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SGM washlight for Shrek The Musical

When the show finishes at the RAI in March, it will relocate to Antwerp's Stadsschouwburg in Belgium.

Details: 14 March 2016

The Netherlands - Shrek The Musical, which has enjoyed an extended three-month run at the Amsterdam RAI Theatre, has been playing regularly to full houses in the 1750-capacity venue.

Giving increased realism to the friendly green ogre has been SGM's new P-5 Washlight, from the inventory of lighting rental company, Focus Amsterdam.

The technical production specialists were invited by theatre producers Albert Verlinde Entertainment to provide lighting equipment - and just as they have for one of the promoters' other musicals, Annie, found the P-5 to provide a compelling solution.

Focus account manager, Marijn Muilenburg, said that although the show producers had purchased the rights to Shrek from Dreamworks, there was enough creative freedom in the agreement

Spot One on the air in Asia

Details: 14 March 2016

China - Hong Kong's leading TV Station, Television Broadcast Limited (TVB), has recently made a major investment in GLP's impression Spot One for its studios.

TVB's headquarters, which is also the largest commercial television production centre in Asia, houses 22 production studios, collectively known as TVB City.

Under a new management initiative to reduce the carbon footprint of the company, TVB's engineering department, headed by Mr. Ko Cheuk Wai, had the challenging task of finding an LED solution to replace their existing discharge lamp automated lighting system.

Their resear

The fixtures were purchased from Acey Decy Lighting in San Fernando, California

Robert Juliat Lucy Followspots in San Diego

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - San Diego State University's School of Theatre, TV & Film has acquired three Robert Juliat Lucy followspots for the Don Powell Theatre on campus. The fixtures were purchased from Acey Decy Lighting in San Fernando, California.

An intimate venue with a relatively large stage, the Don Powell Theatre will deploy the new followspots on the last production of the school's 2012-2013 season, the Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music which opens in April. SDSU has a reputation for excellence in theatre arts offering undergraduate and graduate degrees.

"We just inst

The stadium tour kicked off 21 February in Bossier City, LA

Bandit on board for Aldean's Night Train

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Country superstar Jason Aldean is back on the road with Bandit Lites for his Night Train Tour. The stadium tour kicked off 21 February in Bossier City, LA and will continue through September.

"It's bigger than anything we've ever had out there," Aldean revealed to Country Weekly. "It's completely revamped from last year."

Lighting designer Aaron Swetland began working with Aldean in 2008 and received the illustrious CMA SRO Lighting Designer of the Year Award for his work on Jason Adlean's 2012 tour, meaning the expectations were a bit high, even if

V 3.0.0 software for Martin P3 controllers

Details: 14 March 2016

Denmark - Martin Professional has recently made available version 3.0.0 software for the award-winning family of P3 System Controllers for LED screens and creative video. Software version 3.0.0 brings a collection of new features to the P3-100, P3-200 and P3-PC System Controllers.

Support for Martin's VC-Series of creative LED video products (VC-Grid, VC-Strip and VC-Dot) driven by the P3 PowerPort 1500 has now been integrated and the Video Input section has been improved.

The Video Input Wizard now adjusts all scaling and viewport settings by itself and the preview on the P3's scre

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