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Watchout manages projected 3D content on a large stage backdrop creating a powerful abstract presence in front of audiences wearing polarized 3D glasses. Two more Watchout channels feed the flanking LED screens. To create the lighting effects on the four oversized illuminated keyboards, a Pixel-gate LED video controller uses an additional DVI output from the main screen using the Watchout 'Tier' feature. The main timeline in Watchout is chasing timecode from Kraftwerk synthesizers (MTC converted into SMPTE). The Kraftwerk synthesizers are also used for live visual interaction controlled via MIDI commands.

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Audiences of up to up to 4,000 recently witnessed impressive light show at 19 shows across the continent - designed without compromise by Austrian company, MartinKames.com. Along with lighting designer Gunnar Loose (www.revolutionlights.de), Kames and system technician Markus Fichtler, developed a technical setup that met all requirements of the show.

Multiples of PR Lighting's PR-5000 Spot and PR-5000 Beam were selected for their advanced featureset. But the intensive tour schedule, with long drives between the locations, challenged the logistics and this became a further reason for specifying PR Lighting's PR-5000 Series. Notes Jens Ottenhus from German distributors, Focon Showtechnic. "With its 1.5 kW discharge lamps and a weight o

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From the moment clubbers walk up the escalators, edged with pixel-mapped LED's they are immersed in a surreal escapist world of SGM paper lanterns in the foyer and walkways. Turning into the 'Tomorrow' nightclub - the biggest of the three spaces, and designed like a rock 'n' roll arena - their senses are immediately assaulted by flown arrays of eight SGM SP-6 Six Pack blinders and four banks of four SGM X-5 white strobes, which pulse onto the dancefloor, punctuating the beam action from 24 SGM Beam 300 moving heads.

But the main focus of attention is the largest SGM centrepiece ever produced - a massive overhang comprising 225 of SGM's 1m length pixel tubes (LT-100), interspersed

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Long-serving LD Ian MacDonald designed the lighting to be diverse - partly scaled to fit 1000-seat theatres, but sufficiently organic to upscale effortlessly into arenas and amphitheaters. In the case of Synthetica this involved five different set-ups, and each included GLP's new Spot One LED moving heads.

MacDonald's search for the Spot One was stimulated by his desire to have an all LED arena lighting rig. "This is becoming the norm these days ... less power and lighter fixtures are always a huge plus, especially when playing smaller venues with limited power," he said. "I was looking for an LED profile moving fixture that could be as good as, or better than a standard moving light fixture."

And GLP's spot provid

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Filmed at BBC White City and aired on Saturday nights on BBC1, the entertainment show is packed full of big stunts designed to fool the nation. It's essentially a hidden camera series where Richard sends out his 'agents' aka actors and comedians to set up funny situations involving unsuspecting members of the public.

Roger Williams designs the lighting rig which comprises of MAC Aura's, Chroma Flood RGB, VL1000TS and GLP Impressions. The lights enhance the exciting lab set.

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Alkstrand holds the responsibility of worldwide business development for the W-DMX brand. He worked for Wireless Solution in European Sales for two years from 2006 to 2008 during the start up of the company and has now returned as operations manager.

"I'm very excited to be part of the Wireless Solution team once again," says Alkstrand, "The W-DMX brand is well respected and has been involved in some very impressive events and installations worldwide, with a strong presence in many key regions around the world. I look forward to growing these relationships even more."

Zellén has worked with W-DMX products since 2009 but was moved to the role of CTO as part of a programme to inc

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Broadway's Bring it On is an energetic, acrobatic musical that gives a glimpse into the world of high school cheerleading. The show's high impact, high octane lighting design is also a highly ambitious endeavour. It features 29 DMX universes, more than 350 moving lights and nearly 1,000 LED fixtures, including six ETC Selador Desire Ice LED fixtures. An ETC Eos control desk is at the head of the massive lighting system.

