As the biggest arts organisation in North Scotland, with a staff of over 250 people, APA manages the running of His Majesty's Theatre, The Musical Hall and The Lemon Tree. With a rich heritage in bringing in high profile shows - with comedy acts such as Jason Manford and Sean Lock as well as West End musicals like Ghost, Hairspray, and The Rocky Horror Show - His M
Although not involved with the Theatre Tour, the PRG team quickly responded to the increased lighting, rigging and crew requirements, while helping to maintain some of the intimacy and atmosphere of the original theatre show.
Production Manager Adam Scott called on Scottie Sanderson and his team, to help ensure the tour design would work within the budget and could be managed within the time restrictions as he explains: "Micky's show escalated almost overnight. He started the year with a 90+ date theatre tour using local production, but that quickly rampe
The portal will be a place for Russian speaking Hog users to find information about software releases and new products as well as a place to share ideas and network. Hog release notes and news will all be translated into Russian, allowing the user to get closer to the Hog family.
The HOGHOG.RU team is a community of professional users from the countries of the former USSR. This project gives the chance to share knowledge and to provide an extra level of support for the HOG4 operating system.
"HOGHOG.RU has been created with the help of several leading pros in the industry for sharing their knowledge and experience for the next generations. It's a sort of a practical wikipedia for HOG use
The large production utilised a number of different size consoles to manage the various acts, which incorporates the final of the Eurovision Young Musicians Contest. The finalists were supported by the Radio Symphonic Orchestra Vienna (RSO Vienna), and support acts included seven-piece brass band, Mnozil Brass, and The Percussive Planet, featuring Martin Grubinger on various instruments.
A modular iDR10 MixRack with iLive-144 Surface were employed for the main contest and the symphonic orchestra, plus an iDR-48 with iLive-T112 surface for The Percussive Planet, and an iDR-
Broadcast on France 5 and the France 2 network, the show was originated and is presented by Frédéric Lopez. It involves taking a celebrity to an unknown destination and meeting unknown people, with the aim of discovering distant people whose culture, traditions and lifestyle are threatened by the advance of 'modernity', in the process re-discovering a 'different' celebrity when they are dealing with a completely new and different environment.
The studio section of the show - recorded at Studio Deux Cent Dix, St Denis, Paris - takes on a talk-show format and follows on from the location movie. The most imp
There were numerous challenges facing Bestek's team on the project from the start. Not only is Grand Central Terminal a historical, high profile landmark in New York City, but it's also a very active transportation hub, with 250,000 or more travellers and visitors pa
Ever since 1913 this landmark venue in Hanover Street - formally known as Cranes Music Hall, Cranes Theatre and most recently The Neptune Theatre - has provided live entertainment to the city's residents.
Following a £1.2m refurbishment - and rebrand as The Epstein Theatre - it has celebrated its centenary by commissioning a permanently installed sound reinforcement system, courtesy of locally-based installer/distributors Adlib Audio, who had previously been supplying on a long-term rental basis.
With the capacity to seat 410 on its two levels, and a new Soundcraft Vi1 at front-of-house, technical manager Tony Carter is delighted that audiences will now be treated to
"We are very excited to be a part of the SSL family and offer the new SSL Live console to the marketplace," says Ken Porter, founder and CEO of Spectrum Sound. "Because SSL is a musician-owned company, it prioritizes the same truly important things that we do here at Spectrum-sonic excellence, high build quality, flexibility and dependability. SSL's heritage of good British engineering and manufacturing delivers consoles that work and sound the way that our customers require."
"We are thrilled to partner with Spectrum Sound on the SS
To be in with a chance of winning one of the 12 great gifts, all you need to do is visit DiGiCo's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/DiGiCo.Official
Like last year, the fun starts on the 12 December and finishes on the 23rd with a prize to be won each day. You must first of all, 'Like' the DiGiCo Facebook page, click on the competition tab and answer all 12 questions correctly in order to be in with a chance of winning a prize.
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The 268-seat Performance Hall has been created to provide a reconfigurable space for larger events and functions. Charcoalblue's head of technical design, Paul Franklin, advised on the design and fit out of the performance hall and oversaw the works on site during construction.
"The Performance Hall is a flexible, multi-function room, capable of hosting a wide range of events, including drama, dance, live music - both amplified and acoustic - as well as film and 'NT live' type events, lectures and workshops," explai
The Chesil Theatre, home of the 150-year-old Winchester Dramatic Society and housed in a medieval building, has installed three PLprofile1s, five PLfresnel1s, and five PLcyc1s to reduce power consumption and simplify colour changing and control.
Peter Vincent, Lighting Manager at the Chesil Theatre, specified the LED Selecon fixtures. "The theatre has a good conventional lighting rig of about 70 lanterns, built up over many years," says Peter. "Selecon's PL range was a logical next step to replace some stock, and complement others. For us, they behave like proper theatrical lanterns with a common RGBW engine, user interface, and dimming curve."<
Scaled up from the spring and festival tour, Dart is using the Tiger Touch Pro console in conjunction with the Avolites Titan7 software to control a mix of cue to cue lighting states and moody live effects. Dart uses front projection onto an upstage backdrop screen augmented by wing drapes, which double up as both projection and up-lighting surfaces to give the show design a deep, moody feel.
"The brief we had from the band was to create a mix tungsten effect lighting and video projection," explains Dart. "The original concept was to have something quite theatrical and cinematic going on behind the band. We've used a lot of footage from the band's music videos and th
This will take place over two days (18-19 February 2014) at The Backstage Centre, Purfleet, Essex, UK.
