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Estonia - Robe DL7S Profile LED moving lights and PARFect 100 LED PARs have been specified and installed at the Estonian National Concert Hall (Eesti Kontsert), located in the heart of Tallinn and home to the Estonian National Orchestra (ENO).
The impressive Neoclassical building is shared between the Estonian National Opera and the Ballet Theatre Estonia. The Concert Hall is run by the Eesti Foundation, together with five other high profile concert hall venues – in the Estonian cities of Tartu, Parnu and Jõhvi - and St Petersburg, Russia.
The new lights were delivered by Tallinn based sales and installation company E&S, and were part of a much-needed technical upgrade that replace the previous lighting scheme which was fully ‘conventional’.
“We don’

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Czech Republic - K-array has appointed SOONN s.r.o. as its exclusive distributor for the Czech Republic.
Founded in 2011, SOONN’s main focuses are distribution, consulting, project design and installations in the field of professional audio equipment and system integration, contributing to applications in theatres, social halls, music clubs, hotels, multifunctional spaces, recording and postproduction studios and sport stadiums.
SOONN is also active in the broadcast market, where it cooperates with the important partners in the Czech Republic, and the rental market, where they collaborate with small and medium size rental companies.
K-array co-founder and President Alessandro Tatini comments: "We are fortunate to have partnered with a company so immersed in the pro audio market in the Czech Republic as SOONN. I am excited to have them as a part of our te

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Chile - Based in Viña del Mar, near Santiago, Audio-pro has been supplying audio systems for corporate, social and artistic events since 1990. In the mid and late nineties, they moved into the live music events, positioning themselves as one of the most serious and prestigious companies for sound reinforcement in Chile’s concert touring market.
Last year, having thoroughly researched the market, they decided to shift up another gear and service large-scale concerts. “For this we had to buy the best loudspeaker system in the world,” says the company’s owner Jorge Diez. “L-Acoustics K1 was the clear choice, for its rider friendliness, quality sound and longevity. We knew it would be a good investment.”
Ordered in December, Audio-pro’s L-Acoustics touring system, the first of its kind in Chile, comprises 48 K1, 24 K1-SB subs, 36 K2, 24 KS28 subs, along with
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UK - Entertainment infrastructure specialist Triple E is set to unveil the latest model of its pop-up theatre at PLASA Focus in Leeds next week.
Triple E will build Project 33 as a performance platform at ABTT and the company’s stand at PLASA Focus is the opportunity to see its dramatic plans for the technology in the meantime.
Commissioned by the Pleasance Theatre Trust for a role at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer, Project 33 is a product of ModTruss, the award-winning, Meccano-style construction system designed in the US and exclusively distributed by Triple E this side of the Atlantic.
David Edelstein, managing director at Triple E, comments: “Project 33 demonstrates the remarkable flexibility of ModTruss. It’s an extremely strong, flat-packed solution capable of taking almost any shape and supporting attendant production weights, anywhere.

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UK - Artistic Licence will be exhibiting at PLASA Focus Leeds next week (Stand N-B31). This year, the company is promoting two major areas of development – the Superhero Splitters, and the launch of its next generation ethernet gateway products, starting with artLynx quad.
Artistic Licence has upgraded its popular DIN rail splitters, Rail-Split RDM II and Rail-Split extreme, to superhero status, by endowing them with special powers to withstand mains electrocution.
Both products are now fitted with electrical protection on the input, loop and output connections. This enables them to survive electrocution by all international mains voltages, including UK 3-phase (that is, up to 415 VAC continuous connection). The connections are designed to be self-healing, so the product lives on to fight another day.
Additionally, Rail-Split extreme now features surge protec

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UK - PLASA Focus Leeds opens its doors next week, 9-10 May at Royal Armouries, hosting a wealth of product launches and the latest UK debuts. A range of innovative technology will be showcased including Cadac’s CDC seven - the newest addition to its CDC series digital console line; Martin Audio’s Wavefront Precision Series - a new generation of multi-purpose line arrays, Shure’s Axient Digital Wireless System; Robe’s LEDBeam 150; d&b audiotechnik’s 24S and 24S-D and 21S-SUB point source installation loudspeakers, not to mention Philips Vari-Lite’s new VL6000 Beam mid-air effects fixture; Nexo’s extraordinary GEO M10 mid-size line array; RCF’s HDL 6-A new mini line array and Chauvet’s Maverick MK3 Wash.

