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RML on Tonight's The Night

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - The BBC show, Tonight's The Night is now in its third series and still presented by West End star John Barrowman.

Richard Martin Lighting (RML) continues to support lighting designer Roger Williams on the show which is filmed at BBC Glasgow. Tom Sutherland programmed and graphics were provided by Potion Pictures which were run off two Hippo Grasshoppers.

The lighting rig, incorporates a heavy variety of the Clay Paky range - Alpha Spot 575 HPE, Alpha Beam 700 and Alpha Wash 300s.

Various LED Lights completed the look - including LED Par 36, 2 Lights, iCove QL and Chroma Strips and the new intelligent LED chasing ribbon.

(Jim Evans)

5 Star's Steve Swann (right) with Alstom Power's Mick McGrath

5 Star has the power

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - 5 Star Cases has delivered two new custom designed GT26 tool display cases to Rugby based Alstom Power, each of which holds 60 assorted tools, and will be used to service their GT26 high performance gas turbines, of which there are 22 in the UK.

All the cases are finished in a striking Navy Blue HPL (High Pressure Laminate) exterior - Alstom's corporate blue - and feature branding applied by using 5 Star's in-house screen printing facility.

5 Star's Steve Swann manages the account, and works closely with Alstom Power's department stores controller Mick McGrath on each individua

The three-story, 100-year old building has received a major audio upgrade

Technomad in Haskell County Courthouse

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - The verdict is in at the Haskell County Courthouse, where a new high-quality audio system is delivering news and entertainment to the local population.

The three-story, 100-year old building in Haskell, Texas, received a major audio upgrade via four Technomad Berlin 9040 narrow dispersion loudspeakers. Mounted high on the building's 60ft high roof, the Technomad system replaces an outdated PA system scarred by time and weather. Technomad also supplied a mixer and two wireless handheld microphones for the audio headend.

Like all Technomad loudspeakers, the Berlin 9040s are full

The Gottelier Award's 2010 winner Fred Foster.

Just 10 days left for Gottelier Award nominations!

Details: 14 March 2016

International - There are just 10 days remaining to make your nomination for the 2011 Gottelier Award.

When the Nomination phase closes on Friday 29 July, the shortlist will be announced and voting - open to PLASA Members, as well as PLASA Show Exhibitors and Pre-Registered Visitors - will begin on Monday 1 August.

This prestigious award is presented each year during the PLASA Show to someone who has made "a significant and sustained contributions to the advancement of entertainment, presentation or installation technology - whether in audio, lighting, rigging, staging, or any

The Week in Lighting & Sound

Details: 14 March 2016

Theatres at Risk - The Theatres Trust has called on local communities to fight to save theatre buildings which are at risk. Some 58 UK buildings are on the trust's 2011 'at risk' register, with the Brighton Astoria and London's Cochrane Theatre among those facing demolition. It said it hoped legislation, including the new Localism Bill, would empower groups and individuals to "take on the guardianship of theatres at risk".

Theatres in Wallsend, Alsager, Ayr and Glasgow were all recently demolished. The at risk register also features theatres threatened by neglect, local deve

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