In partnership with Emmerson & Ward Productions the 2024 Tour of Love It If We Beat Them will be relying on CALM Theatre Sounds Qlab Playback System (complete with Ableton 12 Live Suite) along with our Yamaha QL1 and EM Acoustics EMS-81X powered by Yamaha PX5.
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Nemesis for Hatchling
We are pleased to announce our partnership with HPSS to bring Dual Redundant Qlab playback to The Hatchling in Wakefield. Our supply includes:
dual Mac Minis running Qlab and Ableton Live
controlled by Nemesis CCS-2 HD, and
using Autograph XDANTE-1 with
infrastructure from Yamaha SWP1-8 and Cisco SF-350
Supporting ASDP Skills Sharing Workshop
In partnership with the Association for Sound Design and Production and Northern Stage, CALM Theatre Sounds is pleased to announce their support for the Newcastle QLab & PanLab Skills Sharing Workshop. CALM provides:
Yamaha QL1, Yamaha DM7 Compact
3x Apple Mac Minis and MacBook Pro running Main desk versions of both Figure 53 Qlab 5.4.3 2x EMS-81x 2xEMS-61 DQ6D
DM7 now Tour Ready
We are pleased to announce that our Yamaha DM7 Compact and Flight Case have been united for the first time.
The Yamaha DM7 Compact compresses many features only found on Rivage and CL series into a small package ideal for mid-range theatre tour configurations.
The touring case from Flightcase Warehouse is a 3 part case complete with castors (2 locking) and dog box that will hold our usual GL-iNet SLATE and cables. The SLATE is a 4 port gigabit wifi ideal for use with for example Yamaha StageMix.
Back in Europe
After a hiatus of a few years, CALM Theatre Sounds is pleased to announce that we have resumed trading with the EU. After receiving significant requests and demand from Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, and not least Eire we have finally commenced Business to Business sales. For Business to Consumer sales and Hires we are still maintaining a watching brief but do not have a blanket exclusion.
For non-UK Business sales we plan to continue allowing our website to prevent the completion of sales and we ask that you contact us directly. Ideally an email to sales@calmitservices.co.uk detailing your EORI/VAT number, shipping address and the item of interest. We will then get back to you with a quotation including the overseas shipping uplift charge.
Syncopation requires Audio
We are pleased to announce our collaboration with the production team for Syncopation at The Bridewell Centre, London.
CALM will be supplying EM Acoustics speakers with Yamaha and EM Acoustics amplifiers throughout March and April 2024.
1912 New York and ballroom dancing halls are filled with the syncopated beats of ragtime music. Meatpacker Henry is seeking a new dance partner and when seamstress Anna responds to his advertisement, life takes an unexpected turn. Allan Knee’s award winning two-person drama is a fascinating blend of theatre, music and dance.
Secondary Dante at Mercury for Sleeping Beauty
CALM Theatre Sounds are pleased to supply XDANTE-1 switch for Colchester’s Mercury Theatre. This is completely unrelated to Dante’s poem Paradiso and the ambitious second sphere created by Mercury, but we are, nonetheless, sure Sleeping Beauty can be reassured.
CALM supplies ballroom audio magic for Ella’s ball.
CALM Theatre Sounds are pleased to announce repeat business with Newcastle Upon Tyne’s Northern Stage for their production of Cinderella: A Fairytale. Once again CALM are supplying EM Acoustics speakers and amplifiers to augment the ‘epic space’ of Stage 1 & 2 combined together.
Ella misses her mother and father. Her step-mother is the worst, a horrible bully determined to make her life a misery. Her step-brother and sister are no help. Nature is her escape and the birds seem to be her only friends.
But, when she meets a boy in the woods who loves to bird watch too, her heart begins to flutter! Her mind races and she begins to believe in the magical power of love.
And then: an invitation for all of us to join in the festive cheer at the Queen’s Christmas ball!
Full of music, dance and comedy, Cinderella: A Fairytale is a retelling of this classic tale for anyone who has ever dreamed that good will always win.
Refusing to be Silent with Luca Rutherford
CALM Theatre Sounds is once more pleased to be working with Luca Rutherford, this time on their Autumn Tour of You Heard Me. We will be supplying a playback system and main speakers for a physical contemporary show that speaks to a modern audience about current issues. “You Heard Me is a powerful and vital show about refusing to be silent”.
Pressing Go for Lavender Theatre’s Inaugral Season
CALM Theatre Sounds is pleased to be associated with Lavender Theatre‘s inaugural production of Irving Berlin’s classic Annie Get Your Gun. Certainly not our biggest hire, but nonetheless very significant.