Cliff Dounting, UK General manager, CHAUVET Professional says: "We are especially excited to showcase the new Maverick MK3 Wash at PLASA Focus Leeds

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UK - The forthcoming PLASA Focus Show will see the UK launch of KV2 Audio’s latest addition to their ESD range of passive loudspeakers – the ESD 25.
Taking place at The Royal Armouries, Leeds on 9-10 May, show attendees can hear the new ultra-compact 2-way 2x5” ESD 25 in KV2 Audio’s demonstration suite open throughout the show. This is situated within the adjoining Holiday Inn Express in the Galahad Suite.
The ESD 25 builds on the success of the ESD 5 and offers “exceptional clarity, output and full-range output from a remarkably small footprint”. The ESD 25 is designed for use under balconies or as front-fill in Theatre – an industry where KV2 Audio products are becoming increasingly relied upon and respected.
The compact design and high output also makes the ESD 25 a suitable choice for Houses of Worship, performing arts spaces and anywhere requi

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UK - Cadac is demonstrating its latest CDC six and CDC seven digital consoles at this year’s PLASA Focus exhibition, in Leeds. The two CDC series medium format consoles are running the latest, enhanced feature set, CDC V4.0 software, while the new CDC seven surface builds further on the success of CDC six, with an expanded dual 23.5 inch, 16:9 hi-definition touch screen, 36 fader configuration.
The combination of the CDC six and CDC seven surfaces with CDC OS V4.0, delivers the most intuitive mix platform to the live sound market. The symbiotic operational advances of the consoles’ 23.5” LCD touch screens and ’touch and swipe’ gesture operation, makes for the most instinctive mixing platform yet devised, and introduces a host of unique ‘human’ capabilities in console operation.
Encoders immediately to the right of and below both screens further encourage

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USA - Thousands gathered at Bridgestone Arena to witness what was to be a concert of the ages: Sing Me Back Home: The Music of Merle Haggard. Taking place on what would have been his 80th birthday and the one-year anniversary of Haggard’s death, the sold out evening featured collaborations from artists including Keith Richards and Willie Nelson’s emotional rendition of Reasons to Quit.
Bandit Lites provided the lighting for the concert, which was filmed for broadcast on a network and date to be announced at a later time.
Dozens of artists, including Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, John Mellencamp, Loretta Lynn, Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Avett Brothers, Alison Krauss, Sheryl Crowe, Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley and Hank Williams Jr. turned out to pay homage to the ‘Okie from Muskogee’.
Lighting designer Mark Carver utilised a wide range of fixtur

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Australia - Canberra’s Elite Events recently added another 700m of ProCable 18X1.5 assemblies to their already significant inventory of the six-circuit cables. TMB’s distribution partner, Lexair Entertainment of New South Wales is the provider for this and other TMB products in Australia and New Zealand.
“We own around 10 kilometres of TMB Cables,” says Darren Russell, Elite Event’s managing director. “In addition to ProCable ‘Soca’cables built in the UK, we’ve invested in ProPlex DMX and Ethernet assemblies, as well as various headers, patch panels, and tails.”
Darren adds: “In the past, we made our own DMX and Ethernet cabling. The ProPlex purchases were the first time we bought complete data cables off the shelf. We looked at some samples and were impressed with the quality; they were really well made, as well as nice to roll. After doing the m

