Students at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, Lancashire, have been exploring the power of visual design in performance with an innovative selection of work recently unveiled on campus, and which marked the first ever graduate degree exhibition for those on its BA (Hons) Design for Performance and BA (Hons) Visual Theatre courses.
Sound Technology Ltd, the UK and Eire distributor for Harman Professional brands - including JBL, Soundcraft, Crown, AKG, BSS and dbx - has opened its new Pro Audio demonstration facility at the company’s base in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire.
Lancashire-based lighting and visual rentals specialist HSL has been supplying lighting, a Kinesys automation system, and crew to pop/opera “crossover” group, Il Divo, which has just completed the first full production UK and European leg of its Wicked Game world tour.
Oregon’s Portland Center for the Performing Arts in the USA is claiming a significant saving in power usage following an upgrade of the lighting system in its Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Following last year’s successful events, sound specialist suppliers Sennheiser UK has announced the dates of its 2012 integrated systems seminars.
PLASA has announced that its third annual Rigging Conference will take place on September 10-11 at the Earls Court Conference Centre, London, running alongside the PLASA 2012 trade show.
The new production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, by the English National Opera in London, features innovative projection designs created by Nina Dunn of Knifedge, the London W1-based, digital creative agency.
The Ruddock Performing Arts Centre at King Edward’s School, Edgbaston, Birmingham, opened recently with a performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, unveiling a new design concept by Haworth Tompkins and his team.
PLASA’s 2012 European AGM and Members’ Lunch is scheduled for May 29 at BAFTA in central London.
Manchester lighting and rigging rental specialist, dbn, created three giant truss crucifixes used as a dramatic backdrop for the BBC’s Easter live broadcast of The Preston Passion, a historic celebration with roots dating all the way back to 1179.
Four LED fixtures on the market have been sold to the National Theatre of Scotland by ETC’s Edinburgh-based dealer, Black Light, soon after going on sale.
West London-based rental company, Entec Sound & Light, recently supplied full technical production - including lighting and sound equipment and crew - for a recent high profile show at Wembley Arena by Mayday, the Taiwanese alternative rock band.
AC Entertainment Technologies Ltd has announced the appointment of four new members of staff as well as a number of role changes within the company - the changes being part of the AC-ET’s philosophy of continuing to reinvest in, and further develop, its business.
Liverpool-based sound, lighting and AV rental specialist, Adlib, recently celebrated moving into its new warehouse in Speke, Merseyside, after what it reports has been another strong trading year and steady growth.
White Light, which supplied the lighting equipment to the recent 2012 Olivier Awards and sponsored the Lighting Design Awards, had a number of successful award nominees in its own right.
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