Olympic Countdown - The London Olympics and Paralympics could boost West End box offices, according to a survey of theatre-goers. In the Whatsonstage.com poll of more than 32,000 theatre-goers, 70% said they would attend as much
Harpa's crown jewel is the Eldborg hall, a resplendent new home for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Icelandic Opera with a capacity of up to 1,800 seats. Designed by Artec Consultants of New York, the hall features an elaborate system of adaptable physical acoustics, which adjusts hall reverberation using moveable soft goods, overhead canopies, and doors to hidden reverberation chambers.
For amplified concerts, the hall relies on an equally adaptable Meyer Sound reinforcement system. Based on an initial design from
"We have always understood the importance of providing our channel partners with the highest levels of technical expertise and advice around which of our products best fit the individual requirements of their end user customers," explained Gordon Innocent, chairman, RGB Communications. "In today's tough economic climate this has become even more of a crucial tool in helping them to win more business."
Using RGB's demonstration suites the product showcase will highlight RGB's latest additions to its portfolio of which two, the Barco Image PRO-II an advanced all-in-one video processor and the Premier Mounts Ceiling Tile Projector Moun
Recently, the Production Park launched their display of a series of sculptures across the 14-acre site. The sculptures on show have been supplied by the Cass Sculpture Foundation, a charitable organisation which aims to commission and display the very best contemporary outdoor sculptures. The pieces on show have been created by five international artists: Antony Gormley, Steven Gregory, Marcus Kleinfeld, Tim Morgan and Jilly Sutton.
For the launch event of the exhibition, the sculptures were lit by entertainment lighting specialist White Light. The project was delivered by White
Stage Electrics is supplying a full video production for the tour, featuring a 6 x 5m high definition 6mm pixel pitch LED video screen that forms an upstage backdrop, as well as full video production.
The rig includes two Hothead cameras controlled by a Catalyst V4 media server, a Grand MA2 Lite console for programming, and the latest Grand MA 2 on PC command wing for show operation.
The tour is the second on which Stage Electrics has provided live video production for producer Michael Harrison Entertainment, along with video designer Jack James, the same creative team behind the highly-successful musical Chess, and lighting designer Ben Cracknell. Mark Sherwood is production manager for the tour, which opens at N
The webcast VR-5 is being used primarily to feed the Mediasite webcasting platform from Sonic Foundry but Lloyd explained that they also use the USB out to PC function of the mixer regularly. Connecting a PC to the RGB connector of the VR-5 for various applications such as PowerPoint presentations, slide shows and movie playback enables them to be recorded directly to the VR-5.
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Serving clients in the theatre, television, concert touring, corporate and special event markets, this new location provides space for meetings, pre-production and even WYSIWYG, within a stone's throw from many of London's studios, theatres and venues.
The new office is open from this week and located at Sussex House, 143 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9AD.
(Jim Evans)
Nashville is the latest event to be launched under the PLASA Focus banner, and follows the hugely successful PLASA Focus: Austin, held in February of this year. The current series of North American regional events are modelled after PLASA Focus: Leeds (UK), which, in its third year, topped 2500 attendees.
PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012 will bring regional entertainment technology communities together to do business and network in a relaxed and friendly setting. While regional exhibitors and visitors are set to benefit from the new event, PLASA Focus: Nashville will also give those involved the opportunity to mix with a wider audience than has ever been possible before as PLASA Focus: Nashville will
"This is not a decision we have taken lightly," comments Mike Blackman, managing director, Integrated Systems Events. "However, the response from exhibitors to our 2012 show has been overwhelmingly positive and, in the end, we felt we had no option but to expand our footprint for 2013.
"This extra space will allow us to accommodate those 2012 exhibitors who have not yet rebooked for next year, as well as new companies w
Designed by Dimond Architects, built by Integral Constructions and project managed by MFAC project manager Ken Sutherland, the new Performance Centre building links to an existing Music and Drama centre to provide a truly flexible theatre that can operate in several modes to suit a variety of College requirements.
To achieve the configurations required by the College, theatre consultant Richard Stuart used a flexible flat floor model for the theatre design with the ability to have auditorium and stage at the one level with an orchestra lift that can be also used at auditorium level and with retractable seating units that store on the rear wall of the au
Dodd Technologies of Pendleton, Indiana created a dazzling lighting design for the Village, using W-DMX by Wireless Solution to send a flawless signal to 134 Elation Platinum Beams with W-DMX cards built in. Nine W-DMX Pro Box F2500 sent signals with directional antennas.
Ninety-six of the Platinum Beams were spread out across three city blocks. At the beginning and end of each block there was a W-DMX transmitter, six in total. Each transmitter broadcast to half a block worth of lights and was fed w
The GCC region's longest-running trade convention for sound, lighting and AV professionals is expected to pack a serious visual punch as industry heavyweights, including Clay Paky, Robe and Martin Professional host dynamic theatres in an attempt to consolidate market share in the region.
Rudolph Anand, sales manager for the Informa exhibition, emphasises the significant upturn in the lighting sector this year, with TechnoPro (the PR Lighting distributors) taking a massive stand measuring around 1000sq.m. "PALME is experiencing an enormous amount of interest from lighting companies, and of course we also have LOBO once again presenting their
"This is not a decision we have taken lightly," comments Mike Blackman, managing director, Integrated Systems Events. "However, the response from exhibitors to our 2012 show has been overwhelmingly positive and, in the end, we felt we had no option but to expand our footprint for 2013.
