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UK - Live performance visual specialists Really Creative Media worked with the theatrical production team Collective Productions to create a seamless visual experience for its first UK tour of The Wedding Singer from March to October 2017.
Taking in 33 cities on its initial tour, this new production set in 1985 features wedding singer Robbie’s love life as the central story. Really Creative Media worked as a central part of the production team led by Dan Looney and alongside lighting designer Ben Cracknell to create an animated billboard which is used as a central part of the production’s set throughout the show.
Complementing Francis O’Connor’s moving scenery, a Panasonic laser projector is used to create 80s style adverts and animation on a billboard in

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South Africa - Pastors At and Nyretta Boshoff are the founders of Christian Revival Church (CRC). Pastor At, as visionary leader has grown CRC to one of the largest churches locally and globally over the past 22 years. CRC is a multigenerational, multicultural and multiracial church with more than 90 Churches Nationally and Internationally.
CRC and DWR Distribution go way back to 2006, when DWR had the opportunity to work on the first CRC Church in Bloemfontein (established in 1994). The CRC Pretoria Auditorium was completed three years ago, a magnificent building with a seating capacity of 6200 seats, where DWR yet again designed and installed all lighting equipment.
To accommodate the rapid expansion, CRC recently opened a new building in the North of Bloemfontein, this being an extension of the existing 5,500 seater auditorium in the South of Bloemfontein. Pastor At

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Costa Rica - There are many good reasons to visit Costa Rica, which is why close to two million tourists descent on the Central American country each year. Among the nation’s most popular attractions is the annual Fiestas de Palmares, which honours Saint Cristo of Esquipulas. Music and merriment fill the air at the small seaside town of Palmares during the 10-day festival, which features a bountiful array of food and beverages, a captivating lantern parade and a football tournament.
A highlight of the festival, which draws 150,000 visitors, are the concerts at the Barra Imperial Stage by popular local and regional musicians as well as internationally acclaimed recording artists. The 2017 edition of the festival concert was no exception. Produced by Eventos Especiales de Cerveceria Costa Rica, the musical menu rocked the house with sizzling shows by platinum rap artist Sean
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UK - Source Distribution has taken on exclusive UK distributorship of Aphex Systems, makers of professional audio processors, preamplifiers and dynamics controllers.
With an over 40-year history, beginning with the original Aural Exciter in 1975, Aphex equipment has become a standard presence in the racks of studios all over the World. The Aphex product range features powerful modern units evolved from popular classics of the past, incorporating many unique technologies pioneered over decades of research and development.
These include the Channel Master Preamp & Input Processor, which includes many unique technologies making it an end-to-end solution for essential vocal and instrument recording and processing. In one rack space, it includes patented RPA tube preamp, EasyRider automatic compressor, patented logic-assisted gate, de-esser, and patented Aural Exciter a

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UK - Lighting designer Ian Bintliff returned to top UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL to source equipment for the most recent UK tour by bluesy rockers Thunder promoting their new album Rip It Up visiting a string of theatre and town hall venues.
This follows last year’s arena tour – with lighting also supplied by HSL - and this time, the band were keen to play more dates in more locations at smaller venues to cultivate an intimate vibe and be closer to their very loyal UK fanbase. With the new album, Ian – known throughout industry-wide as Scampi – created a totally new lighting design.
Some basic physical parameters included the kit having to fit in one truck of the two-truck tour. Manager and lead singer Danny Bowes’ instructions were to “keep it cost effective and make it fab” and beyond that, it was an open brief, left to Scampi’s f

