UK - Prism Projection, the multiple-award-winning manufacturer of LED lighting fixtures, will debut three new products at this year's PLASA Show in September.

Building on the strength of Prism's existing product range, all include the company's proprietary TrueSource control algorithms which monitor and correct the light output to ensure consistent colour and level from fixture to fixture and over time.

The RevEAL Studio.3 Fresnel is the third member of Prism's Studio LED family, which has already proven popular with television studios and other venues around the world. Designed to behave just like the tools lighting practitioners are already familiar with, the Studio.3 Fresnel is just like a traditional Fresnel, with a wide variable beam angle (10-90?) and the ability to shape the beam using barndoors. The fixture produces 9700 lumens of light, tunable from 2700-8000K - givin

UK - JB Lighting will use this year's PLASA Show to highlight the continuing growth of its A range of compact, powerful moving-head LED washlights, which continue to prove popular with lighting designers working on shows of all types worldwide. On show will be the A8 colour-changing washlight and A12 Tunable White LED washlight.

The A8 uses 37 RGBW multi-chip LEDs capable of creating both deeply saturated and restrained pastel colours in a beam that can be zoomed from 4? to 48?. The LEDs can also be individually controlled for dramatic beam effects. The A8 is easy to set-up, offering both three-pin and five-pin DMX systems for fuss-free integration into any wired lighting system, plus a built-in wireless DMX receiver.

The larger A12 fixture will be shown in new Tunable White form, using a combination of warm white and cool white LEDs to create a high-output white light fixture

South Africa - SLMC - Stage Lighting Master Class - is a two-day master class about the art and craft of stage lighting design, and is the only event of its kind in South Africa. This year it will take place in Johannesburg at the Market Theatre Laboratory on 27-28 September 2012 and will be in Cape Town at the Artscape Opera Stage on 2-3 October 2012.

SLMC was first held in 2001 and then again in 2004 and 2007. After a long break, it is finally returning. Sponsors for the event include Artscape, CamQuip, Declan Randall Lighting Design, DWR Distribution, Electrosonic, ETC, LEE Filters, The Market Theatre, Philips Selecon, Prosound and Gearhouse Splitebeam.

The course is aimed at anyone who is interested in stage lighting and theatre, from technicians and designers, to stage managers, event crew, directors, choreographers and students.

Participants need not have any previous

USA - Chauvet has named John Dunn as business development manager, after successfully serving as west region business manager for two years.

Dunn will focus on two of the Chauvet sub-brands, Chauvet Professional and Iluminarc.

He started his career as a DJ before working in light production for theatre, corporate functions and trade shows. He also worked for Martin US and his family-owned business in Colorado.

"It's a great opportunity for John to focus Chauvet Professional and Iluminarc products in this growing facet of the marketplace," said Albert Chauvet, CEO for Chauvet, "and build upon what he's already accomplished in his two years with Chauvet."

(Jim Evans)

UK - For the fourth year in a row lighting solutions provider, Architainment Lighting, is aiming to raise money for cancer support charity, Maggie's by completing a 20 mile hike across London through the night.

As in previous years, 'Team Easily LED', a group made up of Architainment employees will join approximately 2500 other individuals to trek 20 miles across the capital at night, with one aim: to raise money to support those living with the effects of cancer.

Throughout the years the lighting specialist has raised thousands of pounds for the charity and Architainment continue to support Maggie's not only due to the incredible work it does, but also due to its strong associations with the architectural and lighting industries. Lighting is an integral part of the night hike experience, giving hikers an opportunity to see London landmarks such as The Guild Hall, the RIBA bui

USA - For an outdoor production of Dreamgirls in St Louis, lighting designer Seth Jackson called upon wireless and battery-operated Chauvet fixtures to light six 16-foot mobile truss towers that freely move across its 94ft stage.

Jackson and the production team for the 11,000-seat Muny theatre, billed as 'America's Oldest and Largest Outdoor Musical Theatre', were pleased to be able to light the towers properly. Actors in choreographed moves drive the six towers on stage. In previous productions, the towers-a "signature look" for the performance-were scaffolding on wheels, minimally lit.

"The truss towers are a signature [component] of Dreamgirls. They've been around since the show was on Broadway in the early 70s," said Jackson. "Michael Bennett choreographed the show with those moving towers in mind. I don't know exactly how they manage

UK - A number of important additions to the London edition of the PLASA Professional Development Programme have been announced. The 80 free-to-attend sessions form the backbone of the 2012 edition of the PLASA Show, which takes place on Sunday 9 - Wednesday 12 September, live at Earls Court in London. From the creative minds of world-renowned LDs and sound engineers, to the visionaries of tomorrow's technology, the PLASA Professional Development Programme is the largest free knowledge sharing event of its kind.

"The new style programme forms a roadmap for the next twelve months in theatre, live concert and touring, live events and installed environments. PLASA 2012 continues to be the place where pace setters converge to share expertise and ideas, and we are delighted by the concentration of talent coming to London this September, it is simply phenomenal. Anyone wishing to

UK - Tait's Landscape Video system consists of hand held pixel tablets each containing nine LED pixels; all of which can be individually programmed and viewed at angles of 180 degrees horizontally and vertically. Tablets are IP65 rated as well as being EC and EMC compliant, and recyclable holders can be created for each tablet."Landscape video opens unlimited opportunities for the use of this type of large scale LED technology in stadium video displays and architectural environments," says the company. "Audience members move from being passive spectators to becoming part of the show itself; video becoming three dimensional. Communication of any message on a large scale can be achieved without limits."

"We think this is a blank canvas that event organisers are really going to enjoy," says Carol Scott, director of sales and marketing, Tait Technologie

UK - The Cygnus range from Wybron features 100W and 200W RGBW theatrical and Variable White film and TV LED fixtures, all now supplied with quick and easy interchangeable lenses.

