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UK - Robe lined up on the red carpet to welcome guests at the inaugural The Stage Debut Awards in central London, organised by The Stage newspaper.
The awards were instigated to recognise the best breakthrough actors and rising star creatives in theatre, with Robe sponsoring the award for Best Designer which was won by Rosie Elnile for her eye-catching set for The Convert, staged at The Gate Theatre.
The nine 2017 winners – eight judged by a panel of experts and one selected by public vote - received their awards in a ceremony at 8 Northumberland Avenue in central London, with Robe’s theatre project specialist Dave Whitehouse handing over the Best Designer award to Rosie.
The shortlisted nominations revealed some strong competition! From yo

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UK - The live tour of London-based band Oh Wonder is supported by an appropriately imaginative and far-reaching Ben Mansfield lightshow run on a ChamSys Magic Q MQ500 Stadium supplied by LeSmurf Lighting.
“There is no one set look for an Oh Wonder show, but many different looks,” said Mansfield of Tourlite Design. “I wanted to create an isolated performance environment that flows with the music. The idea is to create a canvas that I can build on, something that goes in different directions on different songs to reflect the scope of these two artists.”
Mansfield has his entire show timecoded. He builds cue stacks on this ChamSys console and runs them through with the timecode rolling, recording the go triggers with the Record TC function. To trigger bumps, flashes and executes, he records a macro that references external TC. “One of my favourite ChamSys featur

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Brazil - Lawo mc²96 Grand Production Console was used by Brazillian TV programmer Globosat during this year's Rock in Rio.
Globosat’s use of the mc²96 console was part of a rental package of equipment, support and training provided by Lawo for the event. The first mc²96 sale had been made prior to Rock in Rio, with two consoles having been purchased by Viacom Media Networks (USA).
Through Latin American system integrator and Lawo partner LineUp Broadcast Systems, Lawo provided Globosat with a 40-fader mc²96 fitted with Ravenna, AES and MADI Cards, along with a Sample-Rate Converter and a Compact Core for the console. The console was integrated with a Lawo Nova73 Router using RAVENNA. The set-up was able to take advantage of a legacy Globosat structure resulting from the company’s involvement in the Summer Olympics broadcast from the Barra Olympic Park la
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Italy - Absen Europe has signed a distribution agreement with leading Italian Pro-AV distributor Ligra to exclusively distribute Absen’s LED wall products in Italy.
Ligra has made a $450,000 investment in Absen stock to ensure immediate availability.
Ligra business manager, Raffaele Losi, commented: “We were seeing customers very dissatisfied with low cost and low-profile LED wall products, which they wanted to replace a year after purchase. The Italian market needs an appropriately-priced, high-quality, indoor rental product amongst other things and the Absen ranges fill the demand. Going forward Absen customers will find in Ligra a single supplier for a wide range of traditional and innovative ProAV products.”
Large rental service companies and major system integrators, as well as global contractors, design firms, architects and professionals will have i

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UK - In their fourth year of attending PLASA Show, Current RMS have ensured their focus remains on evolving their software alongside the fast-paced AV and lighting industry it was built for.
PLASA Show 2017 was “a huge success” for the Current team, meeting lots of new and existing customers while demoing their cloud-based software on-stand. It was also the perfect opportunity to show PLASA visitors exactly what’s changed in the last 12 months, with over 20 voted-for new features being released since last year’s show.
Launching a new feature, Global Check-in, on the show’s second day, Current RMS has made it even easier to keep track of inbound and outbound stock in one centralised system. The much-anticipated Global Check-in lets users scan in returned stock from multiple jobs all from one screen, perfect for those busy mornings in the warehouse when differe

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USA - RC4 Wireless continues to revolutionise the world of wireless dimming with the introduction of their new Series 3 SX product line.
The RC4 Magic Series 3 SX innovations cross the entire RC4 family line: the popular RC4Magic 2.4GHz products, the new RC4Magic 900MHz series for use in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil, the LumenDim line, which is compatible with the Lumen Radio CRMX protocol, and finally, the W-Dim products, which work with all Wireless Solution W-DMX devices. The product started shipping in late August.
The design team at RC4, led by James David Smith, chief product developer (and founder), has continued to advance the state of the art in terms of wireless dimming. He explained, “At RC4 Wireless, we're no longer limited to industry-standard 16-bit LED dimming. The RC4 Series 3 dimmers provide a maximum of 19-bit resolution for a t

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UK - An Avolites Arena lighting console was used to programme and operate the striking lighting design for producer and singer-songwriter Tom Misch at his outdoor headline show at the Summer Series music festival held at Somerset House, London.
The annual festival took place between 6 and 16 of July in the courtyard of the iconic Neoclassical building on the Thames. 2017 marked Misch's Summer Series debut, joining other British and international festival headliner stars including Norah Jones, Goldfrapp and Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley.
Misch's lighting designer John Partridge (JP) has been working with the British-born artist since July 2017, and the Somerset House show marked the design's first live showcase. For Misch's current tour, JP has created for the artist a pared-back design, aiming for a 'strong and purposeful' aesthetic.
"The lighting design for Tom is c

