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UAE - Eclipse Staging Services has just taken delivery of new Alpha Spot HPE 1500, increasing its Clay Paky 1500 Watt fixture inventory to 30 units. Chairman Mark Brown says the firm intends to double this stock again, to 60 units over the coming six months.

Egor Popowski, Clay Paky Middle East's representative said, "We have a lot of clients who have bought our 1200 Watt Alpha Spots, but Eclipse in Dubai is the first UAE company to have invested heavily in Alpha Spot 1500 HPE fixtures."

"Clay Paky 1500 Watt fixtures were chosen as they represent good value for money," said Darren Hodges, GM, Eclipse, which is based in Dubai's Al Quoz area. "Clay Paky have proven themselves in the region already with the 1200 Watt fixtures and Eclipse is finding that the industry is now demanding the 1500 Watt fixtures, which we believe to be the next generation of mov

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UK - Rising US R&B star Jason Derulo has completed a string of UK dates as part of his debut world tour, accompanied by a Midas PRO6 at front of house.

"I wish I'd tried the PRO6 sooner," says FOH engineer Greg Bess, a long term Midas user with over 30 years' experience, encompassing rockers Slayer to soul stars Simply Red and many in between. "I've tried just about every digital desk out there and always ended up going back to my trusty Midas XL4. But the PRO6 is different. It absolutely clears the bar in meeting the Midas standard of audio quality and accuracy."

Having first used a PRO6 with The Offspring, a band he has mixed for 14 years, Bess had no hesitation in specifying the console for Derulo's critical first headlining tour. "Midas started out with audio as the cornerstone and followed through with ergonomics and solid construction," he s

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UK - Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro rounded off a successful 2010 with a series of UK arena dates to promote their latest album, Only Revolutions. Taking in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Hull, Nottingham, Plymouth, Manchester and London's Wembley Arena, the three-piece was accompanied by an array of Sennheiser equipment.

The band's Sennheiser gear includes wired e 945 microphones on Simon Neil's lead vocals and James Johnston's backing vocals, e 901 on kick drum, e 904s on toms and woodblock, e 905s on snare top/bottom and e906s on guitars. All three band members are on in-ear monitors, Sennheiser ew 300s being the systems of choice.

"The band has owned and used Sennheiser equipment for several years," says Front of House engineer Jonny Lucas. "Personally, I've been using Sennheiser right from the first recording projects at I did at college."

"I've been u

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South Africa - The Robe Robin Roadshow in South Africa was a tightly organised and well attended series of three events staged at the University of Johannesburg Theatre , Cape Town's Baxter Theatre and Durban's The Natal Playhouse Company, co-ordinated by Robe's Johannesburg based South African distributor, DWR. Over 60 people attended in Durban, over 160 in Johannesburg and another 80 plus in Cape Town,

Says DWR's Duncan Riley, "We expected a keen take up, but the actual turn out and the intensity of interest still took us by surprise. People stayed a long time at the demos, chatted to everyone on our team and also amongst themselves, while others who had to leave returned for more. "

Robe's MD Josef Valchar and sales director Harry von den Stemmen joined the DWR team of Duncan Riley, Nic Britz, Dave Whitehouse, Dan Riley and Nicolet Britz. Says Valchar, "South

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Germany - Berlin's Berghain dance club has wrapped up its first year of operation with a Meyer Sound system in its Panorama Bar.

Installed by Schalldruck of Berlin, the sound system for the relatively intimate (13m x 4.4m) Panorama Bar features a pair of JM-1P loudspeakers in each corner of the dance floor. Visceral bass saturates the space from two hidden stacks of three-each 600-HP subwoofers, while an L-C-R system with three UPA-2P loudspeakers and a 500-HP subwooferprovides DJ monitoring. Both systems are optimized and driven by a Galileo loudspeaker management system with a Galileo 616 processor.

"We had been asked to update the Panorama Bar's sound system as part of a partial redesign and technical upgrade of the room," sayss Werner Eicker, managing director of Schalldruck. "We immediately suggested a Meyer Sound system based on JM-1Ps, and their performan

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UK - On Sunday 13 March 2011, the leading lights of London's theatre will gather to discover the winners of this year's Olivier Awards - and will do so under lighting supplied by White Light.

