HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. — Martin Audio recently opened new MLA facilities here that include 7,675 square feet of space for production and assembly areas, including quality control and testing, and close to 2,000 square feet for office space.
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VIENNA – As part of the full refurbishment of the Kammerspiele Vienna, Salzbrenner Stagetec installed a portable Polaris touch console. The console operates in combination with a CAS Mix which has been in operation at the Viennese theatre for the past ten years. One of the first productions to make use of the console was a staged production of the musical, Catch Me If You Can (pictured here).
SINGAPORE — MediaCorp TV Theatre has taken delivery of a new Aviom A360 personal mixing system from Coda Group Pte Ltd, the regional distributor for Aviom. The system includes eight A360 Personal Mixers, one AN-16/i-M Mic Input Module, one AN-16/o v.4 Output Module, and a D800 A-Net Distributor that distributes both power and audio to the personal mixers. This sale also marks the first batch of D800 A-Net Distributors delivered in Singapore.
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MEXICO CITY — For the Ángeles Espinosa Yglesias Fine Arts Center, a 650-seat theater serving the ACF (American School Foundation) preparatory school here, Showco SA de CV provided an Adamson Metrix line array system.
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AUCKLAND, NZ — Four Allen & Heath Qu-16 digital rackmount mixers were used for the recent New Zealand Folk Festival here. Running for 40 years, the event annually attracts a lineup of international touring artists. Engineer Davyd Hodge detailed how the mixers’ features matched up with the needs of the event.
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AMSTERDAM — The Yamato troupe of Japanese taiko drummers used the d:vote 4099 Rock Touring Kit from DPA Microphones for their recent tour of venues around Europe. Sound Adventure provided the audio gear for the tour. Pictured here is Erik Bouwmeester, owner of Sound Adventure and FOH engineer for Yamato.
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GHENT, Belgium — Pro audio and lighting specialists ARC-Productions, based near this city in Belgium’s Flanders region, have confirmed the purchase of 16-enclosure Martin Audio MLA Compact and Mini PA rigs, the first company in that country to do so. Pictured here are, from left, Steven Kemland, Andy Davies (Martin Audio), Marc De Baets and Andreas Weingärtner (Martin Audio) at the PL+S booth in Frankfurt.
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LONDON — Britannia Row Productions once again chose Turbosound’s Flashline line array speaker system in January this year for the annual tour of Young Voices, which featured a full band and a choir of several thousand primary school pupils performing at major arenas throughout the U.K. The setup included Flashline TFS-900H, Flex Array and TQ-440SP enclosures and TFS-900L subwoofers.
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SYDNEY — Eternity Playhouse, the new home for the Darlington Theatre Company, is housed within the renovated Burton Street Tabernacle. The theatre company opted to install gear from JBL’s VP (Venue Performance) Series to optimize the sound within the space. The venue has also been equipped with a Soundcraft Si Expression 2 digital mixer for FOH mixing. Jands’ account manager Rod McKinnon led Jands’ technical resource team on the project.
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SHANGHAI – Sennheiser Group and the Shanghai Concert Hall have agreed to terms that officially renames the Shanghai Concert Hall, “Sennheiser Shanghai Concert Hall.” The company also introduces its new record label, Sennheiser Media. Famed Chinese musical prodigy, A-Bu is the label’s first signing, and Sennheiser is pleased to launch A Bu’s first album at this event.
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LONDON – Britannia Row’s latest DiGiCo SD7 console purchase went directly to use on the recent BRIT Awards. “For the first time on the BRITS I specified DiGiCo SD7 consoles for use on front of house and monitors,” said Derrick Zieba, audio designer and live sound supervisor for the show. “I had used this console for the first time on the Classic BRITS last year and was amazed by the audio quality, transparency, flexibility and reliability of this board.”
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LONDON — An investigation has determined that wooden ceiling frames held up by cloth and plaster ceiling ties since 1901 gave way in the Dec. 19, 2013 partial ceiling collapse at London’s historic Apollo Theatre, according to news reports.
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