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USA - In August, one of America’s largest Christian groups, the Assemblies of God, summoned youth from across the United States to its National Youth Convention and Fine Arts Festival in Anaheim, California. Held 7-11 August at the Anaheim Convention Centre, an important centrepiece of the event was a large stage set up used for presentations, services and evening concert celebrations, much of which was live streamed.
Elation dealer Illuminate Production Services provided a large Elation lighting and video rig for the five-day gathering with IPS’s Caleb Franke handling lighting design duties. IPS, headed by Caleb’s father Rick Franke, worked on the project with Jerry Dahlberg of DC Productions and used a wide variety of Elation gear on the event.
With Assembly of God church students from all across the nation in attendance, and the 10,000-seat capacity venue host

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UAE - After 18 years of producing some of the region’s most memorable shows, Protec – a Dubai-headquartered event technical and staging solutions company, continues to deliver extraordinary experiences through its creative technical skills.
Company founder and CEO Stephen Lakin said: “We have seen the events industry evolve considerably over the last 18 years since I started the company. Technology has grown, creativity has become bolder and audience engagement now plays a crucial role in every event. Our clients are spending more time on developing bespoke events, creatively using content with technology to immerse and involve their audiences into their story’s environment.
“Technology continues to play an important role and new technologies are guiding content developers to dig deeper into their creative talents to make full use of the technical reso

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UK - The programme for the 2017 Campfire Sessions has been revealed by Showman’s Show organiser, Lance Show & Publications. Making a return to Newbury Showground on 18-19 October, the dedicated stream of workshops and panel discussions will play host to a range of topics and well-known industry speakers.
A session moderated by Production Services Association general manager Andy Lenthall entitled Are you an event freelancer? will kick-start the event at 10.15am on Wednesday, 18 October, providing tips and advice on taxation, insurance and how to win work.
Also confirmed is a session delivered by Iren De Pasquale, an assessor for A Greener Festival. The scheme has assessed over 400 festivals on their environmental management over the past 10 years. In 2017, it launched the Greener Event Award, opening the scheme up to the event industry as a whole. Taking

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USA - Following crowded demo sessions at InfoComm Orlando, Florida, the d&b team is heading to New York for the 143rd Audio Engineering Society’s international convention. Between 18-20 October, demo room 3D04 in the Javits Centre will welcome visitors to d&b’s first demonstration programme held at AES.
Attracting an international line up of presenters, the event is an opportunity to examine the latest ideas and technologies in audio engineering. At the d&b demo room this will include a comprehensive insight into the upcoming d&b Soundscape, set to bridge the gap between the physics of loudspeaker system design and the creation of artistic material.
Currently scheduled for release in early 2018, the d&b Soundscape will operate on the user-friendly DS100 platform and enable sound designers and engineers with multidimensional source placement, ac

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South Africa - Lighting designer Michael Taylor-Broderick will present a two-day theatre lighting workshop at DWR Distribution in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg in October.
A respected lighting designer with over 15 years’ experience, Michael will mentor up-and-coming lighting designers, technicians and anyone else who has a passion for theatre.
The course will cover a range of topics from the objectives of stage lighting to the elements of design. Working on a vast range of theatrical productions, Michael has a wealth of information to share.
The training will kick off at DWR Cape Town on the 17-18 October from 9am to 5pm. The next stop will be DWR Durban, where the course will be held on 23-24 October before visiting Johannesburg on 26-27 October.
The cost is R1 700.00 and this covers lunch and refreshments. Bookings should please be made on line a

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UK - Celebrating the very best talent in the world of lighting and video design, the 10th Knight of Illumination Awards took place at the Eventim Apollo, London on 17 September 2017. As one of the ceremony’s spotlight sponsors, creative technical event expert Hawthorn provided full technical production for the occasion.
With over 500 lighting and video professionals attending the award ceremony, the pressure was on for Hawthorn to deliver a spectacular production. Hawthorn’s lighting designer Chris Green took up the challenge of delivering an impressive design to a room filled with the most esteemed LDs in the industry.
With Claypaky as headline sponsor, Green used a range of their fixtures to produce a lighting design that fitted the look and feel of the iconic venue perfectly. “We used 20 K20 B-EYEs all running in Full mode which allowed for pixel mapping,” s

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Austria - The inaugural MusikFestiWels that took on 14-15 July in Wels featured around 20 acts across three open-air stages in the city’s streets and squares.
Martin Audio’s territory distributor k24 Technik & Vertrieb supported its customer, service provider Sound & Light Systems, who fielded a premium MLA Compact PA on the main stage, while lighting was provided by Powerland.
While Sound & Light Systems provided its full inventory, this was augmented by MLA Compact enclosures from Schallmeister, enabling the main stage system to be designed around 20 MLA Compact (10 elements per side) and nine MLX subwoofers in a cardioid left/centre/right array. In addition, four XD12 provided front-fill, BlacklineX12s and WS18X subs were on side-fill duties, four W8LM Mini Line Array served as delays and LE1500 as stage monitors.
Providing technical back-up we

