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As well as using SHoW DMX Neo Transceivers and Receivers, the production marked the first use of the new D2 and D4 Dimmers.

Martin Chisnall, as well as being one of the show's production electricians, took on the role of wireless DMX consultant. He was brought on board by Howard Eaton Lighting to oversee the design and installation of the SHoW DMX Neo wireless DMX system.

Because of previous bad experiences with wireless DMX, the theatre had gained a reputation as a hostile environment in which to use radio DMX. Even before the theatre's previous show, Shrek, had closed, Chisnall conducted a 2.4GHz WiSpy survey onstage to discover what other competing wi

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The opening of this year's Opera Festival in Munich presented a spectacular opportunity: Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi and the Bavarian State Opera itself all celebrate their 200th birthday this year. As a result, the opera house staged Wagner vs Verdi, a playful contest in which the two great composers met each other as giant marionettes in the plaza outside the Bavarian State Opera house.

Cheered on by about 10,000 visitors, the 9.5m high internally lit futuristic figures were moved by cranes like puppets, while the faces of two actors were projected onto the faces - creating the dialogue between the two composers.

The 'contest' began around 10pm as it became

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With 195 performing bands playing on eight stages over eight consecutive days, the event was high on anticipation, with audience pitching their tents to compete for the Camp of the Year.

Renowned international names such as Rihanna, Metallica, Volbeat, Queen of the Stone Age and Kraftwerk ensured that Roskilde Festival 2013 lived up to its reputation with regards to performance, while lighting designers and suppliers ensured maximum dynamics, to bring the best out of the performances.

Three of the stages - Odeon, Pavilion and Apollo - were awash with LED fixtures from SGM. This initially took shape when head of stage technology at Roskilde Festi

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Around 4,000 people turned up to the 2013 event, including DJ's and VJ's from across the Calgary and Edmonton areas. After around 15 years or so the event is finally getting the recognition it deserves, according to Steve Burak of EA Systems, who provided lighting for the main Temple stage.

Contracted by promoter James Katalyst for the first time, Burak himself took on LD duties, working alongside Calgary-based audio company, PK Sound. At the core of his inventory were 13 of PR Lighting's XPAR 348 LED heads. Containing 48 x 3W high quality RGBW LED's this unit's attributes include low noise, low maintenance, energy saving and a weight of just 9kg.

The fixtures endured an arduous

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The duo, who broke through late last year with their single Cruise, had been doing some support dates on Swift's Red tour. Recalls Cunningham, "Steve Richards, who is out as LD on the Taylor tour, introduced me to the fixtures, and gave me the inside scoop." Having also watched the Beyoncé videos, showing heavy use of the X-5 (white strobe) he immediately became convinced by the technology.

But it was the colour function that he could envisage working on the FGL tour, and he wasted no time requisitioning six from Theatrical Media Services (TMS) of Omaha. Owing to supply and demand this was the maximum that could be accommodated in

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The 20 minute spectacle was creatively directed by Gerald Ponesky and Uwe 'Leo' Auerswald for producers the Compact Team, a Berlin based event agency and followed a friendly match with Scottish giants, Glasgow Celtic. It featured a jaw-dropping visual / set design and lightshow concept created by Gerd Helinski from Berlin based HELICON-Media - featuring 60 Robe MMX WashBeams - together with a special soundtrack compiled by Mathias 'Matze' Mantzke.

It was a landmark moment for the legendary FC Union Berlin, popularly known as the Eisern Union (Iron Union). The club has a colourful and interesting history, an international cult following and a hugely devout and somewhat unconventional fanbase

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"LED is the way forward," says Calder Sibbald, Black Light's head of hires. "We are committed to providing our customers with the best possible choice and the latest technology and we think that ETC's range offers an unbeatable combination of features."

The new additions to Black Light's stock include Source Four LED Lustr+ and Studio HD Profiles, Desire D60 Vivid, Desire D60 Lustr+ and Desire D40 Vivid luminaries.

"We bought some Lustr+ Profiles last year and they have been out on hire almost constantly ever since," says Sibbald. "We know that this range is perfect for

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The MAC Viper Quadray allows for the projection of four individually controllable rays of light - a new effect providing a unique aspect to any show.

An efficient effects engine provides designers and programmers the ability to create a whole new variety of looks that would otherwise be difficult or even impossible to program via a lighting console.

