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HSL's Tim Fawkes project managed the event and co-ordinated the supply of seven trucks worth of equipment to event production lighting designers Nick Jevons and Phil Windward of Electric Fly, also working closely with their lighting crew chief Mark Callaghan.

The main stage headliners were Tinie Tempah (Friday) and Chase & Status (Saturday). They and a host of other top international DJs and live acts - including Armin van Buren, Skrillex, Dot Rotten, James Zabiela, Ferry Corsten and hundreds more - set the Warwickshire countryside buzzing.

HSL is also supply

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Recent upgrades to the Animation High Output system include controllers and LED strings that offer a stunning 3000 Hz 'dimming modulation frequency', allowing for flicker free configurations in combination with other studio equipment.

The LED dots in the ShowLED High Output system emit up to 12 times more light than standard Animation LEDs, says the company. Developed for theatre and TV studio applications, the High Output LED curtains achieve "a sublimely even light distribution when applied as backlighting for cyclorama cloths and projection screens".

The brightness of the LEDs allow the user to produce the same results as traditional lighting effects with a mere 30cm distance between the ShowLED High Output curtain and the diffuser screen.

The system w

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Chalice offers DMX controlled 3000K, RGBA, RGBW and 3000K-6000K variable colour temperature LED arrays, all rated at 50,000 hours. Custom populated LED arrays are also available.

DMX controlled, the Chalice features eight or 16 bit personalities to ensure a smooth dimming curve at low intensity levels with a built-in fixed colour mode that will maintain last look should power be lost. Chalice features an on board 100-240v power supply for compatibility in all global markets and, like all Altman LED fixtures, Chalice is convection cooled with no fans to replace or maintain.

A wide variety of mounting opti

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"The M1's footprint has been very convenient for us," Blevins says of Martin's full-featured yet compact lighting desk. "It's a big console in a small frame and very easy to get in and out of small, cramped FOHs, at festivals and theatres especially. It's great to have something this size and still have the processing and surface space to produce what you need."

The M1 console for the Lenny Kravitz performance was supplied by Steve Cohen Productions with Martin support engineer Kris Van Hullebusch on site for any support needs, such as an upgrade to the new SSD drive, which improves console speed and react

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A true IP65 protection rating, wide operating temperature range and high brightness enable the curtain to be used in most indoor & outdoor applications.

Twomodels are available. One is rotatable structure, allowing a curved screen. With the other, you can switch between transparent and non transparent via the shutter.

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"The Alphas were just amazing," commented Renaldo van den Berg from MGG. Renaldo and Kevin Rieck were part of the MGG team who helped set up for the show. Renaldo also assisted with the programming of a DVD shoot.

Three new Prolyte Circle trusses were purchased for the show and MGG's faithful Robe fixtures, 24 Robe 700 ColorSpots, 16 Robe 700 ColorWashes and 26 Robe 600 LED Washes, 19 Robe LEDForce 18 and five MMX Spots formed part of the equipment list, along with 12 MAC 700 Spots, one 8 Way Molfey, six Philips Selecon PL TR2 RGB Striplights, two Reel FX

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"This is the first live tour for Jennifer so director Jaime King brought everyone into the process very early," began Burke. "It was very interesting to watch as he took the production from a normal touring show to quite an extravaganza in terms of the dancers, choreography and all the things that he brings to the table. His t

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The company was established in 1994, starting with humble beginnings in a small garage, and was launched as the 'Robe' brand in 2002. The company is still independently owned and run by the original partners who take active roles in its day-to-day running.

Now with one of the most high profile booths of the show, and fresh from the Czech House Olympic Pavilion at the Business Design Centre - lit with Robe fixtures - awarded 'gold medal' status as one of the best social hubs of the Summer Games, Robe launches seven new products on Booth 1 F47

On debut are: The Robin DLS Profile, Robin MMX WashBeam , Robin 800 LEDWash, Robin Actor 3, Robin Actor 6, Robin Actor 12, Ro

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The company - which pioneered wireless LED technology in 2005 with the development of remotely-controlled LED tubes - has observed a sharp increase in the sales of its products in recent months. This, combined with a steady rise in the number of competitor firms launching development of their own wireless LED products, has led the brand to make its projections amid preparations for the forthcoming PLASA show in London next month.

