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State Automation appoints Cooper Controls as exclusive european distributor

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State Automation is a privately owned Australian company specialising in the design and manufacture of advanced dimming systems for professional theatre, television and other entertainment applications. Cooper Controls is a specialist manufacturer and supplier of lighting control products to the entertainment and architectural lighting markets. “Following unprecedented success in Australasia … [Read more...]

Unusual projects for Unusual Rigging in Dubai

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The Dubai office of Unusual Rigging, opened by managing partner Alan Thomson earlier this year, is now fully up and running, with five staff, including administrator Cindy Barrameda and Ruperto Lamentac jr, who apparently does a mean Elvis impression. Living up to the company name, Unusual Rigging and Engineering LLC has some interesting - and unusual - projects in the offing. One of the … [Read more...]

Brilliant Stages Pylon forms centre point of U2 360° tour

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Causing the biggest stir for many years amongst audiences and industry professionals alike with the sheer scale of its design and construction is U2’s current 360° Tour. The now-famous ‘Claw’, designed by the combined talents of Show Architect Mark Fisher and long-time U2 collaborator, Show Designer/Director, Willie Williams, forms a 28m high canopy over one of the largest stages ever toured. … [Read more...]

Protection for your floor on tour

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Rosco have introduced a new addition to their range of products. The new Rosco Touring Floor Bag is designed to take floors up to 1.6m in width. It's a versatile lightweight bag which will aid in the protection of your floor while travelling from venue to venue or just for general storage to guard from scratches. … [Read more...]

JR Clancy to show newly enhanced PowerLift at PLASA

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JR Clancy, the US-based manufacturer of theatre rigging systems, is gearing up to exhibit at the PLASA Show at London’s Earls Court for the first time this year, providing information on the company’s range of products, including SceneControl and the newly enhanced PowerLift. SceneControl is an automated control system which comes in three models – anything from a simple push button controller … [Read more...]