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Switched online
Stage Electrics has launched its new website (www.stage-electrics.co.uk), designed with an easier to navigate style claimed to be more customer focused. New additions to the content include case studies detailing the range of completed Stage Electrics installations, plus a new look web shop with more than 4,500 items.
See the light
Lighting, dimming and controls manufacturer, ETC, has released the dates of its latest training sessions for its Congo, Eos and Ion control desks.
Dancing donkeys
Entity, Random Dance’s new touring show - headed by Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor - features three large mechanical set-pieces designed and manufactured by Litestructures.
The sound of Hot Chips
ADLIB Audio is supplying the sound for the UK leg of Hot Chip’s Made in the Dark world tour.
Ironing out the kinks
Audio rental company, Thames Audio, supplied the Theatre Royal Stratford East’s production of the new Ray Davies musical, Come Dancing.
Electric avenue
Lighting designer Bryan Leitch used 16 i-Pix BB7 LED wash lights and 20 BB4s for the recent 2008 BBC Electric Proms, a co-production between the BBC and Metropolis Music, staged at The Roundhouse in Camden.
Rock royalty
A 48-way Kinesys automation system with Vector control is being used on the current Queen and Paul Rodgers tour, with equipment featuring moving lighting trusses and an 85 square metre horizontal-splitting upstage video screen. Specified by lighting designer Baz Halpin, it is operated by Barry Branford and is supplied through Bandit Lites UK for the UK and European sections of the tour.
Spot on
Among the new products featured at the recent LDI 2008 trade show in America were Robe’s new DigitalSpot 7000 and 3000 DT moving heads and the REDWash 3*192 - the first of Robe’s new moving head wash lights based on Robe Emitted Diodes technology. They were exhibited along with three other new RED technology products - the REDFlash 3*192, the REDStrobe 3*192 and REDMix 3*192.
Good foundations
The International Make-Up Artist Trade Show 2009 takes place at Alexandra Palace, London over the weekend of Saturday, January 24 and Sunday 25.
Lighting up Leeds Academy
Avolites lighting has been chosen by Angus Chinn, from Bristol-based Utopium, for installation into one of the UK’s newest live music venues - the Academy in Leeds.
Global success
XL Video is supplying a projection system, cameras, PPU, Catalyst and Hippotizer digital media servers and crew for the current Coldplay Viva La Vida world tour. Working closely with Edinburgh-based Pufferfish, XL has also jointly developed six internally projected spheres and steel cage housings which are major scenic features of the show. The set and lighting were created by Paul Normandale, with video playback content specially commissioned and produced by Justine Catterall, technical support by Richard Turner and live video directed by Andy Bramley.
Crowning Queen
Bandit Lites is supplying full lighting production for the Queen and Paul Rodgers tour, with lighting design by Baz Halpin.
Parnelli Awards
Bandit Lites was named as Lighting Company of the Year at the 2008 Parnelli Awards ceremony, which recently took place at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.
Electric set
German punk band Die Arzte (The Physicians) have completed their latest European tour, using some 76 moving lights on their 40-date itinerary.
Next chapter
MILOS has launched a new brochure featuring its varied trussing products.
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