SYDNEY – The Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli, Sydney, upgraded recently with 24 ETC Source Four LED Series 1 fixtures with EDLT lenses and 12 ETC Source Four fixtures with standard lenses. The upgrade included 22 sections of Jands JLX-Lite modular lighting bars to allow for a slightly flatter angle to the stage. Production manager Tom Blunt credited the move for trimming consumables expenses and storage requirements.
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SINGAPORE – Robe announced that Jens Poehlker is joining the Robe Asia Pacific team based in Singapore as Managing Director. Prior to his latest appointment, Poehlker opened and ran the Singapore office of MA Lighting for the last nine years.
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SCRANTON, PA — The Disco Biscuits’ three-day, two-stage extravaganza, Camp Bisco, returned this summer featuring acts like Lotus, Big Grizmatik and, of course, the Disco Biscuits themselves. Staged in Scranton, PA from July 14-16, the event’s lighting, video and audio was handled by Denver-based DSI Event Group. The Disco Biscuits’ LD, Johnny R. Goode III, chose two Avolites Sapphire Touch consoles running v9.1 software for the event.
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MEXICO CITY – The recently opened My Way nightclub in Mexico City is drawing attention with a distinctive visual design. The club features five separate but related zones: the bar, the ‘Cube’, the disco, the terraces and the VIP area. Each was designed to project its own distinct ‘personality’ and specific lighting treatment. Ricardo Flores, director of Leds4Skys, used DTS fixtures. The main area is lit with 30 JACK fixtures. They are fixed to the wall along the perimeter of the ‘Cube.’ The club also makes use of 23 MAX and 10 xNICK NRG 1201 fixtures to light up the dance floor. Luis Diaz serves as lighting programmer at the club.
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BLACKPOOL, UK – LD Ollie Wilkinson used Chauvet fixtures for a graduation ball held at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom earlier this year. The event, in honor of those completing their studies at Lancaster University, featured lighting from a rig that included Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 Spot Q-Wash 560Z-LED moving fixtures and Chauvet DJ MotionOrbs and PiXPar 24 par fixtures.
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CHARLOTTE, NC – Bandit Lites recently opened an office in Charlotte, NC. It’s led by senior system integrator Andrew Fisher (pictured here, left), who has been with Bandit since 2013. Bandit also recently hired Emily Eudy, who is serving at the Charlotte office’s installation project manager (pictured right). She brings a decade of industry experience, having worked for Barbizon and Rosco prior to joining Bandit Lites.
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BRADFORD, Yorkshire, U.K. – Calibre named Peng Wu sales and marketing manager, APAC. Wu reports to Richard Laberge, vice president, International Sales at Calibre. The appointment coincides with Calibre’s first presence at the upcoming LED China event, where the sales and engineering team will be present to meet with local manufacturers.
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MUNICH – The new Säbener Lounge within Munich’s Allianz Arena is serving up tempting aromas of freshly prepared foods for soccer fans. The space is also providing a visual feast with LED video walls, high-definition televisions and LED video signage. Wilhelm & Wilhalm, which provided the design and installation for the lounge’s interior lighting, sound and multimedia imagery, turned to AV Stumpfl to provide the control system technology and support.
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EMMEN, The Netherlands – When the local zoo in Emmen, the Netherlands, closed at the end of 2015 it wasn’t long before animal lovers in the area had a renewed and even better animal theme park to visit. Inspired by Disney’s Animal Kingdom and SeaWorld Orlando, Wildlands Adventure Zoo opened its doors on March 25th, 2016 as the area’s new must-visit theme attraction.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — After passing their 50-year milestone in 2015, Germany-based rockers, The Scorpions, are still going strong, performing around the world with mostly locally-provided gear. Associate LD and lighting operator Manfred Nikitser from Vienna-based Manik Show Lighting is running the lighting for the current touring schedule with Rainer Becker. Robe’s BMFL Spots are among a number of primary moving light fixtures on Nikitser’s rider..
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LONDON– d3 Technologies and White Light have created the first d3 on-set projection mapped TV studio, using the d3 2x2plus and two d3 4x4pro’s fully loaded with their industry first, patented Quad-SDI video format conversion (VFC) cards. Located at London Studios, ITV Studios is the UK’s biggest TV production and distribution company.
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LOS ANGELES – Hollywood based Innovative Dimmers, which seeks out and provides equipment tailored to the needs of entertainment lighting professionals, has forged a partnership with LumenRadio to make their products more versatile than ever. New wireless options are giving gaffers and lighting artists a new range of rigging solutions that have helped with the lighting for a broad array of prominent feature films.
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