The 10,000-seater semi-permanent venue, designed and built by Arena Structures to Wembley's specifications was the first of its kind built in the UK. The venue had to comply with stringent permanent building regulations in order to deliver a temporary facility with the feel of a permanent venue, which could act as a music arena.
The TFS was adapted to ensure that all of the facilities required to host concerts were available, with Arena Structures incorporating additional structures alongside the main TFS to house toilets, concessions, bars and other concert facilities. All of these structures were placed on a specially designed platform, constructed using 18 miles of scaffolding.<
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!
Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi
Both 108P and 112P systems continue the proven coaxial technology lineage of L-Acoustics and the end result is natural, studio monitor-quality sound that is ideal for nearfield monitoring, proximity fill use, and small-to-medium-sized FOH applications.
The original company dates back to the early 1980s, when it was engaged primarily in making musical instrument cases. In 1989, it was acquired by industrial foam conversion specialist Flexiplas, and current MD Jim Willis set out to broaden 5 Star's horizons to expand beyond its music business base. Clients from the Industrial sector soon came on board, including Rolls Royce, Racal and Sony Broadcast.
In 1991 Keith Sykes, the current works director and MD designate, joined the company as production manager following the acquisition of Ipswich-based Pro-Tect Cases. The purchase brought an impressive contacts book
Having worked for the Mean Fiddler Organisation since the age of 19, and been head of music there for over a decade, Phillips wasn't even sure he wanted to take on another venue, until he walked into it. "They had given it a multi-million pound rebirth, and rediscovered this beautiful turn-of-the-century theatre. It rose phoenix-like from the ashes of Camden Palace, which had really fallen into disrepair," he explains. &
The extraordinary luminosity of the Alpha Spot HPE 1200 (see Technical Focus, L&SI February 2006) is guaranteed by the combination of a top performance optical unit and a 1200W discharge lamp. Features include a 10°- 40° linear zoom, a newly designed effects section and a full colour system.
The Alpha Spot 1200 is a 1200W effects projector with a 15° - 40° linear zoom, colour mixing, graphic system with 14 gobos and animation disc. The Alpha Spot 700 is a 700W effects projector which offers a remarkable price/performance ratio and brightness. The Alpha Wash 575 TH is a washlight offering a 'Top H
Despite the increase in availability of budget domestic air fares, there was a noticeable absence of visitors from the more distant states of Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania. Although raw visitor numbers may have been down on those claimed at previous Entech shows, the consensus amongst exhibitors was that they were very pleased with the visitors that came to their stands.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
In designing the show, lighting director and programmer Arturo Ollandini collaborated closely with lighting and set designer Peter Barnes and show producer Tim Byrne. This year, the tour features the exceptionally strong line-up of the final eight contestants - including winner Shayne Ward and runners-up Andy Abraham and Journey South. A troupe of dancers adds a further dynamic to the production.
The overhead rig is dominated by a large, gently raked, X-shaped truss skelet
Lancelyn Theatre Supplies, responsible for designing and installing the auditorium lighting system, had specific criteria to adhere to. Project manager Jim Butler explains: "The auditorium needs to be used as a professional theatrical venue, an amateur theatrical venue, a school theatrical venue, a professional conference facility, a school assembly hall and a school exam venue. With this mix taken into consideration, the multi-purpose facility requires various levels of lighting, which has to be fully functional and easily controlled."
Working closely with theatrical consultant Ale
ARX continues to produce interesting solutions to audio problems. New products on show included the AVstream, a two-zone audio mixer that simultaneously switches both audio and video sources to each zone, and the AV-DI, an addition to their Audibox range, designed to deal with the unbalanced stereo input from a PC sound card or consumer AV equipment. Also on show were the iSwitch, a stereo line-level switcher that routes one of two inputs to any one of12 outputs and the DI-Pre, another addition to the Audibox range that provides a single-channel
