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UK - Robe Lighting is working with London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), supplying technical equipment and resources.

The arrangement was driven by Josef Valchar Robe s.r.o.'s CEO, Ashley Lewis, Robe UK's key account manager for film, TV & theatre and Matt Prentice, head of lighting at RADA.

RADA has taken delivery of a number of different Robe moving light products from Robe's current ranges which were selected by Matt as especially appropriate to theatre productions, following a visit to Robe's HQ in the Czech Republic.

The equipment includes DLS Profiles, DLF Washes an

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Germany - Laserworld recently launched their new BeamNET series. Unlike previous show laser lights, the BeamNET are pure effect solutions without beam deflection, but as extra strong single beam units. Two models with single beam output and three bar-style models with 10 parallel beams each are available.

The BeamNET units are designed as easy-to-use solutions to provide additional effects to stages and big shows, without the need of complex control and setup: All BeamNET systems can easily be triggered through DMX/Artnet and allow easy control of every single laser source. The BeamNE

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Italy - Now that Clay Paky has successfully lit the first Codega Award Ceremony (held in Venice last October), the Italian company's lighting systems are setting the scene for LedLab, a solid state lighting laboratory promoted by Assodel. The Codega Award is an international prize given to lighting professionals who have distinguished themselves for LED lighting projects and solutions

In cooperation with the Italian Lighting Designers Network, Clay Paky makes the Ventura Lambrate district shine during Milan Design Week (from 8 to 13 April at Milan Lambrate) with a series of temporary

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Germany - Often copied, never equalled, the BigCityBeats on the occasion of their tenth anniversary celebrated the BigCityBeats show WinterTagTraum on 21 March 2014 together with the whole of southern Germany in the Ratiopharm Arena.

The line-up featured Martin Barrix (Netherlands), Faul & Wad Ad (No. 1 in the single charts), Stefan Dabruck (WePlay), BigCityBeats Residents, Kid Chris, Marco Petralia, Steven Blunt, Paul Lomax (Coco Beach, Ibiza) and many more.

Soundsolution Veranstaltungstechnik was responsible for the planning, equipment and technical supervision of the event

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USA - The Academy of Country Music Awards is hailed as the biggest night in country music, and it pulled out all the stops to deliver, with Bandit Lites' clients taking home most of the evening's top awards. Millions of fans watched from around the world as hosts Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton brought out the southern charm and delightful stunts to the live audience at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Jason Aldean took a brief reprieve from his stadium tour to accept Male Vocalist of the Year, while Miranda Lambert walked away with her fifth consecutive Female Vocalist of the ye

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UK - A.C. Special Projects (ACSP) has provided an energy-efficient, bespoke colour-changing LED lighting solution for the exterior façade of Madame Tussauds London - one of the capital's most iconic visitor attractions.

An international brand, with 154 locations including New York, Sydney, Hollywood and Hong Kong as well as London, Madame Tussauds gives guests the chance to get up close to some of the world's most famous stars - combining glitz and glamour with history.

ACSP were tasked with creating an energy friendly, flexible architectural lighting solution to help bring the ex

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USA - Currently touring North America with a rig of Elation Professional lighting that includes Platinum Beam 5R and Design Spot 1200C moving heads, Brit Floyd's Discovery is a three-hour musical journey that recreates the legendary band's music and gives audiences a retrospective look at a classic lighting setup.

Brit Floyd has performed to over one million fans around the world since its first show in Liverpool in 2011. Lighting design is by Dave Hill, who has been designing Brit Floyd for years and incorporates the Platinum 5Rs into the trademark Pink Floyd arch and circle l

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UK - Popular American punk pop band All Time Low recently took the UK by storm on their latest A Love Like tour, and part of their energy-fuelled performances was the lighting design created by Boston-based LD Jeff Maker. Lighting for the UK tour was supplied by Leeds-based rental company Zig Zag and included over 80 Robe moving lights including 54 Pointes, 12 LEDWash 600s and 12 LEDBeam 100s - all from Robe's Robin range.

