Australia - ULA Group has announced a partnership with LumenRadio and its appointment as Australian distributor of their wireless CRMX technology systems.

"It is with great pleasure and excitement we announce our partnership with LumenRadio", comments Cuono Biviano, managing director of ULA Group. "The CRMX product line is without any doubt the most reliable and advanced wireless DMX/RDM technology in its class, making it a perfect fit into the ULA Group stable of products. Their wireless products range from touring to architectural projects and beyond making most deman

Canada - Parasol Advanced Systems of Vancouver is spinning after the enormous success of LDI 2013 and the debut of the new STAR600 system, as well as the "incredible reaction to the KLR Kinetic Light Ring and award-winning Parasol ACS Autonomous Carrier System shown at the event".

For those unfamiliar with Parasol, envision a typical live production application where moving lights are used. They are almost always bolted or fastened to a fixed truss and do not move from their rigged point. The Parasol system is an alternate means of moving the source point of a number of auto

UK - When faced with the overwhelming choice of lighting fixtures on the market, how can a lighting design and rental company be sure it is making the right decision for its business and its clients when investing in new products? Reading based event lighting specialist, Blinding Light has been in business since 1999 and over the last 14 years has undoubtedly made its mark in what is a fiercely competitive sector. With a diverse client base that demands a range of solutions from corporate and architectural lighting through to full stage artistic rigs at high profile events such as BBC P

Germany - When we think of tragic love stories, Romeo and Juliet comes instantly to mind, together with the feud between the two families, the Montagues and the Capulets. The story has been rewritten several times over the centuries, always in new ways. This time William Shakespeare's play returns to the stage in the form of a touring rock ballet that starts out in Hamburg and stops over throughout Germany.

This rewrite is the fruit of the creative minds of Rasta Thomas and Adrienne Canterna, the duo behind the international Rock the Ballet show. The lighting was design

Denmark - The design goal of The Blue Planet, Denmark's new national aquarium, was to make the aquarium's visitors feel like they had entered the world of the sea surrounding it. Using Rosco's X24 effects projector, lighting designer Jesper Garde Kongshaug created a realistic and controllable water effect to accomplish that goal as he projected that effect throughout the vast concourse areas inside the aquarium.

Aquariums are filled with the ethereal, wavy effect of light shining through or reflecting off of the various pools and tanks of water in their exhibits. Copenhagen's new Blue

UK - Aurora Lighting Hire supplied full TV lighting facilities to the Robbie Williams One Night at The Palladium on Friday 8 November for a performance of swing songs old and new.

The evening was a one off to introduce his new album Swing Both Ways, which was released a week later.

Nick Edwards, managing director of Aurora said, "Lighting director Oli Richards approached Aurora early on with an interesting concept. Oli had the vision of creating a staggered celling sculpture out of Martin Mac Aura's. The Auras were required to be rigged on individual scaff drops t

Germany - At the Volkswagen Group's general meeting, an event that this year marked its fifteenth running and has become a company tradition, which this year was held on the evening preceding the opening of the 65th International Automobile Show (IAA), Frankfurt, tarm Showlaser wowed the crowd of attendees from around the world with a spectacular laser show accompanying the performance by the Pet Shop Boys.

A crowd of nearly 2,000 journalists, VIPs, and group representatives experienced at first hand an extremely complex staging that had been specially developed for the evening's show

Internet - City Theatrical will be hosting the fourth free webinar in a series of five on Wireless DMX on Tuesday, 10 December 10, 2013 at 11am EST (16:00 GMT). This webinar will focus on how to set up a permanent outdoor architectural wireless DMX system using SHoW DMX Vero and Vero Net.

If you would like to learn more about this application of wireless DMX products please register for this event by simply logging on to City Theatrical's website.

(Jim Evans)

USA - The Miss America pageant returned to its Atlantic City origins this year and lighting designer Allen Branton was charged with lighting the cavernous Boardwalk Hall and making sure 53 beautiful women looked their best whenever the TV camera turned their way. He was aided by grandMA2 lighting consoles from Atomic Lighting in Lititz, Pennsylvania.

