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Italy - Cult Italian television programme Zelig Circus broadcast on Canale 5, has been a phenomenal success with both public and critics. Today, 18 years after its formation as a cabaret venue in Milan, Zelig continues to seek out new talents in Italian comedy. Zelig 2005 is housed in the 3,500sq.m marquee theatre of Sesto San Giovanni.

Since last year's show, the set has been rebuilt from scratch: the theme is a port, with boats, piers, lifejackets, ropes and jetties, covering a stage of 150sq.m. To illuminate the set, a Clay Paky lighting system has been chosen (supplied by Xenon), which uses 20 Stage Color 1200s, 20 Stage Zooms 1200s and 16 Super Scan Zooms.

The scanners and moving body luminaires are placed geometrically on the truss system above the stage and auditorium, whilst other Stage Color and Stage Zoom appliances are placed on the ground for the lateral bea

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UK - A new range of solar-powered LED tiles have been introduced by the Light Projects Group. Based on an original concept by Sutton Vane Associates, the Tsola is a recessed LED unit - suitable for both horizontal and vertical applications - which uses natural daylight to create energy-free lighting. It is available in two sizes (198 x 99mm or 198 x 198mm) and in six standard LED colours: red, green, blue, amber, orange and white.

Able to charge in both clear and overcast conditions, a waterproof IP68 rating, and operating temperature between -40°C and 70°C and resistance to point and impact load, Tsola tiles can be used in the most demanding applications, say Light Projects. As it requires no electrical supply or maintenance, it is ideal for retro-fitting to existing areas where it is unacceptable or impractical to lay new electrical cable. It can also be installed by non-ele

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UK - Mountview Theatre Academy, one of Britain's leading Drama Schools, recently used two Compulite Vector systems for its latest student productions Mountview's own Vector Blue for Godspell at Battersea Arts Centre and a hired in Vector Green for Nine in the Judi Dench Theatre at Mountview.

The systems were operated by students on Mountview's Technical Theatre course. The BA (Hons) Technical Theatre degree is a unique two-year fast-track degree, which provides students with the practical knowledge, theory and hands-on experience required in order to achieve a career in the theatre or entertainment industry. The course covers four main areas: Construction, Stage Management, Lighting/Sound and Design. In the second year, students choose a specialist area and then work on Mountview's many public performances. Productions are staged either in one of Mountview's two th

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USA - Version 1.3.8 software for the Wholehog 3 operating system has now been released by High End Systems. (HES). The new software provides many enhancements to the feature-rich lighting console adding new features including ESP Vision connectivity, Levels view, Follow current or Follow Next cue-contents abilities, and an on-board Fixture Builder utility. Users can download the software and read detailed release information at the website below.

The primary goal of v1.3.8 was to improve much of the currently implemented functionality, says Brad Schiller, HES director of control systems development. "This new version has increased the software's abilities in terms of data processing and network usage," he explains. "Our development team has dedicated many hours to strengthening the core functionality of the software and hardware. In addition, they were able to sne

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Dubai/London - During the recent PALME show in Dubai, Le Maitre announced the appointment of Dubai based company Production Technology LLC (ProTec) as its distributor for the area.

ProTec, an event production and equipment rental company, has many years of experience within the industry. Le Maitre's Rick Wilson who attended the show said "The reason for the visit was primarily to expand our Pyrotechnics business and introduce 'Close Proximity' professional pyro to the UAE. We also wanted to introduce Special Effects to the area such as 'Fog Waterfalls' 'Stage Traps', 'Reveals' , together with non-toxic hazing techniques using sugar based fluids which do not congeal on lighting fittings and of course, introducing the massive hazing potential of the world acclaimed Stadium Hazer."

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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France - Nicolaudie-Sunlite, creator of the PLASA Award-winning Easy Stand Alone software, has announced that over the month of March 2005, it has sold more than almost 1,000 software packages. The company now forecasts sales of around 12,000 items over the year 2005 - representing an increase of 20% over 2004.

The company reports that 40% of the sale for March 2004 were for Sunlite Suite 2004, which offers advanced software functions for live control; 30% were for the Easy Stand Alone, which offers remote internet editing and internal clock triggering, and 30% were for other products, including Magic 3D Easy View (an offline 3D visualizer for DMX consoles), Sunlite Intelligent DMX Interface (intended for software developers) and Sunlite Limited Edition (a promotional item for lighting manufacturers).

