "We also used it as an opportunity to discuss people's constantly evolving operating and programming needs and expectations," says Pete Abraham, Adlib's head of lighting. High End Systems' Frank Schotman and Adlib's in house lighting designer Ian Tomlinson were on h

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The dynamic new agency is a natural extension of the organisation's core interactive business. The creation of Clocked In has brought together a highly skilled group of creative professionals, dedicated to the principals of superior design and stunning interactive systems.

The Clocked In team is keen to act as creative consultants from the start of a project, advising clients right through the design process from day one, developing a client's brief into a fully integrated brand image. The company says Clocked In's new clients will have easy, one -stop access to a wide range of creative desi

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Added for this final section of the tour were four extra Barco ILite 10 high resolution screens, all flown on a Kinesys automation system supplied by Neg earth, coming in and out at various points throughout the show. The new screens were each constructed from 6 x 6 panels of ILite, measuring approximately 2.7sq.m, They joined a centre portrait format hi-res screen that was on the previous tour, made from 6 x 10 modules of I-10.

XL also supplied an upstage SoftLED LED curtain measuring 100ft wide by 33 high (it was the first UK tour for this product back in 2005 when <

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Created by RHWL Architects, the hotel also offers unsurpassed conference and events facilities. These include an entire floor of the hotel that features a groundbreaking arrangement of moving partitions, allowing the floor to be used as a single, large space or configured as up to ten individual rooms.

TGM Solutions specified and installed the audio system. The company's Ian Kersen says: "The partitions can be arranged in many different configurations, allowing the conference space and A/V facilities to be re-organised according to client-specific requirements," says Kersen. "Being a brand new, four star h

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New equipment includes: Vari*Lite VL 3000s, Martin MAC 2000s, Coemar Infinitys, CoemarHalos, Grand MA Consoles, PixelRange PixelLines, DF- 50s, Compulite Vector Consolesand a large quantity of related support equipment.

The recent additions were initially intended to fulfill needs well into 2007 but due to theglobal workload, Bandit has already used the majority of the recently purchasedinventory. As a result, Bandit has begun purchasing additional equipment to fulfill all ofits current and potential lighting obligations.

With nominations for Lighting Company of the Year from Pollstar and Total Production,the future is bri

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The performance featured 1200 live performers, 55 horses and an international production team of over 400, working with around 1700 local crew over the build period. The show was enjoyed live by 55,000 excited spectators and a TV audience of 50 million who tuned in to Dubai Sports.

The building of the complex technical infrastructure was co-ordinated by production director Jo Marshall, working with his key HQ team including project manager Jo MacKay, production co-ordinators Ian Greenway, Candice Dalziel, Nadine Manning and site manager Nig

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"Motor shows are a particularly innovative arena with the major manufacturers continually raising the bar for the design of their stands," says Roberto Segato, Lighthouse sales director. "Lighthouse LED screens have become an important part of this for many high profile car manufacturers and it's good to see this trend continued at Bologna."

Three Italian rental companies used Lighthouse LED screens on several key exhibitor's stands to let v

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Adrian Forbes-Black, vice president operations, made the announcement to Lori Rubinstein and Bill Sapsis, members of the Behind the Scenes Committee, during the recent LDI exhibition.

"Behind the Scenes is a wonderful programme and we wanted to find a way to help," said Forbes-Black. "There are a number of people and organisations that have put together programmes to benefit Behind the Scenes, and this idea seemed to be a good way for us to do our part." Forbes-Black also noted that "this initiative is fo

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Billed as an effort to raise money and awareness for multiple issues, the show was heavy on standard classics. Streisand left it up to lighting designer Peter Morse to "create the moods with light. I've been with Barbra for quite some time - she trusts me and lets me do my thing," he says.

Streisand played in the round with very limited scenery. The stage was an open platform with long, tiered, lit runways surrounding a full symphony orchestra. "The stage design was basically a square with a pit in the middle," Morse explains. "I used a series of square trusses above and dropped

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C Bar is an L-shaped venue with a relaxed yet elegant feel, where curves predominate, from its entrance - right the way through to its furniture. Also installed is a Turbosound loudspeaker system that comprises eight TXD-121s, four TXD-215s, four Impact 80s and a TXD-118 subwoofer all controlled by an LMS-D24 Loudspeaker Management System, installed by Louay Agha's Lebanon-based installation company, Thunder Electronics.

"The entrance to the bar is on the small side of the 'L'," explains Louay. "This is where we have installed the Impact 80s [compact passive 2-way loudspeakers with 8" LF drivers] with TXD-118 subs, as this area has a more subtle type of music. In the

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The Academy is designed to address shortages in offstage and technical skills for live music and the performing arts. Detailed plans being prepared by Creative & Cultural Skills, the employer-led Sector Skills Council, will be submitted to the government in April 2007.

"PLASA's support is hugely significant," says Tom Bewick, chief executive of Creative and Cultural Skills. "Its wide membership of leading specialists in professional audio, lighting, staging, rigging, communications and related disciplines fully understands what skills are neede

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Workshops and informal meetings with authors working in the field of theatre will occur over the entire ten day event. The rich program will include scenography, lighting design, sound design, theatre costumes, puppet theatre and various types of theatre technology. The workshops will be held in the Central Hall of the Industrial Palace (in the centre of the Scenofest exhibit), at the Alfred in the Courtyard Theatre and the NoD Experimental S

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The 10 new motors - a mix of half and one tonne Liftkets - were used to control four extra high resolution video screens, two punchbags that dropped in for one song, plus the tips of a massive pair of wings that opened out at the end of the second encore.

The 10 original Kinesys 500kg 400mm/s vari-speed motors were utilised to suspend five lighting trusses, supplied as part of the lighting rental package from Neg Earth Lights. The other two 1 tonne Kinesys hoists flew the centre hi-res Barco I-12 screen that was in the original show.

For the updated Homecoming tour, all five video screens glided