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Lighting design is by Howard Harrison (Mary Poppins, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Mamma Mia!) who was LD on the original London production that started at the Royal Court Theatre before moving to the West End, where it played successfully for nine months. Associate lighting designer is Daniel Walker with Marc Polimeni handling lighting programming.

Harrison uses 12 Martin MAC TW1 tungsten wash lights for tight moving specials on the Broadway production. "One of the problems we had was that the light we used in London - an old Strand Pirouette PC moving head - was hard to source in America," Harrison explains. "There was nothing that quite replaces what it does which is basically very small, tight specials to something a bit bigg

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The annual event presents three awards to individuals selected from across the globe. Past recipients have included such personalities and dignitaries as Paul Newman, Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, former First Lady Betty Ford, former US President Jimmy Carter and many others.

The event is produced for RMHC by McDonald's Creative Services division, and for the 13th consecutive year they turned to Lightswitch for lighting design; long time McDonald's vendor Billy Nolan and TLC to provide equipment

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With units in Liverpool, London, Manchester, Harrogate and Leeds, Room Restaurants have now opened their sixth restaurant The Lincoln Grille within the White Hart Hotel - located alongside Lincoln Cathedral and the imposing walls of Lincoln Castle.

Owned by Ambar Paul, son of Lord Paul of Marylebone, the 50-bedroom White Hart Hotel is operated by his company, Contemporary Hotels. The new refurbishment of the Hotel has cost over £1m - with Room Restaurants' contribution over £350,000.

The ground floor of this hotel, which dates back to the 14th century, comprises three units. This month the sec

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With the advent of the new PLM Series, training is now a major factor for Lab.gruppen. Headed up by technical applications specialist, Thomas Vestergaard, topics covered during the day-long programme ranged from a basic grounding in Dolby Lake processing presented by freelance Dolby Lake processing specialist Miguel Hadelich, through practical system design using racks of PLMs and understanding the breadth and depth of front panel control, to creating LoadLibrary fingerpr

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The National Stadium will host the Opening and Closing Ceremonies as well as athletics and soccer events. GE is working with the stadium's architects Hertzog and de Meuron to implement their high aesthetic goals and the need to minimize energy. The interior lighting design is intended to ensure that light remains as invisible as possible, while revealing the building to its visitors in a visually pleasing manner. To achieve this, fixtures are integrated within and behind structures, and the use of compact fluorescent minimizes energy use while maximizing the

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In early 2006 Stage Technologies was awarded the contract to supply the complete stage engineering package for the Royal Court Theatre and Queen's Room venues on-board. The Royal Court Theatre is an 830 seat venue and the first cruise ship theatre to feature a Royal Box and private boxes on each side of the auditorium, like those seen in Victorian style West End theatres.

The stage is well appointed with automated equipment, which includes motorised lighting trusses, both over-stage and front-of-house, two stage lifts with two-part sliding lids, two storage lifts, 18 flybars, six Serapid stage tracks, curtain tracks, safety curtain, and roller projection screen. The control system in

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Reynolds has supported countless large-scale shows at Bangalore Palace through the years. With more than 20,000 eager fans set to attend Aerosmith's inaugural concert, technical director Mike Furtado knew he had a busy night ahead. "We needed a system that could deliver around 110 decibels across the grounds," he says. "The band also required a whole lot of low end."

To meet both requirements, Furtado and crew supplied a Meyer Sound system comprising two front line arrays, each consisting of two

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This contract continues Procon's involvement with the Olympic Games, having previously been one of the main service providers for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 and at Athens in 2004.

Morten Carlsson, CEO of Procon MultiMedia comments: "This order shows that Procon is able to stand up to the Asian competition. Essential criteria for the assignment have been our 20 years of experience of more than 10,000 successfully executed events as well as our reputation in the area of large scale events. Based on our sales focus in this market, we are confident to gain further orders for international events in 2008."

(Jim Evans)

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L-Acoustics distributor, Sennheiser Netherlands, the production company DVS and W2 teamed up for the project and a complete turnkey system consisting of 2 x 3 ARCS - horizontally stacked, with 2 x 2 SB218 subwoofers per side.

Nico Smidt, product manager, Sennheiser Netherlands, says: "The L-Acoustics ARCS system simply offers the best possible blend of coverage and SPL for the room. Moreover, the rider friendliness of the system is definitely an asset for the venue."

Arjen van den Oord, sound technician at W2, declares: "The technical support prov

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Front of house engineer Gary Bradshaw comments: "I did two UK and one European tour in 1993 and 1994. I was happy to be asked back for their first reunion tour 12 months ago, which led onto this one."

"There are seven musicians in the band, plus four string players," continues Bradshaw, "eight dancers, two of whom sing backing vocals, backing vocalist Lloyd and the four guys from Take That. We have a total of 67 inputs from the stage, 21 of which are radios. These include the main handheld vocal mics and two headset mics worn by two dancers, guitars and bass guitar, sax, all the strings and two radio percussion mics. Most of these radios also get used on the B stage which is usually positioned in the centre of the arena."

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The new Middlesex Skillset Media Academy - a three-way partnership between the SAE Institute, Middlesex University and Top TV Academy - is one of only 17 institutions in the country to gain this recognition.

Matthias Postel, head of SAE Institute in the UK, commented: "SAE is excited to be part of this vibrant partnership. We bring our expertise in audio engineering and digital film production to the table, augmented by Qantm College, our specialist division of games design and 3D animation. We have been a global partner of Middlesex University for the past ten years and the Skillset partnership is yet another milestone."

(Jim Evans)

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The main criteria on which the decision was made in choosing the DCN system were ergonomic design, total control through a central PC and high-quality speech intelligibility. Added to these features were Bosch's proven product reliability and superior after-sales service support, says the company.

