Pharos
Northern hub
Hof - rotating

News

Details
South Africa - The South African Music Awards (SAMA) could be described as Africa's version of the Grammys. The Sun City Superbowl, situated in the North West Province of South Africa, awakens as the who's who in the music industry and their dedicated supporters witness the unveiling of the best artists and albums of the year.

Dream Sets was the chief technical supplier and an influential creative force on this production, commissioned by VL Productions to supply the full technical for the show, all except for the sound which was taken care by Audio Logic.

"You can create anything you want with the right people," said Robert Hoey from Dream Sets. Dream Sets subcontracted AV Unlimited to supply the video elements of the show including video mapping which played a massiv

Details
Canada - When Grand Théâtre de Québec decided to update their sound system, Robert Charbonneau, head of sound assisted by Robert Caux, helped conduct over two years of testing on various loudspeaker, to ensure the new system would cover the theatre's diverse needs.

"We had very strict parameters, and wanted to make sure we saw all of our options. Different systems would come in for gain tests, vocal tests and instrumental tests; we would record the results. Then we'd move all around, so we compared the quality of the systems from every seat in the house. Being so t

Details
Bangladesh - Bangladesh-based Glow Lights & Effects only set up in business in 2011, but by the following year they were starting to service many events out of Dhaka - frequently using the PR5000 Spot and Beam lights from Chinese manufacturers PR Lighting.

Founder, Mukimul Anwar Mukim, and managing partner M H Khokon, along with experienced team members Shamim Ahmed (technical adviser) and chief communication officer, Khundker Hafizur Rahim, first saw the fixtures at the 2011 PALM Expo in Beijing and the team was immediately impressed by the state-of-the-art technology and highly deve

Hof - rotating
Northern hub

Details
On The Fringe - The largest arts festival in the world, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has got underway.The 2013 Fringe programme features 45,464 performances of 2,871 shows in a total of 273 venues across the city.

Family Affair - A Merseyside festival organiser has said he is "over the moon about getting not one but three" of reggae legend Bob Marley's sons to play. Liverpool International Music Festival's Yaw Owusu said it was a "real coup" to have Damien, Stephen and Julian Marley at the event. The brothers will appear at the Sefton Park event as p

Details
Italy - There was a job to finish: the 2011 tour Vasco Rossi, the Italian rock star from Emilia, interrupted owing to health problems. The seven concerts in two large stadiums (four in Turin and three in Bologna) were all sold out.

Vasco was in great shape on a beautiful stage, which led Roberto De Luca, tour producer for Live Nation Italia, to say: "These are perhaps the most exciting concerts I have seen since I have been working with Vasco- for a good 17 years." The stage was designed by Giò Forma. The layout was inspired by the triangular shape of Vasco's historic logo,

  1. Community Entasys helps historic navy chapel
  2. GDS in Wembley Arena refurbishment
  3. Psychedelia returns to Baker Street
  4. White Light on course for busy autumn season
Forte
Plasa
GLP
Astera

Latest Issue. . .