Flush-mounted 500 Series automatic smoke detectors are installed in the hotel's Royal Suite, the general manager's office and the automation control room ensure unobtrusive protection and do not disturb the ambient's aesthetics without compromising safety requirements. These detectors operate on the scattered-light fire detection principle with dual detecti
Hnioxos is a 900sq.m venue catering for up to 800 guests on four levels, constructed in the form of a modern day amphitheatre. Situated in Chlorakas, Pafos, the club has been owned and run by leading local music star Adonis Michaelides, drawing devotees from all over the island. The decision to upgrade the sound system in the club came through a perceived need to improve the 'offering' to the club's clients and provide them with absolutely the best sound system solut
Sonpal's company, Mumbai-based Jagmag Electric, also lighting contractors for the event, is the newly appointed Clay Paky dealer for western India. Clay Paky shipped extra units out to Jagmag in time for the event.
The Star Screen Awards is the highest profile Indian film awards ceremony of the season, and this year was staged at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai. Now in its 14 year. Winners are selected by a panel of industry professionals and the winning criteria is professional excellence.
Sonpal's clients were the Indian Express newspaper and Cineyug Entertainment, and the show was attended by a host of celebrities, dignitaries and VIPs including Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh. The show was also recorded
"While we were moving the production from off-Broadway, I basically took the same lighting plot, and then added in the VL1000 fixtures," said Adams. "I really like how the tungsten source from the VL1000 shines on faces."
Adams first used the VL1000TI luminaire on the Broadway production of Good Body starring Eve Ensler. This production was a one-woman show with a small amount of music, and so he needed an automated li
Training is hands on, with no more than two people per console, and thereare only 10 places available for each two-day session, which will be taughtby associate regional manager for UK & Ireland, Jeremy Roberts. Registrationis first come, first served, and all training sessions held so far have beenfull. The next available session is on 21-22 February, with another inMarch.
To book, send an email to the address below, including acontact number, or telephone +44 (0)20 8896 1000. The courses, which cost £100per person and include lunch, will be held at ETC's in-house training anddemo facility, The Playhouse at Gypsy Corner in west Lond
For its part, Tomcat delivered two new curved bridges to be used as replacements for the bridges originally created for the show. These new pieces were specifically designed to be smaller and lighter. With the pre-existing bridges weighing in at approximately 1,200 lbs a piece, the goal of the new design was to cut the size by 25% and weight by 50%.
To achieve this Tomcat designed a
Working alongside production electrician Fraser Hall and production manager Matt Towell, Stage Electrics supplied a total of 17 tons of equipment; the equipment was delivered to the Palladium in just three weeks from point of order. The Martin fixtures are complimented by 19 Vari*Lite VL1000AS.
The lead for this new production of the Rogers and Hammerstein show, one of the world's most loved musicals, was decided via the reality television show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? with Andrew Lloyd Webber as the ultimate jud
The company expects to make an announcement about its new distribution plans in the very near future. In the meantime Sennheiser UK will continue to supply Lab.gruppen
Responsibility for the audio design was put in the hands of Bobby Aitken, who has made his first foray into the XTA DP4 Series processors for speaker control, plus some tried-and-trusted Dynamic EQ for tricky vocal parts.
The front of house loudspeaker system is predominantly d&b with a centre cluster of dVDosc and EM Acoustics' new small size base cabinets in the corners of the auditorium. Crossovers and system management is from six XTA DP448s with XTA SiDDs across some of the vocals. "The actors all wear mics up in their ha
The Festival was organised by Eventica - a Russian-EU relations event management team - for the GLA. XL was working for production company Out Of The Blue for the first, a London v Moscow ice chess match, who in turn were brought onboard by PR company Freud Communications.
XL supplied one of their Barco B10 mobile trailer-mounted screens for the ice chess which took place live via a two-way satellite link between London and Pushkin Square in Moscow. The screen measured 10 square metres and was located right next to the action taking place on a giant chess board made from Steeldeck.
Team London was led by UK Grandmaster Nigel Short, the strongest British chess player of the 20th century, helped by author Peter Ackroyd and 8-yea
Organised by EMAP, this year's event saw a significant trend towards live demonstrations and presentations on stands, according to Lauren Steadman, manager of PSL Exhibitions, the approved supplier of all audio-visual services for the event. "In the field of business-to-business (B2B) exhibitions, this is one of the busiest shows on our calendar. However, this year, we saw a significant rise in the number of sound systems and plasma screens we were providing for live events on the stands."
In addition to providing full AV facilities for more than 50 exhibitors, including Adobe, LEGO and Tomi, PSL serviced the four prese
Sound reinforcement design for the event was entrusted to Chris Marsh, Ross's FOH engineer and a close associate of Wiltshire, England-based sound hire company Major Tom Ltd. "The brief called for a compact and lightweight full-range system," Marsh says. "The producers wanted a big, excitin
Members of the lighting design and architecture community from all over the world are being invited to attend the festival to examine the relationship between light, architecture and the city consisting of temporary lighting installations and a series of light related events with an overall concept theme of 'theatre'.