Branton marked his sixth consecutive year lighting the pageant, which was televised on ABC-TV. After spending a number of years in Las Vegas the show moved back to Atlantic City where "the venue, audience and scenery doubled in size,

UK - Lighting designer Nick Richings has specified Showline's high-output SL PAR 150 ZOOM luminaires to create a 'jolly', bright wash for the current hit musical tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Richings - who has 25 years' experience working in theatre lighting in the West End and Broadway on hit shows including La Cage Aux Folles and Starlight Express - is utilising 36 of the SL PAR 150 ZOOM luminaires to wash the stage in the traditionally bright musical colours.

"The SL PAR 150 ZOOMs have only recently come onto the market so this is the first time I have ever used

USA - Chauvet Professional has added the Nexus Aw 7x7, a versatile warm white LED panel, to its Parnelli Award-winning series of Nexus LED displays. Emitting bright, narrow beams from 49 powerful 3-watt 2,800K CREE LEDs, the Nexus Aw 7x7 offers the flexibility to generate high-impact aerial effects, produce warm white washes, project outward as an audience blinder, or create vibrant text and animated graphics displays.

Designed for use in arrays, Nexus Aw 7x7 panels feature a quick rigging system with integrated alignment and load-rated interlocking hardware for easy construction of d

UK - Mood, drama, invention and Robe moving lights were at the heart of the elegant, intricate lighting design created by Rich George from 3DL&S for jazz-pop singer and songwriter Jamie Cullum's Momentum tour, which has just completed its first UK leg and now heads to Europe.

George is based in London. This is his second tour with Cullum and his first as LD, where he works very closely with Cullum's Artistic & Visuals Director Nickin Corrigan to produce the captivating live performance aesthetic. This is based around creative, quirky and highly effective use of IMAG camera footage whi

USA - Lighting designer, Benoit Richard can lay claim to the first use of Ayrton's new MagicPanel 602 fixtures in the USA with his lighting for Carrie Underwood as she performed 'Waiting All Day for Sunday Night', the opening theme song for NBC's weekly coverage of NFL Sunday Night Football.

Richard used 36 MagicPanel 602 fixtures when the opening sequence for the National Football League's weekly prime time show was filmed. Previous years have seen Pink and Faith Hill sing the opening night theme songs, but this year the torch was passed over to former American Idol winner, Carrie Un

Norway - Harman Professional has announced the appointment of Joachim Bogetvedt as sales manager, Nordic, Martin Professional. Based in Kristiansand, Norway, Bogetvedt will lead sales and initiatives for Martin Professional across Northern Europe, reporting directly to Steen Matthiesen, Vice President EMEA sales, Martin Professional.

Commenting on the appointment Matthiesen states, "Martin has strong traction in the EMEA market and Joachim has played a significant role understanding, meeting and exceeding the complex requirements of our customers. Joachim's experience and commitm

Germany - Astera LED-Technology has unveiled its new wireless spotlight, the SpotMax (AX10). This enhanced spotlight is now Astera's biggest and most powerful spotlight, surpassing their previous high-power LED spotlight (the AL7-XXL) by than more than 30% in total LED power and brightness. The SpotMax has a myriad of new features and upgrades, including the addition of TruColor Calibration, amber LEDs, long-life Samsung batteries, Khatod lenses, and high-quality Philips LEDs, plus many other benefits.

The SpotMax produces a narrow, perfect 13° beam from its nine RGBAW LEDs, but t

USA - ETC's Source Four Mini - a compact, 23 cm version of the legendary Source Four spotlight - picked up a PLASA Members Choice Award in the Gadget category at the LDI show. It earned the award due to its crisp optics, crystal-clear image projection and outstanding efficiency.

"We're thrilled that PLASA recognised the Source Four Mini," says ETC fixtures product manager Jim Uphoff. "It was a big draw at LDI, and is becoming a popular choice for lighting professionals, because it's so versatile, going where larger fixtures can't. It may be cute, but it's a powerful too

USA - LDI premier show sponsor Elation Professional enjoyed perhaps its busiest LDI Show ever as the company continued to raise its profile in the industry with a number of key product launches that included the surprise announcement of a distribution agreement with High End Systems.

