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The GLP X4 Atom boasts a compact body, bright output and a motorized 9:1 ratio zoom for a 3.5 to 34 beam angle. Its interlocking system allows the fixture to be built into various configurations, meaning it can be used for all of Bandit's various lighting applications including corporate events, touring and special events.

One such example is the Atoms use at events for Blackberry Farms, a luxury resort in the foothills of the Smokey Mountains. As the exclusive event producer for the culinary and wine haven, Bandit strives to ensure that every production detail is executed impeccably, and when the new Bramble Hall amphitheatre event centre needed a fixture to solve a zoom and spotlight problem, the GLP X4 Atom proved the be the solution.

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The festival was memorable for many reasons including the new Steel Yard venue -an awesome 50m wide by 100m long space offering up to 26m of headroom with a capacity of around 9,000, designed and built especially for Creamfields by Acorn Structures.

"We were very excited to be asked by the event's technical producers LarMac LIVE to supply lighting and rigging for Steel Yard," says Colour Sound's H (Haydn Cruickshank). "It's always interesting and invigorating to work in new spaces, you have to think out of the box and everyone - all the individuals and companies - involved in creating the amazing Steel Yard vibes worked very hard and as a tight team to deliver a great experience for the

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Million Dollar Quartet takes place on 4 December 1956 and is set in Memphis, Tennessee. It features more than 20 classic tracks including Hound Dog, Blue Suede Shoes, Great Balls of Fire, Long Tall Sally and I Walk the Line. The lighting designer is David Howe, who comments, "The incredibly talented director Ian Talbot and set and costume designer David Farley have perfectly captured the space and atmosphere

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Angus was fortunate enough to be involved in many firsts in the new SA TV Industry in the 1970's. He lit the first Live Studio Sport Transmission, as well as the first live newscasts. He was also responsible for the lighting design on the first major TV musical and children's productions as well as Shakespearean and other period dramas and ballet productions.

He has designed the lighting setups for major productions such as Deal or no Deal, Idols SA, World Cup Special for SuperSport amongst many others. He is a consultant to the TV industry and assists in numerous Lighting installations and training projects.

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Some 32 of the award-winning FLX fixtures were used in the Hard Stage setup, each multi-functional light alternating with LED wash lights from center stage fingers of angled overhead truss. "The FLX were chosen for their punch and versatility as a beam and profile light," said Stage-Tech's Charley Guest, owner of the Santa Fe Springs-based company. "They were used for the majority of the beam effects and were the meat of the rig. It was the FLX's that created much of the impact."

Held 30-31 July at Auto Club Speedway in Fon

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The Spider, which started its journey at the Glastonbury Festival circa 2010 when its first incarnation was crafted with love, enthusiasm and some glorious craziness by Pip Rush and Bert Cole, is now gaining widespread international acclaim. As the Arcadia performance concept leads to more and more high profile bookings around the globe, the time was right for them to be self-sufficient in terms of production hardware.

Arcadia technical production manager Tim Smith takes up the story, "We had playe

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The Insomnia Gaming Festival has been running since 1999. Organised by specialist gaming event producers Multiplay, it is now housed in nine halls at the NEC. Insomnia58 was the biggest Insomnia Gaming Festival yet - with a record attendance of 66,783 people. Gamers have the chance to play an impressive selection of the latest games in halls packed with thousands of PCs and consoles, take part in tournaments, watch the live finals and join in live Q&A sessions with gaming stars.

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Cowles says: "At less than 9kg, the S3 is the smallest of the NandoBeam range but at up to 4,000 lumens it packs a powerful punch and offers designers accuracy, speed, optical flexibility and reliability all in one go. It is a great addition to any hire inventory and I was more than happy to go down to Bristol to do a demo for the team at SLX."

The demo was a success; Quayle says: "We needed a lighting product that not only met the demands of our events team, but would give our customers a budget-friendly option as well. In order to achieve this, price point was the key. However, I didn't want to comprise on quality, serviceability and ease of installation

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Marq Lighting is an independent brand owned and backed by the resources of music industry heavyweight inMusic. InMusic has a long-standing reputation designing, engineering, manufacturing and marketing fourteen different brands of music recording and performance equipment and software, including innovative DJ brands such as Denon DJ, Rane, Numark, Akai Professional and Alto Professional.

Marq was born from a long-established pedigree of innovative in-house music/DJ design and engineering, where the needs and requirements of artists and performers are well-understood and experienced first-hand. This experience offers a perspective that directly benefits the desi

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The venue has been running for 26 years and recently invested in new Robe moving lights, with four DLS Profiles, eight DL4X Spots, and 16 x LEDBeam 100s, all supplied by Robe's Danish distributor, Light Partner.

Currently one of the top music venues in the country for technical production, Fermaten has also built a reputation as a training ground and inspirational stepping-stone for future industry professionals.

Technical manager Daniel Friis specified the Robe kit together with Light Partner's technical sales specialist Johan Kvartborg, himself an ex-Fermaten volunteer. Dan and venue manager

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Becker and Sullivan provide support for prepping sales installations, local touring shows in addition to moving light repair. They also cover all aspects of productions for events centring around the area, including Blackberry Farm productions, charity events and concerts.

Upon his graduation from Jacksonville State University with a B.A. in Technical Theatre, Becker joined the Smoky Mountain Opry as lighting director. He then became the head electrician for national tours including Sesame Street Live and assistant electrician for Elf: The Musical national tour. "

Prior to joining Bandit, Sullivan worked as a stagehand and fly rail operator in addition to

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Liquid Entertainment has grown from a small DJ hire outfit to a full-scale event production company within a few years. Director Randeep Chaggar says investment in the right technical equipment is key to this success within the industry. After trying out many different brands and products, he settled on Avolites as his supplier of choice.

