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The Professional Development Programme is part of PLASA London 2014, which takes place at ExCeL London from 5 - 8 October. Since launching in 2010, it has welcomed more than 300 speakers and thousands of attendees. The programme's aim is to test theory, inspire debate and showcase expert insight from the different areas of the entertainment technology industry.

Rockart Design's session, Making the Eurovision Set Come to Life, will see Nicoline L. Refsing reveal the creative pro

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Cally Bacchus, owner and director of Qeytek comments, "With the innovative release of the popular Jack moving light and the continuation of product releases including Raptor, Nick Nrg line, Max and Wonder, we have a fantastic portfolio of product to offer the market.

D.T.S. has a full production and assembly line, quality control, R & D department, all based at their headquarters in Misano Adriatico, Italy. Its products are used around the world, including events such as the Sochi Olympic Winter Games 2014.

I've been equally impressed with the evolution of the popular FOS, Delta and Scena LED luminaires. It is clear this company is on the rise.

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The Ayrton collection of LED lighting solutions offers lighting designers creative lighting tools built to withstand the tough demands of touring and installations. The innovative range includes indoor and outdoor fixtures, static and moving yoke fixtures including the signature Magicpanel range.

Ambersphere Solutions is the exclusive UK distributor for Clay Paky, MA Lighting and Robert Juliat. "Ayrton offer a high quality range of modular creative LED products which perfectly complement the existing Ambersphere product range," says Ambersphere managing director Glyn O'Donoghue.

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Chris Marsh, Sheeran's production manager and FOH engineer, says: "I've had a chance to hear Ed's music on a lot of different systems, for various festivals, one-off shows, and opening for acts like Taylor Swift. But whenever I came across Leo - and more recently, Lyon - I've noticed a marked difference in sound quality, and hence a marked difference in my

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Landau worked alongside touring lighting director/operator Christian Lincoln to specify 18 VL3000 Wash luminaires and 16 VL2000 Spots. Supplied by Siyan Ltd, the luminaires performed key roles within the design and crucially worked well alongside the extensive visual element.

"Childish Gambino's show is very theatrical, not a typical rap concert," explains Landau. "The visual design is focused on projections - four 20K projectors mapped onto an upstage screen, a downstage scrim, side columns, and stage set pieces. The Vari-Lite lumi

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Burning Man is an annual event and a thriving year-round culture. The event takes place the week leading up to and including Labour Day, and is dedicated to the spirit of community, art and self-reliance, culminating in a burning of a series of effigies as a spontaneous act of "radical self-expression". It is a popular communal event full of unique entertainment.

Walter Productions, located in Phoenix, Arizona brought a parade of five oversized art cars plus their moving 'Kalliope' main stage to Burning Man. The cars and stage were illuminated eye candy for spectators, which were all wirelessl

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As Jon Lane, founder and managing director of Smart-e says, "Our products are well-known and proven within the AV sector and we hope this new partnership will open up new markets and extend our reach."

He added, "We were very impressed with The Change Organisation's business strategy and the enthusiasm of its sales teams, and believe we have found a distributor whose ambition and drive will help strengthen the Smart-e brand."

The Change Organisation's sales director Owain Williams commented, "As an IT distributor, The Change Organisation saw Smart-e as an ideal fit to capitalise on the converging AV and IT markets. We were impressed with

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Hosted by Sir Terry Wogan, the open-air concert featured a multitude of musical stars, including Proms in the Park favourites the BBC Concert Orchestra, under the baton of Richard Balcombe, and special guests Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo, soprano Pumeza Matshikiza, Rufus Wainwright and Earth, Wind & Fire.

With such a diverse line up and so many fast changes b

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These two festivals represented country music at its best, but what really tied both together - aside from their mutual corporate sponsor - was the sound provided at each site by U.S. Audio & Lighting's L-Acoustics K2 system. "The music sounded excellent in both places," says Patrick Coughlin, general manager of U.S. Audio & Lighting North, the N

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The live event was broadcasted to the massive crowd of people in Gwanghwamun Square and lining the streets. A backbone for the transmission of the PA system used 20 of Inter-M's new DAC-288 transmitter/receivers. The DAC-288 incorporates Audinate's market leading Dante digital audio over IP networking solution. The 12 square kilometer venue in Gwanghwamun facing Seoul's City Hall Square had

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Global creative agency, Imagination was briefed by Jaguar to design and produce a series of innovative special events across London at iconic locations, defining another moment in the remarkable history of this brand.

Events started with an installation of the XE word cloud sculpture in 'The Tank' at the design museum on the 5 September. Imagination worked closely with Jaguar's design team to hand craft these contemporary pieces.

Global lifestyle and automotive media were flown into London where they attended a media briefing at the ME Hotel on the 8 September. Imagination produced a series of workshops based around the all new XE, which was then revealed to them later that evening.

The journey began with 1

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The building houses a library, a museum, art workshops, an auditorium, a 1,300 seat theatre and an outdoor theatre. The venue hosts conferences and performances by national and international performers, with the aim of making the arts accessible to the general public.

In the main theatre an iLive-144 control surface and iDR-48 MixRack were installed at FOH, with an iLive-T112 surface and another iDR-48 MixRack for monitors. For the outdoor theatre iLive-T112 surfaces and iDR-48 Mixracks were installed for both FOH and Monitors.