"This extra space will allow us to accommodate those 2012 exhibitors who have not yet rebooked for next year, as well as new companies w
Yde Girl died between 54 BC and 128 AD at an approximate age of 16 years and her body was remarkably well preserved in the peat bogs near Yde in the Netherlands. Drents Museum's new Yde Girl drama is an interactive exhibit with sound, lights & projections used to illustrate the story of this girls life all those years ago. The museum needed the installation to run automatically and be low maintenance and energy efficient. The Project Manager from Lic
Tasked with designing a versatile AV infrastructure that would broaden its appeal to external companies, Quadrant Visual Solutions turned to a Harman Professional solution after winning the contract, supported by UK distributor Sound Technology.
With Ben Todd of Sound Technology's project team providing EASE modelling of the space, a system design was proposed to provide highly efficient coverage and to fulfil the technical requirement for the room to be used in two orientations (landscape and portrait format) for audio and visual projection.
On the side wall Quadrant installed t
The event was held at the sea front of the Bahrain National Museum. Lighting designer Luc Peumans from Painting with Light, Belgium, specified one grandMA2 full-size, one grandMA2 light along with two MA NPU (Network Processing Unit) for the show.
For the musical, a large orchestra, 100 dancers plus nine aerial artists performed on a multilevel stage. The show used the largest low-res LED screen (300sqm) ever used in the region.
Eclipse Staging Services from Dubai supplied all the lighting and video equipment.
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Originally, Maassilo was the largest grain silo in Europe. It fell out of use a decade ago and its sheer size could have meant that demolition was the only realistic course of action. However, the city of Rotterdam authorities have used its size to their advantage, transforming it into an entertainment and exhibition venue. De Nieuwe Oogst, a centre for urban culture, has recently opened at Maassilo and includes two concert stages, a recording-studio, lounge bar, dance and exhibition facilities.
Veteran Dutch sound enginee
"We've been looking for an excuse to buy Victors for a couple of years," says Chuck Spector, Upstaging's purchasing and rentals manager. "We had some experience with them on Batman Live in Europe, and our crew chiefs have had positive experiences. Victors were specified for Reba McEntire's tour, and that gave us th
Following this, Green Hippo will be attending Infocomm Beijing where they will be exhibiting with Kupo, exclusive distributor for China and showing new features such as 3.1 SP1 with highlights such as key stoning on every layer and new input card options.
For the final phase of their tour, Green Hippo will be at the Koba trade show in Korea from 29 May - 1June, where they can be found on exclusive Korean distributor C&C's booth.
Samantha Bailey, head of sales comments, "The trip to Asia is part of plans to further increase Green Hippo's market share in a technologic
Prior to the bout, the 50,000 spectators in Düsseldorf's Esprit-Arena, along with the around 12m television viewers, experienced an awe-inspiring staging of music, light, and laser effects.
Eight, full-colour, RYGCB-laser systems from tarm, each putting out 25 Watts, for projecting the laser presentations, plus another laser system for projecting the specially designed 'tunnel' accompanying the champion's and contender's entrances, were installed in the arena.
Full-colour laser graphics, adapted to suit the television broadcast produced by RTL, were projected onto a 144-sq.m. gauze screen.
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Staged at both AC-ET's southern HQ in High Wycombe and northern office in Leeds, a good mix of people from many different industry sectors took up the opportunity to visit - including schools and educational establishments, theatres, venues, individuals working in broadcast and a cross-section of freelancers.
In a fast-moving industry constantly demanding quicker and more flexible control of multiple video sources and playback surfaces, the events emphasised the on-going creative and technical fusion between lighting, LED sources, 'pixels' and video technologies as a complete visual environment.
Attendees were able to delve deeper into the award-winn
For paging and platform music at all stations, Metro de Medellín has created the world's largest integrated NetMax networked matrix system, with 57 Electro-Voice N8000 matrix controllers. The system-wide installation also includes more than 250 Electro-Voice EVID series ceiling loudspeakers powered by more than 150 channels of Electro-V
"Sennheiser has had the pleasure of assisting on the BRITs since being invited by sound designer Derrick Zieba and Britannia Row back in 2002," says Sennheiser UK artist relations manager, Mark Saunders. "Initially, this was to support the large amount of Sennheiser equipment that was being used on the show. Since then, both Andy Lillywhite [Sennheiser UK's chief engineer] and I have been on-site throughout the rehearsals and shows, providing technical back up to the Brit Row crews, supplementing odd bits of extra kit and, where required, providing some extra not-quite-off-the-shelf type solutions for specific performances on the show."
This style of support allows Sennheiser
Creative Kilowatt provided the technology for a banquet dinner celebrating the 25th anniversary of OFM, the regional radio station in Bloemfontein. The event took place at the Woodlands Function Venue with a performance by opera singer Jannie Moolman and the music of Joseph Clark.
Creative Kilowatt provided the full technical including sound, lighting and AV for the event, where washes of yellow and red were used to emphasise the OFM brand colours.
Lighting equipment was hung from trussing on the roof and the client was delighted with the end result.
"Creative Kilowatt also did the crowing of the prettiest girl