The entire pro audio community - from distributors, dealers, rental companies, system integrators and consultants, as well as FOH engineers, system techs and event production managers - are invited to attend.
It will also provide an opportunity for the media to experience the new system's award-winning technology at close quarters.
James King, Martin Audio director of marketing, commented, "These demonstrations will provide the unique opportunity for attendees to learn more about MLA Mini's groundbreaking cellular drive technology and experience the versatility and power of the system in person."
The demos will include
S+H were commissioned by Patrick Molony, production manager for hit West End musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to produce a custom starcloth for the cast's special performance at the 2013 Royal Variety Performance (RVP), at the London Palladium theatre.
The starcloth backdrop was the idea of Charlie's set designer Mark Thompson who wanted something quick and easy to rig that would bring a unique look and feel to the special medley performed for the RVP, which was attended
The different soundscape required a different approach to lighting, and for lighting control, Campana used two grandMA2 light and one MA NPU (Network Processing Unit).
Campana explains, "We already played 10 gigs in the arena back in 2009, so luckily I knew the location: aesthetically clean, essential, stylistically austere. Let's not forget this is a Roman amphitheatre dating back to the first century AD!
"My ai
"Furthermore, we would like to take this opportunity to emphasize FaitalPRO's presence in this market with a dedicated sales network backed by a true 'loudspeaker boutique'."
The boutique is a shop created and designed by the Chinese FaitalPRO distributor, Fine Sound Transducers. it is the first of its kind, exclusively dedicated to the sale of professional FaitalPRO loudspeaker products.
This was for a special Christmas In Ireland performance by the all boy choir super-group Libera, which was recorded earlier in the year and released as their annual Christmas DVD for 2013. Broadcast on PBS American public broadcast network, it has been aired on over 307 stations across 44 US states.
John Penny Williams is a freelance LD with a successful 20 year career specialising in TV lighting and has worked in all areas of the genre from LE to multi-camera drama productions. He originally met Libera's director Robert Prizeman whilst filming a series o
"Audio Acústica is proud to be the face of the SSL Live in Mexico," says F. Javier Posada Morales, director general of Audio Acústica y Electrónica S.A. de C.V. "As the next big thing in live mixing, SSL Live is definitely setting new trends and standards for live audio, which is something the company has been doing for more than 35 years in the music, broadcast and post production markets. By joining forces with this prestigious brand, we are able to distribute and support the live console of the highest quality to our customers in the region."
"Audio Acústica is a great company with depth and personal relati
Earlier this year AVU provided the full technical at the Samsung S4 Launch and their new brief was clear: To create something absolutely different from the S4 Launch as the same press and celebrities would be in attendance. With a background in interior design, AVU's in-house creative designer, Garrith Castelyn, worked closely with colleagues Victor Vermaak (project manager) and Renaldo van der Berg (lighting designer) to come up with a concept that would work in that venue given it needed multiple guest experience areas an
This competition recognises the commitment, sacrifice and hard work of all the choir members, employees of the Barclays Africa Group, who practiced uncompromisingly, outside of normal working hours.
When travelling abroad ten years ago, Robbie Blake, director of Showgroup, was inspired when seeing Clash of the Choir. "Back in the day, Robbie pitched a similar concept to ABSA bank when they wanted to do something for their staff," explained Andries from Showgroup. ABSA - now under the Barclays Africa Group umbrella - have run the event ever since.
For the latest competition, crew moved into the Joburg Theatre as Starlight Express w
"This is the third season we've worked with Donny and Marie's Christmas shows and tours," says Guy Benjamin, VP at Pete's Big TVs. "This design is similar to their past designs, including their Broadway Christmas shows, but the production has gotten bigger this year. We're using newer LED technology in the three main screens, which are also larger than last year, and we've added two extra LED video screens just for the IMAG."
Based in New Castle, Delaware, video equipment rental company Pete's Big TVs is providing a full HD production system with 3 new digiLED MK7 HB LED screens, 2 digiLED MC7
"We chose Viper because of its size and weight. It's really the only full-feature light that will stand up to our video backgrounds and the wide variety of other beam-driven graphics on stage. Viper's crisp beam and flat field really impressed me," stated Alves. "I have eight instrumentalists on stage at every venue and I require a light that will hold up to everything from the bright spots to the wear and tear of international travel."
The Quadrays were originally slated as MAC III Arifx fixtures, but after
Formed in 1991 by piccolo trumpet legend Otto Sauter, Ten of the Best features its founder plus nine other players of global renown, including the principal trumpet players of the Royal Stockholm Opera, Vienna State Opera, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Radio Symphony Orchestra Prague.
Recently the group played several of their Richard Wagner Project concerts in Mexico, where the band's sound designer and front of house engineer Olli Nohl was reunited with an trusted friend - the Yamaha PM5D-RH.
As well as the 10 trumpeters, the ensemble included two guitarists, two vocalists, strings, keyboards, bass, drums and percussion for the shows in Pue
The Brixton shows were the culmination of a busy year for brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence whose career has leapt from 0-200 in the last 18 months.
Disclosure's production team including tour manager/production manager Toby Iddison and FOH engineer Rob Webster-Reed approached Adlib to put together a touring package after they had crossed paths on numerous festivals throughout the Summer ... and all were impressed with Adlib's attention to detail, dedication to the job and great sense of humour!
Says Adlib's account handler Phil Kielty, "Apart from being a really solid live act, Disclosure and their crew really appreciate each and every person working for them and are p