Presented annually by the Society of London Theatre, the Laurence Olivier Awards are presented to shows opening in the West End between 1 January and 31 December each year. This year, the awards are establishing a higher profile with a new website, a return to television - and a change of venue from a hotel ballroom to London's largest stage, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

The team behind the new staging include producer Julian Stoneman, production manager Lee Batty, designer Morgan Large and lighting designer Ben Cracknell. White Light is supplying Cracknell with a rig centred around 18 of Martin's dramatic MAC III spotlights, with their high light output, low running noise, spectacular z

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USA - Tomcat USA was an executive producer of the 2011 Region 6 Kennedy Centre American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) that took place recently in Amarillo, Texas. Hundreds of students came from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri and New Mexico to participate in the festival. Design, technology and stage management students had an opportunity to showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF respondents.

"Tomcat is honoured to support the Kennedy Centre American College Theatre festival as this organisation fosters the educational and creative process of university and college theatre," stated Stefano Rossellini, general manager of Tomcat. "Our company has been supplying the entertainment production market for 23 years, serving customers all over the world and we understand the value of fostering and encouraging the talent, creativity

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Croatia - Parni Valjak was founded in 1975 and is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav Rock scene, and currently one of the top bands in Croatia. They have been followed by many loyal fans and have released 16 studio and five live albums, plus eight compilations releases.

In December 2005 they celebrated their 30th birthday and at the same time they made a farewell tour with gigs in Croatia and Slovenia. Their last performance in 2005 was at New Year's Eve in Ban Jela?i? Square in Zagreb.

They recently played reunion concerts at the Belgrade Arena where the sound was the large RCF TT+ High Definition Touring and Theatre supplied by three different rental companies - Promologistika from Croatia, BBA Agregati from Montenegro and Track-Copy from Hungary, and they all brought their TTL55A + TTS56A.

A total of 40 RCF TTL55

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Germany - From 7-20 February, the resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria was overrun by some 100,000-plus fans attending the 2011 edition of the FIS (or Fédération Internationale de Ski) World Championships. In addition to spectacular races, visitors were treated to a varied programme of entertainment - billed as Festival in the Snow.

Medal Plaza, for instance, in Michael Ende Park, was the scene each evening not only for the presentation ceremonies but also for shows featuring top German and Austrian acts like Ich + Ich, Culcha Candela, Christina Stürmer and DJ Ötzi, each drawing audiences of up to 4,000 fans at a time.

As was the case at last year's finals of the skiing World Cup, not only the races but also the organisation and logistics of the event were subjected to the closest possible scrutiny, the reason being that Garmisch-Partenkirchen is

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Turkey - The opening of Galatasaray's new Turk Telekom (TT) Stadium was attended by season ticket holders, stars from the world of international football, and VIPs including members of the Turkish Government. The ceremony even broke a few records in the presentation field, not least by suspending a structurally awkward and massive load off maybe the longest truss structure ever stretched across a stadium.

"Well maybe not the longest truss ever, I think Lord Norman Foster might have something to say about that, but certainly the longest truss from standard production industry equipment," says Chris Cronin, the head of Total Solutions Group (TSG) who supplied the truss.

"We have a well established relationship with Staras, Turkey's leading sound and lighting company," continues Cronin. "And we've worked on many a project together since they purchased the

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Germany - LumenRadio's CRMX wireless system recently helped Berlin's Boulevard der Stars to put on a permanent and spectacular shine. The 350m long installation on Potsdamer Straße encourages visitors to engage with the stars and with each other in an interactive environment. The concept honours personalities who have made major contributions to German cinema in a setting inspired by four key elements from a movie premier; the red carpet, stars, cameras and lights.

German-American architects GRAFT and Berlin studio for media design ART+COM, the two entities that developed the overall concept, brought in local lighting designer Wolfgang Kunwald from Büro für Daten & Lichttechnik KG to commission a lighting system appropriate for the task.

"Digging up a large portion of the always busy Potsdamer Straße was not an option. A wireless system became the only practical solut

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Germany - Berlin's Berghain dance club has wrapped up its first year of operation with a Meyer Sound system in its Panorama Bar.

Installed by Schalldruck of Berlin, the sound system for the relatively intimate (13m x 4.4m) Panorama Bar features a pair of JM-1P loudspeakers in each corner of the dance floor. Visceral bass saturates the space from two hidden stacks of three-each 600-HP subwoofers, while an L-C-R system with three UPA-2P loudspeakers and a 500-HP subwooferprovides DJ monitoring. Both systems are optimized and driven by a Galileo loudspeaker management system with a Galileo 616 processor.

