Doyle invited both Taylor and Kirby, with whom he has worked many times in the past, onto the project - and the latter has delivered an intelligent LED solution, which was installed by Ken Morgan of K Morgan Electrical Ltd. "When the Nightclub Company were outlining their idea for the new concept, I told them the only guy they needed to talk to for the lighting was Ian Kirby," declared Doyle. "He wo
"I first learned about the Frog range from Zero 88 at a seminar in Dallas," said Gress. "After I saw a demo, I knew it was a F
Strand says that between now and the end of this year, certain dimming products presently manufactured in Scotland for the European market will be replaced by exciting new products made in Strand manufacturing sites, which are presently undergoing extensive modernization, in the US and elsewhere. The first of these new products, EC21, which features full-density sinewave dimming, will be launched at Showtech in Berlin, following its pre-launch adoption
Jevons has worked on every 'One Big Weekend' event since they started, this being the sixth. Jevons used 16 Mac 2000 Wash and 16 2000 Profile units across three trusses - six of each type on the back, six on the mid and four on the front truss, plus 12 Atomic strobes, four on each truss. Other fixtures included four bars of six Pars on the front truss, six ETC Sou
Engsted holds a B.Sc degree in industrial engineering from Odense University College of Engineering. From 1988 to 2001, he was associated with the ABB Group, and as of 1994 he acted as President of some of its subsidiaries, ending with this position in ABB Service Inc. Since August 2001, he has been the head of SeaWest Win
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Robe UK is also looking for two new members to join the sales force reveals Ian W Brown, "To ensure we maintain the company's efficiency and thoroughness in processing the increased volume of orders." One will be based on the road to help Brown and Jones to cover the UK and maintain their high level of personal contact. The other will be based at Robe's Northampton HQ, engaged in administration and ensuring smooth running of the vital
PSL has provided their screens and set building expertise at the famous gala venue on many occasions in the past, but this time their scope extended to animating the giant Welsh dragon, through which the guest speakers entered, with flashing lights, smoke and sound effects billowing from the 'mouth', which formed the door. Flanking the dragon were 16ft by 12ft projection screens. With a pair of Barco's awa
"We are thrilled that Compulite has come on board and decided to offer WYSIWYG CE with their professional grade consoles," says Bob Mani, VP of sales and business development at Cast. "Their customers will be receiving the best package available in the industry."
WYSIWYG CE will be packaged with Compulite's Vector-Red, and offered as an optional bundle with all other Compulite desks. All Vectors are capable of running WYSIWYG on-boar
Contained on the 15m Orbit Stage was the rig of PixelLine LED fixtures; X.Spot Extreme, Studio PC Beam and Cyberlight Turbo moving lights from high End Systems and Wholehog II. Ground support towers were used for the lights needed for the 'red carpet' entrance, and CO2 cannons were saved for the arrival of Darth Vader! In addition to lighting the show, Utopium rigged all the 1-ton LED video screens; one on the roof and six on the gr
The Color Blocks were supplied by main lighting suppliers Bandit Lites UK to Jevons' company Electric Fly Productions, co-ordinators of all lighting and video production on the main stage of the event at Hetherington Park, Sunderland. The PixelDrive was triggered from an Avolites Pearl lighting console, dedicated specifically to LED control and operated by Joey Jevons. Utilizing the versatile selection of onboard effects in PixelDrive allowed them to quickly and easily create colour and movement sequences and chases across the Color Blocks.
The main stage video 'look' of the weekend became the fluid, organic blen
In response to requests from users, the upgrade includes improved scroller handling, display of device addresses in patch and editing timegroups in blind (including extended drag-and-drop functionality). A history of status files now allows the user to go back to un-recorded play. A few issues experienced by a small number of users have also been resolved.
Safari v3.6 is available as a free upgrade for a limited time. Current v3.5 users can simply email the address below, indicating whether they want a download link (about 4MB) or a disk set. Other v3.x users can register at
"John's reputation and abilities fuelled our desire to bring him to Vari-Lite. His experience in developing products for other manufacturers convinced us that he would make a valuable member of our engineering development team," explains Steve Carson, vice-president and general manager of Genlyte Controls and Vari-Lite. "His extensive knowledge in entertainment lighting will contribute significantly to our success in developing the products that will carry us for many, many years to come."