The Pool of London is a natural amphitheatre within the city, encompassing the River Thames, bordered by Tower Bridge and London Bridge and including many famous landmarks. A number of iconic landmarks in the area including The Tower of London, Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast and City Hall will be temporarily and spectacularly li
Massimo D'Aiello (one of the three brothers who own the company) explained that they have invested heavily in Robe moving lights over the last three years, and now have over 60 Robe products including ColorSpot 1200 ATs, ColorSpot and Wash 575 ATs and ColorMix 575 ATs. They like the brand because the fixtures are reliable and hard wearing - essential features for a busy rental company.
When the DigitalSpot was launched, they were keen to get the new fixtures into their hire stock, and went ahead with the purchase of two units. "It was a hugely versatile, new and exciting product and we knew we would have work for them immediately - so we didn't think twice about it," says D'Aiello.
Brokershow was founded five years ago. They sup
At the same time, the Academy's main theatre, the New Athenaeum, will become an exhibition space for the Technical and Production Arts Programme's sponsors and suppliers, enabling them to demonstrate and discuss their most recent equipment and products with prospective clients and visitors to the Academy. Companies such as Black Light, Stage Technologies, ETC, MA Lighting, Green Hippo, Selecon, Martin Professional and White Light will be taking part.Alongside this, a range of seminars will also be taking place over the two days, lead by Bernie Davies
The show was first staged in Australia two years ago, with a further production in Germany last year. The film was named one of the most popular of all time and London's Aldwych Theatre is seeing a replication of that popularity for the stage show, a fact that is being born out by an estimated £30 million of forward sales.
The team that is now in place is second to none, and claims amongst its credits a sound design by Bobby Aitken, at whose behest the D5T12 exists - the new console is hybrid of the D5T digital theatre mixing system, but with an additional four faders, taking the number to 12, rather than the standard eight and providing more DCA control with
"Artificial light accounts for almost one-fifth of the world's electricity consumption - substantially more than the output of all the nuclear power stations in the world. Within 25 years, the global demand for artificial light is projected to be almost twice today's level as the developing world moves towards western living standards," say Laservision.
The company says that a shift in global climate trends and an international focus on sustainable energy has seen high-rise buildings around the world favouring energy efficient lighting design as a means of retrofitting structures for modern times.
Many governments a
The company was appointed by Christie, the leading provider of visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, as a distributor for the Netherlands from 1 February. It will handle the complete range of Christie's business products and solutions and provide full technical support to the Dutch marketplace.
Christie manufactures purpose-built systems for professional use. Over the last 30 years the company's systems
For more information on the National Skills Academy and for the chance to give your opinion on what skills are needed you can complete the online questionnaire at the web address below by 28 February 2007.
(Lee Baldock)
During the 'Swinging Sixties'-themed ceremony, TPi Awards creative director Mark Cunningham announced that the event is set to grow even bigger in 2008, to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Total Production International magazine. Details will be officially announced by Mondiale Publishing later this year.
This year's winners were:
Production Manager of the Year (sponsored by R
Alessandro Fantin from Vari*Lite distributor Audio Link explains: "During the meeting I had to personally guarantee that the VL3500Q spot would be able to project the standard colour of the red AIDS logo - as it was impossible to do tests due to the city location of La Mole and the webcams connected. A risky promise, but one I knew the fixture could deliver!"
The Turin government have embraced the project as previously the only logos that could be projected and seen on the brown
Inaugurated in 2000, Wakestock is Europe's largest wakeboard competition, attracting some of the world's best riders who compete for the title of Wakestock Champion. Each year's event is supported by a two-night live music festival that has previously featured appearances from top DJs and bands such as the Zutons, The Automatic, Carl Cox & Friends, Athlete, Soul II Soul, Judge Jules, Goldie Lookin' Chain, DJ Yoda and Reef.
VME has had a long association with the Festival, supplying both sound
The ground-breaking project at the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent was undertaken on behalf of Toyota GB in collaboration with creative agency Brandwidth Marketing and video production house Square Zero. High definition digital video projection of the 5m wide x 3m high image is achieved using a single Barco R12+ Performer fitted with a special high brightness short-throw lens and an HD digital interface card installed and configured by Barco UK. The image reflects from a Harkness Screens high contrast grey front projectio
Seoul-based Audio Network Korea (ANK) is renowned as a distributor of high endpro audio products working on behalf of companies such as AMS Neve andDigidesign, for whom it acts as a repair centre. Headed by former recording andmastering engineer Tom Kim, ANK also undertakes systems integration projects forKorean music and post production facilities.
Tom Kim says: "Prism Sound products are of the highest calibre and are very wellregarded by audio professionals around the world. I first used the company's EQprocessors when I was working as a mastering engineer and was always impressedby the great result
