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richard

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    Richard Williamson

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  1. Quite reasonable - about £11 for a 7m length
  2. FYI for future reference I eventually found a UK company that sell long lengths of fire rated tinsel and are very helpful - festive.co.uk - don't have much on their website but are really helpful when you speak to them
  3. Thanks all - that is a very strange video!
  4. Hi All I need to find some long (5m ish) lengths of tinsel in various colours for a set, and ideally it would be fire-proof. I had always niavely assumed that in our safety obsessed culture tinsel would be naturally fire proof but it appears not. I have found one supplier of something that seems ok but they only do 2m lengths I want to avoid trying to flambar other tinsel as I am using it to create a curtain and I think flambar will quickly rub off Thanks! Richard
  5. I have a 520i sitting in central london that worked in 2021 when I last powered it up (had a leaky battery but I cleaned that out and replaced it) If you want it let me know.. Would be nice to give it to a good home
  6. the classic gear was definitely the highlight for me!
  7. Thanks all - your answers pretty much agree with most of what I've been told, although one supplier has told me the "place of supply" only changes to Holland if the hire is a wet hire (in the UK), for dry hires they believe VAT is still payable in the UK. I think the main thing is that the supplier in question won't want to take the risk of HMRC disagreeing with their interpretation and making them re-pay the VAT - and unless we want to pay them for a load of accountancy consultation they probably won't change their mind!
  8. Hello I have a Dutch company bringing a show to our venue in London, they need to hire some stuff locally. They have been given advice by accountants that the UK supplier shouldn't need to charge them VAT on the hire of the kit as they can do a reverse charge into the Dutch system. I've looked on line and I *think* think may be correct, however it isn't clear. The supplier in question is currently saying no - as they aren't aware of how this would work. This is obviously up to the supplier, but it would be good to know if anyone has experience of this and if so anything I can tell to either side to get it resolved happily! Thanks! Richard
  9. Thanks - can i check if these work with w-dmx or some kind of similar wireless DMX thing, I am trying to work out from the supplier if this will do wireless control with anything other than a phone!
  10. Ah interesting - do you have the details of who you got from? I've had mixed results from Alibaba in the past..
  11. Hello I'm on the lookout for some (or decent second hand) new wireless battery uplighters. Don't have a lot of budget and need to get at least 12 - ideally 18, for if possble under £2k. Does anyone know if anything good is out there? The Beamz ones seem cheapest and most prevalent - are they any good? They are for use in a venue and will be used once or twice a week so won't be out on tour or anything Richard
  12. Thanks all - useful information..
  13. Hello My uncle is having an issue in a school where he does some am-dram where the electricians are failing the old Pat 60 floods due to the lack of a grill covering the lamps. His view (which I agree with) is that no grill is required on this type of unit as they are not at risk of exploding (not being halogen) Does anyone know if this is the case and whether there is any documentation around about it? Thanks Richard
  14. I find it frustrating how little importance console manufacturers seem to give to the programmer being able to see the stage - granted these things do appear to do some clever folding which may help, but I still find some benefit to a classic ion where I can put the screens to the side and not have to stand up all the time. In an ideal world they would make some kind of magic arm to hold the screens, allowing them to fold out sideways. Or produce a console of this spec but without the built in touch screens (at the top) at all, which I could see being very popular in a lot of cramped theatre control rooms!
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    Site update

    Hi All We should be doing the long awaited update to the site over the next couple of days - this will involve the site going down for a day or so as the data is converted and the DNS etc updated. Hopefully everything will work fine once we are back but do keep us posted with any issues A big thank you to everyone who donated to support the site - it's been great to see how valued the Blue Room still is. That being said if anyone else would like to donate anything please feel free to do so at https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=CQDFW5AYBEJHC - we will have ongoing costs so anyting helps! Also a massive thanks to Bruce who's been an invaluable help getting the technical details of the upgrade sorted out - Thanks Bruce!! Richard
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