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ABTT Theatre Show Turns 30, Still Lighting the Way

The Association of British Theatre Technician's ABTT Theatre Show is gearing up to celebrate its 30^th birthday in London's Royal Horticultural Halls, June 11^th-12^th 2008.

The ABTT Theatre Show has built an enviable position as a unique platform for manufacturers, designers and suppliers to showcase the latest advancements in technical theatre. Over the years the Show has unveiled many technological landmarks, particularly in lighting. Setting a precedent for theatre productions globally the Show has witnessed changes that impact on the audience, the economics for show management and the operations for all technical personnel.

Many new innovations on the lighting front will be showcased this year with an emphasis on energy efficiency in line with the Theatres Trust conference on sustainable theatres to be held on 10^th June.

Selecon will showcase its new 80V power supply with direct DMX control removes the need for any dimming products. When combined with the Philips 80V 100W energy saving lamp delivers the appearance of 2kW of pure white light from the Pacific range or the Rama 175 high performance Fresnel.

ETC will also highlight products that offer low cost of ownership and sustainable solutions. Its highly efficient Source Fours will be on display. These fixtures are currently being deployed in Hackney's Arcola theatre powered by a hydrogen fuel cell as part of the venue's bid to become the world's first carbon neutral theatre.

PRG Europe will highlight its products and services that have built the company into a world class rental house supplying internationally acclaimed productions including, Mamma Mia, The Lion King, Jersey Boys and Joseph.

Zero 88 will demonstrate its new version 3 software for its Leap Frog 48 & 96 consoles. Its Jester ML series will be showcased. As a compact alternative it is a cost effective solution for the controlling up to 30 moving lights.

Stage Electrics will premiere the QMaxz 575 moving head, which offers cost effectiveness and high performance as the latest addition to its expansive rental fleet.

As the worldwide distributor for Global Design Solutions, TMB will showcase three ground breaking innovations set to augment the working theatre environment including, the multi-award winning Blues System comprising the BlueDome and BlueBeam, which both offer LED sourced and energy efficient dimmable fittings designed for backstage lighting in the working theatre. Plus the ProCue self-contained portable cue light system, which is a modular stage manager's desk system that meets all the demands of the modern stage manager.

KAVE Theatre Services gives the green light at the Show to highlight how theatres can ultilise sustainable techniques to reduce running and maintenance costs. A host of LED alternatives will be showcased as well as some of innovative software, including Lightfactory to assist lighting technicians.

Mushroom Lighting Technology and Mushroom Event Services will highlight its powerful combination to supply world-class events with some of the most innovative LED displays and fixtures.

Clay Paky will debut its new Alpha Series of moving lights, which includes the Alpha Beam - 300 moving light beam, the Alpha Spot HPE 300, the Alpha Spot 300 effect projectors and the Alpha 300 washlight. All boasting the company's signatory excellence in product engineering, they offer powerful tools to the theatre and live industries.

With energy and creativity in mind, MGC Lamps will highlight its range of energy saving solutions with low energy lamps for a variety of applications. As a dealer for Tryka and Pixelrange LED, the company takes pride in offering LED solutions.

An immense selection of gobos from specialist Goboland will be displayed. Its high-resolution glass gobos are available in both black and white and coloured dichroic. Their award-winning metal gobos are etched on black, non-reflective steel for a sharper image. With over 1,350 designs available to download, Goboland also offers a bespoke service.

PID will showcase its Catalyst Digital Media software Version 4. As a highly flexible, configurable and adaptable package it is ideal for productions no matter how large or small.

City Theatrical will debut its SHoW DMX, a wireless DMX system that uses a patent pending method hat synchronises the hopping pattern of the radio with the incoming DMX packet to attain levels of data fidelity previously unreachable with wireless DMX.

Avolites will be showing its Diamond 4 console - as used on Kylie's latest world tour, the Pearl Expert - recently used for Paul Weller's tour, and the latest addition to the Avolites family, the Pearl Tiger - all the power of the Pearl in a smaller package.

From their dimming range, the Art2000i install dimmer will feature, which combines the trusted technology of the Art2000 touring dimmer in an install frame.

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