LIVERPOOL, UK – Theatrical entertainment specialists Stage Electrics supplied Europe’s first ETC Gio lighting control console to the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA). The Gio is the newest edition to ETC’s Eos family. LIPA regularly upgrades resources to stay current with industry standards. With this in mind they turned to Stage Electrics to research into upgrading their main theatre style desk, which will be used by students on the BA (hons) Theatre and Performance Technology program.
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LONDON – Boy band One Direction hit the road on a UK theatre tour. The HSL-supplied Martin rig included MAC 101 and MAC 2000 Wash XB moving heads with graphics across Martin EC-10 and EC-20 LED video panels. LD Dave Lee centered a 23′ x 10′ EC-10 screen as a key part of the show’s visuals.
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SCUNTHORPE, UK – dbn supplied lighting equipment and design for the recent production of “Cycle Song” on the grounds of Brumby Hall, Scunthorpe.The show told the story of Albert ‘Lal’ White, Scunthorpe steelworker and award-winning cyclist. dbn’s Pete Robinson created a lighting design for the show. It featured a stark atmospheric distressed industrial set designed by Rhys Jarman, a cast of hundreds and two massive cranes, which were used in the finale to help the moon rise.
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REDCLIFFE, QUEENSLAND, Australia – Redcliffe State High School’s new theatre, ‘The Bird’s Nest,’ offers students the latest in equipment while they are learning how to create their own performances. However, there was a problem with the power. Conventional lamps were constantly failing. The LSC Redback dimmers came to the rescue as they have a minimum/maximum setting. So by limiting the dimmers output to 80 percent, the Redback Dimmer now supplies lamps with sub 240v – the result being that premature lamp failure has not since occurred.
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LONDON – Avolites Ltd appoints Koy Neminathan as Sales Director and JB Toby as Technical Director. Neminathan joined Avolites Ltd in February 2000 and has worked as Business Development Manager and Sales Manager. He succeeeds Steve Warren, who remains an active director of Avolites and managing director of Avolites Media Ltd. Toby joined the company’s R&D team in 1994 and created the ART dimming range. As Technical Director he will continue product development.
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TAMPA, FL – More than 100 ILUMINARC exterior fixtures were installed on five landmark bridges over downtown Tampa’s Hillsborough River. The “Agua Luces” project, or “Water Lights,” was completed in time for the Republican National Convention Aug. 28–30. LD is Tracey Dear of Chicago-based Dear Productions, known for illuminating Chicago’s bridges.
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NEW ORLEANS — RZI Lighting, based here, drew 350 entertainment industry technology pros to an open house event at Mardi Gras World on Aug. 3. The event served as a showcase for a variety of manufacturers and new products, including ETC (LED Source Four Leko), Elation Professional (Platinum Beam 15R Pro and LED panels), Chauvet (Q-Spot 560 LED moving lights and MVP LED displays), High End Systems (Technospot and TechnoArc) and LSC Lighting Systems (Clarity LX console), among others.
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