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USA - Sensaphonics is running a Facebook giveaway contest for the month of May. In celebration of Better Hearing Month, the company will award one winner with a pair of classic 2X-S custom in-ear monitors and a dB Check in-ear sound level analyser.
To enter, visit and Like the Sensaphonics Facebook page, then Share (Public) the giveaway post titled Respect Your Ears at the top of the timeline. Sensaphonics will hold a random drawing among all qualified entries and announce the winner 1 June on its Facebook page.
“Better Hearing Month is the perfect time to show musicians how the right in-ear equipment can deliver amazing, high-impact audio while still supporting long-term hearing health,” says company founder and president, Dr. Michael Santucci. “As our clients know, Sensaphonics is committed to delivering both.”
Known for their dedication to hearing we

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France - For 30 years French theme park Futuroscope has been thrilling visitors with its multimedia experiences and dynamic rides. To mark the start of its fourth decade, a new €11m state-of-the-art audio visual experience has opened, with an Alcons Audio system delivering the soundtrack.
Originally opened in 1992 under the name of The Magic Carpet, the multi-million Euro update of Futuroscope’s IMAX cinema has seen it reinvented as L'Extraordinaire Voyage (The Extraordinary Journey). Eighty-four spectators sit in a triple row of seats on a platform which turns vertical (so the rows are now sitting above each other) and whisks them off on a dynamic ten minute ‘flight’ around the world, accompanied by an orchestral soundtrack and sound effects, plus smells and wind.
Complementing the 600m2 hemispherical screen is a 12+1 Alcons Audio pro-ribbon system, supplied b

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USA - Located on Cocktail Bay overlooking Darling Harbour, Home is Sydney's only true superclub. Built in the late nineties, the club features over three levels of purpose-built clubbing space. With a capacity of 2100, the venue is one of the largest in the southern hemisphere.
Incorporating innovative creative design and with four venue areas, including a luxurious rooftop terrace, featuring both indoor and outdoor areas, Home lends itself to all aspects of entertaining.
The club owners recently decided it was time for a renovation of the venue’s lighting and turned to Show Technology for advice.
Darcy Cook, production designer at the club, worked closely with Show Technology’s business development manager Stephen Dallimore who said, “The design of Home lends itself more to a New York warehouse vibe, incorporating some fantastic street art work by local ar

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Canada - Multi-venue theatre production company, Drayton Entertainment, has made a major investment in its audio equipment, including three Allen & Heath dLive S Class systems, as part of an upgrade to its systems.
The company operates seven theatres located in regional communities, comprising the Cambridge Dunfield Theatre, Huron Country Playhouse and Playhouse II in Grand Bend, King's Wharf Theatre, St. Jacobs Country Playhouse, Schoolhouse Theatre in St. Jacobs, and the flagship Drayton Festival Theatre.
The dLive systems are all S7000 Surfaces and DM64 MixRacks, provided by Drayton Entertainment’s long-time audio partner, Angus Audio, which also supplied eight new Apple Macs, and Sennheiser 2000 Series wireless microphone systems.
“We are thrilled with dLive. We have a system with a smaller footprint taking up less seat space but with a large fader co

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USA - Panic at The Disco continue their Death of a Bachelor tour in the US with a striking production design created by Matt Larivée of Montreal-based creative practice Luz Studio, who worked closely with the band’s lighting designer, Alex Specht.
Together they specified 50 x Robe BMFL Spots, 10 x CycFX8s and six PATT 2013s which are prominent on the rig. The idea was to create a dynamic stage aesthetic which would highlight the classiness of adding a Sinatra-style horns section to the line-up combined with a mysterious new cult logo.
The architecture of the rig with gold-painted ladders at the back, contrasted with five moving curved LED video ‘chandeliers’ which meant the environment could easily switch from classic to edgy and contemporary!
The BMFL Spots are dotted around the rig on the upstage ladder structure, on the video chandeliers and the floor.

