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Already seeing considerable success in Australia and the Americas over the past three years, TourPro has set its European launch in motion with extensive support from Ampco Flashlight Group's Sales and Rental divisions.

"We have had a long relationship with Ampco Flashlight Group in various types of business for more than 20 years," says CEO of SHS Global Leigh-Anne Aiken. "With TourPro, our focus was originally the USA. However during a meeting with Ampco at Prolight + Sound 2015 the European partnership organically came about and it's already proving successful."

The TourPro range sees a USP of superior design versus affordable p

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Nineteen trucks packed with kit left HSL's HQ in Blackburn, Lancashire - with Swansea and Cardiff sharing transport - loaded up with a combination of moving lights, LED fixtures, strobes, follow spots and generic luminaires, together with cabling, power distribution, control and effects and atmosphere generators. Equipment flew out the door to keep pace of the barrage of slapstick, innuendo and one-liners.

The first truck was loaded up at HSL on 13 November and the most hectic weekend saw 11 trucks filled and dispatched over three days.

HSL's team

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A striking lighting show was programmed by Sven Kucinic who works regularly with Prljavo Kazaliste. Tony Cetinski does not currently travel with an LD, so his management asked if Sven could also take care of lighting the show.

In addition to the house lighting rig which includes Robe LEDWash 800s and ColorSpot 575E ATs, the event's lighting supplier was Swiss rental and event production company eventattack, which has invested heavily in Robe in recent years. The rig featured 12 x LEDWash 800s, 16 x LEDBeam 100s and 16 x Pointes which were hung on the house bars in a relatively conventional set up. The versatility of

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With such a vast array of productions seen by almost 800,000 visitors every year, the Royal Opera House must rely on state-of-the-art equipment to ensure that each show achieves its potential. As a result, the venue has invested significantly in Wireless Solution's W-DMX; with every purchase being made through White Light.

Justin Cook is the lighting systems manager and part of the technical production team at the Royal Opera House. He comments, "We decided to invest in Wireless DMX as we were aware of the huge impact it would have in how the productions are run at t

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The 90-minute intro sessions will cover all the basic operational features of the dot2 console including an overview of the whole dot2 product range, before diving into controlling fixtures, creating pre-sets and cue lists. Building chases and creating and using effects will also be covered. Ambersphere staff will be on hand to answer any questions participants might have following the session.

The dot2 range consists of three lightin

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The park is also home to a variety of other industry brands including: Brilliant Stages, Perry Scenic Creative, Litestructures, LS-Live, The Music Consortium, Knight Rigging Services, Tek LED, J&C Joel - and, of course, the renowned live events university centre, Backstage Academy.

Across the three open days, from 1-3 March, you can also meet the Nitelites team, who (using LS-Live's 17,500sq.ft Studio 001) will demo their new turnkey arena touring package from the specialist Italian lo

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ACT Canada, has become the new exclusive distributor of Robert Juliat products in Canada, following the conclusion of a successful relationship with MDG which has chosen to focus on developing its own brand. The new arrangement with ACT Lighting takes effect from 1 January 2016.

"We have worked with ACT Lighting in the USA for the past year and have been exceedingly happy with the relationship that has formed between our companies in this region," says Robert Juliat CEO, Francois Juliat. "It is a logical transition for ACT Canada to take on our distribution in Canada following MDG's decision to cease all distribution of other brands. ACT Lighting has offices in Toronto as well as Los Angeles and New York and we are confident the new arrangements in Canada will pr

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Angstadt of Round Peg Productions would have liked to have used haze to create more dramatic beam looks at Mistletoe Meltdown, a hugely popular December festival, which in 2015 featured Robin Thicke, OMI, Rachel Platten and The Vamps. Nevertheless, Angstadt overcame this obstacle with the help of 13 pixel mapped Next NXT-1 moving RGBW LED panels from Chauvet Professional, provided by Showtime Sound of Frederick, MD.

"Since there was no haze permitted in the venue, I had to come up with another way to create the

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In January 2015 Bandit won the Pollstar Lighting Company of the Year Award, followed by the equally prestigious Parnelli Award for Lighting Company of the Year in November.

Bandit honoured many people this year starting with long time Bandit Brent Barrett, who has had a remarkable tenure with Bandit since the founding of the company. Brent, a steady fixture in Bandit's illustrious history, initially joined in 1977 while in college with founder Michael T. Strickland at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

A few years later, Barrett would find himself joining forces with the Southern rock powerhouse band Alabama, a Bandit client, as their production manager, where he

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"We chose the Elation ACL 360i luminaires to fill a very specific need for a fixture that can be a part of a matrix configuration and produce dynamic motion effects while in that configuration," explained Jason Jenkins, Elite Multimedia director of operations. "The speed of the Elation ACL 360i is phenomenal, and it has a clean, tight beam that others can't match. We also really like the cooler colour temperature of its LED source, and it's a very affordable fixture that does not sacrifice quality."

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Reviving the idea of a moving mirror fixture, the Spheriscan fills a fixture gap that has long been absent from a designer's wheelhouse, giving stunning swirling effects as the mirror spins endlessly with an option of four revolutions per second.

"The speed and feature set make the Spheriscan a uniquely diverse fixture while maintaining the needs of everyday use," said Bandit's director of technical services Jake Tickle. "It is refreshing to see Clay Paky produce a product that so many have wanted while adding their own touch to it, and it is a

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"I was absolutely delighted to be involved again with Henley and especially with its 70th anniversary," said Phil, who gained an MBA at the business school.