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UK - White Light is providing the lighting equipment for The Band, a new musical that features Take That's music.
Written by Tim Firth, the production, which stars the winners of BBC series Let It Shine, opened this week at the Manchester Opera House and will now tour the rest of the UK.
The lighting designer for the show is Patrick Woodroffe and his associate is Rob Casey. Rob commented: “Working closely with projection designer Luke Halls, our role on the show was to aid the storytelling by guiding the audience, in terms of progressing the timeline as well as highlighting moments of particular importance. Similarly, there are two large concerts in each time period so we needed a lighting rig that could easily replicate these.”
The Band combines classic drama with recreated pop concerts on stage, something which Patrick and Rob were ve

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USA - With Elation Professional’s new Chorus Line of flexible LED batten luminaires, strip lights have graduated from static, single-purpose wash lights to more maneuverable, adaptable lighting effects that can fulfill a number of purposes in a single show. This new range of multi-purpose LED batten wash luminaires features a wide motorized zoom, dynamic 220° tilt axis movement and the power to compete with LED video.
“With the continued improvements in LED technology, the possibilities to use linear LED battens for everything from dynamic visuals to more practical lighting solutions have increased,” said Elation sales director Eric Loader. “With the advent of pixel control used as direct eye candy and the ability to use it as a stage wash or foot light, the Chorus Line represents the latest in LED pixel bar effects. The added zoom optics on the LEDs allow it to be

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UK - Eaton’s Zero 88 team enjoyed a busy PLASA this year, in their 45th year serving the entertainment industry.
The new FLX S consoles were on display and proved very popular - designed for applications where space, time, ease of use and flexibility are key factors. Also on show at PLASA for the first time were the Chilli Pro 12 range of relay, dimming and bypass dimmers and the versatile Alphapack 3 in a new powerCON TRUE1 version.
Zero 88 continued its winning ways, collecting a coveted PLASA Award for Innovation for the inventive RigSync application, a feature available with the latest version of its powerful and flexible ZerOS console software. RigSync demystifies the work of DMX addressing for console users, allowing them more time to focus on being imaginative, while the technical elements sort themselves out via the console talking to the lighting rig. The j

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USA - RC4 Wireless has revolutionised the configuration of its expansive line of wireless DMX devices with its RC4 Commander software programme which debuted at PLASA 2017.
RC4 Commander allows users big and small to easily configure systems with the click of a button.
"Several years ago, we introduced RC4Magic PC, and it's been a real workhorse," said James Smith, RC4 founder and chief product developer. "But we've always known we needed OSX support, and for the interface to feel more user-friendly. We have achieved both with the RC4 Commander software.”
The RC4 line of dimmers and pixel drivers have an ever-growing set of functions and modes in order to solve all of the challenges faced in the entertainment world. The RC4 Commander software allows easy configuration of the versatile list of features using an all new graphic interface. Users of the RC4Magic PC

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UAE - The Dubai headquartered company that is celebrating its 18th year of business continues to show growth whilst retaining its undisputed position in the industry not only as the region’s leading event solutions provider but also a major player in the world market.
The company that already owns one of the world’s largest event rental stocks that include the latest equipment in lighting, video, audio, rigging & trussing, scenic & staging, automation & SFX, conference equipment, robotics & motion tracking, has once more invested heavily in new technology and equipment over a busy season in 2017.
The season has seen Protec at the core of some truly exceptional events that has taken them across the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The year was kicked off by the multiple award-winning IDEX opening ceremony in Abu Dhabi, one of the season’s high

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Germany - Radiohead’s long-serving lighting designer Andi Watson has been using 48 of GLP’s X4 L LED spots as well as 14 of the award-winning X4 Bar 20 battens (as well as several shorter X4 Bar 10) on the band’s latest A Moon Shaped Pool tour. These were supplied by Upstaging in the States, while Neg Earth picked up the European leg of the tour.
“My job is to create an environment for the Radiohead songs to exist within the stage. With so many layers to what they do, many different instruments and lots going on, I have to build complex arrangements to represent the songs visually.” He confirms that there are over 240 layers of video mapped to multiple projection and LED surfaces in order to reinforce typically between 80 to more than 100 unique songs.
For the rig structure he has favoured curves. “There are two front trusses, one for the front line

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UK - The beginning of June saw Robbie Williams kick off his Heavy Entertainment Show tour on home turf at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium. The tour has continued throughout the summer, taking in stadiums, fields and arenas across the UK and Europe.
The tour’s audio requirements are provided by Robbie’s long-term supplier Britannia Row Productions (Brit Row) and has DiGiCo’s flagship SD7 consoles at both the Front of House and monitor positions.
Simon Hodge, Robbie’s Front of House engineer, has been using an SD7 for the last six years and continues to rely on it to handle this complex show. Jonathan Digby takes care of monitors, keeping the seat warm for Robbie’s long-standing monitor engineer, Pete Mc Glynn, who is recovering from an accident he had shortly before the tour took off. Jonathan is also deploying a SD7.
“The show is complicated, so
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