"I love the iLive - the routing is very easy, the sound

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"The addition of Symetrix to its portfolio arrives at an opportune moment for both Axente and France's AV market in general. Demand for processing solutions integrating support for Audinate's industry-leading Dante media networking technology continues to grow - and these requirements are catered to abundantly in the Symetrix range with products including SymNet Edge, Radius 12x8 and Radi

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When Crown Stage and Theatre Services were brought on board by Willmott Dixon Construction to carry out the installation of the drama equipment required to fulfil the needs of the school, a range of products from Doughty Engineering was specified.

Crown Stage's Russell Payne said, "When it comes to jobs like this, Doughty Engineering is our first choice. We have a long trading history and an excellent working relationship with them. We've been using their products for over 20 years and we know they are guaranteed to be of a high standard with the assurance of quality and safety."

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Delivering seamless sound around the high temporary stands erected at Edinburgh Castle is always a challenge, as the weather can change from calm to very windy, from dry to thick fog or torrential rain in minutes. The show itself is very dynamic, with the audience seated around three sides - and the further rows and mix position high above - of the large courtyard in which the action takes place. Adding to the challenge is the backdrop of the castle itself, which is visually stunning, but provides a large, hard surface for slapback.

For 2014, the audio team tasked with this challenging project comprised sound designer

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This vibrant and ambitious site specific work, directed by Cathie Boyd, celebrated Cryptic's 20th anniversary and was part of the arts programme accompanying the 2014 XX Commonwealth Games in the city, which culminated the same weekend.

dbn's Stephen Page was commissioned to design and develop a lighting scheme for the show, due to the company's extensive experience working on dynamic outdoor multi-faceted performances like this.

The performance encompassed several live artists and bands, aerialists, p

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This year, the Pleasance celebrated its 30th anniversary at the cutting edge of independent and innovative theatre, and was once again central to the Edinburgh vibes staging some of the best new works and showcasing breakthrough talent with an average of 10 shows a day running in each of its spaces!

All the technicals were overseen by Pleasance technical operations manager Matt Britten and lighting by Pleasance Edinburgh head of lighting Dom Knight, who also designed and specified 'house' lighting rigs for the venues.

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The four-piece - comprising brothers Joseph and David Dunwell on vocals and guitar, bassist Rob Clayton and drummer Adam Taylor - has played both club shows and support slots in bigger venues over the course of the tour.

Sean is operations manager at Subfrantic, a rental company with extensive use and knowledge of Yamaha digital consoles. He chose a Yamaha QL5 and Rio3224-D as the ideal solution for the size-versus-features requirements of a hard working band which is touring on a budget.

"Club tours are challenging at the best of times, especially when you're fac

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Blunt released his newest album in October of 2013 entitled Moon Landing, which features an emotional and powerful side to the singer-songwriter we have not yet seen. The album is personal and intimate, reflecting back to where Blunt got his start and where he is now.

"We have worked with James Blunt since 2005, this is our fourth world tour with him, and all James' shows have been dominated by Martin moving lights," Said Johnson. "This is the largest production we have taken out on the road thus far."

The theme of the tour is the romanticism and loneliness of the moon landings. For

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"We are extremely happy with this new business alliance which brings together two of our industry's leading, high-end brands to offer quality solutions to the market," says Robert Juliat sales director, Claus Spreyer.

The two companies join forces to team Licht-Technik Vertriebs GmbH's specialised range of motorised yokes, motorised barndoors, colour changers and dimmer shutters with the full range of Robert Juliat Fresnel, PC and profile fixtures. Aimed at theatre and studio installations, the collaboration will benefit these institutions with precise control over their fixtur

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Placed high on the roof of the City Hall, four Community RSH-462 loudspeakers broadcast short extracts from Li Bia Bouquet, the anthem of Namur. The schedule of play is phased throughout the week to play longer on such days as market day, and less on Sundays when it could disturb the residents.

An InOut RePlay R-01E is used for content and scheduling, while digital processing and loudspeaker management is provided by a Community dSPEC226. The high power Focussed Array RSH-462 loudspeakers are driven by two t&mSystems SP1600 700 Watt amplifiers.

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It's interesting to see the results when people give something back to the industry, as was the case four years ago when Karen Burt of Planet Productions Code Teen and Gavin Taylor of the GrandWest Entertainment in Cape Town spearheaded the successful music and entertainment initiative called Backstage Pass High School Jam. The performance project did not only unite cultures, communities, schools and families, but above all encouraged self-pride, achievement, self-appreciation and the fulfilment of dreams.

Inspired Stages, hosted at the GrandWest, was the next step of the journey, giving students the op

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In two short seminar sessions - Sunday 5 October 1.30pm - 2.00pm, and Monday 6 October - 11.30am - 12.00pm - Byrne will introduce Entertainment Workshops, an alternative education facility that provides an opportunity for young people to access hidden skills through hands on learning. EW encourages the use of the latest industry equipment and technology and offers practical work-based experience with strong links to providing a pathway to a career.

The TheatreStage is presented by The Theatres Trust, the National Advisory Body for Theatres.

The stage will be located on stand R40, di

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"I assist the stage manager with the day to day running of the backstage workings such as the scheduling of crew, liaising with our suppliers when we need to, servicing and repairing any equipment, purchasing new equipment to either replace or expand our existing in-house equipment and generally make sure that the team has everything they might need," said Jolene.

With this in mind, the Lyric recently purchased Philips Selecon PL2CYC LED Luminaires. "When the Lyric opened its doors in 2007, i