British born, Adams is a lighting industry veteran and founder of UK lighting distributor, Lightfactor. For
"My experiences show that in Australia we are certainly capable of delivering world class products, so when the offer to join LSC was made available I welcomed the opportunity. The management structure is one that encourages teamwork and with our very capable agents globally, coupled with new product development, I see LSC as a future Australian Export Award Winner."
Gary Pritchard, LSC's managing director, commented: "The success of the maXim range of control d
The essence of lighting Costello is keeping it understated, subtle and in the background - so it's not a distraction to him and his music, explains McCarthy. There's specific things he doesn't like - including smoke, spot lights or audience lighting, and certain things he does like - like
From SGM will be the Palco LED colour-changer for indoor and outdoor use (IP65 rated), the Ribalta - a batten-style LED fixture, IP-rated and available in 4ft lengths; and the Giotto 400 CYM - a new moving head projector for use in high-profile entertainment applications - concerts, theatres and television studios. Features of the Giotto Spot 400 CMY include 400W hot re-strike MSR lamp, 9°-27° motorized zoom, CMY colour generation system, plus a colour wheel with six colours and white, two rotating indexable gobo wheels and an animation wheel, linear iris, full variable frost, variable CTO filter, a rotating prism,
"I heard good things about the Hog iPC from Butch Allen, who's using it on Garbage, so I was excited about it," Smith says. "So when we were in Boston, I switched out the day of show. I was freaking out at first, thinking, 'What am I doing?'. In this show, there is no room for error, but I felt confident with the console. I powered it up and ran my show and I haven't looked back."
Hog iPC is the newest product in the Wholehog family of controllers, and the industry's first hybrid console - it's designed to use the Who
The Australian Government appointed Melbourne-based firm Think!OTS to design, construct and maintain the Australian pavilion. Think!OTS joined forces with the major Japanese exhibition company Delphys Inc, which has been designing and building pavilions stretching back to the World Expo held in Osaka in 1970. Leading indigenous design firm Balarinji is also part of the Think!OTS
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John Gunton, Dynalite managing director says: "We are thrilled to welcome Paul aboard. Both the UK and European markets are increasingly important to Dynalite and I have every confidence that he will contribute significantly to our success in the region."
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If required, the lighting body can be clamped to its own power supply using an optional 'fast clamping kit'.
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"One of the main directives from NCL was that all the lasers had to be air-cooled and yet they wanted white light graphic capability on the main stage," says LaserNet president Tom Harman. "In the past, this would mean water hoses, expensive heat exchangers, and three phase electricity. However, by using the current laser technology of solid state diodes, we were able to provide a full colour laser system without all that hassle."
In addition to the solid-state white light system, two Copper Bromide lasers
The exhibition covers all areas of technical theatre and is described by the organizers as "a wonderful opportunity for our students to showcase their talents and skills for prospective employers. The exhibition will be of particular interest to anyone connected with or curious about technical theatre work or training."
Mountview's BA (Hons) Technical Theatre course covers five main disciplines: lighting, sound, construction, design and stage management and the exhibition promises to reflect the broad range of skills the students have developed during their training.
Mountview claims to be the only drama school to offer a two-year fast-track degree course in technical theatre, providing "the pract
A first for EC21 is the ability to have up to 96 Sinewave dimmers in a single rack, simplifying the implementation of full or partial Sinewave dimming solutions.
The new racks allow users to freely mix and match dimmers of any type (both Sinewave and conventional dimmers) within a rack to meet the needs of different installations. Also new with this system is a Quad standard dimmer module allowing racks to have a density of up to 144 dimmers. EC21 Dimmers are available with a wide range of circuit breaker and filter choke options. Status reporting is also available for most dimmers and is standard on Sinewave modules.
Continuing the implementation of Strand ShowNet network
