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Monthly Newsletter - June 2025 Edition

Essential entertainment tech updates - June roundup

With spring already turning into a very hot early summer, it looks like we’re fast-forwarding through the year at speed - and the festival season has only just got underway.

Glasto took place just as we went to the digital press, with June proving to be another action-packed month across all areas of the business. Events, new product launches, training and a look back on some great pieces of tech in action - all in just 30 days of June. Bring on sizzling July and August.

ABTT Theatre Show - curtains up for a return to Ally Pally

It was great to be back at Alexandra Palace once again for the ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) Theatre Show where we had the chance to showcase some of our latest products. A big thanks to Andy Mahaffey, Technical Sales, and Bob Allen, UK Sales, for hosting our stand and talking through entertainment tech to theatre and live events professionals.

https://www.abtt.org.uk/abtt-theatre-show/

ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) Theatre Show
Another Avo Academy – intermediate and advanced programming and setup with Titan

Training remains a crucial part of understanding how to make the very most of technology, so it was good to see a great turnout for our latest Avolites academy in High Wycombe and Leeds.

Aimed at professionals who have already covered intermediate level training, this course offered more advanced programming options and setup with Titan, and showed ways on which to speed up programming, external triggering, and set up already available within Titan.

Missed this one? Keep an eye out for our next Avo Academy early next year.

Register your interest in upcoming events here.

Avolites training with AC-ET
More PIXELHUE training - U5 and U5 Pro, and Q8 and P Series switchers

Practice makes perfect, and June saw our second training event of the month - this time with PIXELHUE, which ran sessions in both High Wycombe and Leeds.

This invaluable one day course focused on the U5 and U5 Pro live consoles and Q8 and P Series presentation switchers, covering both theory and practice, along with a written and practical exam.

Another great opportunity for industry professionals to advance their skills with this leading piece of tech.

Missed this one? Keep an eye on social media for details of the next courses or register your interest here.

PIXELHUE training from AC-ET at our Leeds premises.
Wagatha Christie Trial gets the full PROLIGHTS treatment at The Garrick

Ahead of its upcoming production of “The Wagatha Christie Trial”, depicting the now infamous legal battle between celebrity wives Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney, we supplied Altrincham’s Garrick Theatre with two JetWash7 fixtures and eight Astra Hybrid 330 moving heads - adding to their existing lineup of PROLIGHTS tech.

“We chose the Astra 330s to replace our current stock of spots due to their impressive optical characteristics and output; quite simply, they stood out from all other offerings in that price tier and align perfectly with the technical demands of our venue.” - James Merrington, Chief LX

Discover the PROLIGHTS range here.

JetWash7 fixtures and Astra Hybrid 330 moving heads supplied to Garrick Theatre, Altrincham.

Kynren - epic production values with Green Hippo and Panasonic tech

With the outdoor events season just getting underway, here’s a great case study on how Green Hippo and Panasonic (assisted by lighting specialists Illuminate) played a pivotal role in bringing alive one of the largest outdoor theatre spectacles in the UK.

Kynren, an epic tale of England, staged in Bishop Auckland across a sweeping 7.5 acre site, with a cast and crew of 1,000 volunteers, is transformed into a jaw dropping spectacle covering 2,000 years of British history, captivating a massive audience with this great double act of video and lighting tech.

Read the full article here.

Green Hippo and Panasonic power 3D multi-sensory spectacle at Bishop Auckland’s epic “Kynren”.

Chase & Status - an electrifying visual masterpiece, plus ace music

Currently on tour around the UK before going global, Chase & Status are the UK’s biggest electronic D & B artists and who are wowing their packed out audiences with epic, visually stunning sets.

So a massive applause also goes to our friends Lights Control Rigging - LCR who supplied an array of high tech gear to create some stage lighting, coupled with network and data distribution equipment from Luminex including:

The amazing team that brought the whole tour together includes acclaimed lighting designer Sam Tozer, while photographer Luke Dyson has done a brilliant job capturing the electrifying atmosphere at these gigs.

Stage lighting and network and data distribution equipment supplied for Chase & Status arena tour.
Allen & Heath Qu Range has arrived - limited stock available now

Walk, don’t run - the new Qu digital mixer from Allen & Heath is here. But we only have very limited quantities of both the Qu-5 and Qu-5D Dante - so place your order now.

Iconic Design. Next Level Performance. Here’s the headline features:

  • Supercharged with a 96kHz XCVI core for DEEP Processing capabilities

  • Increased channel count with fully flexible patching across 4 customisable layers

  • Redesigned user interface

  • Extended connectivity

  • Significant hardware upgrades

Call us 0113 255 7666 to place your order. Learn more about this new range here.

Qu digital mixer from Allen & Heath.
Luminex LumiCore - get your hands on this AC-ET exclusive

Exclusive to AC-ET - the new Luminex LumiCore is your latest “go to” integration tool for demanding lighting production environments.

From live festivals and theatre productions to TV studios, the Luminex LumiCore enables you to merge and route up to 256 input universes, and also offers intuitive web UI for seamless integration.

Rack or truss mountable, it’s built for flexibility with ArtNet and sACN compatibility.

Find out more about this AC-ET exclusive here.

Luminex Lumicore from AC-ET
Custom Distro - affordable, modular power distribution designed to suit

If you’re looking for fully configurable power distribution systems centred around the industry-trusted LSC Gen VI and APS modules, then Custom Distro is the compact, affordable solution.

Built to meet the demands of your touring, rental or event power set up, these compact stackable units can be tailored to every type of event - from small tours and corporate events through to 72 way festival-ready distros. Depending on your spec, we can have these ready within 4-6 weeks.

Great quality. Dependable. Robust. And with an affordable price point too. Call us on 01494 446000 or 0113 255 7666. Find out more here.

Custom Distro - fully configurable power distribution systems.

Happy Birthday Neutrik. 50 years and 2 billion connectors later

What a brand. What an icon. As a long established partner with the iconic cable and connector Neutrik Group, we can’t let June go by without marking the 50th anniversary of the Neutrik brand which, as we all know, is more than just an industry standard.

Connecting the world, and powering the events of so many of our clients, Neutrik connectors remain a leading benchmark for quality and dependable connectivity and form a key element of the cabling design and build services we offer from both High Wycombe and Leeds.

Happy Birthday Neutrik.

Quality and dependable connectivity - Neutrik Group.