Sebastian Bückle, head of international sales and marketing at Astera, commented, "We've seen something of a spike in the demand for wireless LED products of late. It's hard to talk numbers, but let's just say that the market has grown expo

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In response to projects requiring control from mobile devices, Pharos now offers a web app authoring service. Each app can be tailored to suit the corporate and technical requirements of clients, from the icon on the Home screen to the layout of the pages. Visit stand 1-G43 to try them out.

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The XMT-350 combines the features and functions of a RDMController with the company's current DMX Measurement and Testing Tool. The XMT-350 is easy to use, simple robust and very reliable. Set and patch DMX addresses, select DMX personality, and receive device information and updates. The XMT-350 works together with wireless RDM over Artnet. It's like the Swiss army knife for the Entertainment and Architectural Lighting.

Swisson will also be showing the XSW Wireless DMX Splitter. The XSW combines CRMX wireless DMX technology with Swisson's entire line of DMX splitters. The XSW can operate as a DMX transmitter or as a DMX receiver at the press of a button. The DMX splitter functionality is always available regardless of whether the device is configured as a transmitter or receiver. If onl

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The ergonomic and service friendly design with a sensational low weight of 21 kg for each panel improve the set-up times of Pixelscreens. The modular structure allows a 'one-minute' maintenance in case of any problem.

The Pixelscreen P6 SMD Tour is one of the most silent LED screens on the market. Due to efficient design with optimal convection cooling it does not have any fans. This feature makes the Pixelscreen P6 SMD Tour very suitable for use in TV and Theatre applications where silence is demanded, says the company.

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"It's a real bonus for fixtures installed in inaccessible places, essential for products without their own UIM, and helps engineer a cost-effective and tamper-resistant lighting solution powered by Pulsar's cutting edge LED ChromaRange Fixtures," says the company.

In addition to PFM sees the optimisation and upgrading of Pulsar's LED lines with further development to QuickLink, ChromaPixelStrip25, ChromaStrip24, and the new High Brightness Single Colour ChromaAR111, an economically priced light-engine that can power the ChromaRange AngleFlu

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Davie Bell divisional sales manager at Stage Electrics commented, "Lumonic are a new company, but their team has a huge experience of entertainment lighting and product design. Their first product in the ilumo range has a number of exciting features and superb colour mixing optics with an extremely clever Colour Crossfade Engine which means the unit can fade from one colour to another without going via intermediate colours in the palette."

Responsible for product development is Dr James Powell who is no stranger to the entertainment industry. He has developed a very powerful colour control engine for the ilumo product in addition to standard DMX control of the units colour. This

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Two positions from ROH2's eight-strong team have been made redundant, including that of head of opera development, a role held by John Lloyd Davies. The post of manager of the On the Road programme, which oversaw projects around the UK, has also been axed.

Following Davies' redundancy, an ROH spokeswoman said director of opera Kasper Holten would head the team responsible for new operatic work, to run in the Linbury Studio Theatre and Clore Studio - spaces traditionally associ

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The company was established in 1994, starting with humble beginnings in a small garage, and was launched as the 'Robe' brand in 2002. The company is still independently owned and run by the original partners who take active roles in its day-to-day running.

Now with one of the most high profile booths of the show, and fresh from the Czech House Olympic Pavilion at the Business Design Centre - lit with Robe fixtures - awarded 'gold medal' status as one of the best social hubs of the Summer Games, Robe launches seven new winning products on Booth 1 F47:

Robin DLS Profile, Robin MMX WashBeam, Robin 800 LEDWash, Robin Actor 3, Robin Actor 6 , Robin Actor 12 and Robin1

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The two companies opened a joint London office in May 2011, building on years of working alongside each other across a range of projects and as a step towards further cementing their European strategic alliance.