The company reports that it is particularly expecting sales of Easy Stand Al

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UK - Blackburn-based HSL has supplied the lighting rig for the long running Bill Kenwright UK touring production of Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This smash hit version is now in its second year and still selling out nationwide.

Nick Richings created the original lighting design for the show, however lighting operator Simon Deary, who has been with the show since its beginnings, is undertaking the re-lights.

"Working with HSL in this way is just like having a hire company on the tour" explains Deary, "Whatever we might need in terms of repairs, maintenance or spare parts is dealt with quickly and efficiently - mostly within 24 hours. I can't emphasize how vital that is to a show like this - every piece of kit is worked really hard."

The rig is spread across approximately five LX bars at each venue. LX Bar 1 has three Martin MAC 2Ks

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UK - Color Kinetics Inc has been issued with two new US patents relating in part to LED-based illumination systems designed to generate colour changing effects in enclosures, and to the use of LED-based light sources to convey information about temperature changes of a device. US Patent number 6,888,322 (issued 3 May), is directed to a colour-changing enclosure where illumination is provided by multicolour LED-based sources. The colour-changing device could form part of a neon replacement system, tile light, consumer product, computer, peripheral or accessory, for example.

US Patent number 6,883,929 (issued 26 April), is directed to generating power for LED-based light sources based on a thermoelectric process called the Seebeck Effect, which allows a temperature differential to generate electricity. For example, the invention may be used in a stove where the temperature of the

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Italy - First opened in 1961 to celebrate the centenary of the Unification of Italy, Turin's Palavela has recently come to new life after extensive renovation works, in time to host the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games. Designed by Gae Aulenti and Arnaldo De Bernardi to host the figure skating and short track speed skating events, the Palazzo del Ghiaccio (Ice Palace) has turned out to be the first of a series of major Olympic construction projects to be completed in Turin: the complete renovation of this historic building has produced a truly magnificent architectural and technological gem, at a total cost of 35 million Euros. The prestigious venue was deservedly inaugurated in style with a spectacular opening ceremony, followed by the European Short Track and Figure Skating Championships.

Coemar, as always, played its part in the success of the event with a lighting rig supplie

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Germany - The basis for an extremely high light output, which distinguishes the YPOC 700, is a 700 Watt state of the art discharge lamp. In the projection area the new zoom lens in association with three gobo wheels does not leave any wishes unfulfilled! Within the entire zoom angle range of 14°-32° the projections are illustrated with high precision and sharpness.The electronic ballast not only reduces the weight, but also create a flicker-free light output, a higher life span of the bulb and in conjunction with the high-quality optics, a substantially higher luminous efficiency.On that score the YPOC 700 can be operated with all world-wide usual electricity mains (90V-260V/50-60Hz) without any range selection.New design, latest microprocessor technology, fastest colour- and gobo changes, fast and precise pan / tilt movements as well as a very quiet temperature controlled fan s

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Lebanon - Martin Professional Middle East (MPME) has added a landmark to the city dubbed the 'Paris of the Middle East'. With the collaboration and execution of MPME distributor LightBox, shades of coloured light from Martin Architectural Exterior 200 colour changers have put the final touches to one of Lebanon's natural attractions - the Downtown Garden - a place where one can enjoy a peaceful escape from the hustle and bustle of the rest of the city.

Situated between the Mediterranean and the foothills of Mount Lebanon, Beirut sits on a promontory that juts out into the sea, halfway up Lebanon's coast. The newly reconstructed Downtown district around the Grand Serail and Place d'Etoile is the city's financial and retail centre. Here, new boutiques, restaurants, cafés, and gift stores are springing up. And because Lebanese are night people, these new retail spaces often stay o

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UK - Presentation specialists PSL has devised a portfolio of low-entry packages to enable event producers to take advantage of a tailored staging solution. PSL's scalable audio visual options incorporate projection, mics, speakers and lighting. Each can be customised to individual requirements (including client branding) and come with full technical support.

Remarked PSL managing director, Gary Davis: "These have been created as a flexible and cost-effective alternative to custom design and build, or off-the-shelf display and set systems. Whatever the presentation needs, these packages provide outstanding value - including everything required to stage an event at a fixed price."

