UK - Cue Media has taken advantage of the 0% finance deal that is currently available through A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET's audio division on equipment purchases of leading brands Nexo, Yamaha and Sennheiser.

Cue Media, a busy technical production and solutions provider, required a compact, highly versatile and fully digital sound solution to cover many different types and scales of event - from straight conferences to rock and pop bands, theatre style cabaret shows and lively motivational speaker events.

Nexo's successful PS-R2 Series speakers were the solution for their multitude of diverse events and shows. The package includes four sets of Nexo PS10-R2 speaker cabinets and two Nexo powered digital TD controllers.

Concurrently, Cue Media also invested in their se

UK - Triple E's Unibeam track System is ensuring the National Theatre's stage scenery travels right this spring for its production of Travelling Light. Since the show opened in January 2012 it has been broadcast to Cinemas worldwide and embarked on a tour of UK theatres, which opened at The Lowry, Salford, on 13 March.

Triple E specified and installed a custom curved Unibeam System that would work equally smoothly in the repertory as well as on tour.

"I was asked to recommend a track system that could be hung with the minimum of pickups, work smoothly and be capable of t

UK - Respected UK lighting designer Johanna Town used Philips Selecon PL1 LED luminaires to great effect on Wiki play, Man in the Middle by Ron Elisha.

Staged at Theatre 503 in London, the play is a fast paced journey through the key events of Julian Assange's turbulent life. Each Wiki style scene moves dynamically to the next to arrive at a totally different time or place in his life. From boardrooms to bedrooms, offices to torture chambers, and student flats to hotel rooms, no scene is set for very long.

This presents Town with a tough job - to set a convincing environment

UAE - A Midas PRO2, deployed by leading Dubai AV production company Artes Middle East, delivered a first-class debut performance FOH at this year's 10th Dubai International Jazz Festival despite the onset of strong winds and sandstorms during the week-long event.

"The console stood its ground through everything," reports a delighted Karl Da Costa, FOH engineer and technical production manager at Artes, who was using a Midas digital desk for the first time following a product demo by Chicco Hiranandani of Dubai-based NMK Electronics.

The PRO2 was installed at the festival's

UK - IOEX, the International Outdoor Event Expo delivered a diverse audience of live event companies in its inaugural year from the worlds of sport, music, festivals, brand and corporate events.

The exhibition featured a well received seminar programme across the three days. Popular speakers and topics included Lord Shaftesbury talking about transforming his estate into an event space, Mumsnet co-founder Carrie Longton and Lollibop organisers Continental Drifts giving tips on how to engage families at events in 'The F Factor' and experiential agency RPM sharing the Five Rules of En

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