"We had been asked to update the Panorama Bar's sound system as part of a partial redesign and technical upgrade of the room," sayss Werner Eicker, managing director of Schalldruck. "We immediately suggested a Meyer Sound system based on JM-1Ps, and their performan

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UK - The 2011 Olivier Awards - the leading awards for British theatre, opera and dance - were presented last night at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.

Legally Blonde won three awards including best new musical, while the National Theatre's revival of Terence Rattigan's After the Dance collected four awards. Despite being nominated in seven categories, the Phantom sequel Love Never Dies was left empty-handed.

Best Lighting Design went to Neil Austin forThe White Guard at the NT Lyttelton. Also nominated this year were Mark Henderson for After the Dance at the NT Lyttelton; Hugh Vanstone for Deathtrap at the Noel Coward; and Paule Constable for Love Never Dies at the Adelphi. The Award for Best Sound Design went to Adam Cork for King Lear at the Donmar Warehouse. Also nominated were Gareth

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USA - Signed guitars and other music memorabilia from Dave Matthews, Coldplay, and other artists will be available for bidding during Auction 4 Audiology, a benefit fundraiser of the American Academy of Audiology Foundation (AAAF). Proceeds from the sale of these musical items support a cause that's especially relevant to the music industry: musicians' hearing health. The Auction 4 Audiology will be open for online bidding from March 28-April 9, and these one-of-a-kind items - and others - can be viewed now at www.biddingforgood.com/auction4audiology.

Among the items music fans can click and bid on are Fender electric guitars signed by Jewel, Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, O.A.R., REO Speedwagon, Styx, and Steve Winwood. The collection is highlighted by three particularly rare pieces: a framed Coldplay gold record, signed by the band; a Zildjian cymbal signed by the Dave Matthew

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USA - Built in 1850-1852 on land donated by American Revolutionary War General Thomas Sumter, the Church of the Holy Cross is recognised as a National Historic Landmark, with Bavarian-made stained glass windows and one of the few original Henry Erben pipe organs in existence in the United States. The church is the burial site of former US Ambassador Joel Roberts Poinsett, botanist and namesake of the poinsettia.

The church walls were constructed by a technique known as "rammed earth" which creates a structure that is durable and holds excellent thermal characteristics. And in fact the building has survived an earthquake, tornados, and hurricanes. It was termite damage to the wooden parts of the building that ultimately required restoration of the church.

As design consultant Adam Dox of Columbia, SC-based Advanced Video explains, the brief was quite specific. "T

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Italy - More than 100,000 people crowded the square of Melpignano (LE) for the closing concert of the latest edition of Notte della Taranta Festival which comprised 13 concerts held in as many towns. An Axiom system and Proel lighting were there to support the artists on stage.

In 1998 the Union of Municipalities of Greek Salento and the Diego Carpitella Institute conceived a festival for Salento's traditional music, pizzica, to take place in several towns in the province of Lecce, the Greek Salento.

Their idea was to organize a large concert in the hellenophone area in which local folk music would mix ad mingle with other musical traditions, thus getting new life and experimenting a different way of composing contemporary music. Through the years that initial conception has evolved and earned its current national and international renown.

The team from GM Music, the

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Germany - During Studiomaster's new product press presentation on the opening day of the Prolight+Sound exhibition, Soundking Group Europe will be revealing details of its newly formed digital audio R&D facility, Somix Audio Labs GmbH.

Based in Southern Germany, Somix Audio Labs is a digital audio development company employing experienced professionals having broad expertise in digital audio, psychoacoustic, digital signal processing, mathematics, analogue and digital electronics, as well as computer hardware, software, and networking technologies. The company is headed up by Dr. Christoph M. Musialik, general manager of Somix Audio Labs and international R&D director of the Soundking Group.

Somix Audio Labs' focus is on hardware and software development, and DSP platforms, including high-speed design and layout, FPGA design, real-time operating systems, and AD/DA converters,

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UAE - Dubai-based Al Laith Event Services devised a lateral and highly inventive motion control solution for tracking two 30m sections of Lighthouse L7 LED screen across a distance of 140m for the Opening Ceremony of the 2011 IDEX (International Defence) Exhibition. The exhibition was at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), and Al Laith's client was the OC show producers, RedFilo Events from Abu Dhabi with its headquarters based in Singapore.

