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17 November 2025

UK - The birthplace of Queen Elizabeth II and named in honour of the young Queen’s childhood nickname, Lilibet’s, at No.17 Bruton Street in London, features ‘a refined menu of seafood and an equally elegant interior’.

Tateside were responsible for the design and implementation of a complete background audio system based on K-array’s Vyper family of loudspeakers. Lilibet’s is just one of more than a dozen high-end hospitality spaces in this neighbourhood that trust in K-array’s audio solutions.

“Working in collaboration with the consultant and local distributors 2BHeard, the scope was to design and install an elegant, yet discreet, distributed background audio system that would respect the prestigious nature of the venue,” says Joby Morris, project manager at Tateside. “The design did not require high SPL DJ playback, like somethin

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14 November 2025

USA - Bethlehem Baptist Church, located in Greensburg, Kentucky, is a small, rural Christian congregation in a community where faith and tradition hold deep significance. A modest, brick building with a steeple, its interior is reflective of a traditional Baptist style, with pews arranged in rows facing the pulpit. Although open and airy, the parishioners struggled to hear and understand the sermon at times. Amplifiers from LEA Professional were the chosen solution to increase headroom during musical worship and provide better intelligibility for spoken liturgy.

Church staff contacted Alex Peake, a project manager at JCA Media, to design a new audio system for the sanctuary. He recommended the Connect Series to meet the church's goal of high intelligibility.

“Most amplifiers are being commoditised and sold at almost the same price,” said Alex Pea

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14 November 2025

UK - STLS was commissioned by Epsom & Ewell Borough Council along with The Epsom Playhouse, a much-loved theatre in Surrey, to modernise its house lighting system, upgrade the existing dimmer room, and install new lighting fixtures across the auditorium. The project aimed to improve lighting quality and energy efficiency, and create a cleaner, more integrated control environment that would serve the venue for years to come.

The scope of work included the design, supply, installation, programming, and testing of a complete new lighting and control system. The goal was to deliver a modern, flexible, and efficient setup that met the demands of both day-to-day operations and high-profile live performances, all while respecting the character and functionality of the venue.

The installation came with several logistical challenges. The venue is only clo

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13 November 2025

UK - The newly restored Soho Theatre Walthamstow has opened its doors with a JBL VTX A Series sound system, marking the culmination of a journey from dereliction to world-class entertainment venue. The 960-seat theatre, housed in the restored 1930s former Granada Cinema, represents one of London's most significant cultural restoration projects.

Soho Theatre Walthamstow occupies a building steeped in entertainment history. Originally opened in 1930 as the Granada Cinema, the venue was designed by architect Cecil Masey with Moorish-influenced interiors by Theodore Komisarjevsky, inspired by the Alhambra Palace in Granada. During its golden era from the 1950s to 1970s, the venue hosted performers including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, Roy Orbison, and Duke Ellington.

After closing as a cinema in 2003, the Grade II* listed building

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13 November 2025

Germany - Vilco is a modern convention centre located north of Frankfurt in Bad Vilbel. Since opening in 2023, the versatile space has become a cultural hub for the local area, hosting events of all sizes from live music, theatre and classical concerts to lectures and conferences.

At the heart of Vilco is the Great Hall, which seats up to 1,200 people. The multipurpose space can be divided into three smaller halls for different event formats and comes equipped with a retractable stage, mobile and divisible grandstand, and an orchestra shell. For integrator AVEO GmbH, the task was to implement a variable acoustics system for classical concerts that could adapt instantly to varied genres while consistently delivering concert-hall quality acoustics, without the need for complex manual or architectural adjustments.

To meet this challenge, 64 Renkus-Heinz

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13 November 2025

UK - Butlin’s recently commissioned advance sound system upgrades at its facilities in Skegness and Bognor Regis.

Since Butlin’s entertainment mix now extends far beyond its origins as a ‘holiday camp’ destination - today ranging from Big Weekenders to conferences and events - head of technical entertainment, Andrew Sugg, recognised that its development should be matched with professional audio. He turned to his regular contractor, Robin Shephard-Blandy of Illuminate Design for advice. The outcome was an advanced and scalable Martin Audio Wavefront Precision WPC line array in each of its 1200-plus capacity Centre Stage venues.

Butlin’s are no strangers to the British loudspeaker brand. “We’ve been using Martin Audio systems for probably 20-plus years,” says Sugg. Certainly the old sound system at Centre Stage

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12 November 2025

The Netherlands - Leeuwarden cultural venue Neushoorn is set to enter a new era of live sound with the installation of a fully immersive spatial audio system - the first of its kind in a Dutch pop venue.

