The conference agenda of the 2nd Event Safety & Security Summit (E3S) has been announced, more than doubling the number of discussion topics and presentations from its inaugural edition last year. The invitation-only event takes place on 30 October at the Congress Centre in Central London with over 400 delegates expected to attend. The one-day meeting brings together leading international venue, festival, touring, sport and security professionals. Highlights from the 2018 agenda include: Lucy D’Orsi, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, conducts the E3S Welcome Address. Lord Kerslake, author of the independent enquiry into the Manchester Arena attack in…
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Robe brought an animated, vibrant, high-impact theatre meets rock ‘n’ roll live show to the centre of its stand design at the 2018 PLASA entertainment technology expo in London’s Olympia. Putting ‘performance’ at the heart of the presentation, Robe launched its brand new SuperSpikie moving light. The spectacular show, which also illustrated other new and current Robe products including the new RoboSpot remote follow spotting system running with MDC (multi-device control) and the new iParFect, the first in a series of upcoming IP rated luminaires. Inspired by the Tomb Raider / Indiana Jones movie and e-games adventure genre – the…
eps, global infrastructure service provider, has appointed a new MD. Steering the ship at eps america is Lee Bauman, an executive with extensive experience in the event and infrastructure sectors. Recently, Bauman worked as a GM for lighting technology specialist 4Wall Entertainment. Prior to that, he held leading positions for more than 10 years as a supplier of rental furniture and a specialist for modular building systems. Bauman graduated from the University of California in San Diego with a degree in Operations Research and Management Science. “Lee Bauman has proven successful in developing and expanding business models with a focus…
RF Shows, a burgeoning production and rental company based in Noordorp, Netherlands, owned and run by Jeroen Kwakernaak extended its Robe lighting arsenal. The latest investment involved Robe LEDBeam 150s, adding to the company’s purchase of Robe miniPointes and LEDBeam 100s in 2017. The rental stock also includes the original second-hand Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash XTs he purchased whilst still DJ’ing in 2006. Kwakernaak and the team wanted the Robe LEDBeam 150s as a complement to the Robe miniPointes and to spec for a series of their own projects this summer including club and dance events plus outdoor festivals. “Even with only…
From the very first product that bore the DiGiCo moniker, there is one thing that no one has argued about, no matter their console loyalties: the team in the UK pack a tremendous amount of power into a relatively small amount of space. And space was a consideration as alt-rock pioneers Stone Temple Pilots (STP), Bush and The Cult teamed up for their summer-long, triple-headline Revolution 3 Touracross North America. Speaking from the bus on a day off, Monitor Engineer and Crew Chief Sean Herman, FOH Engineer James “Hootsie” Huth and System Engineer Chris Demonbreun held forth on the joys…
Prljavo Kazalište LD Sven Kučinić from LumiLas specified over 120 Robe moving lights, provided, together with the other lighting production, supplied by Croatian rental company ELDRA. The band had one major wish for the finale concert, explained Kučinić, and that was a video concept with massive columns of LED surrounding the stage and continuing into the roof space and extending around the sides of the stage structure. Apart from that, the staging and rigging was left to Kučinić, who has worked with the band for 7 years and toured the world several times over. On average, they play about 50…
4Wall Entertainment has made a substantial acquisition of ROE Visual Carbon and Black Pearl video panels and wind-defying touring Air Frames. ROE Visual Carbon 5 will mount on Air Frame, a lightweight, Carbon series compatible (CB5, CB8) all-in-one hanging, stacking and transportation solution ideal for touring as folding frames reduce the use of trailer space and production costs when compared to conventional touring frames. ROE Visual’s lightweight carbon-based LED panels were designed to quickly erect LED walls by stacking or hanging with their own touring frames and transport dollies. Available in both flat and curved configurations, Carbon products are suitable for…
DAS Audio has appointed Chris Gonzalez to the position of Western Territory Sales Manager. In his new company role, Gonzalez will be responsible for all DAS Audio sales throughout the western territory, including but not limited to independent dealers, integrators, and consultants. This position also involves the gathering of competitive data as well as generating comparative analysis on the company’s existing and new products in relation to offerings of competing firms. Further, training, demonstration, and tradeshow support are also an integral part of this position. Gonzalez is stationed at DAS Audio’s Miami office. Gonzalez has a comprehensive work background that…
Portuguese creative studio and multimedia company selects Wings Vioso software to drive immersive spectacular Nestling on a hill overlooking Rossio Square and facing São Jorge Castle in the Chiado neighbourhood, the now Carmo Archaeological Museum is a popular attraction for tourists and residents alike – and therefore the perfect backdrop for renowned Portuguese multimedia company OCUBO to stage its latest immersive spectacular: Lisbon Under Stars – Immersive Spectacle. Nuno Maya is a co-founder, CEO and artistic director at OCUBO – which has successful event credits to its name both internationally on home soil. Lisbon Under Stars was entirely driven by the creative studio outfit.…
