LONDON — City Theatrical Inc. (CTI) has provided SHoW DMX equipment to lighting contractor Howard Eaton Lighting Ltd. for Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Oliver!, now playing at The Theatre Royal in London’s West End. SHoW DMX is used on the production to provide DMX control to dimmers and smoke machines mounted on a large scenic flying piece, which would otherwise have entailed a complex cable run to the theatre’s already-crowded flying grid.
For many years, WDS Wireless Data System, SHoW DMX’s forerunner, provided London’s West End shows with wireless DMX. With new technology, SHoW DMX is now emerging in more venues in London, on Broadway, in Las Vegas and elsewhere.
CTI’s SHoW DMX system synchronizes the hopping pattern of the radio with the incoming DMX packet to attain higher levels of data fidelity. Other SHoW DMX features include adjustable output power, limited bandwidth mode and limited burst mode that enable it to coexist with other radio signals in the busy 2.4GHz band.
SHoW DMX also is fully RDM, so users can change radio settings and monitor receiver strength from their laptop during the performance and monitor any other manufacturer’s RDM gear on their production.
The production lighting designer for Oliver! is Paule Constable and the senior production electrician is Gerry Amies. Stage Electrics provided the lighting equipment.
For more information, please visit www.citytheatrical.com.