The project, which is funded by Cultuurloket DigitALL, brings together Neushoorn, More AV, Funktion-One and Holophonix in a special collaboration that combines loudspeaker design with spatial audio technology.

Cultuurloket DigitALL supports the development of digital technologies in the cultural sector. The Neushoorn project is the first and only audio-based initiative to receive such backing in the Netherlands.

At the heart of the installation is a Funktion-One loudspeaker system - controlled by Holophonix’s spatial audio engine - which enables engineers and artists to locate and move sounds dynamically throughout the room, creating an imm

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12 November 2025

Estonia - Rakvere Theatre opened in 1940 and offers a lively repertoire of classic, contemporary and experimental works from around the world, including from Estonia’s authors and playwrights.

In the last year, the theatre has invested significantly in new Robe LED moving lights, as part of a drive by the Estonian Ministry of Culture to encourage venues to replace their conventional lighting inventories with newer and more sustainable options.

This is an initiative involving 10 major Estonian theatres, of which Rakvere received the largest number of new fixtures, with 50 x Robe T1 Profiles, 27 x T2 Profiles, 69 x Spiider wash beams, 75 x LEDBeam 350s, 14 x ParFect 150 RGBWs, 16 x Tetra2s, 12 x TetraXs, 36 x T11 Profiles with drop in gobo and iris modules, and six Footsie2 Slim footlight units.

They also invested in two Robe RoboSpot systems

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10 November 2025

Croatia - Lisinski Concert Hall is a major venue in Zagreb, well known for staging large-scale music shows, conference and congress events. Opened in 1973 and named after Croatian composer Vatroslav Lisinski, it is known for its acoustic quality, central location, and multi-genre programming across its 1,800-capacity main hall and 300-seat small hall.

The venue has been investing in Robe moving lights for around 10 years and now has 20 x Spiider LED wash beams, eight MegaPointes, 12 x LEDBeam 350s and four LEDWash 600s in the main hall and eight LEDBeam 150s in the small hall, which are looked after and utilised by a lighting crew of four led by Dubravko Laslavić who has been head of lighting for 25 years.

The Spiiders and the LEDBeam 350s are the most recent purchases, delivered over the last three years by Robe’s Croatian distributor, LAV Studio

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10 November 2025

USA - To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Holland Centre for the Performing Arts, Omaha Performing Arts recently undertook a major capital upgrade to modernise the venue’s lighting system. For this milestone project, the venue turned to longtime local partner Theatrical Media Services (TMS) to design and integrate a lighting solution that would ‘honour the space’s acoustic and aesthetic sensitivities while bringing its technology into a new era’.

The venue’s previous lighting rig, which combined conventional ellipsoidal fixtures with early-generation LEDs, was beginning to show its age, both in colour output and flexibility. Driven largely by the acoustical considerations for the Omaha Symphony, Holland Centre’s primary resident, the TMS team knew the updated lighting system had to operate silently while still providing impactful visual effe

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10 November 2025

Portugal - Culturgest in Lisbon has long been a cornerstone of Portugal’s performing arts and events community. Situated in the Caixa Geral de Depósitos head office building, Culturgest features 11 fully equipped spaces, including two auditoria, and hosts a wide range of programming from theatre, music and dance to conferences and film festivals. Its main space, the 612-seat Emílio Rui Vilar Auditorium, is celebrated for its architectural detail, wood-panelled acoustics and AV infrastructure.

In collaboration with Audium and FLUX::, Culturgest recently became the first venue in Portugal to implement a fully immersive live sound system with FLUX:: SPAT Revolution while leveraging the venue’s existing cinema surround speaker system for hybrid use.

“Culturgest asked for an immersive system, and after a thorough analysis of the available options,

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07 November 2025

UK - Striking the right ambience is a fundamental part of the character of Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge. Created in 1957 by former Tate Gallery Assistant Jim Ede and his wife Helen, Kettle’s Yard was not just a home for the couple, but an open space for the public to enjoy contemporary art in an informal, domestic setting.

Almost 70 years later and that ethos still exists, so when a spatial audio component was required for a new exhibition by Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska, it was important to get the aesthetics right. The artists in question subsequently commissioned specialist integrator ArtAV to assist in creating an environment that worked with the space rather than against it, with the installation of four specially customised Genelec 4420 monitors.