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UK - Adlib supplied two Midas consoles for the latest UK and European tour by lively U.S. punk-pop band All Time Low, continuing a long-standing working relationship with the band and their engineers Phil Gornell at FOH and Ricky Fernandez on Monitors.
The three weeks of dates were a ‘teaser’ for the band’s forthcoming and much anticipated album, The Young Renegades, released in June.
Adlib’s new Glasgow based Scottish division supplied L-Acoustics racks-and-stacks to the two wildly enthusiastic Scottish gigs – at Glasgow Academy and Edinburgh Corn Exchange - together with technician Andy Russell.
"It's always good to work with Adlib in any capacity," says Phil who is also from Liverpool where Adlib is headquartered. He has worked with the company on a variety of tours since 2008.
"Having the consoles with us throughout the tour gives com

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UK - Comedian Russell Howard, is clearly in record-breaking mode at the moment with his biggest global tour yet, Round the World. He recently completed a sold-out 10-day run at the Royal Albert Hall, smashing the record for consecutive performances at the venue previously jointly held by Frank Sinatra and Barry Manilow.
The same show also took the record for the largest number of EM Acoustics HALO-C elements – 110 in total - for a single show. System design and equipment supply was courtesy of RAH veterans, Dave Shepherd (who acted as system tech) in conjunction with Delta Sound.
Delta Sound’s senior project manager and sound engineer, Stephen Hughes, explained that the Round the World tour wasn’t just named for its global reach, but also for the fact that the entire show is performed in the round, and therefore the production required a sound design capable of m

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USA - Fox Sports recently refitted Stage B at its Pico Studio in Los Angeles with nearly 100% Elation Professional products, an energy-efficient LED-based lighting system designed by award-winning Victor Fable with lighting supply by Kinetic Lighting. The new lighting system includes a host of Elation broadcast-optimized lights including one of Elation’s latest LED wash solutions, the Fuze Wash Z120, a PAR moving head with 120W RGBW COB LED engine.
The Fuze light plays an important role in the install and is a fixture that LD Victor Fable is especially happy with. “I had given up on finding a light that had the same characteristics as a VL5, which has been a cornerstone of countless shows,” he says. “That changed when I was introduced to the Fuze Wash Z120.”
On his search for a new colour-changing wash light with unique on-camera aesthetics yet one that was

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Finland - International sound engineers Heikki Kervinen and Temi Kinnunen, have recently selected Allen & Heath’s dLive digital mixing system as their mixer of choice following their experiences of using the system over the touring season.
Heikki, who owns his own PA company, Kervinen Sound, purchased a dLive S7000/DM64 system in preparation for touring commitments with rising solo artist, Erja Lyytinen and renowned blues guitarist, Heikki Silvennoinen. Heikki travelled with the dLive system managing FOH in venues across Europe.
Similarly, Temi engineers for some of the top Finnish bands including Vilma Alina, Neljä Ruusua, and Robin. Temi has been mixing Vilma Alina on dLive for all of her festival and tour dates this season, culminating in a major concert at the legendary Tavastia Club in Helsinki, which is one of the oldest rock clubs in Europe.
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Spain - Celebrating 20 years as a Nexo rental house, BTM Sound in Spain has expanded its investment in STM Series sound reinforcement systems with a new order of line array modules, including the STM M28 ‘omnipurpose’ loudspeaker.
Based in Girona, on the Costa Brava, BTM Sound bought its first Nexo PS Series cabinets in 1997, commencing a long-standing relationship with Nexo distributor Doscientos Veinte Sonido SL. Since then, BTM has invested in all Nexo’s major loudspeaker lines: Alpha, Geo S8, Geo T, Geo D, and Gwo S12, as well as the 45°N-12 line monitors. In 2014, it became the first rental company in Spain to adopt the STM Series, choosing the STM M28 as the main cabinet along with B112 bass and S118 subbass modules.
“This is very modular equipment, which allows us to move from a small event to a super-concert,” says Xavier Morell of BTM. “First ther