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USA - Chicago-based rock band 7th Heaven has been an entertainment staple in the American Midwest for 30 years. Despite its location in the US heartland, the band does an annual cruise called the Chicago Music Cruise and this year played a week of shows on the largest cruise ship in the world, Harmony of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean smartship outfitted with energy-efficient Elation Professional LED lighting.
7th Heaven has been sailing with Royal Caribbean for years but this was the first year they were hired as a feature act. On a Harmony of the Seas cruise that sailed the Caribbean from 7-13 January, the band played shows in the ship’s Royal Theatre, the ship’s main entertainment space, as well as a final show in the Aqua Theatre.
Band lighting designer Zach Scott, who has been with the band for six years and lights almost every show they play, an average of 250

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Croatia - Several challenges faced lighting designer Sven Kučinić when asked to design a high-profile one off show for Croatian pop superstar Ivan Zak in front of 18,000 adoring fans at Zagreb Arena. Forming his first band at 14 and hitting the big time in 2009 with the Adrenaline album and single, this was the star’s largest show to date.
Sven is one of Croatia’s leading LDs, known for his flair and imagination, he has been specifying Robe’s BMFL range fixtures on various shows for the last year.
In addition to the massive brightness, he loves the “seamless CMY colour mixing system, creative gobos and ultra-precise dimmer”. In fact the BMFL is so “feature packed” that he’s still discovering some new combination or effect on every show, which is a big thing for a power-user like Sven who by his own admission is one for either finding faults wit

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UK - The Philanthropist has been delighting audiences across the globe since it first premiered at the Royal Court in 1970. It is now making a welcome return to the West End in a brand-new production at the Trafalgar Studios.
Directed by Simon Callow, this latest version stars some of television’s brightest stars, including Matt Berry, Simon Bird, Lily Cole and Tom Rosenthal. Having already supplied shows at the Trafalgar Studios this year, White Light was called upon once again to provide the lights for The Philanthropist.
The lighting designer is Olivier Award-winner Mike Robertson. He comments: “I remember seeing The Philanthropist many moons ago and being struck by the extraordinary coup de théâtre at the beginning of the play. For this version, Simon has approached it with a really fresh vibrancy; whether it’s the younger cast or the s

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USA - Crossing genres in lighting is nothing unusual for Morgan Cerovski. The technical director at the 880-seat Palace Theatre in Manchester, NH. Cerovski is accustomed to having his rig light theatrical productions on weekends and then turn around with virtually no changes to serve up eye candy for a visiting band on Monday.
Such was the case on 10 March when the Palace stage welcomed the Red Hot Chili Pipers after just completing a Friday-Sunday run of the musical Hairspray.
Like the Palace lighting rig, the Scottish ‘bag rock’ band (not to be confused with the Red Hot Chili Peppers), is also accustomed to bending barriers. The band performs an upbeat fusion of bagpipe and rock music. Keeping pace with their high energy performance at the Palace were 12 fast moving Chauvet Professional Rogue R2 Spots, purchased from Events United.
A night earlier,

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Canada - Atlona has announced a new partnership with SFM. Based in Dorval, Quebec, SFM will act as an extension of Atlona’s sales and support network across Canada, joining a quickly growing roster of global partners specialising in Atlona AV solutions and products.
SFM aims to work with suppliers that share similar business and technology philosophies. In partnering with Atlona, the SFM team believes it has found a company focused on interoperable solutions that also address the pertinent industry trends. Mike Calo, brand manager for SFM, points to Atlona’s recent innovations for AV over IP (OmniStream) and cloud-based control (Velocity) as particularly appealing.
“Atlona offers products that are compatible with existing hardware and video conferencing software, for example, which is important to the success of systems integrators today,” said Calo. “We also

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Italy - Claypaky is to host the tenth Showlight quadrennial from 20-23 May 2017 at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Florence, Italy.
Showlight will offer a broad range of stimulating presentations and panel discussions, delivered by leading international designers, programmers and influencers working at the forefront of professional show lighting in TV, theatre, concert touring, film, special events and leisure environments. The topics have been carefully chosen by the committee to engage the eclectic interests of lighting enthusiasts from across the world and across many disciplines.
Claypaky's CEO, Pio Nahum, says: "Being the headline sponsor of an international event such as Showlight expresses Claypaky's commitment and support for the lighting design community worldwide. It is an unmissable networking opportunity. Spending quality time together is essential in a niche
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