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Charcoalblue has designs on Jewish community centre

The JCC Performance Hall was designed collaboratively by the project's architects, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and theatre consultants Charcoalblue (photo © Nina Sologubenko)

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Designed to create an inclusive gateway to all things Jewish, London's brand new £12m Jewish Community Centre - JW3 - has opened its doors to offer a wealth of cultural and entertainment spaces - including a Performance Hall designed collaboratively by the project's architects, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and theatre consultants Charcoalblue.

The 268-seat Performance Hall has been created to provide a reconfigurable space for larger events and functions. Charcoalblue's head of technical design, Paul Franklin, advised on the design and fit out of the performance hall and oversaw the works on site during construction.

"The Performance Hall is a flexible, multi-function room, capable of hosting a wide range of events, including drama, dance, live music - both ampl

The Chesil Theatre - home of the 150-year-old Winchester Dramatic Society

Chesil Theatre invests in Philips Selecon LED

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Winchester's 75-seat Chesil Theatre has invested in Philips Selecon's PLprofile1s, PLfresnel1s, and PLcyc1s in an upgrade to LED following an extensive shootout comparing results with its existing tungsten rig.

The Chesil Theatre, home of the 150-year-old Winchester Dramatic Society and housed in a medieval building, has installed three PLprofile1s, five PLfresnel1s, and five PLcyc1s to reduce power consumption and simplify colour changing and control.

Peter Vincent, Lighting Manager at the Chesil Theatre, specified the LED Selecon fixtures. "The theatre has a good convent

Avolites Tiger Touch Pro on Bastille duty

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Lighting designer Will Dart is using the rapid response Avolites Tiger Touch Pro to control his cinematic lighting concept for Indie rock band Bastille on their worldwide Bad Blood tour.

Scaled up from the spring and festival tour, Dart is using the Tiger Touch Pro console in conjunction with the Avolites Titan7 software to control a mix of cue to cue lighting states and moody live effects. Dart uses front projection onto an upstage backdrop screen augmented by wing drapes, which double up as both projection and up-lighting surfaces to give the show design a deep, moody fe

The demos will include a technical presentation by Martin Audio's R&D director

Martin Audio schedules MLA showcases

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Martin Audio has announced dates for a European Showcase Demonstration of its new MLA Mini ultra-compact multi-cellular loudspeaker array.

This will take place over two days (18-19 February 2014) at The Backstage Centre, Purfleet, Essex, UK.

The entire pro audio community - from distributors, dealers, rental companies, system integrators and consultants, as well as FOH engineers, system techs and event production managers - are invited to attend.

It will also provide an opportunity for the media to experience the new system's award-winning technology at close quarters.

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S+H features on high profile TV shows

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Devon- based drapes, starcloth, LED and visual effects specialist S+H Technical has supplied products to several high profile TV shows in recent weeks, including the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing special at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool, The Royal Variety Performance at The London Palladium and the record-breaking 2013 BBC Children In Need telethon's main studio at Elstree.

S+H were commissioned by Patrick Molony, production manager for hit West End musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to produce a custom starcloth for the cast's special performance at

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