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Something different for DBN in Manchester

Alina Ibragimova at the Manchester International Festival (photo © Sebastian Matthes)

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Manchester based lighting design and rental company DBN is often involved in interesting and esoteric arts-based projects, but particularly during the Manchester International festival (MIF), their collective ingenuity and sense of adventure is called on to collaborate in some truly evocative and different works.

This was the case when Stephen Page was invited by MIF to illuminate a performance by virtuoso Russian-born violinist Alina Ibragimova in collaboration with filmmakers and animators, The Brothers Quay. It was staged in and around the Library of the historic Chetham's School of Music, Manchester.

The atmospheric promenade performance for 100 people each evening introduced them to several different locations in the heart of Chetham's 600 year old centre of learning,

Irish comedian, Brendan O'Carroll on tour

Adlib says Good Mourning to Mrs Brown

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Liverpool based rental company Adlib supplied lighting, sound, AV and considerable presentational expertise in the genre of live comedy to the recent Good Mourning Mrs Brown UK arena & theatre tour starring Irish comedian, Brendan O'Carroll.

Wanting to retain the intimacy and feel of the original theatre show, a pros arch look was recreated at the front of the stage with black drapes and theatre tabs, with the two left and right IMAG video screens incorporated into the draping system. Side masking and a full set of legs was also supplied by the Adlib team, who used the hou

LS-Live helps Vulcan return

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - The only remaining flying Vulcan bomber plane has returned to its original cold-war hangar, with a special ceremony supported by LS-Live.

A crowd of over 200 admired the Vulcan XH558 bomber plane at its new permanent home in Hangar 3 at Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster, Sheffield, the historic site of former RAF Finningley. The iconic aircraft, said to be one of the most popular planes in the world, will be open to the public and available for private and commercial events.

"This is one of the biggest steps for Vulcan XH558 since her return to flight in 2007. It brings a ne

VideoBlades 12 was selected as the best new video product at LDI 2010

Lighthouse launches VideoBlades 12

Details: 14 March 2016

Hong Kong - Lighthouse Technologies has announced the launch of VideoBlades 12, a revolutionary large-scale LED display technology that straddles the worlds of video and lighting in the entertainment, events and architectural markets.

VideoBlades 12 are the result of an alliance between Lighthouse and Pix2o, providing a 12.5mm pixel pitch, modular LED screen.

VideoBlades 12 comes in two formats, SkyRoll and GroundRoll which can be deployed by rolling up or down from its patented rotating structure, just like a window shade. The modular format allows for the seamless formation of la

The award was presented to Jim Hallington by Kirsten Nelson

Clockaudio wins AV innovation award

Details: 14 March 2016

USA/UK - Clockaudio is this year's winner of the SCN/InfoComm Installations Product Award for 'Most Innovative A/V Conferencing Product'.

The company received the award for its CRM100-RF and CRM102-RF retractable through-table boundary layer omnidirectional and cardioid condenser microphones. The proprietary design enables the microphone to be raised or lowered flush with the tabletop by pushing on the top of the mic.

The low profile system allows tabletop microphone systems to remain permanently in place, simply disappearing when not in use; a feature that has proven hugely popular

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