"The main reason we chose Avolites was because of the company's continual development of its software, based on customer feedback, and the rock solid build of its touring desks," says Chaggar. "Some of our desks have been constantly in use, in and out of flig

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The exterior refreshment followed hard on the heels of an extensive and impressive internal refurbishment, also designed and implemented by Roberts Limbrick with lighting installed by TechLED Ltd.

Subject to stringent planning restrictions, the design for the exterior of the first floor venue was kept simple and closely followed the distinctive original look. Roberts Limbrick's John Moony explains, "The focus was to a

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PRG XL Video has added ETC Lustr2 Profile, Martin MAC Viper Performance and Wash DX, Martin Rush Par2, Rosco Miro Cube, and GLP Impression X4 lighting fixtures to its inventory. Additionally, PRG XL has expanded its fleet of consoles with Grand MA2 desks and accompanying network processing units; and added to its range of effects equipment with new MDG Atmosphere Hazers and Look Solutions Cryo-Fog units.

PRG XL Video is also adding capacity to its followspot fleet, with new Lycian 1295 ELTs added to the inventory; and additional units of PRG's award-winning, proprietary Grou

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People celebrating this festival write their "sources of gloom" on paper and have them stuffed into the amalgamation of wood-wire-paper-netting-and-duct-tape that is Zozobra. At the height of the celebration, the 2000lb. puppet is set afire, taking everyone's concerns with him to a smoky hereafter. Before that, however, Zozobra is surrounded by dancing, music, merriment and, this year, a spectacular lightshow designed by Creative Backstage using Maverick and Rogue

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The event, which was this year hosted by Australian actor and TV presenter Mark Little, has become a highlight in the lighting and video design world, providing a platform to recognise the hard work and boundless creativity demonstrated in the industry. With over 500 lighting and video professionals attending the award ceremony, the pressure was on for Hawthorn to deliver a spectacular production, with their lighting designer Chris Green taking up the gauntlet.

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This featured the act, host and broadcaster presenting special guest artists all performing some of the greatest funk and soul songs, backed by the Fantasy Funk Band.

This was followed on the Saturday by a Chatsworth Proms Spectacular - an evening of classical favourites including popular arias sung by Tenor John Pierce and soprano Janet Mooney and the UK Philharmonic Orchestra (comprising leading players from Manchester's Halle, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and others) conducted by Jae Alexand

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Mitchell started the design process by establishing some budget figures with management and then chatted with lead singer Aaron Bruno who is integrally involved in the whole stage presentation. They talked about his inspirations for the music among other things and bounced a few ideas around which kept returning to a water theme.

They based their final ideas on a nautical theme, so the stage set up started with the riser layout and the drum riser in the centre at 45 degrees, resembling the bow of a ship.

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According to Luke Dwyer, head of programming at the Mangle, the decision to install four of the STRIKE 4s and 12 of the Intimidators was a no-brainer. "It was essential for us to create the look and feel of an exciting venue from the get go, somewhere which would really take people by surprise," commented Dwyer. "To achieve this, GLS suggested a combination of Intimidator and STRIKE fixtures for a range of versatile and energetic looks."

Flown from overhead truss, the STRIKE 4 fixtures bring an added dimension to the venue by warming space with classic tungsten

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The scheme is funded by Corporate Members of the ALD and offers students opportunities to network with more experienced members, to create contacts within the world of lighting that may not otherwise be available and boost their own profile as one of the next generation of lighting designers or technicians.

ALD member, Jai Morjaria, benefitted from a year's free ALD membership when he began his studies at RADA, he remembers, "being a member of the ALD whilst being a student, gave me a non-biased sound

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Says the company, "On the whole the show was very busy for us. With having taken a few years break from exhibiting, the new venue at Olympia London was a wise choice by PLASA, providing a real buzz on the show floor with a large number of visitors to our stand."

Top products on display included the eLumen8 1RE Beam, a favourite with rental companies due to its high output along with its compact size and low price.

The CYC 500 attracted a lot of attention due to this being Prolight Concepts' first, true cyclorama wash driven by a 150W RGBW COB LED the CYC 500 outputs a true asymmetric beam with unrivalled colour mixing and 16 bit dimming.

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The venue recently decided to update its lighting rig; not only to install the latest technology but to also remain as environmentally friendly as possible. They approached White Light who supplied them with a range of the ETC Source Four LED Series 2 Lustrs for their Minerva Studio space.

WL has a long relationship with Chichester Festival Theatre. Not only does the technical solution specialist annually supply the lighting for the Chichester Festival but also supported their Children on the Edge fundraiser last year.

Sam Garner-Gibbons is the venue's technical coordinator. He comments, "We have wanted to make alterations to our house rig in the Minerva for a while now. As a venue, we are consciously trying to b

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In September, the Jewish stand-up princess arrived in Europe to play a string of dates with Entec Sound & Light providing a complete production package to promoter Live Nation UK. Sandwiched between appearances in Dublin, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen, Schumer's UK tour played to audiences of between 2,500 and 3,500 people at the Edinburgh Playhouse and Manchester Apollo, culminating in her O2 Arena performance in front of an impressive 12,000 fans.

Standing in the wings every night was Live Nation tour co-ordinator Gordon Isaacs, whose fatefu

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The sweet summertime mood that enveloped fans at the historic ballpark on 9 and 10 September came not from baseball, but from a memorable concert by country music superstar Jason Aldean and special guest Kid Rock.

Contributing to the freewheeling atmosphere was a fast-moving high intensity lightshow created by Keith Hoagland that featured a floor package of Chauvet Professional Rogue RH1 Hybrid moving hybrid fixtures supplied by Bandit Lites.

"We added the floor package, because we felt that the Rogue Hybrids would be an excellent complement to the other fixtures on our rig," said Ho