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UK - Bruno Mars' Moonshine Jungle tour required an adaptable performance environment that could convey a variety of visual undertones. Working under the direction of designers, Leroy Bennett and Corey Fitzgerald, and alongside production manager, Joel Forman, Tait was able to create just that.

The complete staging solution features an array of custom elements, including a flying video wall, scenic chevron wall, geometric ceiling panels and a one-of-a-kind mirror ball. Tait project manager, Brian Levine, said: "We were able to offer a fully-customized solution with optimized stock components; maximizing value for the client."

Tait's MagDeck mainstage was treated with a high-gloss finish and features band risers with gold-trim fascia and custom bumpers that house the Chromlech Elidy LED tiles.

A flying video wall, powered by Tait's Navigator Control System and

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UK - The organisers of PLASA London 2013, which takes place at ExCeL London from 6-9 October 2013, have revealed the first entertainment lighting and stage technology sessions in its hotly anticipated Professional Development Programme. The packed programme offers four days of free sessions that give visitors a glimpse of the technology behind the world's most spectacular live shows, and most talked about events and venues.

All sessions in these streams are presented by leading experts in entertainment technology, with two new theatres dealing exclusively in entertainment lighting and stage technologies, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Theatre, and an inside look at the extravaganza that is Eurovision. Visitors can register their interest in their preferred sessions at www.plasashow.com/education/

In a tribute to the National Theatre, which celebra

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USA - With less than a week until the doors open at PLASA Focus: Austin, taking place at the Palmer Events Center, on 10-11 September, 2013, exhibitors have been busy releasing details about the products they will have on display at their booths.

Martin Professional will have two new products on their booth; the MAC Viper Quadray and the Jem Ready 365 Hazer. The MAC Viper Quadray, the latest addition to the award-winning MAC Viper family of moving heads, allows for the projection of one, two, three or four individually-controllable rays of light. The Jem Ready 365 Hazer uses advanced water-based fluid which produces a haze ideal for large venues.

Group One will host a trio of Avolites' top-end consoles: the Titan Touch, Titan Mobile and Sapphire Touch. ElektraLite fixtures, including the eyeBall family of products, Dazer, ML601, eyeKandy, and ElektraFog+, and DiGiCo's SD11 dig

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UK - Kinesys motion control and a Kinesys LibraCELL load monitoring system are both in action on the current Kings of Leon tour which has just finished its UK leg.

The automation elements are an integral part of the eye-catching set, lighting and production design created by show director Paul Normandale, while the load monitoring - including the new LibraRIG product - has been provided by Rigorous Technology to the tour's head rigger, Yose Lawson.

Normandale is known for his innovative and imaginative designs and stage environments and the design incorporates eight irregularly sized panels of 7mm LED screen upstage which move in and out to different positions and formats during the show.

This is achieved using 16 Kinesys-converted half-tonne Liftket motors and Vector control, specified by Normandale and provided by lighting contractors Lite Alternative. The LED screen is su

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USA - PLASA has announced eight finalists in the sixth annual Rock Our World Awards, to be presented at the PLASA Cocktail & Awards Reception at LDI 2013. The Rock Our World Awards were created to honour ground-breaking achievement by PLASA members and to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of the technology and the designer or integrator who applies it in a real world environment.

The finalists for the sixth annual Rock Our World Awards are:

GBLOCK - Gallagher Staging and Productions, Inc.

GCT (Guy Cable Tensioner) - Tomcat USA.

Mbox Extreme Media Server as used on Oblivion - Production Resource Group.

TiMax2 SoundHub and TiMax Tracker - Out Board.

AsteraTouch - Astera LED-Technology.

dmXLAN v4 Software - ELC Lighting.

Royal Opera House Muscat - Theatre Projects Consultants.

London Olympics Opening Ceremonies.

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UK - Prolyte Group, a world-leader in the manufacture of trussing, staging and creative structures, reports that this year you'll find an exceptional twist on its usual presence at the annual PLASA show at its new home, ExCeL London, 6-9 October 2013.