The six separate alternatives - which range from simple wall-flats to more striking and multi-textured set designs - can be mixed and matched to suit client requirements and venue limitations

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UK - Bandit Lites UK supplied all lighting equipment to LD Nick Jevons and his company Electric Fly Productions for the main stage at Radio One's One Big Weekend event in Hetherington Park, Sunderland.

Electric Fly has supplied innovative and exciting visuals for all the One Big Weekend events, of which this was the sixth. "I always use Bandit" Jevons states, "I would not go anywhere else. The kit and the service is excellent". General manager of Bandit Mark Powell handled the show.

Jevons traditionally uses the One Big Weekend occasion to introduce new and exciting visual tools and ideas - particularly video orientated ones - into the lighting design mix, and the Sunderland event was no exception. He clearly sees the creative potential of integrating video effects as lighting features, and many of the LED fixtures now on the market are proving a gre

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USA - Robe Show Lighting moving lights were specified by lighting designer and programmer John Westermann at the recent Home Depot Drive 2 Zero Safety Meeting event, staged at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. It's north-west Atlanta's only full-service hotel, featuring over 60,000 sqft of meeting space.

Dillon Production Services, Inc, an Atlanta, based rental house run by Matt Dillon and Westermann supplied lighting equipment. Dillon Production Services has been designing light shows for The Home Depot and Coca Cola for over ten years.

The fixtures utilized for this event were eight Robe 1200E AT Spots flown downstage and mid-stage; and four Robe 1200AT E Washes, two flown mid-stage, with two mounted upstage on the ground upstage. These 12 fixtures were used to produce the main effects and colour washing lighting.

Other fixtures on the rig included

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UK - Lighting designer/director Martin Kubanka specified over 50 Robe Show Lighting moving fixtures in his design for the final of the Slovakian Miss Universe qualifier. The show, directed by top Czech Republic-based Ji?i Adamek, was broadcast live on Slovakia's largest private television channel, Joj TV (pronounced 'Yoy') in front of a live audience of 4,000 at the National Tennis Centre in Bratislava.

It is one of Slovakia's largest annual media events, and attracted a phenomenal domestic audience of four million people - 80 per cent of the country's population for its Thursday night prime time slot. The 12 finalists were chosen from over 1500 initial applicants.

Lighting and sound production was supplied by Slovakia's number one rental house, Q-99, co-ordinated by Marek Adamik. Kubanka is the country's highest profile TV lighting designer/director and works on some of the t

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Among Le Maitre's extensive range of atmospherics was the powerful Stadium Hazer, which boasts a patented delivery system designed for easy maintenance, and programmed to self-clean on start up and shut-down. The company also showed the new Speedfogger Active, which features Rapid Change Technology (RCT) to allow the easy change of a plugged block by the user. Also on show, the Freezefog Pro is a new low smoke machine, designed to be used in conjunction with a Freezefog-enabled unit such as the G300 to produce a powerful dry ice effect.

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UK - Essential Lighting was asked by Andy Ayres of Mantaplan to provide lighting for the 60th anniversary of VE day, in Trafalgar Square. Under the direction of Mark Kenyon, Essential's Tony Hall took on the challenge of installing two 40ft trailers worth of equipment into the Square.

The site was particularly difficult, given a very limited back stage area, and many hours were spent playing "flightcase Tetris". Over a three-day fit up period, 145 moving lights (mainly Martin MAC 2000 units of various types) were rigged in and around the Square, to Kenyon 's specifications. The spec included 16 City Colours to light the National Gallery, City Beams for the fountains, 60 MAC 2000 wash lights and 60 MAC 2000 profiles, with eight MAC 2000 Performances thrown into the mix. Additional effects were from 60 Chroma cans, and 24 Chroma banks.

Control was under the mighty fin

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Making its official world debut, the ice*lighting super-batten from Telectra provides stunning lighting effects with efficient control. Designed and engineered by transferring technologies developed for the aerospace and electronics industries, each batten contains over 300,000 micro lenses providing colour blending effects with very little attenuation of the light. The blending is enhanced by the use of 384 individually controlled tricolour LEDs per batten, giving high definition pixelization with no apparent point sources.

