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UK - Opening this week at The Playhouse Theatre in London's West End, The End of Longing marks the playwriting debut of Friends star Matthew Perry, who also takes on the lead role. The play is set in modern-day Los Angeles and follows the story of four people searching for meaning as they enter their forties. White Light was asked to provide the lighting for the production.

The show is being lit by Lucy Carter, whose previous lighting design credits include Love and Money (The Old Vic), Blurred Lines (The National Theatre) and numerous credits with The Royal Ballet. She comments, "In order to create the lighting design for The End of Longing, I worked closely with the set designer Anna Fleischle. She was really inspired by the photography of Ed

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USA - Bandit Lites recently added several grandMA 2 consoles, grandMA 2 Lites and grandMA2 NPUs to their touring inventory as spring tours gear up and prepare to load out. North American distributer A.C.T. Lighting facilitated the purchase.

"Since the Grand MA Line of consoles continues to lead the pack in lighting control, I'm excited to add more to our inventory," said director of technical services Jake Tickle. "MA Lighting continues to pave the way we think about programming and expands the possibilities of creativity."

With 4,096 parameters and 15 motorized executor faders, the grandMA 2 Lite has become an industry staple that allows infinite possibilities for lighting designers and programmers while remaining cost effective.

Country music sensation Billy Currington's Summer Forever tour will feature the new consoles with lighting designer Chris Shrom while Mark B

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South Africa - Distributors for Harman Professional, Wild & Marr will be hosting JBL certified VTX Line Array Training that will take place on 1-2 March 2016. This will be held at MGG Productions, Marlboro, Johannesburg.

The course is the first JBL Certified VTX Training event to be held in South Africa. It will be hosted by Harman senior application engineer for tour sound, Ed Jackson. The course will cover in-depth line array theory and practical hands-on use of JBL VTX Array and Crown HD V-Racks. This provides a good opportunity for all attendees to rig the equipment and to listen to it when it is flown.

Sessions are open to audio industry professionals on a reservation basis, with preference shown to VTX or Vertec system owners.

All attendees must bring a laptop running Windows, with Performance Manager installed and operating before class commences.

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

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UK - d3 Technologies has appointed Joe Bleasdale as the new Training Manager at d3's head office in Borough, London.

Working with d3's three regional teams; EMEA, APAC and the America's, Joe's focus will be to build on the existing training programme, organise and deliver d3 training courses, as well as growing the training network worldwide.

Joe will report directly into Fernando Kufer, d3 Technologies' General Manager who has been with the company for the last 6 months. "Having seen exceptional growth in the past year, we are looking to grow our training and support functions and Joe will be an integral part to the development of this" says Kufer.

Joe has previous experience in the industry having worked as a freelance Lighting and Video Programmer for live music and broadcast. He also brings to the company a wealth of experience running training for some leading ind

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USA - To say that Fetty Wap's career has taken off like a rocket since he burst on the music scene in February 2014 is an understatement. In the history of popular music, only two artists have seen their first three singles occupy top 11 positions on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart at the same time. Fetty Wap is one; the Beatles are the other.

Unfortunately, the 24-year-old New Jersey-born rapper's magic ride came to a sudden pause in September 2015, when he suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident. A few months later, though, he was ready to resume touring. One of his first performances was close to home for a sold-out crowd at the SECU Arena on the campus of Towson University. Lighting designer Brett Angstadt of Round Peg Productions was ready to support the lyrical rapper's trap boom performance with a powerful light show anchored by 18 Rogue R2 Wash moving LED fixtures

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USA - A contemporary musical that follows the life of a city planner rebuilding and restarting her life in New York City, If/Then enjoyed a successful run on Broadway and has now embarked on its inaugural tour starring Tony-Award winner Idina Menzel.

In preparing the production to travel across North America, projection designers Peter Nigrini and Dan Scully were asked to reimagine the original production with a new projection and LED video component that would allow the tour to maintain the same visually dynamic impact as the original design. Working with event technology provider WorldStage, Nigrini and Scully identified and implemented a LED video design comprised of 22 FLEXCurtain HD LED screens from PixelFLEX.

"I have worked with the design team behind If/Then for a number of years, and the idea for the redesign of the tour was really driven by the wonde

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USA - On 31 December, the 2015 Capital One Orange Bowl football game took place at Sunlife Stadium between the Clemson University Tigers and the University of Oklahoma Sooners football teams. As is the case with all big, season-ending games, the halftime show at this 82nd annual event was nothing short of spectacular. In recent years, the artist roster has included Taylor Hicks with Gladys Knight, ZZ Top, The Doobie Brothers, Kool and the Gang, and Train, to name just a few. This year's headliner was the singer, songwriter and guitarist John Fogerty.

With 68,000 spectators in attendance and millions more watching on television, the halftime extravaganza required a massive sound reinforcement setup with top-notch performance. To ensure the show went off without an audible hitch, loudspeakers from Valencia, Spain-based D.A.S. Audio were placed into service.

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UK - Adlib is staging a Day of Audio Excellence at the O2 Forum venue in London's Kentish Town, on Wednesday 2 March 2016 in association with Coda Audio and DiGiCo.