Stand Q65 will be dedicated to Prolyte Group's new ProLyft Aetos range. This product line, comprising chain hoists and controls, is fully equipped to meet future demands in lifting equipment. With its clever features and carefully engineered product attributes, Aetos has already received wide acclaim across the globe. Don't miss this opportunity to see the hoists in action for the first time in the UK, and find out firsthand about the features of this ground-breaking range. At the show, representatives from Prolyte HQ will join Prolyte UK crew to offer information and guidance on all Prolyte products including the full range of tru

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Smoke Factory UK, the London based distributor, is exhibiting at PLASA for the fifth time after a very successful show in 2012. Showing the full range of Smoke Factory haze and fog machines, The Smoke Factory range will feature the ever dependable Tourhazer 2, the original industry standard for Haze machines.

Alongside will be the CaptainD, Data2, Scotty2, Spaceball2 and the rest of the Smoke Factory range. Manufactured in Hannover, these machines all have a two year warranty and have been tested by the rigorous VBG (Institute for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention) in Germany. Not only the Machines and the Fluids but also the Fog itself are proven and certified completely safe.

Smoke Factory UK holds stocks of machines, fluids and spare parts in their London warehouse for immediate despatch to any UK address.

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UK - Creative & Cultural Skills has announced plans to host a series of one-day masterclasses this autumn for young people embarking on careers in technical theatre.

Supported by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, the Technical Masterclass Series will be held at The Backstage Centre over three days, with each day accommodating a different age group.

The events will take place on 29, 30 and 31 October, and will be aimed at key stage 4 students, further education students, and higher education students respectively.

The masterclasses are designed to supplement classroom learning for students who have a keen interest in backstage theatre, and to provide a valuable networking and training opportunity for technical theatre students and young professionals.

Attendees will be able to participate in one masterclasses from the following options, and will benefit from practical lea

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UK - Over the past twelve months Pearce Hire has been working on an intricate and very different style of project from what they are most known for. This time last year, the theatre group Shakespeare at The George got in touch to ask for Pearce Hire's expertise in project managing and building a bespoke temporary stage set for their annual performances. But it is no ordinary stage set as the production takes place outdoors in the middle of an olde English Inn in the heart of Huntingdon, Cambs, that dates back to Cromwell's time.

Pearce Hire were charged with producing a solid and reliable temporary stage system for use in an environment akin to how it would have been in Shakespeare's time. With the intricacies and detail of a Jacobean Courtyard to contend with, it was certainly not going to be a simple straightforward installation of standard stage components.

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UK - A spectacular work of art was installed by event crew specialists, Showforce in the heart of Stratford's cultural quarter as part of the Stratford Rising Festival celebrations.

Commissioned by Stratford Rising, the artwork was designed by local artist, David Allies Curtis to depict the Ring-A-Roses children's game using an existing, metallic ring-shaped structure, ribbons and red nylon strapping. Showforce was appointed to help create the one-off installation, with crew chief, Lawrence Jones working closely with the artist to ensure the final design could be achieved. In just two days, the Ring-A-Roses was erected in the town's Theatre Square including individually affixing each section of strapping via a scissor lift.

Esteban Benedicto, sales and marketing manager at Showforce said, "The artwork for the Stratford Rising Festival was certainly one of our more

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UK - The 4th annual PLASA Rigging Conference is proud to announce that it will be supported by major sponsors for the first time, cementing its growing reputation as an essential event for the industry. Unusual Rigging becomes the Platinum sponsor while Outback Rigging is on board as the Gold sponsor. The PLASA Rigging Conference takes place on 7-8 October 2013 at its new home, ExCeL London.

Unusual's managing director, Alan Jacobi, said, "Rigging is a key element of almost every event, with its ever increasing scale, size, weight and complexity making a considerable impact, but the consequences of getting it wrong can be disastrous. Conferences such as this are vital in ensuring we continue to debate and improve working practices and Unusual is proud to be this year's Platinum sponsor."

Robin Elias of Unusual Rigging, one of the rigging industry's leading and longes

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South Africa - KwaZulu Natal's most respected art festival, the annual Witness Hilton Arts Festival, turns 21 this year and took place on the beautiful grounds of Hilton College this weekend, from 12 - 15 September 2013. Debuting at this year's festival, was the use of Black Coffee's brand new Prolyte Tunnel Roof, the first of its kind in South Africa, which this rental company erected for the first time.

The Witness Hilton Arts Festival produces a programme of cutting-edge drama, comedy, music and music revue, as well as an impressive array of arts and crafts appealing to all who visit.

