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Avolites Sapphire Touch on The Script's arena tour

The Script's tour moves to Australia and Asia this summer with a scaled down version for the USA and festival dates

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Avolites aficionado Jamie Thompson has been out with Irish pop-rockers The Script on their European tour controlling 'maximum impact' lighting with his very own Avolites Sapphire Touch console, plus an Avolites Quartz and x4 Avolites Titan Net Processors.

In addition, a second Sapphire Touch was used a backup. All front-end Avolites control equipment was supplied by global lighting and show design company Mirrad.

"The brief for this show was: 'make this look like the biggest show we've done, with loads of light, visuals and energy'," says Thompson. "This was, of course, music to my ears."

With venues including Liverpool's Echo Arena, the Phones 4U Arena Manchester, and London's O2 Arena, Thompson was challenged with creating a huge show to fill large s

The star of the show was the installation of 32 x Pea-light Strings – containing 3000 lamps (photo: John Allen)

S+H Sparkles at 2015 Herald Business Awards

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Terry Murtha and the team at S+H Technical supplied a spectacular selection of starcloth, soft goods and video products - adding plenty of sparkle and razzmatazz - to the 2015 Herald Business Awards, which celebrated the brightest and best local business achievements in a glittering event at the Plymouth Pavilion venue.

S+H was contacted by the event's organiser Kate Nesbitt, who was recommended to the Ilfracombe, Devon based company by colleagues. It was the first year that Kate had organised the Awards, started in 2011 by the Plymouth Herald newspaper.

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Chauvet adds to new look for Maranatha Fellowship

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Reminders of St. Albans' rich history are everywhere in this picturesque small town at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal Rivers. There's a monument honouring one of the area's first property owners, George Washington, who worked as a surveyor here prior to the American Revolution and a plaque commemorating some of the oldest Native America artefacts found in the US. When visitors step inside the town's Maranatha Fellowship Church, however, they're instantly transported into a thoroughly modern 21st century worship environment.

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Robe made a big impact at the 2015 Sound Check Xpo in Mexico City

Robe makes impact at Sound Check Xpo

Details: 14 March 2016

Mexico - Robe made a big impact at the 2015 Sound Check Xpo in Mexico City working closely with its Mexican distributor Vari Internacional, who this year swapped the space they had occupied in recent years for a larger, more visible booth in Olmeca III. This reflects the success that Vari has enjoyed generally over the last year.

Robe sent Nathan Wan and Steve Eastham to work alongside the Vari team including Hugo Patiño and Francisco Canales, Bruno Carranza, Allan Fernandez, Juan Fco Alvarez (Paco) and Uriel Sanchez.

For the first time, it also featured one of Robe's famous light-

The show took place at the SC Olympisky and was directed by Anastasia Sinelnikova

Clay Paky on Moscow's Big Love Show

Details: 14 March 2016

Russia - This Valentine's Day saw one of the biggest dance events in Russia's history hit its capital. Over 17,000 Muscovites partied hard throughout a three-hour dance mash-up marathon, with lighting designer Konstantin Gerasimov of 4DProject employing an array of Clay Paky fixtures to deliver an electric party atmosphere.

Organised by Russia's popular station Love Radio and Brothers Entertainment Production Company, the show took place at the SC Olympisky and was directed by Anastasia Sinelnikova, with executive producer Svetlana Voronova.

The event saw a record number of acts and

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