The agreement, which allows Elation to distribute High End's new HedgeHog 4 and Nano Hog 4 lighting consoles in the US, Canada, Latin America, South East Asia and India, caused quite a stir on the show floor.

"The distribution announcement started things off with a bang and really set the tone for

South Africa - Like a kaleidoscope with forms constantly shifting and changing, Showgroup orchestrated a captivating production for the Nedbank Top Achiever Awards held at Gallagher Estate in Midrand.

The kaleidoscope theme was the brainchild of Showroup's Johan Els who focuses on the aesthetic and decor elements of an event, and Andries Liebenberg, Lighting Manager.

To create a playful ambience, circle shapes were used from everything in the venue from the ground up. In juxtaposition, the floor of the entire venue was tiled in black and white blocks. The lighting was thanks to a co

Australia - Jands has announced its continued participation at Entech Connect 2014, whilst adding a training zone area and becoming sponsors of the 'Staging Technicians Lunch'.

With a prominent stand secured, Jands are returning to Melbourne to not only meet new and existing clients but to showcase many exciting brands that they have to offer.

"After the success from the 2012 show, we are excited to be exhibiting at the 2014 Entech Connect," said Jands' Mallory Harvey. "We anticipate the same quality and quantity of visitors as seen in 2012 and look forward to showcas

UK - Billed as 'the latest in the exciting tradition of War Horse and His Dark Materials, Emil and the Detectives requires lighting designer Lucy Carter to transform the National Theatre's Olivier Stage into 1920s Berlin, utilising the subtle colours and theatrical grade dimming of Chroma-Q's Color Force 48 and 72 premium performance LED battens.

Lucy - a respected and sought-after lighting designer with an eclectic 20-year career - has specified 12x Color Force 72 1.8m / 72" and six Color Force 48 1.2m / 48" length fixtures to wash numerous scenic elements softly and

South Africa - The DWR Team were invited by Nick Britz to attend a basic Avolites Training course which covered the infrastructure and operational instructions of the console.

The day kicked off with a short briefing from Bruce Riley on his recent travels to PLASA. Then it was over to Nick Britz.

For those who had never sat in front of a desk before it was a great thrill to record their first cue! For the experienced, a few novel tricks and tips kept them interested.

Nick Britz comments, "At the end of the day, education makes our job simpler too as the users have a better un

Italy - Following Peter Johansen's takeover of SGM in February 2012, the company and brand have undergone a complete revamp. This process remains ongoing, with the latest activity being a new distribution channel for the Italian market provided by the SGM subsidiary, SGM Italy s.r.l.

Managed by Mario Radice as CEO and Giorgio Radice as commercial director, this recent initiative, effective from 1 November 2013, has been put into place to ensure the highest level of service for SGM's Italian partners.

Says Peter Johansen, "Moving all activities to Denmark has not caused us to ne

Australia - Royal Randwick's $152m five-star grandstand opened in time for the Sydney Spring Carnival season. Stretching 110m alongside the track and towering five levels above the finishing post, the handover of the grandstand from builders Brookfield Multiplex to the Australian Turf Club was a momentous occasion.

The grandstand not only features a 4500-capacity amphitheatre surrounding the Theatre of the Horse parade ring, but eight new restaurant and dining spaces, and four undercover terraces on each level facing west over the Theatre of the Horse.

Brookfield Multiplex chose The

UK - Live music lighting designer Rod Clay is making good use of the colour rendering technology of Philips Vari-Lite's VLX3 LED Wash luminaires to provide key light for Bryan Ferry during his An Evening with Bryan Ferry tour.

Ferry remains the ideal combination of mystery man and rock star and Clay's flattering and restrained lighting palette artfully reflects this. Conjuring up an intimate, smoky jazz club feel on the show's opening, half way through he seamlessly segues into dynamic concert style lighting backed by bright video imagery.

Clay's fixture palette, supplied by

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