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ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls) is a global leader in entertainment and architectural lighting, dedicated to technical innovation and customer service. ETC manufactures the award-winning Source Four and Selador luminaires; the Congo, Eos and SmartFade families of control; Sensor SCR and Matrix SCR and SineWave dimming; Unison Paradigm, Mosaic and SmartLink architectural controls; Smart Solutions compact lighting equipment; and more.
Selador LED fixtures feature a patented x7 Color System which, by mixing seven different colours of LEDs, produces bright broad-spectrum whites and intense colours equally well, rendering pigments and skin tones in a far more natural way.
The line won a PLASA Award for Innovation in 2009, with the judges praising them for “taking a significant step towards the ultimate goal of energy efficient incandescent replacement lighting.” They continued by pointing out that “ETC has developed this LED fixture with a colour output that gets close to the spectral curve of traditional incandescent source, thereby making LED technology a step closer to wider use in theatres and similar applications.”
Element is ETC’s newest control desk. Aimed at smaller theatrical venues and schools that depend on single desk operators or volunteer staff, it is designed to handle rigs kitted out predominantly with conventional luminaires, while also accommodating some LED fixtures and/or a small number of simple moving lights. The desk is the smaller sibling of the Ion and Eos; all share a similar user interface.
Perfect for house and foyer lighting control, ETC’s Unison Paradigm merges innovative advances in architectural lighting control with ETC’s expertise in entertainment lighting control to give the best of both worlds. With Paradigm, the system can be programmed to enable users to press a button via a wall mounted touch screen or button panel and get the system to manage lighting states for you automatically. Paradigm’s energy management tools capitalise on daylight harvesting, occupancy sensing and time schedules for maximum energy savings.
ETC has its headquarters in Wisconsin, and offices across the US, Europe and the Far East. ETC has more than 700 employees worldwide, including in-house customer and technical service departments offering 24-hour phone support.
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Renowned as one of the world’s leading theatrical drape manufacturers, J&C Joel has developed over 30 years and now provides a huge range of products for the whole entertainment industry. From consumables such as gaffer tape and paint to electric pilewind winches and orchestra lifts, from school halls to iconic venues such as the London Coliseum, we aim to deliver every job with the same courtesy, consideration and attention to detail.
With such a broad range of products and services, it is our staff’s knowledge, experience and professionalism that have helped us build our business and our reputation. They are, indeed, our most valuable asset.
Unrivalled in their skills base, our seamstresses are able to provide the most complex of backdrops, shaped drapes and concept curtains. We maintain a constant stock of almost 1,000,000 metres of fabric, giving you a choice of over 150 different fabrics, 550 colours and 50 widths.
Our thriving contracts department employs all the skills and expertise necessary to undertake the most complex of installations. From design through project management to installation and commissioning, our experience is unsurpassed, encompassing projects as diverse as tracks for studios, school stage systems, powered flying systems and specialising in restoration of iconic theatrical landmarks.
From our HQ in Halifax, England, we service the entertainment industry around the globe. From our recently expanded 75,000 sq ft facility, we export our products and our expertise to over 75 countries on a daily basis. To continue our commitment to customer service, J&C Joel have expanded with the opening of three offices in South Africa, United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong - providing stock and urgent curtain manufacturing to better serve Africa, the Middle East and Far East region.
Our ambition is simple: to make the experience of buying from J&C Joel as easy as possible and to welcome you back time and time again.
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Northern Light is a leading installer of sound, lighting and stage technologies and has completed in excess of 5,000 projects throughout the UK and beyond.
For forty years, Northern Light has been in the business of turning empty spaces into exciting performance venues.
From village halls right through to multi-million pound concert halls, Northern Light can supply and install the very latest in performance technology. Our installations can be carried out to a precise specification, with our input into the design process or with a specification designed by Northern Light.