Parnelli-nominated Maker has worked with the band since 2009 and his visual starting point for this tour was based on four different backdrop reveals through

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UK - Pearce Hire will be exhibiting again at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2014, securing their place alongside the other exhibitor regulars at this sell-out regional event. Taking place on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 April at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, PLASA Focus is the premier entertainment technology trade show for the North of England. This exhibition acts as a springboard to Pearce Hire's busy season as the festival and outdoor events industry sparks into action for the spring and summer months.

"The team here at Pearce Hire have spent the last few months negotiating

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UK - The production values on the X-Factor Live Tour certainly maintain the look and feel of the TV show. Video plays a large part in this with two IMAG screens stage left and right reminding the audience of the journey the performers have completed prior to each acts' performance.

On the stage itself, part of the video wall is used as a sliding reveal for the artists' entrances while the TV dynamic is continued in the design of the stairs, the independent stage thrust and the hi-gloss flooring. Add to that a lighting rig that begins with fifty nine Clay Paky Sharpys just for s

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UK - HSL continued its productive and creative working relationships with award-winning lighting designer Davy Sherwin on tour with alt rockers The Foals, who have just finished the latest UK leg of their ongoing Holy Fire album campaign.

This was Sherwin's second world tour for the band who have earned much critical acclaim for their incendiary live performances and won the 2013 Q Award for Best Live Act. Lighting was an integral part of the show and lead singer Yannis Philippakis in particular had some very clear ideas about how certain things should look.

The look and feel

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UK - Stage Electrics delivered the lighting, audio and video systems to Milton Court, Guildhall School of Music and Drama's multi-million pound facility near its premises in Silk Street.

To ensure that it continued to offer students incomparable training in exceptional, modern facilities, the School's aim was to update and expand its site, 'future-proofing' it for the next 25 years. The result is a venue which houses three rehearsal rooms, a television studio, a studio theatre, a 227-seat theatre and a 608-seat, world-class concert hall.

Stage Electrics supplied, installed and commi

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Germany - When Bernhard Paul and André Heller founded Circus Roncalli in 1975, they certainly did not expect to reach such great success. Their first tour began with a world premiere in Bonn on 18 May 1976. Over the years, Circus Roncalli has always been committed to maintaining the classical circus tradition, and its numerous successful tours in Germany and abroad are proof of the exceptional quality of its shows.

The circus was hosted yet again this season by the Musical Theatre Bremen for the event Roncalli meets Classic. During the show, the acts are accompanied by t

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The Netherlands - Following Elation Europe's popular PRO Theme Day seminars in October of last year, Elation Professional is inviting technicians and all interested service professionals to PRO Service Days to be held 6 May (beginner) and 7 May (advanced) at Elation's European headquarters in Kerkrade, Holland.

As Elation continues to expand its market presence across Europe, the company has put in place the service infrastructure needed to support the higher demand for its products. The company says: "Elation is committed to educating service technicians and other lighting profe

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UK - BSc (Hons) Lighting and Live Event Technology students from the University of South Wales have showcased their best work at the successful Innovation Expo 2014 event, held at the Wales Millennium Centre. The two-day event, held on Tuesday and Wednesday 1-2 April, saw 27 students present nine different products to industry employers.

Each group were tasked with developing and building a product prototype and creating their business model before marketing their product to potential buyers. This was a six-month process in their final year of study where students took their existing

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USA - Following the extremely successful HedgeHog 4 launch at LDI 2013, High End Systems has further broadened its Hog 4 family with the addition of the HedgeHog 4N. This version adds the ability for the popular compact platform to network with other all other Hog 4 consoles and peripherals and will make it a perfect backup or dimmer city console.

Along with the RackHog 4, which was launched at Pro Light and Sound 2014, HedgeHog 4N will be shipping in Q2.

"We listened to our existing Hog customer base and HedgeHog 4N delivers exactly what they want," says Chris Ferrante, d

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Sweden - One of the last examples of neo-classical architecture in Sweden, The Stockholm Concert Hall was designed by Ivar Tengbom and completed in 1926. Sited near Hotorget Square, the building's monumental facade cuts an impressive figure with its 10 huge Corinthian columns. Its interior is similarly impressive, decorated in part by the work of renowned artists Isaac Grunewald and Edwald Dahlskog.