The event will feature two sessions, starting at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. respectively, and is designed to illustrate the power and elegance of Coda Audio's innovative line array concepts, including the new AiRAY line array sound, together with their popular ViRAY and TiRAY systems, all of which will be working together with DiGiCo's range of flexible control solutions.

Adlib, among the UK's leading entertainment audio specialists, is a distributor for Coda's 'RAY' ranges, and - as of summer 2015 - a dealer for DiGiCo products, and both brands are supporting Adlib at this event.

The two sessions will feature presentations from Coda's Paul Ward and DiGiCo's Tim Shaxton, complete with live multi-track demos from FO

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UAE - Nicolas M Kyvernitis Electronics Ent (NMK), professional AV and communication distributor in the region, has announced the fifth year of the seminars' series under the title NMK Academy.

Each yea, the company hosts the seminars in Dubai for AV professionals who would like to improve product knowledge and try out new technology and products from various manufacturers. This year instructors from Shure, Midas, Clear-Com, Williams Sound, Mackie, Roland and Rational Acoustics will be travelling to Dubai from different parts of the world to pass on their knowledge and experience to local audio market. The seminars will be held in Dubai during the month of May, free of charge.

This year's schedule will begin with DIS on 1 - 2 May, followed by Shure on 3-4 May and Midas on 8-9 May. Next, on 10-11 May, the focus will turn to Clear-Com, followed a one-day seminar on Roland. On

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Slovenia - Cankarjev Dom is the largest - and one of the busiest - Slovenian convention, congress and culture centres. Named after Slovenian writer and social-democrat politician Ivan Cankar, it has seven venues, ranging from the largest 1500-1600 capacity Gallus Hall utilized for major concerts and high profile TV recordings, through to a rooftop club for jazz nights and lounge events.

Between all the venues and galleries, nearly 1700 cultural events are staged there annually, plus over 900 congresses, altogether attracting over 500,000 visitors to the Slovenian capital.

Cankarjev Dom also owns over 100 Robe fixtures and has just boosted its stock with the latest purchase of six Pointes and six more LEDWash 600s. This brings the current LEDWash 600 total to 18.

These join the 76 other Robe moving lights already in the house, the most recent being LEDBeam 100s, Robin 6

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USA - ArKaos MediaMaster PRO has been chosen for a unique installation in a very individual venue in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Badlands Pawn, Gold & Jewelry is an experience that opened its doors on Thanksgiving Day (26 November) 2015. Pawn shop, gold foundry, gun range, rock radio station, TV station and a tattoo shop by day, the 70,000sq.ft entertainment fortress' transforms weekly into a kicking rock venue at night.

The $2m, 32ft x 24ft concert stage has state-of-the-art lighting, a 26ft x 14ft LED screen, VIP viewing rooms, and seating for 1800, and has already hosted rock-giants KISS, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Rick Springfield, Rival Sons and Europe. More national headliners, amongst them Night Ranger, Steppenwolf, April Wine, Megadeth and Grand Funk Railroad, are lined up for later this year.

Badlands Pawn's visionary owner, Charles Brennan, has a long associ

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Canada - After a top-to-bottom renovation, the recently reopened Cabaret du Casino at Casino de Montreal now features Canada's largest Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system. The new system allows the 616-capacity venue the flexibility to host a wide variety of events, providing ideal acoustics for everything from evening dinner shows and rock-style musicals to boxing matches, corporate events, and the upcoming World Series of Poker.

"Constellation has been an excellent investment because it brings an unparalleled entertainment experience to our guests and clients," says Sylvain Tremblay, administrator for the Cabaret. "The effect is truly incredible, as one feels fully immersed in the sonic environment created by the various programs. This gives us a strong competitive advantage relative to other event spaces in Montreal."

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South Africa - The first South African rental company to invest in Kinesys automation is MGG, based in Linbropark, Johannesburg. MGG was founded by Mark Gaylard in early 1998, and has grown into one of the leading production solutions facilities in the country.

MGG has always been a proactive investor in innovative premium brands and technologies, a strategy that's kept them at the forefront of the busy South African entertainment production industry, and that was also a driver in the Kinesys purchase, which comprises 16 x LibraCELL load monitoring shackles and a fully specified D8+ 8-way DigiHoist controller, supplied via Electrosonic, the exclusive Kinesys re-seller in South Africa.

Herman Mentz, head of rigging & structures at MGG explained that Kinesys motion control is a new concept for the South African market and something they had been considering for a while - to

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Europe - Sennheiser has acquired the business of Vienna-based distributor, Grothusen Audio Video Vertriebs Ges.m.b.H., and has founded a new sales subsidiary, Sennheiser Austria GmbH. Sennheiser co-CEOs Daniel and Dr. Andreas Sennheiser announced the signing of the contract on 8 February. The new company will commence operations on 1 April.

"We would like to thank Grothusen CEO Alexander Kr

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USA - The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), the not-for-profit organization of broadcast and media industry suppliers, formed to promote open standards and interoperability in the transition to IP, has appointed its board and the chairs and deputy chairs for its newly formed marketing and technical working groups.