This year Dave Whitehouse from DWR Distribution presented a talk on stage lighting, aimed at school pupils and teachers. These presentations, along with many other drama productions, were held in Black Coffee's new Tunnel Roof. For those who attended Mediatech a couple of months ago, it's the

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Argentina - Prolyte Group announces that TSD Group has joined its partner network to become its distributing partner for Argentina. The partnership was unofficially engaged at InfoComm, where Daniel Lema, managing director from TSD met Prolyte representatives to discuss the last details of the partnership.

Already having a loyal partner network in a number of Latin-American countries, Prolyte Group is becoming a key brand in the region. Having Buenos Aires-based TSD on-board to represent the Prolyte products, means Prolyte products now are available from stock in Argentina as well.

Lee Brooks, CCO for Prolyte, comments on the partnership with TSD: "The addition of Argentina to our Latin American partner network is a great asset. TSD are known for their expertise and commitment to the brands they represent and have a renowned after-sales service. The quality and support th

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UK - At PLASA London 2013, Harting (Stand B50) is featuring its rugged connectivity solutions for a wide range of audio-visual multimedia installation applications, along with RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) systems for asset management in the theatre and touring environment.

A major new product is Han-Eco Outdoor: a new addition to Hartings's Han-Eco connector family specifically designed for outdoor applications. The Han-Eco Outdoor connector housing is based on robust high-performance plastic material, which gives the added benefit of light weight to the customer. Further weather-resistant features are provided by the specially designed housing profile and the use of flange gaskets in fluorine rubber (FPM).

The Han-Eco connector family is specifically designed for applications that do not require the full range of product features offered by the Harting Han B series o

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UK - The National Rigging Advisory Group (NRAG) is pleased to announce its newly expanded remit to become a representative body for the entertainment rigging industry in the UK. Whilst created to oversee the development of the National Rigging Certificate, the success of that program allows the NRAG to now focus on additional initiatives to increase safety and competency in the industry. These include representing the interests of the rigging community on national committees and industry groups, promoting best practice and adherence to technical and safety standards, and acting as the source of information on rigging to the entertainment industry.

To further this vision, the membership of the NRAG has been enlarged to include a cross-section of companies, organisations and individuals representing the UK rigging community. The breadth of experience and level of expertise now gat

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UK - StratCrowd Associates has announced the launch of a specialised response to the increasingly complex field of crowd safety management. "It is all very well to have the resources available, but without a coherent crowd management plan, implementation can be troublesome at best, a positive liability at worst," claim the directors of StratCrowd Associates.

StratCrowd Associates comprise of crowd management experts Colin Lish, Tony Duncan, David White and Morten Therkildsen.

Says the company, "Crowd management is an evolving science as public events, festivals and concert tours become ever more complex and spectacular. We take the view that a more thorough approach is required to maximise the elimination of potential risk."

The four directors of StratCrowd Associates combine over eighty years of industry/event experience and are supported by Dr Mick Upto

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UK - MDG has released its new e-series, an exciting new evolution of its Atmosphere APS Series haze generator and MAX APS Series fog generator. The e-series is MDG's most recent innovation in atmospheric effects and marks the natural evolution for the company's product portfolio.

Building on the success of its Atmosphere and MAX series across numerous industry sectors, MDG's new e-series is a leap ahead, bringing increased efficiency and total electronic control to the industry's leading atmosphere generators.

The new Atmosphere ATMe and MAX M3e models each have an identical power consumption and footprint to its predecessors (the Atmosphere and MAX 3000 respectively) yet offer a significantly increased output (double that of the standard Atmosphere and approximately 50% more than the standard Max 3000 generators) which make the ATMe and the M3e the most efficient yet.

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UK - The final two sessions to be announced at the 4th annual PLASA Rigging Conference both examine aspects of international rigging standards at the event on 7-8 October 2013 at ExCeL London.

Codes of Practice - The Next Steps, presented by Lori Rubinstein, director of membership, skills and standards, PLASA, and Michele Enright, qualifications manager, PLASA, will highlight the calls from the rigging community for an international code of practice for rigging. Many countries are keen to harmonise what they do and are concerned with international parity and, as the worldwide voice of entertainment technology, PLASA has taken the first steps towards creating a template for an international code of practice for entertainment rigging. The session will include an overview of the initiative and attendees will be invited to give feedback on the proposed content outline.

