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The producers Dove Attia and Albert Cohen have set their work against an exceptional historical backdrop. It is centred on the most intense period of French history, the storming of the Bastille, which marked the beginning of the French Revolution. In the middle of this storm, the two leading characters, a young enthusiastic revolutionary and a lady-in-waiting loyal to the Queen, embark on an impossible love affair. This is the underlying theme of a story full of twists, and a wonderful excuse for a series of catchy electropop tunes.

Always eager to use new show technology, the producers entrusted the set design to Giuliano Peparini, who is famous for having worked several times wi

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Michel Arntz, director of Fairlight says, "We are happy to start our cooperation with Wireless Solution. Wireless Solution is a strong brand. We are confident that our customers will be happy by providing new, innovative and good solutions with Wireless Solution with the service customers know from Fairlight."

He adds, "We very much look forward to exploring the mutual benefits and continuing to develop our business relationship with our customers and partners in The Netherlands. Our goal is to solve the problems for our customers and find the right solutions. With Wireless Solution, we found the right partner for the future and a brand with a lot of opportunities for our customers."

"Fairlight is an incredibly knowle

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14 March 2016

ARX managing director Colin Park said, "Avix Tech are a well known and established company in the Korean professional audio industry. We're looking forward to working with director Jay Chung and the Avix team, they're enthusiastic about the possibilities for the ARX product range among their extensive client base."

Established in 1992 by Mr Joo Hong Chang, Avix Tech adds ARX to a distribution portfolio for Korea that includes Meyer Sound, Calrec, Optocore and Mogami.

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Robe collaborated with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based lighting designer Scott Warner on this highly innovative product - featuring an integrated fan in the centre of a moving head, surrounded by a ring of 24 high powered individually controllable RGBW multichip LEDs.

Warner was in Orlando on the Robe booth to see the production model Cyclones for the first time ... and was delighted. "It's very special to have something you draw and dream about brought to life in this way," he enthuses.

Warner originally hit on the idea when touring with a client in the UK

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West End Live, organised by Westminster City Council and the Society of London Theatre, attracted over half a million people last year. London Mayor Boris Johnson said, "West End Live brings the roar of the greasepaint to the heart of the capital and all for free. From curtain up, to the encore, London Theatreland is unbeatable and this is a fabulous way

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Working in conjunction with Martin Kuhn of Switzerland's Moodbox, CAST deployed BlackTrax for two major performances at the event - the opening act of the semi final, Urban Orchestra, and the return to the Eurovision stage of 2012's winner, Loreen.

Technical director Ola Melzig comments, "Thanks to BlackTrax, we were able to do things that no one has ever done before - it took the show to a new level. With over 1200 lighting fixtures and almost 30 of the largest, brightest video projectors in the world, we clearly don't make equipment decisions casual

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The debut of Ti coincided with the preproduction of Zorro at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, so lighting designer Ben Ormerod and programmer Andi Davis decided to put it to the test. Says Davis: "I'd previously had the pleasure of programming the first ETC Gio musical in the UK, which was a great experience, so I was keen to have the opportunity to use the Ti so soon after its official launch."

Ti was used to accomplish all programming for

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Peumans - known for creating innovative and eye-catching all-encompassing visual environments - was called by the popular Jim TV music channel themselves and asked to come up with something eye-catching for the occasion.

It's the first time he's been involved with the high profile event, which features an hour of awards broadcast live, followed by the Jimmie's Festival - a five hour telethon featuring the winners plus a stellar line up of other local international artists which this year included Elie Goulding, Jessie Ware, The Opposites, Coone, MarK with a K, DJ F.R.A.N.K. and many others ... which also goes out live.

So the challenge

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For the first time, Il Divo performed with Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins on the tour, which featured lighting designed by Dave Davey one of the UK's most successful television lighting designers. Davey's work includes high profile shows like The X Factor, which is where he originally met Il Divo's Creative Director, Brian Burke.