"People are surprised that we have a show this size on Eos," says Bring it On's lighting programmer Tim Rogers. Lightin

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Based on ACT Lighting's performance as a North American distributor of Clay Paky fixtures over the past two years, Clay Paky area manager for North and Latin America, Francesco Romagnoli said, "We felt that naming ACT Lighting as our exclusive distributor is the best step we could take to ensure our growth in this very important market. ACT Lighting has not only set sales records for North America but also provided the excellent after-sales service that Clay Paky has been known for."

Bob Gordon, president and CEO of ACT Lighting, affirmed his company's sales records with Clay Paky products and said, "We are proud that our sales records in North America have propelled us to the position of number-one Clay Paky distributor in the world by sales during the past

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The addition of Silica to the network of distribution partners will allow Philips Lumileds to meet the increasing demand for its lighting solutions and to further strengthen its service and support structure in Europe. Silica's existing and prospective customers likewise will benefit from in-depth technical support through dedicated lighting specialists across Europe.

Martin Bielesch, general manager lighting at Silica, comments, "Philips Lumileds is one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-power LEDs and a pioneer in the use of solid-state lighting solutions. Their Luxeon products are

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Rising above the retail podium of Sydney, the 25-storey tower is accessed by lifts from the Sky Lobby at the top of the retail precinct. The Sky Lobby also acts as a transition area for access to Castlereagh Street itself and the retail area.

The Sky Lobby has airport lounge-type meeting areas including cafés designed to create an environment where people can interact informally. In fact on any given day up to 3,500 people could be dropping in and out of that area from internal offices plus thos

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Schouten is one of the best known and loved comic artists in the Netherlands and tours the country extensively every year, from September to May, playing five or six shows a week - a format that has been highly successful for the last 32 years.

Danny den Bekker has worked as her lighting designer for the last nine years, and technical production and lighting rental company Locomotion from Boxtel has serviced her tours for 26 years.

Den Bekker has been using various Robe products in his designs for about the last seven years, starting with the ColorSpot and Color Wash 575 Series and then the 700 Series ColorSpot and Co

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It is also their first investment into the Robe brand, prompted by Peitsman Licht en Geluid owner and founder Hans Peitsman's desire to keep moving forward, thinking of the future and offering his clients the latest technologies.

Peitsman Licht en Geluid was founded in 1994 and now has 15 full time employees. The company supplies full technical production packages to a broad cross-section of industry sectors - live shows and events, B2B and corporate presentations, theatre and television productions, parties and public entertainments.

The order for the new Robe fixtures - delivered by Benelux distributor Controllux's Dutch office -

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Lighting designer Will Twork has been designing concerts for over 40 years, almost 30 of which have been with Bandit Lites. Previous acts heralding Twork's designs include KISS, Aerosmith, Motorhead and Mötley Crüe. For 10 Years' concert at the historic Tennessee Theatre, Twork focused on the music for inspiration, drawing on dark musicality that pervades most of 10 Years' songs.

"I spent a week prior to even setting up any lights listening to the music to formulate ideas in my head," said Twork. "I wanted to a

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"I am delighted to welcome Sarah to the White Light team" said Peter Threadgold, sales director at White Light. "I have known Sarah since her early days in our industry and have seen her knowledge and business acumen develop over the years. I look forward to working together as White Light continues to take up new opportunities for growth."

In her new role, Cox will focus on delivering White Light's innovative products and qualit

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As part of a major upgrade to the school's performance space technology Oxford-based Lancelyn Theatre Supplies has supplied a comprehensive rig comprising luminiares from Philips Selecon's range of performance LED Luminaires.

"We're really impressed with the result," says Wallington's science curriculum support officer, Michael Curran. "We have a number of pupils who are technically creative and I firmly believe that the investment in such a flexible lighting solution provides a worthy match for their enthusiasm. Installing the Selecon PLPROFILE-1, PLFRESNEL and PLCYC-1s is giving students many more creative options than we've had before. In the past we were usin

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The company's Video department has been boosted with a new Roland V800 HD vision mixer.

This reflects a steadily busy year, and a particularly active autumn season and festive run up. In 2013 the company celebrates its 15th year of operation, in which time it has established itself as one of the leading single-source technical production service providers for all types of shows and events.

