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Rebel Heart is the tenth worldwide tour from Madonna and supports the release of her 13th studio album of the same name. The tour kicked off on 9 September in Montreal, Canada and ran for six months, visiting 22 countries worldwide.

Mojo Barriers was contracted to ensure audience and artist safety for all of Madonna's 25 European tour dates, as well as at her shows in Taipei and Macau, which both took place in February 2016. The European leg of Madonna's tour began with the Lanxess Arena in Cologne on 4 November 2015 and visited 12 European countries.

Mojo Barriers supplied almost 200 pieces of kit, including vario corner sections, snake gates and flex corner sections

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For the tour, Henry McGroggan and Ian Calder contacted PRG XL Video to supply lighting and video, having worked with both teams separately in the past. Both worked with the band's new lighting and video designer, Steven Douglas, to satisfy his design brief.

Steven's design was a multi-layer design which featured a shimmering semi-opaque metallic drape forming the backdrop to an array of Orbis-Fly LED spheres. These were used to great effect throughout the show - starting from a flown position above the stage, and then lowering to create a variety of multi-coloured effects including wave patterns.

"The brief from management was very simple, 'clean and theatrical'," said Steven

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"ITV has worked with Unusual on various other productions and so we knew we were dealing with a team that knew its stuff," said Malika. "We scheduled a recce with Unusual's Robin Elias, explaining the nature of the slot and Robin ran with it. One of the key aspects of this job, as a live event, was to ensure the rig was set to perfection from the word go. On live TV, there are no opportunit

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The 24 active Square fixtures were central to Ignace's scheme and concept for the shows which were staged at AED Studios in Lint, Belgium, in front of a live audience and a huge TV following who tuned in to watched the five final contestants perform their songs before voting on the winner.

Ignace has an architectural background and is known for his intelligent and thoughtful approach to lighting high profile, blockbuster music television shows. He unties all the drama and emotion of the music and the 'moments' on screen and for the live audienc

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They chose three grandMA2 light, four MA Network Switch, four MA NPU (Network Processing Unit), two MA 8Port Nodes and 11 x MA Digital Dimmer 12 x 2,3kVA5 for lighting control.

Nik Evers explained the lighting design he realized together with Timo Martens and Philip Hillers. "One task was to light Andreas Bourani and his band perfectly. Besides this we had other considerations. For example, the musicians shouldn't be disturbed by the lighting, and the lighting had to 'complete' and emphasize the stage design. Each lighting system should stand for itself. It was a

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"We are delighted to partner with Community Professional Loudspeakers as their exciting product range of commercial loudspeakers complements our range of industry leading audio technologies and provides our customers with complete end to end solutions for their commercial audio and video needs," said Dan Fletcher, Head of Hills AV. "Community are well known for high-performance outdoor loudspeakers as well as indoor products designed to be attractive yet unobtrusive. They offer great musical sound quality and clear voice intelligibility, with many Community products ETL cert

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The facility will now serve as the main hub of FBT's technical education programme, hosting seminars for both international and domestic visitors. As well as providing a dedicated space in which FBT technical experts and product specialists can meet and assist FBT clients, the demonstration area will also provide new opportunities for product testing, ensuring that FBT remains at the forefront of the market.

"The investment that we have poured into this facility has been quite high, and we have equally high expectations of how it will help us to reach out to our

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14 December 2016

This is the third report of its kind published by the London Stock Exchange Group and it shows some interesting trends emerging.

Xavier Rolet, chief executive, London Stock Exchange Group said, "Our report shows more high-growth firms coming from outside London, with 8% fewer companies coming from London compared with last year. Continually strong UK sectors such as IT, telecommunications and the creative industries remain exceptionally well represented.

"High growth SMEs are the driving force be

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As always, Yamaha will have a major presence at both events. The company's Musical Instrument division will be exhibiting in Portalhaus at MusikMesse, with the company's professional audio products shown in Hall 3.1, Booth E50 at ProLight+Sound. DPA Microphones will be exhibiting on Booth C11, Hall 4.1 at ProLight+Sound.

Yamaha's live performance stages will be equipped with DPA d:vote Instrument and d:dicate recording microphones, while the DPA booth will be equipped with Yamaha band and orchestra instruments for a number of demos and workshops and for by-passers to try out.

"We are looking forward to show

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Bandit Lites provided the lighting for the event at no cost in a continuous effort to give back to its local community. Bandit founder and chair Michael T. Strickland, himself an alumnus of UT Knoxville, views the mission of the university as a clear path to the success of the country. Consistently ranked as one of the top 50 public universities in the country, the University of Tennessee system includes campuses in Chattanooga, Knoxville and Memphis, where the Knoxville flagship campus alone boasts more than 27,000 students and 300 degree programmes.

Bandit provided LED p

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"Kara is a small system that can be used for big things," says Damir. "We use it as a main PA for smaller gigs and it is on almost on every rider for things like delays, fills and DJ monitoring, so it is in constant use. It's lightweight, very easy to handle and performs amazingly well on corporate events and live shows."

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"We continue to believe and embrace that the most imaginative and resourceful lighting artists among us deserve to be recognized and rewarded for their talents," say the companies. "The theme is up to you: The only thing we need to see is your original design.

Contest Information and rules can be found at the following links: https://www.highend.com/news/events/lc-challenge and

First prize is a High End HedgeHog4 X console and LIghtconverse Unlimited; second d and third place winners will receive Lightconverse Trace and Media, the popular choice winner will receive Lightconverse Media.

Closing date for entries is 1 April 2016. The winners will be announced at Prolight+Sound 2016, held from April 5-8, 2016 in Frankfurt.

