Thursday, July 29th, 2010

5 Star steps up production for Pioneer

Pioneer's Paul Beardsall on the left, with 5 Star's Keith Sykes

Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, UK based flight-case manufacturer 5 Star Cases has recently strengthened its partnership with leading DJ equipment specialists Pioneer, supplying 3000 cases for the popular Pioneer Pro440 DJ system console. In the last eighteen months, 5 Star has supplied over 3700 Pro440 cases, all finished in a striking red laminate. When Pioneer recently launched [...]

Theatreplan announces new planning advice service in the UK – Theatre Doctor

Faced with a growing demand for help in correcting errors in design and build projects for a wide range of entertainment venues, London-based theatre consultancy Theatreplan has initiated a ‘Theatre Doctor’ service for the UK. One of Theatreplan’s partners, Peter Ruthven Hall explained that this is as much about preventative advice as it is involved [...]

Muse “Resistance” tour with Brilliant Stages

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Multi award-winning British alternative rock band, Muse, known for their energetic and extravagant live performances, are currently engaged in a world tour of their fifth album, Resistance. Bringing together the combined talents that produced Take That’s Circus Live tour in 2009 and Mika’s one-off concert at Paris’ Parc des Princes in 2008, the Muse set [...]

Harlequin Studio dance floor at British Troupe Championship finals

Overall winner, Harlequin Stage School from Liverpool with their breathtaking routine ‘The Legend of The Lion King’

The British Troupe Championship Finals held in Wolverhampton opted for Harlequin Studio dance floor. Harlequin Studio has established great popularity with dancers thanks to both the dance surface it provides and the ease with which an ordinary stage can be converted into a dance floor. The flooring used at the British Troupe Championships was transported [...]

New DMX compatible curtain track motor from ShowTex

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ShowTex has launched its new curtain track motor with DMX compatibility. This exclusive system is designed for live precision movement of stage curtains and scenery on the heavy duty track systems including the Rail H100, ShowPipe, UniTrack, Horizontal Chain Track and ShowTrack. Now curtain movement can also be taken care of instantly at the light [...]

Summit Steel helps make it fly for Sainsbury’s

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Summit Steel supplied a Kinesys automation system with K2 control and all associated trussing and rigging to fly and track 5 projection screens in the main presentation area of the 2009 Sainsbury’s Our conference, staged at the NEC, Birmingham, UK. Summit was working for West Midlands based drpevents, who supplied all other aspects of the [...]