Cygnus provides more than five times the brightness of comparable products thanks to a proprietary design featuring 48 or 96 (depending on the model) CREE LEDs in a quad package for ultra-high lumen density and virtually rainbow-free shadows, says the company.

"With the new interchangeable lenses, users can quickly switch between very narrow (16°) or medium flood (24°) patterns, without losing brightness or clarity of light. 100% colour consistency between multiple fixtures is made possible by Wybron's proprietary colour balancing software.

A true dimming ratio over 200,000:1 gives extremely smooth fading even at low intensity levels. Both RGBW and Variable White fixtures feature a high

UK - Avolites and Avolites Media (Hall 1, booths F18 and G15) are set to launch three new products and new Titan Operating system at PLASA 2012. It will see Avolites Ltd presenting the launch of the Titan One virtual console and Titan Version 6, while Avolites Media will showcase the Ai Infinity Media Servers and launch the ground breaking Sapphire Media console.

Known for their professional and friendly approach, the team from Avolites will be on hand to offer individual demonstrations and detailed technical information about the fully comprehensive visual control range.

Avolites Titan V6 not only offers support of Titan-Net distributed DMX but also a host of new features such as the ability of Assignable Global and Individual Rate Masters to enable over-ride of BPM and Times, Auto-legend for Colours, Gobos and Video Clips as well as to hand draw into your Pixel Mapper with A

UK - The LUMI Painter Series from Korean company Kirin Precision are LED Cycloramas which cover the back or side of space with full, bright light. The Smart mix-match railing system means units can be combined and operated as one unit. The Series is currently on display at Harrods in London till 25 August. It was selected as one of the top 10 Korean brands to promote the country in during the London Olympic Games.

"The Series generate a perfectly uniform light output without colours shadows and are flicker free, so they are the perfect solution for TV studios and theatres," says the company.

(Claire Beeson)

UK - Batmink Distribution, one of the UK's leading distributors of professional audio, lighting, hardware and effects equipment, will be introducing several new and exciting products at PLASA 2012.

Of particular interest are two new re-chargeable slimline LED PARcans from Visage Lighting. The entry level WR-944 delivers an impressive light output from 9 x 4 watt RGBW LEDs, whilst the professional WR-684 model incorporates 6 x 8 watt RGBW LEDS. Both models offer wireless DMX with seven available frequencies, sound to light and stand-alone programs together with a Master / Slave function that allows units to communicate wirelessly. These products offer true flexibility and their rechargeable / wireless operation allows for quick installation in even the most awkward or remote situations.

Another product that will be featured on the Batmink stand is the new re-chargeable LED bar

UK - Lighting and visuals rental company HSL continued its busy summer supplying lighting equipment, LED screens, trussing and rigging for the Main Stage and five tented arenas at the 2012 Global Gathering event, staged at Long Marston Airfield near Stratford ..... attracting up to 50,000 dance music fans over two days.

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

UK - Longtime PLASA exhibitor ShowLED returns to Earls Court with several new starcloth product developments.

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

UK - Altman Lighting's Chalice is a 100w LED sourced downlight designed for use in both theatrical and architectural applications. Chalice's spun aluminium housing is lightweight at 8.5lbs and at 10" wide by 12" tall Chalice offers an unobtrusive, low profile look.

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

Belgium - Lighting director and lighting op Jesse Blevins directed this summer's Lenny Kravitz light show at the TW Classic festival in Belgium from a Martin M1 lighting console with high res custom video content played back on a Martin Maxedia Broadcast.

"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

UK - Shenzhen Lamp Technology will launch Seele 18.75mm at PLASA 2012. Seele is a modular system of LED video panels which is designed for the demanding rental and staging market & fixed installations. It allows you to create your own video imaging design to set your staging apart from the ordinary, says the company.

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.

(Jim Evans)

South Africa - Le Grand Cirque de Adrenaline thrilled a South African audience with breathtaking performances at the Joburg Theatre. While the show pushed acrobatics to the limit, the technical was equally impressive. Much of the gear, including 12 new Clay Paky Alpha Profile 1500s, was supplied by MGG Productions.

"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

USA - As a dancer, actress, music artist, producer, and fashion designer, Jennifer Lopez has sold over 55m records worldwide. With a celebrated career spanning over 17 years, she has taken on many challenges in many different industries, except for one. With the launch of her 2012 world tour, Lopez is embarking on her first headlining live tour and behind the scenes lighting designer and programmer Sean Burke has created an energetic and dramatic lighting design using Vari-Lite VL3500 Wash FX and VL3000 Spot luminaires provided by Upstaging.

"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

UK - Robe celebrates its tenth birthday and 10years of 'Working With Winners' at PLASA 2012, referring to its international distribution team, most of whom have been with the company since its first PLASA in 2002.

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

Germany - Wireless LED system manufacturer Astera has forecast significant medium-term growth of the market that it helped to create, predicting that the demand for wireless LED products could double by 2014.

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

UK - Pharos will be showcasing a range of bespoke mobile web apps that have been produced to meet the specific needs of clients. Custom web interfaces have always been part of the standard Pharos feature set - all Pharos controllers can host them - but creating rich web applications for touch screen mobile devices presents additional challenges.

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.

(Jim Evans)

UK - Swisson will debut the XMT-350 RDM Controller and DMX Measurement Tool at PLASA 2012.

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

UK - DMT has upgraded its Pixelscreen Tour series with the new P6 Tour screen which represents the newest generation of indoor and outdoor high-res LED screens for both rental and permanent installations. Excellent brightness, outstanding contrast, compatible size ratio and fashionable look are making it ideal for use demanding environment and applications.

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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