Rockin’1000 That’s Live has already become so successful that, for the past 2 years, ‘the biggest rock band on earth’ has had to relocate to the bigger Stadio Artemio Franchi in Firenze (Florence), around 2.5 hours from Cesena. Yamaha Commercial Audio Italia is a technical partner of the event and this year staff were faced with the huge task of mixing Front of House and monitors for an 18 song, 2-hour performance of rock classics by a band of over 1500 singers, guitarists, bass guitarists, drummers, keyboard and wind players. With a channel count of over 300, a RIVAGE PM10…
Event production and equipment specialist, Light Fantastic Production Services are pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Vere to the role of Director of Production at its Borehamwood headquarters. A well-established member of the Light Fantastic production team, Vere joined the company in 2014 and has been instrumental in building the company’s reputation as a premier provider of technical production equipment and support services. With a background in theatre lighting design, Andy has a wealth of experience covering a broad range of production disciplines, including theatre, live music and corporate events. Andy’s depth of technical understanding and artistic skills have…
LD Patrick Dierson of The Activity, using a 4Wall Entertainment supplied lighting rig that included Chauvet Professional Maverick and Rogue fixtures. Now in its 7th year, Made in America featured a star-studded lineup of artists including Nicki Minaj, Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar, Diplo, Zedd, Janelle Monáe, Alessia Cara, Miguel, Pusha T, Fat Joe and Ty Dolla $ign. Dierson’s goal was to create looks on the event’s stages that reflected the magnitude of its artist lineup. “Overall, our look for the festival is big, but we had to deal with space constraints to achieve this outcome,” said Dierson. “We strove to make each stage look bigger than it was…
French live production specialist Kaouenn handled the entirety of the Celtic Celebration festival’s video production – an enduring feat with 10 consecutive days and nights, along with a variety of different stages and venues across Lorient, Brittany. “This year we produced four live streams each evening for the festival’s website and YouTube channel,” explained Simon Feray of Kaouenn. “Relying on an end-to-end solution from Blackmagic Design meant we were working with broadcast standard equipment, which saw our PGM mix also used by broadcasters such as France 3, Tébéo, Tébésud and TVR.” Kaouenn’s multi-camera production included URSA Mini Pro with a B4…
GLP has officially launched the impression E350 LED moving head at PLASA 2018 (London Olympia, 16 – 18 September), a new, supercharged companion to its popular impression S350, in an efficient, optimized package. With an advanced LED engine offering unprecedented output in its class, the fixture will find favour in any type of showcase event or installation with dynamic, articulated lighting as the centerpiece. And since it offers flicker-free operation, with smooth electronic dimming from 0-100%, multiple dimming curves, with no colour shift while delivering random and pulse electronic strobing effects it will also find favour in the Broadcast /…
The Warehouse concluded a successful Edinburgh International Festival having provided advanced audio solutions for the spectacular opening and closing events and many shows in-between. In 2018, The Warehouse also became an audio partner for the innovative Light on Shore with Edinburgh Gin Seaside season with loudspeaker brand Adamson. Celebrating the creativity, originality and international impact of Scottish popular music, Light on Shore featured 16 events across 14 nights, running throughout August at Leith Theatre. Closed for almost 30 years, the International Festival welcomed audiences to this unique venue, situated in one of Edinburgh’s most vibrant and creative districts. Graeme Brown…
Having deployed its Martin Audio MLA Compact at last year’s Shambala Festival, Stage Audio Services (SAS) invested in a full-sized MLA just in time for this year’s event, which took place over the 4-day Bank Holiday weekend. The system arrived literally as they were loading the truck, explained SAS MD Kevin Mobberley, whose company has worked the event for well over a decade. “It provided us with a fantastic amount of headroom and ensured we didn’t need delays.” While Martin Audio Product Support Engineers, Simon Purse and Ben Tucker provided onsite support for the new system, it was left to…
After many years of success with Yamaha’s PM, CL and QL series digital mixing consoles, earlier this year Belgian rental company AED Rent invested in two RIVAGE PM7 digital mixing systems. These have already been such a success that sister business AED Lease has purchased a third system. Purchased together with Rio3224-D2 and Rio1608-D2 I/O racks, the investment in the RIVAGE PM7 systems has complemented ongoing demand for Yamaha’s other digital mixers. “The need for CL and QL series mixers is still growing, with PM5Ds and M7CLs still being requested,” says AED Rent account manager Piet Verstraete. “We have a…
On its second stop in the U.S. at AT&T Stadium in San Francisco on 21 August 2018, Ed Sheeran’s ÷ tour’s lighting director discussed how Point Source Audio became an integral part of the production tech. Like most of us, Matt Jones only has one set of arms. But he had been operating like he had multiple sets switching frantically between audio and comms for months as the lighting director on the Ed Sheeran Divide Tour. This drove Jones’ discovery and decision to choose the CM-i3 in-ear headset which he says has since “solved all the problems.” Before adopting the…