The house at Kettle’s Yard still displays a permanent collection of artworks and was exten

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07 November 2025

USA - Located along the coast of New Jersey, DSN is a community centre and beach club that recently elevated its sound experience with a full 1 Sound audio system installed throughout the indoor and outdoor spaces. Installed by L&M Sound & Light, the new setup was designed to deliver ‘exceptional sound quality and versatility’ for the wide range of activities hosted at the venue - from community events and fitness programmes to kids’ camps and summer celebrations.

Outdoors, the club features Cannons placed throughout the gardens, using fully stainless steel 316 hardware to ensure durability in the oceanfront environment. These loudspeakers are permanently installed year-round by the ocean, designed to withstand salt air and harsh weather while maintaining consistent quality sound. Through 1 Sound’s Custom Shop, the team created custom garden

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06 November 2025

Cyprus - AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis soccer stadium in Larnaca (completed in 2016) – serves as the home for AEK Larnaca FC and has a seating capacity of 8,000. AEK Arena is classified as a Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Category 4 stadium, meeting the specifications required to host UEFA European competitions. The seating stands are named after regions and villages of the Larnaca province, reflecting the club's deep local roots.

Getting to a Category 4 rating required the venue to be partially reconfigured, including adding box seats and upgrading the sound system to cover the entire stadium. The venue contracted with DSP Innovative Solutions and their sister company Kalsedia to design and implement the upgrades, and they included LEA Professional amplifiers as part of the retrofit.

“The all-in-one amplifier plus DSP capabi

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05 November 2025

Portugal - EMAV, part of the Media Capital Group, has unveiled a virtual production (VP XR) studio featuring LED technology from Alfalite. Integrated by VANTeC Danmon Group Portugal, the project marks a major step forward for the country’s film, television, and advertising industries.

The new facility features a 25 x 5m Alfalite Modularpix Pro 1.9 ORIM VP XR LED wall and an 8 x 5m Modularpix Pro 3.9 HB VP XR LED ceiling, powered by Pixotope’s real-time graphics engine and TrackMen camera tracking systems. This advanced setup enables the creation of hyper-realistic virtual environments for film, TV series, commercials, music videos, and live events.

“The Alfalite panels met all our expectations. The colour reproduction is precise and uniform across the surface, and the flexibility in brightness and contrast lets us work with different lighting s

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05 November 2025

France - Marc Brissonnet, technical director of the L’Eden multi-performance venue, led the way in the initiative to convert it to an all-LED system, inaugurated in 2018 by the City of Saint-Jean-d’Angély. The actual process started in late 2024 when the theatre installed eight Ovation Rêve E-3 colour rendering ellipsoidal fixtures, and 10 Ovation Rêve F-3 colour rendering Fresnels from Chauvet Professional.

As a multi-disciplinary house, the performance venue hosts a wide variety of productions, and Marc acknowledges that initially some touring companies were hesitant to perform under LED lights.

“Some companies came in with preconceived notions - concerns about colour rendering, intensity, or beam quality,” said Marc. “But once they saw what the Rêve units could do, most of those doubts disappeared. LED technology has come a long way,

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04 November 2025

UK - The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh sits at the heart of the city, welcoming over 100,000 yearly visitors. Home to the Lyceum Theatre Company for over 60 years, it stages a variety of performances from classic drama and contemporary plays to comedy and musicals.

Along with the historic architecture went an ageing sound system and an upgrade was needed to ensure the iconic venue could continue to meet the demands of modern productions. EM Acoustics’ Reference Series was chosen to deliver ‘precise, high-quality audio, whatever the performance’.

Ian Gibson, head of sound & AV at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, spent several years planning the upgrade, and has led the eventual implementation of the new system.

“The theatre’s last major refurbishment was back in the mid-nineties, with no ongoing replacement or renewal of the

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04 November 2025

USA - Under his company ear Networks, NYC-based Kurt Schlossberg has been specifying exclusively Martin Audio sound systems in Time Out Markets around the world for a number of years.

Recently, he undertook his first project for Chilean-born restaurateur Juan Santa Cruz, as Obvio joined the operator’s other upmarket establishments, including two in Central London’s trendy Mayfair and Notting Hill areas.

His latest ‘modern supper club and cocktail bar’ named Obvio is right on his own Manhattan doorstep, and again is an exclusive Martin Audio house, taking advantage of the CDD series’ coaxial differential dispersion technology.