(Jim Evans)

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The Basic One Day Training will be held on 30 March from 9am to 5pm. Students will be given the fundamentals of Vectorworks, Layouts, Pallets, Basic Tools, Classes and Layers. The cost is R570 inclusive of VAT.

An Intermediate two-day training session takes place on 18 and 19 April, from 9am to 5pm. Topics include Preferences, Workspace, Basic Spotlight, Basic Renderworks and Intermediate Tools. The cost is R1 500.00 Inclusive of VAT.

For Advanced Users, a two-day training session will take place on 3 and 4 May from 9am to 5pm. Francois will focus on Working Planes, Advanced Modelling and Advanced Renderworks. The cost is R1 500.00 including VAT.

All delegates are requested to bring their laptops,

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A collaboration between Theatre Projects, design architect William Rawn Associates, executive architect The S/L/A/M Collaborative, and acoustician Kirkegaard Associates, the 118,000sq.ft arts centre features a 400-seat concert hall, 250-seat courtyard theatre, and a 120-seat studio theatre, as well as support spaces including rehearsal rooms, scene and costume shops, dressing rooms, and a green room.

"Theatre Projects and William Rawn have a long history of successful collaborations," Scott Crossfield, Theatre Projects' theatre designer, said. "We're excited to add ECSU's beautiful new arts centre to that list and we look forward to

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Taking centre-stage, a raised inflatable 6m-wide spherical projection surface was suspended 30m above stage alongside aerial performers suspended on cable lines. Protec placed 15 BlackTrax stringers and five BlackTrax cameras to track the sphere's movement ensuring that video was perfectly aligned. BlackTrax streamed positional information via the high-speed protocol (RTTrPM) to d3 Technologies 4x4 pro servers, which visualised and handled the 3D geometry in real-time throughout the ceremony.

"The coastal wind did play its part in blowing the screen slightly during the ceremony, but with the live tracking

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Jack Kelly, the charismatic leader of a gang of young messed-up newsies, dreams of better conditions far from the adversities of street life. When the publishing giants raise distribution prices at the expense of the news boys, Jack sees a reason to fight and persuades the young retailers throughout the city to go on strike for their rights.

Disney made a film from the story in the 1990s, which was a box office flop. However, it turned into a cult classic in America when it came out on VHS. Twenty years later, the m

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14 December 2016

Apart from Vijay's appointment, to further strengthen SGM's commitment to the area, a new SGM Service Centre has opened in Singapore to provide fast and reliable service to customers around the region. This centre will be supervised by Billy Magendran.

"I have spent my entire career in the lighting industry and I've kept my eye out for opportunities with SGM for a while," says Vijay. "What attracted me is the company's vast product portfolio for both architectural and entertainment lighting, and Singapore is the perfect gateway into Eastern territories."

Vijay believes the SGM brand is starting

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14 December 2016

EffectEvent was founded in 2010 by Duncan Owen who is still one of the primary hands-on project managers. The company is active in and around London and the southern counties, providing innovative and imaginative full lighting and production solutions for a multiplicity of events including corporate presentations and conferences, parties, awards shows and gala dinners, plus exclusive weddings.

The purchase of the infinitely useful and successful ColourPoint 2s add great flexibility to their current lighting rental stock, and follows a great experience utilising the older Core Point20 products - still going strong - as a reliable workhorse.

EffectEvent's sales and marketing

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14 December 2016

The video explores many of the key attributes that have made Powersoft a leading international audio manufacturer: innovation, teamwork, research, energy and many others. The narrative utilizes compelling video and imagery, capturing the people behind the design, engineering and manufacturing process.

Every Story Starts with an Idea takes viewers through a 'day by day' experience at the company through different vantage points. From the very first scenes in the video, Powersoft makes it clear that the essence of its brand is its people: product designers, researchers, engineers, asse

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Providing a bespoke mentorship programme delivered by executives and experts from both Abbey Road Studios and Universal Music, and unparalleled access to Abbey Road's facilities and international network of contacts, the inaugural three companies have been announced as OSSIC, UberChord and CloudBounce. All three companies were recruited through an open process of online submission, followed by multiple rounds of assessment, pitching and selecti

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14 December 2016

The prestigious live music venue is made up of two previously separate entities, Tivoli and Vredenburg, that were recently brought together to form a single large venue. TivoliVredenburg comprises five distinct performance spaces: a jazz hall, a concert hall, a chamber music hall, a pop/rock hall and, for crossover genres, Pandora hall.

Lighting integrator and distributor Fairlight BV worked with professional lighting supplier and installer Air Light to create the lighting system at TivoliVredenburg. The line-up of Martin equipment at the venue is nothing short of impressive: 72 MAC Aura

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The one-day format of the show - with all exhibitors having the same stand space and freight allocation in the trucks - once again proved a great success. Every city's event was packed with visitors from start to finish and a series of seminars and presentations ran alongside the show floor action.

Featured Robe products included the new BMFL WashBeam, the popular Pointe, the new LED ColorStrobe and the retro PATT 2013. Aimed at theatre applications the new DL7S Profile, the DL4 range of LED luminaires and PARFect LED PARs took centre stage.

The small size and light weight of all of these fixtures enabled ULA's sales team t

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The focus of the session is 'achieving intelligibility' and the day is pitched at anyone wishing to broaden their knowledge and understanding of the principles of electroacoustics for sound system design and engineering.

"The seminar covers the basics in an accessible and fun way through practical demonstrations," explains Burns. "It's been evolved over the last fifteen years and has become something of an industry standard."

The seminar is suitable for all levels of experience, for anyone wanting to know more about how loudspeakers interact with their environment and how that affects what the listener hears. Spaces are limited so please book as soon as possible. To register or t