The Konserthuset comprises three separate halls, the largest of which seats 1770 people. In 1971 the venue was renovated by Tengbom's son Anders with a focus on improving its acoustics. Ho

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USA - Sixty Robe Robin Pointes and five Robe Robin DLS Profile fixtures 'rode the rig' at the 2014 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas throughout the month of March. Locally based LD Systems provided products, technical management and production for the entire Reliant Park and fairgrounds, using new Robe products for nightly performances by star entertainers.

Performers included Brad Paisley, Eli Young Band, Reba McEntire, Usher, Chris Young, Selena Gomez, REO Speedwagon, Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Maroon 5, Keith Urban, Hunter Hayes, Luke Bryan, Florida

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UK - OneRepublic's headlining Native Tour wrapped in the UK 24 March after spending last year circling the globe and breaking new ground as the first tour to utilize Clay Paky's A.leda B-EYE K20 innovative, LED-based moving lights. A complement of Clay Paky Sharpys was also on hand.

The American pop rock band toured Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand last year in support of its third studio album, Native. OneRepublic's tour has continued in 2014 with more dates in Europe and the UK.

On this final leg of the tour lighting designer Chris Lisle has car

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Sweden - Rave reviews greeted the Scandinavian premiere of the musical Rebecca at Malmö Opera in spring 2014. Based on the book by Daphne Du Maurier and Hitchcock's famous thriller, the stage version features a backdrop of sweeping landscapes, crackling fire, wild seas, shattering vases and spinning moons - all created with a four-projector setup under the command of Dataton Watchout multi-display software.

Rebecca: The Musical by Levay and Kunze is heavily influenced by the film version of the original book, with swift cuts to new scenes and sets. To maintain that feel

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USA - Having worked with the Arnold Sports Festival as its exclusive provider of lighting and staging systems for over 20 years, Live! Technologies, LLC recently took the show to a new level with an array of lighting elements from Martin Professional.

The Live! Technologies team, including Michael Farrell, business development and marketing executive, and Michael Hesmond, lighting programmer, deployed a rig of over 100 Martin lights including 12 Viper Performances, 12 Viper Profiles, six MAC III Performances, 36 MAC Auras, 22 MAC 101s, 12 RUSH MH3 Beams, four Atomic 3000 DMX strobes,

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USA - LED tape may not get the attention that high beam moving heads or flashy LED backdrops enjoy, but it certainly has its place on live sets as a visually important - and highly cost effective - decorative element. Take Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Jon Secada's show at the Wynn Resort's Encore Theatre in Las Vegas as an example where the Cuban-born singer performed with full backup on a stage composed of seven different levels and custom staircases.

Production/lighting designer Demfis Fyssicopulos used hefty amounts of Elation Flex LED Tape to outline the multi-tiered sta

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UK - The PLASA Focus: Leeds show (29-30 April, Leeds, UK) will see the UK and IE launch of the brand new and exclusive range of Infinity moving heads. There are seven products in the range - five are LED units and two are lamped units.

All the fixtures have a built in Gravity sensor, making it easy to use the menu in any position, all units have a built in battery allowing for setting up of your fixture without mains power, all units are fixed with Neutrik powercon connectors and also three pole and five-pole XLRs and all units are equipped with quick lock brackets, which can be mount

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UK - Congratulations to the winners of the Lighting, Sound and Set Design categories at this year's Olivier Awards, which were presented at The Royal Opera House last night. The White Light Award for Best Lighting was won jointly by two lighting design teams - Paul Pyant and Jon Driscoll for Charlie & the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and Tim Lutkin and Finn Ross for Chimerica at the Almeida Theatre and the Harold Pinter Theatre.

The Best Sound Design Award also saw two winners - Carolyn Downing for Chimerica and Gareth Owen (on his third Oliv

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