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Potter Magic - Harry Potter And The Cursed Child won a record-breaking nine gongs at the Olivier Awards in London. The stage follow-up to the world-famous wizard book saga picked up prizes including best new play, and best actor for Jamie Parker, who stars as Harry. Co-stars Noma Dumezweni (Hermione) and Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy) won in the best supporting actress and actor categories respectively. John Tiffany took home the best director award for the J K Rowling adaptation, which had a total of 11 nominations.
Scooping nine prizes - which also included set design, lighting, sound and costumes - meant the two-part spectacular became the most successful production in Oliviers history. Winner of the best sound design award was Gareth Fry, while the lighting award went to Neil Austin.
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UK - LTM – Lift Turn Move has announced a new structure for the Entertainment side of the business, appointing Stuart Fraser as head of entertainment products. He took up his new position in March and has made a dramatic impact on the business.
Stuart brings more than 10 years’ experience in the entertainment industry, in engineering, product development and technical sales to LTM. His focus will be on further growing the entertainment market, as he brings a wealth of technical experience from his previous positions. Stuart will be the face to face contact for our key accounts, offering technical advice and helping to create solutions.
John Jones commented, “We are delighted to welcome Stuart as our new head of entertainment products, with the experience and knowledge he brings we hope this will help serve our customers more efficiently and provide the expertise

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Germany - With more audio technology solutions than ever before, the d&b stand at Prolight+Sound 2017 proved integration and interoperability remain at the heart of the company's ongoing commitment to customers. Visitors to the d&b stand caught an insight into the future, learning more about the d&b Soundscape – creating landscapes in sound.
Visitors from across the industry were invited to peruse the complete product range including several new releases, and welcome in a new age of d&b: Sound Futures, alongside newly appointed chief marketing officer, David Claringbold. Having served on the d&b Advisory Board and as Director of Sydney Opera House, Claringbold has a long-standing insight of the market and its changing needs.
Day one of the show marked the official release of two software features created for easier, more straightforward working: A

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UK - Focusrite has announced the appointment of Richard Johnstone as UK sales & marketing manager.
Richard joins from Propellerhead where he was partner marketing manager for UK, Benelux and Germany. Johnstone formerly played UK management roles at Steinberg, Line 6 and Yamaha.
Johnstone will manage the UK sales & marketing team, and work as part of the wider European team. He will report into the director of global marketing & sales Damian Hawley.
Richard Johnstone says, "I am delighted to be joining Focusrite as UK sales & marketing manager. With a fantastic product line-up and exciting plans for the future, I am looking forward to working with Damian and the team to further grow and develop the UK business."
Damian Hawley adds, "Richard’s extensive experience in channel marketing and management will further strengthen the partnership wi

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USA - Audio technology for productions of any scale – this is what Sennheiser and Neumann will showcase at their joint booth (C2213) at NAB. An innovative range of products is ready to support professional audio capture at every level, whether visitors are producing movies or focusing on mobile journalism. The booth also features solutions for radio and TV studios, for fully immersive virtual reality productions, and even for personal use, with the MKE 2 elements action microphone for GoPro HERO4 cameras.
“Production technology today spans a wide range of applications, and therefore so does the audio technology Sennheiser and Neumann are showcasing,” explains Achim Gleissner, commercial manager, broadcast and media, at Sennheiser. “Whether you’re making a big-budget movie or filming a tutorial for your YouTube channel – a great audio solution will be at your fin

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Germany - Making their first appearance at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt, the Flare Q+ Rayzr and Flare Q+ Dynamic White are the latest innovations in the Solaris Flare range of LED fixtures.
The Flare Q+ Rayzr is a super-slim blade of ultra-bright light and colour, available in 50 and 100 cm lengths. It provides Flare brightness, colours, and features in a single row of RGBW LEDs. Various mounting options are available for end-to-end alignment, hanging, wall-mounting, and pipe attachment.
Also introduced at Frankfurt, the new Flare Q+ Dynamic White offers variable colour temperature output from 2,000 to 10,000 Kelvin, with a CRI of 90+ throughout most of the CT range. Like all Flares, it is crazy bright, and features the Flare’s world-class dimming, smoothness, and flicker-free performance.
Q+ Technology is an exciting innovation recently introduced and now stan