The MAC Viper Quadray houses a narrow-range zoom and includes the same high-quality feature set as the MAC Viper AirFX, including a vibrant colour mixing system and stunning aerial designs. Additionally, it fe

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At the Pleasance courtyard, head of lighting Dom Knight selected LumenRadio's CRMX technology for the largest space on-site - the 750 seat Pleasance Grand. Hosting some of the most popular acts on the fringe, the Grand is converted from a sports hall into a full scale performance space, with the help of technical suppliers Black Light, Orbital Sound, XL Video and Arena Seating to name just a few.

This year's rig, supplied by Black Light, was completed with a large Robe Lighting rig, inclu

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This will be staged between 12 and 23 February 2014 in Cambridge, UK. In its second year, e-Luminate is now under the artistic direction of projection specialist Ross Ashton, known for his work worldwide and his expertise in producing spectacular public art works.

It has also just been confirmed that leading entertainment technology brands Panasonic and Pulsar have come on-board.

Says Ashton, "e-Luminate provides a completely unique opportunity for brands, manufacturers and distributors to highlight all sorts of sound, lighting and video hardware and software products and enables artists to use these in new, exciting and invent

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Senior product manager for Chauvet Professional Ford Sellers will conduct the session, which includes topics such as transitioning and replacing existing lighting with energy saving LED fixtures, discussions on color-narrow band vs. broad emitting, concepts in design -using the right tool for the right job, and more.

USITT executive director David Grindle said that offering professionals this type of hands-on training, which has direct impact on their careers is a great step in fulfilling USITT's mission. The first time Sellers led a USITT Presents workshop on 3 June in Miami, "the attendees were impressed with the amount of information they learned."

"It's great to be back presenting in th

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Top acts like Bob Sinclar, Fedde Le Grand, Nicky Romero, Westbam and NERVO entertained and excited the crowds on eight large stages and 30 music trucks with further performances provided next to the festival site.

Nicky Romero and NERVO performed their acts on the main stage next to the Mythenquai (the former site was blocked by construction works), which were supported by a large light spectacle and a big live laser show. Acts on two further stages the Bürkliplatz and at the concert hall were also supported with many laser light systems from Laserworld.

Altogether Laserworld used laser light systems with a total output power of up to 200W, which were controlled by profe

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The order for 100 Pointes is due to the current demands of the rental market and the fact that Robe's highly adaptable, super-bright, multi-functional unit is becoming increasingly popular and appearing more and more frequently on equipment riders.

Marco de Koff, Ampco Flashlight's operations manager reports that they were impressed by the functionality of the Pointe, its output, the unique design and the fact that "LD's love them" ... and that having Pointes in rental stock puts them "Right in the front seat".

The first batch of 60 Pointes was delivered to the Utrecht based company by Robe's Benelux distributor Controllux.

It is the first Robe investment by Ampco Flashlight Rental, which also is c

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Stagelight's audio manager Robert de Lorijn first used Adamson's Y-Axis line arrays in 2005 while a FOH-tech for Eagles of Death Metal at Pukkelpop & Rock Werchter.

Stagelight-owner Jacco van der Heijden was introduced to the brand when Stagelight provided European support for the 2006 Simple Minds tour.

The sound production company purchased their first Y10-system in 2008 and added Spektrix line source arrays in 2010 and 2012. They recently added Energia E15 line arrays to their Adamson arsenal.

"The Energia E15s are incredible," explains Stagelight owner Jacco van der Heijden. "The sound quality is very clear and direct with many musical characteristics."

"We are delighted that Stagelight has added the

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Aside from the audience lighting of 4 light Mole Strips, this is an all Clay Paky rig, a design choice that Foster has opted for previously. "I took out an all Clay Paky rig with Duran Duran last year; it proved such a success that I didn't hesitate to repeat the choice with this production. I went to Neg Earth with a shopping list stacked full of Clay Paky units with the Sharpy Washes and A.leda right up there at the top.

"Acr

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He has specified 83 of the compact 'S' fixtures, which introduce a new level of functionality, incorporating RGBW homogenous colour mixing, a 7 to 50 degree zoom range and high output level within a smaller footprint than the original X4. Supplied by Bandit Lites, they dominate the set for Keith's current Hammer Down tour.