The tour visuals featured some spectacular crossover lighting styles from both TV and live disciplines.

Davey has worked with HSL on a number of projects. For the tour, he brought in Tom Sutherland as touring lighting director, and together they visualised the s

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The theatre, which was named after one of Romania's most famous poets and actors, hosts the Ia?i Romanian National Opera and is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments. It has recently undergone a lengthy seven-year renovation during which time its programme of events was spread out across theatres all over Romania.

"This disadvantage of multiple locations has transformed over time into an advantage for us," explains Mr Aurel Anton, Chief Lighting Engineer at the theatre. "Throughout this time we were able to accumulate knowledge and experience from all these other theatres which helped us to define precisely what we

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The elaborate event consisted of two parts; a formal conference followed by a spectacular surprise party where the entertainment included everything from aerial acts to ballerinas in LED tutus and popular DJs.

This was the largest event Victor Vermaak from AV Unlimited (AVU) had worked on as production manager. AVU were commissioned to supply the full technical.

The greatest challenge for Vermaak and Garrith Castelyn (AVU's in house creative and designer) was designing a concept that would fit into the budget without losing the essence of the concept pitched.

A mere two weeks prior to the event, AVU received the green light from their client, Mela Events to go ahea

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"For the company this was a new experience which we much appreciate," says managing director Julius Szaraz. "Leader Light constantly tries to improve technology and I think this is an evidence of the quality of our products."

LL stage beam is a LED fixture which is designed for graphic back/front stage lighting effects for the entertainment market. This cool white light is compatible with DMX and it offers quick installation with camlocs.

(Jim Evans)

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Four grandMA2 light consoles, plus four as backup, were controlling around 1,400 fixtures. The three video grandMA2 light, one as backup, were playing back content stored on 22 media servers via MA-Net2 feeding 28 x Barco HDQ-2K40 projectors. They had 94m video pixels in the show and were running up to 16 video layers on the media servers. 4 x MA onPC command wing were used as well for technical support purposes.

The 2013 event took production, presentation and visual imagination to new heights of style, ambition and excellence under the technical direction of Ola Melzig. This was created by a carefully crafted blend of Fredrik Jönsson's lighting, Mikki Kunttu's video and the set designed by Viktor Brattstrom and Fr

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According to Toby Velazquez, president of the ADJ Group, the company's move into China was prompted by feedback from Chinese consumers, club owners and concert managers. "End users in China have been exposed to our lighting products in other countries whether in Asia or elsewhere; and have been impressed by their performance as well as by our branding. Over the past few years, more of these end-users have been asking where they can get our products in China. Our new operation in Pan You was started in response to this demand."

The ADJ products offered by the new operation will be similar to the lighting ADJ has marketed successfully in other parts of the world

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"Historically, we've supplied Eastlink with Clearcomm intercoms," explains Gerr's Andrew Hope. "So when they were kitting out the new HD mobile, which is a big step up for them as a regional television provider, they came to talk to us about it.

"Of course, I looked around and said 'so what else are you going to put in this truck...?'. We ended up supplying a large part of the audio system, with CEV in Montreal handling the integration. The centrepiece is th

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As part of this new addition to the campus, sound reinforcement takes on a new dimension with the installation of a sound system drawn from the Aero Series 2, Artec, and Arco catalogues of Valencia, Spain-based D.A.S. Audio.

Battle Creek MI-based AVTEK, a design / build and special events firm with a focus on AV installations for the commercial, education, and worship markets, was contracted to design and deploy the college's new sound system. Andrew Walker, who handles both

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Stoneleigh Events' venue, Stoneleigh Park, is set in theWarwickshire countryside just 30 minutes outside the commercial hub of Birmingham and also in close proximity to CPL's HQ. CPL will be offering all the sound, lighting, video and AV equipment, and technical support required for corporate and live events, plus exhibitions.

CPL was invited to tender for the position after Stoneleigh Events had learned of the company's fresh and innovative approach, especially with regard to visual presentation of all types.