“Juan only does super exclusive places, and over Zoom he told me about this little jewel box that he was creating in New York,” said Schlossberg. “He wanted the most discreet high performing system that c

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04 November 2025

UK - The Belfry Golf Club, located in Royal Sutton Coldfield, has hosted the Ryder Cup four times as well as the British Masters, making it a significant venue on the international golf circuit. The resort features three championship golf courses and a range of luxury amenities, including a hotel, spa, dining options and extensive event facilities.

For the most recent expansion, which included a new hotel block and a wellness hub, known as The Club, London-based integrator Tateside led the design and installation of audio, video and lighting technology in various zones.

“We became involved in The Belfry project through hotel technology consultants Fluent2,” explains Jack Cornish, technical director at Tateside. “The scope encompassed a large ballroom event space in the main hotel, and various zones in The Club, including studios, a gym, a spin

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04 November 2025

Germany - The VILCO Convention Centre in Bad Vilbel, just north of Frankfurt, opened in 2023 adjacent to the historic Kurhaus - a renowned spa resort dating from 1927. The modern facility features a Great Hall with 10m ceilings and adaptable configurations that can transform from a single large event space to multiple smaller venues through movable walls and adjustable grandstands.

The venue's striking interior showcases over 15,000sq.m of eucalyptus veneer alongside acoustic-optimized panels, creating a warm yet sophisticated atmosphere that connects seamlessly with the adjacent spa gardens.

This architectural versatility demanded an equally adaptable sound system capable of delivering quality audio for everything from corporate events to concerts by touring artists like Manfred Mann, Alphaville and Sisters of Mercy.

When VILCO first opened,

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04 November 2025

UK - New York design group Yellow Studio unveiled its newest large-scale installation Within Water, at the 2025 River of Light Festival in Liverpool. Taking place from 24 October to 2 November, the festival transformed the city’s waterfront into a walking trail of illuminated artworks and installations by national and international artists. Yellow Studio’s installation for this year’s edition is inspired by bioluminescence, exploring the relationship between water, light and human interaction.

Commissioned by Culture Liverpool, this year's installation was inspired by the festival's theme The Science of Light. Through a grid of programmable lights embedded beneath the water’s surface, the installation mimics the gentle glow and movement of bioluminescent algae, creating an illuminated current that shifts in colour and inten

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31 October 2025

France - Les Salles du Carrousel, housed beneath the glass pyramid of the Louvre in the heart of Paris, offers 6,635m² of modular interior space to cater for events of all types and sizes. As the site operator, Viparis has relied for many years on the expertise of Magnum – one of France’s leading audiovisual providers – to deliver high-end AV solutions. When the time came to renew the audio systems, Magnum selected the new CCL (Compact Cardioid Line Array) system from d&b audiotechnik to elevate the venue’s audio offering whilst respecting both Viparis’ and Magnum’s stringent sustainability criteria.

“The previous system, while functional, was over 10 years old, and starting to show signs of wear and tear,” explained Eduard Dubus, who heads up the technical team at Magnum. “We were looking to replace it with something more modern, and

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31 October 2025

UK - Cheltenham Racecourse has upgraded to a new L-Acoustics professional sound system designed and installed by Audiotek in conjunction with technical service provider Racetech.

The upgrade replaces parts of the existing PA system with a fully monitored system that delivers speech intelligibility for live commentary, background music, race-day announcements and emergency and evacuation messaging for up to 75,000 spectators across the grounds.

A project three years in the making, the Jockey Club, which owns and operates Cheltenham Racecourse along with 14 other racecourses across the UK, selected Audiotek following a competitive tender process managed by audio consultant Stuart Strachan of RaceTech, who specified strict performance criteria for the new system based on the British Standard BS 7827.

"Cheltenham is one of the jewels of the Jocke

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31 October 2025

USA - From the Downtown Cary Park to the USA Baseball National Training Complex, the town of Cary, North Carolina cares about quality for its residents. In the past two years, the Downtown Cary Park has been awarded numerous awards including being named the No. 1 Best Public Playground in 2025 by USA Today’s 10Best along with awards in 2024 from the National Association of Landscape Professional, the Landscape Contractors Association, WRAL News, and the Triangle Business Journal.

“Cary citizens love coming to Cary facilities because they know they’re going to get a high-quality experience,” said Cailen Waddell, programme supervisor of technical operations for the Town of Cary, NC. “We make it our goal to help everyone provide the best performance possible by ensuring they have the right equipment and sound.”

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