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UK - World-renowned English rapper and singer-songwriter, Example, has spent the summer playing a series of festival dates beneath a uniquely designed lighting rig constructed from James Thomas Engineering's new JT Truss.

The newly-launched JT Truss was chosen by lighting designer Graham 'Grum' Leesmith who needed to re-create a smaller, 'festival-friendly' version of the one he used on Example's international arena tour.

The truss is configured as two 4.5m diameter octagonal lighting rigs with each octagon composed of eight 1.5m sections of JT40 truss. These are joined by custom-made 45° corners and suspended above the stage where they form the main part of the full flown tour rig.

In addition to being major design features, each octagon needed to be strong enough to support a substantial lighting rig of PixelRange SmartLines, PixelRange PixelSmarts, Clay Paky Sharpys,

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Macau - The Board of Directors at J&C Joel Limited has announced the opening of their fifth overseas office, located in Macau, which will be headed up by Fiona Blackett, managing director of J&C Joel Hong Kong.

The opening of the office represents J&C Joel's further commitment to the region and provides a Macau base for the growing business in the Las Vegas of the Far East.

The new office will allow J&C Joel to expand its ever-growing services to the region, specialising in flame retardant fabrics, drapery and stage machinery for the theatre and event industries.

"J&C Joel are looking forward to the opportunities this new office will provide while servicing their already established client base," says the company.

Office Details:

J&C Joel Macau

Alameda Dr,

Carlos D'Assumpcao no.263

Edificio China Civil Plaza

Macao

T: 853 65451223

macausales@jcjoel.c

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Germany - Milos Concepts GmbH is a well-known think tank, design laboratory, and project development company which is responsible for the creation of modular space structures and xtruss systems. With the goal of consistently improving existing systems, and inventing new ones, they are always pushing the boundaries of structural system design and setting new benchmarks in the industry.

Keeping in line with Milos Group's motto of "simply connected", another creative and experienced professional has recently linked up with this innovative German company. Milos Concepts has announced the addition of Hans Christoph Pakleppa as the newest member of their team, who will take on the role of sales director.

Originally from Bonn, Pakleppa will be responsible for the sales of newly developed Milos Concepts systems in German speaking countries. He will also be an important membe

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UK - Professional audio, AV and broadcast cables specialist CLD Distribution launches its new Gig series of audio cables on Stand J10 at the PLASA Lighting & Sound exhibition at ExCeL London, 6-9 October.

The Gig series is a high quality, value-added range of cables designed specifically for audio professionals working in all areas of live music, entertainment, recording and production engineering ... including professional musicians, studios, touring crews and technicians, rental and installation companies.

Available throughout the UK via CLD's extensive trade and wholesale network, Gig series cables will also be popular with music shops and appeal to a wide cross section of users.

A whole range of Gig series products is now available, from musical instrument and mic leads up to speaker cables - all fitted with stylish REAN (a Neutrik brand) connectors. Keenly priced whilst

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UK - PLASA London 2013, which takes place at ExCeL London from 6-9 October 2013, is putting out a final call for entries for the 2013 PLASA Awards for Innovation, before the deadline of Friday 27 September. More than 25 entries, ranging from audio interfaces and lighting controls to Ethernet switches and luminaires have been approved so far. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in the new AudioLab Arena on Monday 7 October at 6.00pm.

The PLASA Awards for Innovation recognise products that advance the industry by demonstrating a new style of thinking, improving technical practice or taking a key step forward in terms of safety. All successfully vetted products are judged against one another on the strength of their innovation alone.

Companies and products in the running include:

• Altman Lighting (STAND F40) - UV LED Spectra CYC - A 100W cyclorama/wall wash lumina

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UK - PLASA London 2013 will host a plethora of global, European and UK product launches for the pro-audio and entertainment lighting industries at ExCeL London from 6-9 October 2013. Many of the new products on show are also candidates for the 2013 PLASA Awards for Innovation.

Chris Toulmin, Head of Events, PLASA London 2013, said: "Visitors come to PLASA London expecting to see the latest products and technologies, and they will not be disappointed with the wide range of exciting product launches at the show. We are proud that so many manufacturers choose PLASA London to launch their new products to the market."

Here is just a selection of the new products that will be on show at PLASA London 2013:

Avolites (STAND M10) will launch a range of wings to extend the capabilities of all of its Titan consoles - the Sapphire Touch Wing, Sapphire Media Wing a

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