CPL's Richard Burrow, said: "We are really proud to be working so closely with the team at Stoneleigh Events and look forward to a long and productive working relationship with the venue."

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Tait supplied all the staging for the tour, including a 34m wide main stage, a band riser and a 30m rounded b-stage catwalk. The Buick Electra's hood sits above the band and is made of three, cold-air inflatable pieces. The three separate pieces measure 30m in total length, and are capable of full inflation in 30 minutes. The inflatable surface has been scenically airbrushed and UV treated for the outdoor shows. It is externally lit from various lighting positions during the show, creating many different looks.

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Baldwin Boxall was formed in 1982 by four directors - Terry & Patricia Baldwin and Dave & Dawn Boxall - in 1982 in a shed at the bottom of Terry's garden and Dave's home. A direct 'communication link' was set up between to two properties - an unofficial product invention!

They proved to be a great team and, within a couple of years, the shed was upgraded to a railway cottage near Crowborough rail station. A short while later a 'sales office' (caravan) was added to the site for Terry and Neil Jarvis. This was followed by the addition of a small mobile style building, for storage

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DPA's Belgian distributor Amptec gave Verniest the first DPA d:facto II Vocal Microphone in the country to demo and since then he has been using it for a wide variety of gigs and with many different artists.

"It doesn't matter what situation I put it in - whether it is a small club, a big outside stage such as the Pukkelpop festival, with wedges or in-ear - I have consistently got great results," Verniest explains. "The vocals are incredibly clear through my mix and there is very little crosstalk from the drums or guitar amps. I even recorded some gigs in multitrack to compare the d:facto with other microphone

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Exhibits will feature the latest in recording, live sound, broadcast, contracting, video, and lighting products and services. Both days of the show will feature a broad range of educational seminars as well as networking events, industry approved training programs, show specials, and live demonstrations.

"We are extremely excited about The PAL Show 2013," comments Dale Kroke, Sr. VP & GM, B&J Music and chairman of the Board of Directors, MIAC. "Our recent membership survey generated a lot of great feedback ab

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Addressing what is for it a traditional customer base, this year Cadac is focusing on the opportunities offered to smaller performance venues and productions by its latest compact LIVE1 analogue console series and CDC Four digital mix system.

Commenting on this year's approach, international sales manager, Ben Millson, says, "With the focus on the LIVE1 and CDC Four we are illustrating that, with its new console range, Cadac has a Broadway quality board for everyone, all offering cost competitive, high quality sound design capabilities. Once Cadac sound and engineering was only available to the biggest theatre productions, now ther

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The events, which are free to attend, give those present unlimited access to the RSG audio and video product range and the chance for some 'one to one' training with RSG experts. The core functionality of the V-Mixing System will be the main focus of the training - with a spotlight on the new iPad controllable M-200i, the M-480 and M-300 Digital Live Mixing Consoles - both of which have recently launched new iPad Apps - as well as the range of Digital Snakes.

The range of video products such as the new V-4EX 4 Channel Video Mixer, the V-800HD Multi Format Video Switcher and the V-40HD Multi format Video Switcher will also be demonstrated. The da

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Clay Paky area manager Alberico D'Amato and the Italian LD Giovanni Zucchinali collaborated with Clay Paky's Malaysia-based Asian distributor Acoustic & Lighting System for the show, with their newly opened Indonesian branch, which offered end users in the region the opportunity to experience the company's latest breakthroughs in lighting technology.

On show were Clay Paky's A.Leda K10 and K20, the Alpha Spot QWO 800, the Alpha Spot 700 HPE, the Alpha Wash 1500, the Sharpy, and - making its debut in Asia - the new Sharpy Wash.

"The 60 or so rentals companies and TV representatives were incredibly impressed with the quality and features of all of Clay Paky's new luminaires," says Acoustic & Lighting System's Eugene Yeo. "We re