The challenge was that the tracking system had to be able to withstand 104km per hour down-currents from helicopters hovering just 40m above - not exactly an everyday requirement, and one that rendered most of the known entertainment automation systems inappropriate.

The 38 minute OC, staged right outside ADNEC, was an epic all-action show of spectacular proportions, conceived and directed by RedFilo's MD Pach Ang, assisted b

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UK - St. Helens-based Electrovision has published its latest catalogue. The launch coincides with the company celebrating 30 years of trading as a manufacturer and distributor of DJ and performance lighting, speakers and sound equipment.

MD Richard Fox comments, "We're inviting new and existing trade customers to register online at www.electrovision.co.uk to receive the special offers and deals we have planned throughout the coming year to commemorate our 'birthday' with a flourish."

Electrovision are reports a record trading year for 2010 after a recent period of expansion and investment.

Mark Benyon, CEO, comments: "We can put Electrovision's recent success down to our loyal customers who drive the business forward, along with the skill and dedication of our hardworking staff."

(Jim Evans)

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South Africa - Gearhouse South Africa has confirmed its membership of the African Bureau of Conventions (ABC), a recently established South African, and African Convention Bureau whose primary aim is to bid and secure new conferences and events for South Africa and Africa.

The African Bureau of Conventions was founded by, and is run by Janine Meyer and Sharon Peetz, both high profile individuals in the SA conference and events industry, and with whom the Gearhouse Group has enjoyed a long standing and successful working relationship, including the World Summit of Sustainable Development in Johannesburg 2002, to date the largest convention ever hosted in Africa.

The organisation's aim is to generate additional business in this sector by securing and delivering a wide range of business and commercial events throughout South Africa and the African continent, offering the highest

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UK - To coincide with the performance of Verdi's opera Aida (11 March-15 April 2011), Founder College students from the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural have put their design, marketing and production skills to the test in the Royal Opera House's first ever Aida Design Challenge.

Students were challenged to produce entries in any of four design categories. The winners in each category (stage design, costume design, poster design and online educational content) will be judged by a team of specialists from the Royal Opera House. Winners will be announced following an afternoon performance of the opera in Covent Garden on Thursday 17 March 2011.

Students' work will be exhibited at the matinee performance of Aida, for which participating colleges have been given priority booking. The winning entrants in each category will be invited to spend a day at t

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Classic Move - Organisers of the Classical Brits have dropped the word 'classical' from the title as part of a revamp. As part of a bid to attract a broader audience, the 12 May event will now be called the Classic Brits. The Royal Albert Hall show will feature performances by Katherine Jenkins, Il Divo and the cast of Les Miserables. Organisers said the name change "reflects the show's ambition to embrace a more diverse range of music genres including musical theatre". The two-hour ceremony will be hosted by Myleene Klass for the fourth consecutive year. The show, to be screened on ITV1, will also feature Russell Watson.

Olivier Awards - Legally Blonde star Sheridan Smith was named best musical actress at the Laurence Olivier Awards at the weekend. Her co-star Jill Halfpenny won best supporting role in a musical, while the show also won best new musical. In an

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Australia / France - ARX Systems has announced the appointment of Paris based Audiolead as their new distributor for France.

ARX managing director Colin Park said: "We're excited to be working with Bruno and his team and they're enthusiastic about the possibilities for ARX and our products amongst their extensive client base.

"Audiolead are a major force within the French Pro Audio Industry and are in close contact with French Audio Professionals in the installation, live sound and broadcast market sectors."

Alongside ARX, Audiolead also currently represent Alcons Audio, Audica, Community, ERJK, Novasonar, PanBeam, Sabine and several other leading manufacturers.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Following on from previous successful courses, Avitas is hosting another seminar on temporary power systems for events on 7 April at White Light in London.

The one-day course focuses on how - and why - the IET Wiring regulations and BS 7909 apply to temporary events and also delves into why they are relevant and, more importantly, how compliance is not necessarily difficult. As well as looking at correct implementation it also examples where current practice is not always best practice, showing where potential dangers exist in a typical event. The course will be of particular use to rental companies as it gives the delegate a sound understanding of the importance of portable appliance testing, say Avitas.

The content is aimed at those with a reasonable appreciation of electrical systems and covers areas such as multiple sources of supply, RCDs, earthing and bonding, inspe

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