SHOW PREVIEW
FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN SPECIFYING THE AUDIO, LIGHTING AND VIDEO TECHNOLOGY IN VISITOR ATTRACTIONS, THE CHOICE HAS NEVER BEEN SO VAST AND IMAGINATIVE – NOR SO GREEN, AS VISITORS TO PLASA 2010 WILL DISCOVER
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LASA is the UK showcase for entertainment and installation technology and attracts around 13,000 visitors annually. This
year’s show takes place at Earls Court One and Two in London from 12-15 September and will enable designers and specifi ers from all branches of the entertainment, presentation and installation worlds to get their hands on the latest innovations. The show will be attended by sound and lighting designers, nightclub lighting specialists, the technical heads of depart- ments at leading theme parks (Disney engineers among them) and cruise liner systems designers. Visitors will have the opportunity to see
how the combined impact of powerful computers, video technology and low- energy, high-effi ciency light sources such as LED have merged with conventional lighting to allow innovative visual effects to be applied to almost every building, struc- ture or visitor interactive. The technology, for example, which helped make the band Radiohead’s last stadium world tour a global award-winner for its environmentally-friendly approach by using only LED light sources, was launched at the PLASA Show. The show – whose organisers, PLASA
Events, are offering free admission to Attractions Management readers – has built its reputation on being an annual
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launchpad for new products. Show director Nicola Rowland estimates that, on average, 500 new products are unveiled every year across the event’s four days. “These will typically cover the wide range of applications that refl ects the show’s visitor profi le of designers and engineers working in both installed and touring environments,” Rowland says. “PLASA is reaching out to professional design- ers from the visitor attractions world. The convergence of visual and audio technolo- gies through the digital revolution means that members and exhibitors have exciting products to offer to visitor attractions and theme parks of every size and scope.”
PRODUCTS Disciplines and products on offer include sound systems from ultra-compact to stadium-capacity; professional lighting products of every shape and size; video in all its variety, from modular LED outdoor screens to lightweight ‘mesh’ type screens; staging systems including decking and support systems; and stage automation systems from winches to advanced sys- tems that can fl y objects as large as a car with millimetre precision. The PLASA show is also comple-
mented by a large and growing seminar programme. These offer a wide range of insights into contemporary entertainment technology applications from some of the
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The PLASA Show, to be held at Earls Court One and Two in London, attracts around 13,000 visitors each year
industry’s best-known practitioners and lead trade bodies. Entrance to most sessions is free to
pre-registered show visitors, but Rowland warns that many seminars become fully subscribed well ahead, so advance book- ing is strongly advised. All sessions will be listed on the PLASA Show website at www.
plasashow.com. Another popular feature is the show’s
Innovation Gallery, housed in a spacious, dedicated area at the front of Earls Court Two, where products entered for the annual PLASA Awards for Innovation are put on display. The awards are announced in a public ceremony after the exhibits close at 6pm on Monday 13 September. ●
PLASA Events is offering Attractions Management readers free admission – a saving of £20 on the door price. Email
jen.barratt@
plasa.org to receive a free registration link and invitations to all the PLASA events including the Awards for Innovation
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