Our flexible range of services includes the provision of:
- Production Lighting
- Sound and Communications Systems
- Audio Visual Systems
- Trussing, Rigging and Curtains
- Dimming and Control Systems
- Stage Engineering
- Exterior Lighting
- Ambient Lighting
- Containment and Infrastructure
Northern Light’s combination of industry experience, technical expertise, quality of service and overall passion for entertainment technology results in a completed job which is on budget, on spec, fully fit for purpose and future-proofed.
Northern Light. Expert installers of sound, lighting, staging, AV and communications technologies.
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SERAPID LINKLIFTS PROVIDE FLEXIBLE THEATER
CONFIGURATIONS FOR VENUES AT THE AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
SERAPID LinkLift telescopic lift columns provide quick, flexible configurations for a variety of performances at several venues in the AT&T Performing Arts Centre in Dallas. The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House is home of The Dallas Opera and Texas Ballet Theatre and The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre is home of the Dallas Theatre Centre and Dallas Black Dance Theatre as well as a number of other performing arts organizations in the Dallas area.
At the Charles Wyly Theatre, the lift columns are incorporated into this truly unique performance space to allow directors to change the configuration of the all-glass, vertically stacked building at the push of a button.
SERAPID’s scope of supply for the 575 seat Potter Rose Theatre inside the Charles Wyly Theatre includes 46 LinkLift lifting columns to support the proscenium lift, seating wagon lift, six seat configuration lifts, six turntables, and 12 seating riser lifts.
Additionally SERAPID provided two push/pull systems for the ‘superfly’ tower, which services the stage level. These systems enable the seating to be lifted or lowered from storage facilities. The Rigid Chain telescopic actuators push/pull these systems in/out of position to be lifted/lowered. One system weighs approximately 54,430 kilograms, and the other weighs 27,215 kilograms. The ‘superfly’ tower is a key component to the rapid reconfiguration of performance areas.
The LinkLift columns at the Winspear Opera House facilitate a quick switch between opera and musical theatre to dance performances.
Winspear Opera House
The lifts in both venues are comprised of SERAPID LinkLift columns, which feature square links that work like building blocks to form a tower stack. The shape and locking technique make it capable of extra-high rigidity and strength.
SERAPID is a leader in stage, orchestra and piano lifts. Their Rigid Chain Lift Columns are installed in theatres, show venues and concert halls all over the world.
Visit us at ABTT Theatreshow on June 16th & 17th – Stand 87 in Lawrence Hall – The Royal Horticultural, Elverton Street, London SW1P 2PE
For more information about SERAPID and their different projects and applications: info-uk@serapid.com, or visit them on the web:
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Venues for music, dance, opera and theatre are all buildings informed by performance. The space and facilities must perform as well as the artists, from the Royal Opera House in London and the Casa da Musica in Porto, to the National Institute of Circus Arts in Melbourne.
Arup has a long, star-studded track record in the design of performing arts buildings around the world, from the grandest and most historic opera houses, theatres and concert halls to new performing arts venues. We work with our clients across all phases of performing arts projects, providing a comprehensive service which combines traditional design and engineering with specialist services, such as business case planning, acoustics and theatre consulting.
We design elegant, flexible and sustainable venues, helping our clients to create a superb audience and performer experience, and attract ever wider audiences to compete in an increasingly crowded leisure market. Since our ground-breaking work on the Sydney Opera House in the 1960s, our team has developed significant experience in the design and delivery of exemplar projects, as well as an excellent reputation for reconciling the balance of architecture, acoustics and theatrical functionality. In response to the challenge of realising artistic ambition within commercial constraints, our solutions work to reduce the capital and operating costs of venues, where appropriate, as well as optimising their revenue generation potential.
Our team’s expertise and wealth of experience has allowed us to identify new tools and approaches that improve the service and value that we can deliver to our clients. From pioneering Arup’s innovative Soundlab tool which enables clients to ‘listen’ to a proposed building before it is built, to whole-life sustainable venue design and operation, including the first zero-carbon theatre in London, Future Arcola, Arup is the performing arts consultant of choice.