They were looking for a big wow factor, so Phil demonstrated the CORE ColourPoint up-lighter and immediately suggested lighting the front façade of the main grade II listed Greenlands building.

The striking 19th century country house, once the home to son of famous stationery brand founder William Henry Smith (WH Smith) is conveniently finished in white stucco which is ideal for taking ligh

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Having filed for chapter 11 protection on 30 November, 2015, DPS immediately sought court approval to sell its assets. After a broad solicitation of offers from multiple production technology companies in a sale ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, PRG has successfully acquired the bulk of DPS' lighting and film equipment assets. The purchase of DPS' well maintained, quality equipment will enable PRG to fulfill its ever expanding client demand in the vibrant Los Angeles markets, says the company.

"Adding these assets to our inventory goes a long way to supporting ou

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In Color Park the audience can switch the colour of the illuminated details of the artwork through several interactive movement and distance sensors. Kola urges the viewers to play with his art: "You can step under a coloured light and your presence will tone the vault next to the Old Church. Ask your friend to come along and you can mix the colours together", explains Kola on his piece. "Or try painting with your hand! Colours react to the sound frequency of the theremin, an instrument invented nearly a hundred years ago. The changes in the sound frequency changes the freq

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Technical course leader, Lucy Greaves, explains, "Our FdA Theatre Arts (Acting) students were preparing a performance of Terrorism by the Presnyakov Brothers and the FdA Theatre Arts (Technical) students were providing the technical support required for the play. The director of the performance, Phil Green who is the course leader of the FdA Theatre Arts (Acting) course requested a lighting effect that could focus on an actor's face. The technical tutor, Andy Atkin suggested that ideal

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Official estimates place the number of lights involved in the show at 1.5m. This year another 14 fixtures were added to the holiday mix, in the form of COLORado 4 IP LED linear washes from Chauvet Professional, provided by AMP'D Entertainment.

Although 14 fixtures might not seem like much compared to 1.5 million points of light, the COLORados had an outsized impact on Coeur D 'Alene's fes

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"We're immensely proud of this honour and validation of our team's commitment in continued technical innovation to help with TV and film productions," enthuses Dino Mazza, product manager at CAST Software.

After winning its' first Emmy, CAST Software continued engineering innovative technologies and the advancement of wysiwyg, which today is the tool of choice for many of the world's leading lighting designers as well as production and scenic designers.

"The award is recognition of wysiwyg users who use it as their go-to pre-production lighting tool

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The Theatre boasts a Slingco tension wire grid, production lighting & sound, a large screen projection system, full perimeter drapes, theatre communications & a spacious control room.

The TV studio is kitted out with Doughty Studio Rail systems, full high-level drapes and a state of the art control room.

The five drama studios and music spaces are also packed with a generous amount of hardware & tech, providing a learning facility which can have simultaneous productions

"Doughty equipment featured heavily in this project and as usual it give the quality finish that is expected from us. Dan at Doughty is amazing," comments

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Longhi Banqueting had the idea of illuminating the casino. The catering company contacted the lighting designer Giuseppe Cividini and asked him to design show lighting for the building.

"We got a lot of ideas from the technical inspection and came up with solutions for carrying out the work inside the building and on the façade. It was necessary to dim down the areas that were too brightly lit and illuminate the poorly lit parts to make them stand out at their best," Giuseppe Cividini relates.

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"The band had been in the US for most of 2015 and wanted to create a big impact on their return," says Cooper. "The Tiger Touch II, loaded with V9, is my first choice for this type of show. I designed the tour featuring a lot of multi-cell fixtures, LED tape and effects such as smoke machines and strobes, so I used the Pixel Mapper and Key Frame Shapes features, which offer a very quick way to create effects and it gives you a lot more control on how precise they are."

The team opened each show with a giant Union Jack backdrop to mark the homecoming, and designed two large set pieces either side of stage which were based on Mallory Knox's 'MK' lo

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Mick, a respected and well established UK based LD who works with a number of high profile international artists, specified Robe moving lights after using Robe on shows for the Moody Blues earlier in the summer. For the Opeth tour, lighting was supplied by Leeds, UK, based lighting rental company, Zig Zag.

The fixture list included 10 x Robe 600E Spots, 10 x LEDWash 600s, 18 x LEDBeam 100s, LEDForce and 18 RGBW LED PARs, together with strobes and Moles, distributed across four upstage vertical towers, a rear truss and the floor.

Opeth's lighting needs to be moody, dramatic, dark, a bit sinister and definitely edgy.

Imaginative video - produced by Mi

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Lighting designer André Beekmans of Eindhoven-based lighting design house The Art of Light created the extraordinary lighting concept for the two-day event, which saw a line-up of some of the biggest electronic dance music (EDM) artists of the moment including Armin van Buuren and David Guetta.

Ampco Flashlight supplied the Clay Paky kit, comprising 108 Sharpys, 15 Mythos, 96 Sharpy Wash 330, 93 Stormy CC and 15 Mythos. The festival took place in the vast Amsterdam Arena and was attended by thousands of revellers from around the world.

"We were honoured to be able to use the Stormy CC on such a large scale," says Beekmans. "We employed them to deliver vibrant strobing in a huge ran

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Following an extremely successful PLASA Focus Glasgow in 2014, WL is delighted to be returning to the show this year. Peter Threadgold, WL's customer services director, comments, "PLASA Focus provides a fantastic opportunity for us to showcase the extensive range of state-of-the-art products we have at WL. With so much exciting change happening within the company since we were last in Glasgow, we cannot wai