This year Stageco and Tait Technologies respectively, have continued to provide innovative staging solutions and scenic motion technology to a number of international events, prominently the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Madonna's MDNA tour, Lady GaGa, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica and major sporting events in London. Both companies have introduced innovative products and working practices with Stageco launching its Arena Lift earlier this year as well as its XL stage which was first used in

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"The new digiFLEX is a rugged, rental-friendly product with robust connections and handling for touring use," says Tom Mudd, displayLED's technical manager. "With a magnetic installation system, digiFLEX is extremely easy to use, allowing any metal surface to be covered with this LED video skin. If you can make the shape in steel we can cover it i

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The prodigious system of LEDs, lasers, lighting, projection, audio, motion control and pyrotechnics was flawlessly controlled and synchronised over a stadium-wide network using more than eight kilometres of fibre optic cable. A significant element of the network was a system of ProPlex GBS.

"There is no greater AV event in the world than the Olympics," says Fred Morgenstern, product manager at Neutrik USA. "Every four years, Neutrik supports the games with tens of thousands of our connectors. We were delight

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Up to 5,000 people visit Jungfraujoch per day, from around the world, normally leaving within an hour. Now the streams of people can explore six special attraction areas as part of a new museum-like exhibition. The new Alpine Sensation creates a 250m-long round 'experience subway,' with moving walkways transporting guests on steeper sections.

Dynamic exhibitions include A Longing for the Mountains and Construction of the Jungfrau Railway. Communications company Steiner Sarnen A

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A 'Rain of Poems' fell from a helicopter as it hovered above Jubilee Gardens for 30 minutes, distributing 100,000 bookmark-shaped poems onto large crowds as they scrambled excitedly to catch and collect them all.

The Lancelots' powerful beams swept the sky, roof tops and the magnificent London Eye, which formed the backdrop for the deluge of poetry, picking out the spinning poems from the darkness as they descended through their long shafts of light.

The event, which marked the launch of Southbank Centre's Poetry Parnassus festival, was the brainchild of Chilean art collective, Casagrande, which has created similar events in Santiago, Berlin, Guernica, Warsaw and Dubrovnik, cities which ha

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Recent productions have seen the plays performed at York's Theatre Royal, around the city and, for the Millennium Mystery Plays, in York Minster itself. For 2012, the plays are returning to the Museum Gardens in York, allowing them to be staged with the dramatic ruins of St. Mary's Abbey as a backdrop. This is a return to the location used from the first production of the modern era in 1951 through to 1988 - but this year the area has been turned into a 1400-seat outdoor theatre with tiered, covered audience seating on three sides.

The team creating the Mystery Plays for 2012 include writer Mike Kenny, directors Damian Cruden and Paul Burbridg

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Normandale, whose enviable design credits include: Bjork, Depeche Mode, Shakira, and the Stone Roses, is using the power of Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Wash FX units to create a e lighting experience "to perfectly complement the band's ultraviolet spectacular".

Coldplay's current world tour promotes the band's Mylo Xyloto album release, which has charted at number one in thirty countries, including the UK and the US.

"We started the tour in festivals," explains Normandale, a long time Coldplay collaborator. "The idea was an evolving design that can scale all the way into stadiums from a core aesthetic. The band wanted a vivid ultraviolet feel,

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Recently they invested in Spot One technology - noting that this high power LED spot was the first fixture of its kind to be released to the global market.

"The impression 90 was definitely a revolutionary fixture at the time," remembers Bandit Lites' president, Pete Heffernan. He added that this success was followed by the Volkslicht which has appeared on many of their tours, and has been particularly prominent this year on tour with country star, Jason Aldean, and his Nashville based LD, Aaron Swetland.

"Purchases are driven by the designer's needs. We look at demand on a global basis and listen to our design partners - and investing in the Spot