For more information, please visit: www.arup.com |
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Hoist UK are now offering customers “the best of all worlds” through their distribution / partnership agreements with entertainment industry brand leaders JR Clancy, Niscon Inc and Verlinde.
Hoist UK offer services such as the distribution of entertainment products to individuals, companies and end users. The Hoist UK project team will integrate products from their partner’s ranges with equipment and services of our own design to create a “complete project solution”. Hoist UK will design, manufacture, install, load test and commission your solution to suit your needs under their banner of “Safety Above All”.
JR Clancy has been designing, manufacturing and installing theatrical stage rigging systems since 1885. The JR Clancy range includes automated and manual rigging systems, heat resistant borders, fire curtains and acoustic shells. JR Clancy equipment can be found throughout the world in performance venues from your local school to large scale performing art centres. Look for the name JR Clancy; it’s your sign of Quality Since 1885.
Niscon Inc design, supply and implement motion control systems that Engineer the Art of Movement. Whether they are designing an individual component to compliment an installation or a complete turnkey system, their end goal remains the same; to provide a flexible, customisable solution that exceeds the expectations of the end user and anticipates their future needs.
Verlinde SA has been manufacturing hoists and devoted to lifting equipment for over 150 years. Their factory in Vernouillet, France has a manufacturing production capacity of 40,000 electric chain hoists per annum. The Verlinde Stagemaker line is one of the brand leaders in the industry, boasting products manufactured to the highest safety standards including BGV-D8, D8+ and C1.
www.boaw.co.uk www.hoistuk.com |
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Theatres are a unique type of building, presenting many challenges to a design team. They often include large, open, acoustically sensitive auditoria, technical areas, public spaces and general accommodation, all of which form essential elements of a successful performance.
For our clients the buildings need to be safe and comfortable to work in, secure, economic to run, logically laid out and above all else – flexible. For the public, they must be comfortable, dramatic and capable of delivering an experience beyond expectation.
The design of new theatres, or the modernisation of old, often involves a multitude of skills and differing viewpoints resulting in many constraints and considerations – this is where Buro Happold’s multi-disciplined approach can be of maximum benefit to the client.
In all projects, whether a small studio theatre in a school or a large international auditorium our attention to detail is a fundamental element in ensuring the success of the project. We understand the narrow commercial margins that the arts world must operate under and can offer engineering solutions that reduce the running costs of theatres, performance spaces and the buildings in which they are contained. For example the choice of ventilation system and building fabric can positively affect energy usage for comfort control, and the installation of a sophisticated lighting control system can offer immediate savings against capital outlay.
For more information please visit our website www.burohappold.com |
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Gerriets GmbH, Stage Equipment.
Worldwide, wherever a theatre curtain falls, scenery or backdrops move quietly and precisely or audiences are moved by spectacular images on incredibly large projection screens, chances are Gerriets products are involved.
 Oslo Opera
The company, based in Umkirch/Germany has twelve international subsidiaries and a production facility in Volgelsheim/France and earned its reputation as an innovator and leader in stage equipment design and manufacturing.
It all started in the wholesale trade with custom-made stage textiles direct from our warehouse. This tradition of providing the highest quality theatrical textiles still exists today. It is the cornerstone of the company and includes wide width seamless muslin up 12 meters wide as well as decorative fabric, stage velour, effect materials, breakaway glass and fibre optic drapery, as well as the in-house manufacturing of stage curtains, projection screens and scenic environments.
Stage draperies ranging from simple backdrops to exquisite art curtains designed by world renowned textile designers are produced, to specification, in our sewing workshops. Large projection screens are manufactured in our high frequency welding facility and complete scenic environments are produced for musicals and theatre productions in our wood and metal construction shops.
The stage equipment technology division provides the perfect combination of textile décor and stage mechanics. Gerriets offers functional hoist and track systems that enable curtains, projections screens and scenery to be moved safely and accurately.
