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Ambersphere Solutions introduces students to Ayrton

Ambersphere Solutions introduces students to Ayrton
Ambersphere Solutions introduces students to Ayrton

Talk to anyone involved in delivering further and higher education for Technical Theatre or Entertainment Arts and they will all agree that one of the major challenges for colleges and universities is being able to offer students access to the very latest, state-of-the-art equipment. In today’s rapidly evolving industry, new technology can become almost obsolete within a few years. Administrators at New College Nottingham, UK decided to take a pro-active approach to overcome this. 

 

“Our FdA Theatre Arts (Acting) students were preparing a performance of ‘Terrorism’ by the Presnyakov Brothers and the FdA Theatre Arts (Technical) students were providing the technical support required for the play,” says Lucy Greaves, Technical Course Leader at New College Nottingham, UK. “The director of the performance, Phil Green, who is the course leader of the FdA Theatre Arts (Acting) course, requested a lighting effect that could focus on an actor’s face.”

 

Therefore, Greaves contacted Glyn O’Donoghue at Ambersphere Solutions. O’Donoghue put Thor Andre from the Technical Sales team in charge of the project and he liaised directly with Technical Tutor, Andy Atkin. “Thor suggested that the Ayrton MagicDot-R and the Ayrton NandoBeam S3 fixtures would be most suited to the needs of our production and that he would drive up and demo the equipment,” says Atkin.

 

“He also offered to bring a MA Dot2 Core console to give the students the chance to ‘get hands’ on with the board. It was wonderful to give the students the opportunity to be working with newly developed equipment and software, enabling them to be experiencing current industry technology.” Rosie Whitehead, an FdA Technical student in Yr2, was the Lighting Designer. New College Nottingham’s production of ‘Terrorism’ was performed on 9th and 10th December.

 

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