Says UEP's Steve Butcher, "It's been a good year with a constant stream of high quality work, which has enabled us to make several key purchases and ensure our clients benefit from the latest and best technologies and options available in all discip

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Bewley has worked for Enter Shikari for the last five years. They are among the hardest working artists on the live circuit, bringing their highly adrenalized electro-metal sounds and stage performances to a loyal and enthusiastic international fanbase.

Around 18 months ago, HSL came on-board to supply equipment for their UK and European work after Bewley was impressed by the people, equipment, service and attitude of the Blackburn based operation.

"We needed a complete solutions company for lighting and visuals ... and HSL was a great choice," he states.

HSL's project manager Mike Oates says, &

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Lighting designer Yenz Nyholm says they form a key element in his lighting design: "We're only transporting 12 spots in the rig, which is not a lot especially when you get into big venues. The output you get with a Clay Paky is really striking for a 700W lamp. The output and the optics were the main reasons for choosing the Alpha Spots HPEs, and also the fact that they move incredibly fast."

The strength, versatility and nimble nature of the Alpha Spots have enabled Nyholm to build a look for the show which really complements the band's image: "The main thing I'm using with the spots is the colour - I use a lot of very slow colour fades. Obviously it's got to be a CMY fixture,

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"When I joined BOVTS I realised that the students were using cue lights that would break and were not easy to programme. I felt the students needed the chance to work with exactly the same systems that they would be using once they graduated. This brought me to Stage Electrics," commented Louise Matthews, production stage management supervisor, BOVTS.

Working closely with Matthews, Stage Electrics designed and developed their new table top stage management console. Ideal for use in schools, touring shows and professional theatres; this flagship portable desk concept is proven to be a popular choice across a variety of venues such as East 15 Acting School and B

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Provided by Creative Production & Design of Austin, Texas, 114 Chauvet Professional MVP 18 and 96 MVP 12 modular video panels made up for an impressive display, conceived in layers of video walls with a 3D feel. "The versatility of the MVP 18 panels makes it easy to use in many of our applications," said Daniel Wyatt, project manager of Creative Production & Design.

For high-resolution graphics 18 of the MVP 12 video panels worked as the façade for the DJ booth, while a 6-by-13 video wall of the same panels was placed in the background. In between these walls, 11 high columns of one-by-10 MVP 18 vide

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The MAC Viper Profile features over 26000 lumens of power from a 1000-watt HID source and is convincingly brighter than 1200-watt fixtures and also outperforms them in terms of speed and compactness.

The 1500-watt MAC III AirFX is an extremely bright and highly versatile lighting fixture, a new concept that combines hard-edge, mid-air effects a

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It was established in 2007 by Ales Pirman, who first bought Robe moving lights in 2003 when running his previous lighting company, which was a smaller one-person operation.

The first purchases were 575 XT Washes and ColorSpot 575 ATs which were such a success that he continued down the Robe route after he set up Intralite.

"I needed good value, highly featured moving lights that were reliable and solid rental company workhorses," he explains. "Robe was a lot more accessible than any of its competitors on several different fronts," he comments, adding that the service, support and backup offere

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Passion Pit is continuing its national tour after releasing its second LP, Gossamer. More dates are planned for 2013.

"I've never toured with Clay Paky lights, but these have been fantastic," Rothberg reports. "They're different from other lights of this type. They are smaller and brighter, and the zoom is amazing. They can go from a super tight beam to a super fat beam in an instant. They're brighter than anything else we've encountered."

Rothberg, who is also the tour's lighting programmer, had previous positive experiences with Clay Paky 700 fixtures but calls the 800 units "even be

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Additionally, Gray lit two high profile off site shows - Aitor Throup's ground-breaking New Object Research at The Dog Eared Film Studio in Covent Garden and Jonathan Saunders' collection at Victoria House in Holborn.

Renegade also sourced and co-ordinated all the necessary lighting equipment and supplied their own hand-picked crews.

The Hospital Club was the official British Fashion Council (BFC) show space at the hub of the event, featuring up to four shows a day .

The space was almost square and surrounded by white walls, seating bays and runway floor. A central 'spine' truss was installe