With only 8 DMX channels per batten, control sequences across 1152 emitters, offering the potential for complex sequences, individual batten control, speed control, freeze frame and frame nudge facility in real-time RGB control and real-time dimming. Shows and sequences are saved in solid-state memory and triggered by DMX control, and are uploaded to battens via Et

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USA - Following the letter in the last issue from Brett Kingstone, president and CEO of Super Vision Inc, L&SI put some further questions to Color Kinetics regarding its recent US patents and patent applications.

L&SI: Patent application (20050044617) for 'Methods and apparatus for illumination of liquids', was filed on 3 March 2005, and another, very similar Patent (6,869,204) was granted on 22 March 2005. The abstract of the granted Patent 6,869,204 'Light fixtures for illumination of liquids' appears to be very close to that of the latest application. What is the purpose of applying for the second, very similar patent?

George Mueller, Color Kinetics: "The patent applications referred to here (dated 2005) are actually continuations of previously filed, issued patents and pending applications, dating back as far as 1997. The specific details are c

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The A&O Falcon Beam is a large-format Xenon beam lamp on a moving yoke, developed by German based A&O, built in the UAE, and sold by TMB. Available in 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8kW versions, TMB claim the unit is far more dependable than any of its main rivals.

Attracting even greater interest on the TMB stand was the Pharos architectural control, a small install type Ethernet based programmable lighting controller. Highlighted in L&SI in March 2005, this unit will control a, "whole hog load of different lighting fixtures," said Tommy Stephenson of TMB, and more significantly, "can be controlled and re-programmed over the phone via direct connection."

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Two Italian manufacturers - LDR and Studio Due - teamed up to introduce 'a new concept in lighting' - the Xpress Moving, which combines the high technology of a Studio Due moving head with the functionality of an LDR colour scroller. The fixture uses standard colour gel filters, and is precise and completely silent in use, making it ideal for theatre, TV and live events.

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A raft of new offerings from Robe Show Lighting covered a range of markets. First up, the MediaHub 2X4 D is a media server located inside the base of Robe's ColorSpot 575AT, for easy rigging. It has four parallel outputs and combines two digital layers with a selection of up to 255 video clips or images per layer. It supports MPEG1, MPEG2, PNG and BMP.

The StudioWash 750H AT, which is based on the functionality of the ColorWash 1200E AT, is the first fixture from the company to use a halogen source. Also from Robe, the ColorWash 250 AT completes the AT line of moving heads and boasts a new optical system which, Robe says, makes it 50% brighter than its predecessor, the Wash 250XT. Next, the latest additions to Robe's Club and Bar series are the ClubRollers 250 and 150CT and the HIP-HOP. DMX controllable, they offer stand-alone or master-slave operation.

On the fog front, the new Robe

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MA lighting highlighted a powerful new software tool for LDs and programmers: grandMA video is capable of controlling, via grandMA consoles, any commercially available PC server hardware and the video projector plugged into it. In cooperation with Publitec, MA also offers an integrated system solution consisting of special 19" server hardware (publitec proVideor) and moving video lights (beaMovers). The grandMA consoles are at the heart of the system and can be network-linked to a maximum of 15 grandMA video applications using MA-Net. This interactivity ensures that grandMA video can be used at full capacity, including the entire range of effects available.

As grandMA video is a fully integrated part of the grandMA network system, it is not just triggered via DMX. This has many advantages.

On the one hand a minimum of setup and configuration is required due to bi-directional com

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LSC Lighting previewed the company's soon-to-be-released lighting desk, Xtc. Based on the proven maXim engine and advanced moving light control from the popular PaTPad touch screen module. Offering a multitude of playback masters - up to 29 simultaneously, 500 memories, 100 fixtures, 100 groups, 100 presets, 100 palettes and 1024 DMX output channels. With no faders, it has dedicated latching and flashing buttons with a tri-colour status LED for each playback. Also on show was LSCs range of installation digital dimmers - EKO. Available in a number of formats, designed to make the installer and operator's life easier, its mounting frame allows termination of load and data wiring prior to the dimmer being on site. Connection of the dimmer to the frame and output wiring takes less than five minutes. Alan Graham, sales director told me that Spectra Stage & Event Technologies AB has recently t
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