The company also provides project management services or can act as a general contractor on large scale projects, handling all aspects of the project including design, engineering, production and installation.
Gerriets lends its expertise to theatres, opera houses, cinemas, exhibition companies, events and architectural projects. Some of our work can be seen in the technical stage design on the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth II, professional manufacturing of the Main Curtain at the Metropolitan Opera in New York or the manufacturing and installation of a 100 m x 20 m rear projection screen at the Chamsil Olympia Stadium in Seoul, South Korea. More at www.gerriets.com |
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Stage machinery has been our business for more than 130 years. Ever since the 1920s, SBS has been providing stage machinery for theatres internationally; in London, Brussels, Odessa, Paris, Warszawa, Buenos Aires and even Vienna.
SBS Bühnentechnik GmbH is one of the leading companies in the field of stage machinery systems. With our 180 employees, we can offer our clients a wide range of services for any scale of projects, anywhere the world. Our scope of work involves the latest in design, engineering, production, and we also provide our own personnel for installation, maintenance and international project management.
SBS developed a TÜV-certified (SIL 3) computer control system (COSTACOWin), which has been installed in many theatres in Europe Asia, Middle East and South America for controlling under-stage machinery and flying systems.
For the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - considered the most significant opera houses in Europe - SBS installed 6 main stage elevators with trap lifts and control system during its renovation in 1997-9. The high specification demands made by both client and consultants were fully met. Similar projects have been completed in a variety of famous theatres and performance venues including the Semper Opera House in Dresden, Jean Nouvels Luzern Concert Hall in Switzerland, the China National Grand Theatre Beijing, the National Convention Centre in Hanoi, and the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
The Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference 2010 offers an important platform of communication for all persons involved in the design, construction and operation of cultural buildings. We are looking forward to a wide range of themes being discussed and the possibility to meet the professionals working this exciting market. As part of our participation and sponsorship for the Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference 2010 we are hoping to share our experiences in the diverse fields of stage machinery systems for theatres, opera houses, but also for concert halls, convention centres and multipurpose halls.
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Theatre Projects creates extraordinary performance spaces around the world.
Above: View into the Potter Rose Performance Hall of the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, designed by REX/OMA (Joshua Prince-Ramus, partner in charge, and Rem Koolhaas), at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas. Photo by Iwan Baan.
With more than 1,200 projects in over 70 countries, our work ranges from studio theatres to performing arts centres. With that kind of experience, we’re ready to help you with any project you can imagine. We realise every theatre is different, so let’s work together to create the right one for you.
Our team is based in Connecticut and London, with regional offices in Düsseldorf and Shanghai. We’re a talented team of specialists with invaluable backgrounds working directly in the theatre world. We know how to live and work in theatre buildings – because we have. Our theatre designers and planners offer unrivalled capability and a huge range of practical experience to our clients. But most importantly, we love what we do, and it shows.
We start each of our projects, whether large or small, by listening carefully to our client’s needs and dreams. Then we combine our creativity, experience, and understanding of the bigger picture to help you bring the arts alive for your audience, artists, and community.
Some of our notable projects include:
- Oslo Opera House Oslo, Norway
- The Sage Gateshead Gateshead, UK
- Royal Opera House – Muscat Muscat, Oman
- Kodak Theatre, Hollywood & Highland Hollywood, CA, USA
- Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay Singapore
- Glyndebourne Lewes, UK
- Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London, UK
- Overture Center for the Arts Madison, WI, USA
- Shanghai Symphony Hall Shanghai, China
- Bahrain National Theatre Manama, Bahrain
- Georgian Theatre Royal Richmond, UK
- Linz Opera House (Neues Musiktheater) Linz, Austria
- Charles and Dee Wyly Theatre, AT&T Performing Arts Center Dallas, TX, USA
If you’re interested in innovative ideas and an unbeaten track record in bringing outstanding performance spaces to life, visit our website: www.theatreprojects.com |
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