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UK - Lighting and rigging dry hire specialist Nexus Dry Hire has received a £1m investment from Evolution Funding,
The deal, which sees Evolution secure a 50% stake, will enable Nexus to invest heavily in new equipment, as well as expand its team, increase warehousing space, develop advanced testing areas and progress supplementary services such as transport and logistics.
Established in 2015 by managing director Tom Agar, Nexus has successfully bridged the supply gap for providers of AV equipment, allowing customers to acquire the latest lighting and rigging equipment without endangering their balance sheets.
Jeremy Levine, CEO of Evolution Funding joins Nexus as executive director to deliver strategic and investment expertise. He says, “Tom’s entrepreneurialism and business acumen attracted our attention. He has already built up a successful and well-resp

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UK - Version 2 Lighting and LED specialists LED Creative supported the crew and BBC Studios Production Team for Red Nose day 2017.
This year’s star studded fund raiser was broadcast live from Building Six at The O2, London where a stellar celebrity line up gave their time to help raise over £70m, money that will be put to work transforming lives across the UK and in some of the world’s poorest communities.
Broadcast lighting providers, Version 2 worked closely with Lighting director Oli Richards and gaffer Mark Gardiner to create the vibrant, versatile installation, designed to easily handle instantaneous shifts between an eclectic mix of moods as the show switched between comedy, interview, musical performance and the ever important reports on the difference that Comic Relief is making in the world.
Scenic designer Josh Grace worked with LED specialists LED

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USA - Theatres of one kind or another have long played a role in the growth of Christ Community Church. Just before Christmas 1984, the suburban Chicago church, which was founded by four couples, held its first service in a rented movie theatre. Christ Community has since grown into a thriving four-campus house of worship that draws 5,000 people to its weekend services.
However, a theatre, albeit of a different kind, still occupies an important spot in the church’s mission. Over the past decade, Christ Community has been successfully engaging young people with its Hub Theatre, a student ministry meeting and worship area on its original St. Charles campus. Recently, the church took steps to make this space more relevant to teens by updating its lighting system with all-new Chauvet Professional fixtures supplied by JR Lighting Design of Tinley Park, IL.
“We had been

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South Africa - Saying goodbye to an unforgettable summer, Hunter’s hosted the three Heat Seekers, visiting cities in Durban (4 March at Peoples Park East), Johannesburg (11 March at Mary Fitzgerald Square) and Cape Town (18 March at The Ostrich Farm, off N7). This year the AV Company, a Durban based rental company, provided the sound, lighting, staging and power for all three venues where the top South African line-up included Cassper Nyovest, Black Motion, Chicana, Nasty C and Ricky Rick.
Lighting designers Mbulelo Msuthwana and Keagan Browning from the AV Company programmed on an MA dot2 console with dot2 fader wing. “We loved the simplicity and ease of the MA as well as the node options allowing so many DMX outputs easily spread out,” they both agreed.
Twenty-four Robin 600 LEDWash fixtures were used to wash the entire venue and VIP deck as well as lighting t

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Europe Visualization expert Barco has kicked off a two-month roadshow throughout Europe. The objective: to demonstrate the power of Barco 4K projection technology and 4K image processing. Departing from Barco’s head office in Kortrijk, the Barco truck first headed for Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt. From there, it will be crisscrossing Europe until mid-June, visiting around 45 partner and customer events.
Barco’s product offering for events and venues is constantly reaching new heights to meet the market need for ever-brighter outcomes. If it comes to ensuring really bright images, 4K projection – together with 4K image processing – is just the ticket.
To show its 4K solutions at work and encourage real interaction with customers and partners, Barco decided to tour Europe. Visitors to the Barco truck will discover the power of Barco’s 4K laser projectors and its
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