Jackson had been seeking a fixture with the ability to travel in the new Bandit GoGo Truss, a modified version of the 20.5" standard truss, developed by Dizzy Gosnell and Mike Golden (hence 'GoGo'). "We needed the lights to sit in the center of the truss and keep our vertical towers centred with weight," he explains. "GoGo allows the lights to

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Zip Zap is a registered non-profit organisation, a circus school, a performance and technical training facility as well as being active in a number of youth outreach programmes, all aimed at taking the magic of circus and performance - together with all the elements involved with its presentation - and encouraging, enhancing and enriching people's lives with the possibilities of confidence, inspiration and self-development.

The new lighting in the Zip Zap Dome has been made possible by Robe and its South African distributor DWR, who have come on-board as technical sponsors.

Robe's CEO Josef Valchar, who is passionate about supporting the arts and particularly programs and companies interested in training and sharing skills

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"We're playing a lot of differently sized venues all over North America, and it's important to me that no matter whether we're on a free-standing outdoor stage or in an amphitheatre, the band looks BIG," said Staer. Although bright, dynamic lights were a must for Smash Mouth's performance, the LD also needed fixtures that were lightweight

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They performed Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto - to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Italian composer's birth - in the beautiful environs of the moated castle of Alden Biesen. The season ran for a month and was, as always, completely sold out.

It was the first time that Peumans had lit a show for the company, which has a great reputation for producing quality works featuring international casts and a leading orchestra. This year's production was directed by the acclaimed Carlos Wagner.

The performance space is covered by an elegant tensile roof with four large vertical king poles, so these and the metal superstructure of the roof to some extent dictates where the

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Designed for high-impact, big beam effects and longer throws, it houses the same high-quality feature set as Martin's MAC Viper AirFX, including a vibrant colour mixing system and "stunning aerial effects". It has also inherited the same compact form, impressive speed and light quality using the same 1000 W source as the other Viper Family luminaires.

With 80 percent greater intensity than the MAC Viper AirFX, the MAC Viper Beam can cut through all forms of ambient lighting. Its linear zoom creates a tighter beam and the auto-linked focus means that hard-edge effects hold their focus th

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This includes the supply of lighting, video and audio to the Aalsmeer Studio complex for United Broadcast Facilities (UBF) which produces a slew of leading TV shows including So You Think You Can Dance, its junior version The Next Generation, the Dutch Junior Eurovision Song Contest, IQ Test and numerous others.

Eventec's MD Wijnand Mol and his co-director Frans Mulckhuijse also head up the very successful events production operation Liberty Entertainment, for which Eventec is also the principal technical supplier.

In 2012, Eventec purchased 24 Robe LEDWash 300s and six LEDBeam 100s to service that series of

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The second webinar in the series is on the SHoW DMX SHoW Baby 5 (24 September) where you will learn how to set up a simple, plug and play wireless DMX system. The third webinar is on City Theatrical's professional SHoW DMX Neo system (29 October). In this session, learn how to set up a complex multi-universe wireless DMX system and to tune it to meet the needs of a professional show.

The fourth webinar is on the SHoW DMX Vero and Vero Net where you will learn how to set up a permanent outdoor architectural wireless DMX system (10 December). The last webinar in the series is Using Specialized Antennas With Wireless DMX

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Forty of the LEDBeams are attached to two custom pre-rigged trussing dollies wheeled onstage for lightning-quick deployment behind the band, forming a retina-burning 'wall-of-death' effect.

The other 20 LEDBeam 100 fixtures are rigged ten each on two 5m high towers positioned either side of the stage flanking the LEDBeam dollies in the middle

The high-impact effects that Carson has created with the LEDBeam 100 wall have impressed everyone, particularly in relation to the miniscule size of the units, which make them ideal for being toured in large quantities whilst taking up very little truck space.

The design also utilises e

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The fifth instalment of Boomtown Fair, a live music and arts festival, attracted audiences of around 30,000 each day to see performances from headlining artists including David Boomah, Dub Inc., Mad Caddies, Babyhead and Slamboree.

For the third consecutive year Utopium supplied lighting and rigging installations for the elaborately themed and creative Boomtown Fair. This year Utopium was approached to provide festival lighting rigs for the large stages, including Lions Den, Town Centre, Devil Kicks Dancehall and Circo Baile.

Will Howie lighting designer and production manager for Utopium commented, "Boomtown Fair was a very unique project for us. The festival was split into 12 districts, each one its own theme to represen