The AIMS board has been appointed, comprising three directors, chairman Michael Cronk (SVP, strategic marketing, Grass Valley), vice-chairman Steve Reynolds (CTO, Imagine Communications) and Financial Officer Andreas Hilmer (director of marketing & communications, Lawo).

Following their appointment, the board in turn has appointed Kerry Wheeles (CTO - networking, Imagine Communications) as chair of the AIMS Technical Working Group, and Scott Barella (CTO, 5280 Broadcast) as deputy chair.

Commenting on the appointments, chairman Michael Cronk said, "I am

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UK - J&C Joel has announced three appointments as it expands its senior management team.

Nick Worton has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the company's financial strategy, accounting and IT.

"Nick brings over 20 years of financial, commercial and administrative experience to J&C Joel" said James Wheelwright, CEO. "His impressive background complements J&C Joel's dedication to excellence and growth." Prior to joining J&C Joel, Nick served as director of finance of Camira Fabrics.

In addition J&C Joel has confirmed two other senior appointments - Scott Carter, operations manager for purchasing, logistics and warehouse and Matthew Oldfield who joins as manufacturing production manager. Both appointments are part of the company's commitment to improving service whilst growing both the UK and international business.

Scott brings more than si

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USA - Lighting designer Tom Kenny turned to Elation Professional's new Platinum FLX hybrid moving head to light Pitbull's New Year's Revolution television special, broadcast live on Fox television to a nationwide audience on New Year's Eve.

This was Kenny's first year doing the show and his first opportunity to use the award-winning Platinum FLX luminaire. "I'd been looking at Elation for quite a while," he said, "and had the chance to use 60 Platinum Series fixtures on last year's MTV European Music Awards show in Milan, which worked out really well. For the Pitbull New Year's Eve show, they wanted more of a live concert feel so I turned to the Platinum FLX fixture and was impressed with the looks it gave."

Kenny worked with full service sound and lighting company Beachsound & Lighting, who partnered with Main Light Industries of south Florida to provide the fixtur

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USA - Five dedicated families founded Stony Point Reformed Presbyterian Church in the Bon Air suburb of Richmond, Virginia in 1969. A big part of its steady growth and support has been its strong commitment to motivating and punctuating services with music in an ever-changing variety of contemporary and classical styles.

In short, music is a big deal at Stony Point. Different bands play each week with a lot of reliance on the congregation's many musically talented individuals. When the church built a new 500-seat sanctuary, everyone wanted a new sound reinforcement system that could help elevate the impact and emotion of its services. In consultation with the Richmond-based AV integration firm RTW Media, Stony Point installed a robust LCR system composed of Danley Sound Labs loudspeakers, subwoofers, and DSP-enabled amplifiers.

"Despite all the incredible musical talent at

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Israel - Music School is a successful Israeli reality TV programme broadcast on national Channel 2, where 16 young people get the chance to be mentored and trained by four professional singers, giving their talents an opportunity to shine through.

Top Israeli LD Ronen Najar created a lighting scheme for the latest series which was recorded at the Russell theatre in Ramatgan, Tel Aviv, where he included 11 x Robe BMFL Spots, six MMX Spots, together with eight LEDBeam 100s around the back of the audience in his design.

All the Robes were provided by lighting rental company Argaman Systems and programmed and run by Ronen on a grandMA2 console.

Now in its third edition, the series has no vote-offs or negative judgements. All the finalists get a chance to impress the audiences both live and on TV - who can vote for their favourite at the end of the series.

The th

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South Africa - Hilton College nestling in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands hills north of Durban home to Hilton College, a boarding school set in a large estate with its own wildlife reserve. Hilton College has its own theatre on campus - which is the owner of a new dot2 core console from MA Lighting.

The 471 seat venue modelled on the Elizabeth Sneddon theatre in Durban hosts around four or five major productions throughout the year and is utilised by the Drama, Music and Art departments over the academic year. It is also a receiving house for outside shows including the yearly Think Theatre Shakespearian production on the KZN national curriculum, which this year is Othello.

The space is additionally used for school presentations, events and assemblies, and it's the main venue for the annual Hilton Arts Festival. Staged in and around the extensive grounds over three days

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Belgium - The Dommelhof theatre in the north eastern Belgian town of Neerpelt has invested in 36 ETC ColorSource PAR LED fixtures, with help from ETC's Benelux dealer, FACE. The lighting is already being used as a fixed installation in the building's atrium and as a flexible addition to the main lighting rig.

The Atrium space, with eight of the fixtures, is primarily used for rock 'n' roll and jazz events, and occasionally for theatre shows, so the fixtures needed to be suitable for as wide a range of applications as possible. The remaining 28 units will be used to expand the lighting system in the main theatre space and to improve its existing setup.

Says Tom Vandermeulen, head of technical services at Dommelhof Neerpelt, "The ColorSource PARs are very user-friendly in comparison to our traditional tungsten fixtures. Previously, it took us a lot more time to change the co

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