The National Parliament DCN system includes 225 discussion units in Bosch's flush-mount version that allows easy 'click-to-fit' installation and choice of functional panels that can be customised according to requirements. The specification also includes votin

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Twenty-four CDH 483 Hi-Pack units, supported by the customary Subtech 218 for the ultra-low frequencies, amplified the London Philharmonic Orchestra and performances by tenors Alfie Boe, Jon Christof and Gardar Thor Cortes.

The show included a presentation, during which Sir Derek Jacobi told the Cunard story, accompanied by pieces played by the orchestra, including Rule Britannia.

(Jim Evans)

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The spectacular, which included the projections, was organised by the Mayor of London in conjunction with Visit London. The images were part of a pyrotechnic, lighting and visual extravaganza designed to capture the spirit and inclusiveness of 2008 the Olympic year, and also looking forward to London's own hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games.

The New Year event took place along the Thames, encompassing the South Bank between Jubilee and Westminster Bridges, including iconic landmarks like the London Eye and Big Ben. An estimated 700,000 people went to central

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"There is a long history of Lighthouse screens being used for motor racing events at all levels," says Mark Chan, Lighthouse's managing director. "The superb picture quality and colour reproduction of our products assure the corporate images of the advertisers and the racing teams being accurately featured, which is extremely important. Additionally, the unrivalled reliability has made our 16mm panels the best choice of rental companies worldwide for this type of application."

Boasting a thriving tourist industry, one of Macau's annual highlights is the Grand Prix, an event that sees four days of frantic car and motorcycle racing round a 3.8-mile circuit through the city streets, culminating in the Polytec Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix.

November 2007 saw the runni

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From 11-13 February, two halls of the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre will be packed with 90 stands, four fully-equipped Demo Rooms and over 500 brands from Australia and overseas. "I'm delighted to welcome back our key supporters to Entech 2008, along with many new faces. This year we've got even more for visitors to see," continues Brooks.

"In 2006, we had over 3,000 visitors to Entech. This year, with even more for visitors, we're expecting a record number. Over 1,000 people have pre-registered for fast-tracked entry, and the seminar

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The new CT office in Shanghai, China joins the company's well-established offices in UK, USA, Germany and Dubai. "CT Shanghai will enhance our already excellent global coverage to further support existing and new CT clients," the company says.

General Manager Tom Hui heads up the day-to-day operations of the Shanghai office and warehouse. Hui has been in the industry for over 25 years, having managed a large, full service AV company in Shanghai and brings invaluable knowledge and experience of the market and requir

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XL Video supplied all the video equipment and crew for the tour, including cameras, Barco MiTrix screen, projection and PPU. The account is project managed for XL by Des Fallon, who says: "Ivan has pulled together a great team again, it's always a pleasure to work on one of his tours, working with Paul, Phil and Judy is cool, we all clicked from the off."

The cameras were all mini cams, dotted about the stage in odd and apparently random places. Four of them were Sony robotic fixtures with a series of preset positions, operated live by engineer Gerard Corey during the show.

All the cameras were fed to a pair of 14 10ft projection screens either side

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The installation was part of Greenpeace's campaign to champion efficient lighting and encourage the phasing out of incandescent light bulbs. Greenpeace commissioned Jason Bruges to create an electronic, animated interactive garden of raised flowerbeds made up of hundreds of energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).

iLight worked closely with Jason Bruges in providing the lighting control system to show that the CFLs could be efficiently dimmed. The newly developed Varilight lamps used are the first 'dimmer dimmable' CFLs on the European market and, unlike earlier designs, can be used wit

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"UK sound designers have adopted SFX, and we're headed to London to support their transition over to SFX 6," says Carlton Guc who is partnered with Brad Rembielak in Stage Research. "Central has been a valued institutional customer since 2002 and it is the pre-eminent theatre sound design training institution in the UK. They have an advanced theatre and sound system into which SFX fits very well. It is the perfect place to introduce SFX 6 to the marketplace."

Gregg Fisher, sound designer and senior lecturer in theatre sound design at Central,

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Students interested in the following fields are encouraged to apply for the scholarship: acoustics, audio, automation and control systems, AV, communications, data networks, digital signage, information technology, interactive display, life safety, lighting, telephony or video.

"NSCA Education Foundation scholarships provide people interested in the commercial electronics industry with the means to get started with a broad-based, practical and theoretical education," said Tom Frericks, president of the Foundation Board. "Students participating in the NSCA Education

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Recently, the company was awarded a 5-10 year contract for the maintenance of stage automation, lighting and stage machinery effective from August 2007. A service team of12 personnel and technicians headed up by the service director, Stuart Cornell, has been put in place to work full time at Sydney Opera House.

This team is responsible for the smooth operation of the lighting automation and stage machinery equipment and is available for support 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

(Jim Evans)

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"Lumificient and its founder Zdenko Grajcar bring a whole new level of intellectual property, research and development capabilities and cutting edge technology to Nexxus Lighting," stated Mike Bauer, president and CEO of Nexxus Lighting. "Zdenko is one of the most respected and knowledgeable minds working in solid-state lighting. He and his team have developed some very exciting new technology that Nexxus plans to commercialise in

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Lighting equipment was supplied by Southampton-based GLS who were working for event producers Watermark Event Management. GLS brought Peter Canning and Nic Ayres of Anglo-Irish design practice High Resolution Lighting onboard to produce the creative elements needed to make the presentation fly. "They were an obvious choice as Virgin Atlantic like a rock and roll edge to their shows," says GLS's Ian Turner.

Challenges included the back wall of the venue being an 80m (262ft) wide by 20m (66ft) high glass wall, which effectively meant that the show - which took place on a 12m (39ft) deep stage built in front of this - was in daylight. No available flying