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UAE - Gerriets, the German producer of fabrics, projection screens and stage technique has announced the formation of its latest operation - Gerriets Stage Equipment (FZE) with industrial and trading license in the Middle East region.

"Due to increasing demand for high quality entertainment based products and services, Gerriets decided to form Gerriets Stage Equipment (FZE)," says the manufacturer. "With the formation of this company, we will be able to fulfil the regional needs of our clients much more efficiently, directly from our UAE facility.

"We are pleased to announce that Mr. Axel Beisenwenger will be the managing director of Gerriets Stage Equipment (FZE). Mr. Beisenwenger offers years of experience, knowledge and contacts in the theatre and event ma

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Australia - Blacktown's Bowman Hall is popular venue used in a variety of modes for all manner of productions from concerts and wedding receptions to simple meetings. It is a large, reverberant, asymmetric space with galleries on each side of the long axis.

Audio consultant Trevan Johns of Trevan Johns and Associates was employed to design a new audio system with a level of protection and performance to allow for intuitive operation in a simple user mode, or full access to a digital mixer in concert mode.

The lower level ceilings in the gallery areas shade the central cluster and so

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USA - Over the past year, Neon Trees has cemented its reputation as one of the top up-and-coming indie rock acts in the US with a chart topping single, a featured performance at this year's SXSW festival, and a tour with My Chemical Romance. With a number of one-off fly dates punctuating the tour, stage manager and monitor engineer Mike Bangs and FOH engineer Neal Duffy selected a pair of Allen & Heath iLive T112 consoles to meet the band's needs.

Neon Trees is a straightforward rock band, with two guitars, bass, keyboard and drums along with four vocals. "We are using 24 inputs,

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USA - Alfred University's new Miller Theatre has opened in Alfred, New York with a pair of Robert Juliat Topaze followspots.

Barbizon Lighting NY was the integrator and supplier for the theatre, working with Milford, Ohio's Beck Studios, which was responsible for the venue's rigging. The Miller Theatre is the latest addition to the Miller Performing Arts Centre, which features the C.D. Smith III Flexible Theatre, a black-box space; The Rod Brown Acting Studio; dance and instrumental music rehearsal halls; a scene shop; and faculty offices.

The new proscenium theatre is a multifuncti

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Sweden - Specializing in live audio for concert tours and corporate events, Stockholm -based Louder Than Love AB has upgraded its live sound arsenal to include a Soundcraft Vi1 console. Founded in 2007, Louder Than Love owner Jonas Skramstad has worked with numerous international artists and companies such as Volvo, SAAB, IBM, the National Hockey League, Coca Cola and Astra Zeneca.

Skramstad's specialty is front of house mixing and he has worked on tours for a wide variety of Swedish artists including the Cardigans, Miss Li, A Camp, Laleh and Dundertåget, among others. His routine is

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