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 Kilden Performing Arts Centre in Kristiansand will be the biggest arts centre between Oslo and Stavanger when the doors open for artists and audiences in the autumn of 2011. Kilden is to be the joint centre for three independent institutions: Agder Regional Theater, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra and Opera Sør (the regional opera company). In addition, Kilden vill act as an arts centre with a host function - for local amateurs and professional artists alike, both domestic and international.
Kilden has four halls that may be in use simultaneously, so that the building may have room for audiences of up to 2270, depending on the character of the events. The Concert Hall is the biggest with its 1185 seats. The Theatre and Opera Hall holds 700 seats, and the Multi Hall and the Intimscenen holds 235 and 150 seats respectively.
AVAB CAC is the proud supplier and installer of all the lighting- dimming- and control-equipment throughout the Centre, including GrandMA2 consoles, Robert Juliat fixtures,  and State Automation dimmers.
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Arendal Cultural Centre installs Vari*Lite
Arendal Cultural Centre - Arendal Kulturhus - got their first 8 + 8 Vari-Lite VLX3 and VL880s in the beginning of 2012. Their head of technical department - Dag Tynes - is enthusiastic over the new units, and is now officially a fan of additive colour-mixing. We congratulate Arendal Cultural Centre with the new units, and thank them for trusting AVAB CAC with this order.
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Installation department - busier than ever.
After a really active year we rounded of 2011 with numerous completed installations:
The Holmenkollen Ski Museum - Oslo. Audio from Turbosound, AV solutions and control equipment.
The Clarion Hotel Ernst - Kristiansand. Conference facilities including audio from Turbosound, amplifiers from LAB Gruppen, AVAB CAC Actor dimming, and Selecon luminaires.
Rock City - Namsos. Cultural Centre/Concert Venue. Audio from Meyer Sound, Midas, Turbosound and Lab Gruppen, Lighting equipment from VARI*LITE, Robert Juliat and GrandMA2....
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Nansen Refugee Award
On 13 September UNHCR announced the 2011 Nansen Refugee Award laureate as Nasser Salim Ali Al-Hamairy, founder of Yemens Society for Humanitarian Solidarity (SHS), and his dedicated staff. Al-Hamairy and the staff members of SHS was honoured at the Nansen Refugee Award ceremony in the evening of 3 October at the Bâtiment de Forces Motrices in Geneva. The award was presented by Angelina Jolie, in a show produced for television by EyeworksDinamo. A team from AVAB CAC was responsible for production design, lights, and audio.
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Kilden Performing Arts Centre
Kilden Performing Arts Centre in Kristiansand will be the biggest arts centre between Oslo and Stavanger when the doors open for artists and audiences in the autumn of 2011. Kilden is to be the joint centre for three independent institutions: Agder Regional Theater, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra and Opera Sør (the regional opera company). In addition, Kilden vill act as an arts centre with a host function - for local amateurs and professional artists alike, both domestic and international.
Kilden has four halls that may be in use simultaneously, so that the...
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AVAB CAC joins forces with Finnish Eastway Sound & Lighting.
Eastway, an entertainment equipment rental and event organising company jointly owned by CapMan Buyout IX fund and Eastway’s management team, has agreed to merge with Norwegian AVAB CAC AS and AVAB CAC Bergen AS. Together, the companies will form a leading entertainment equipment rental and sales company operating both in Finland and in Norway. The current owners of the merging entities will become shareholders in the new holding company, which in turn will have 100% ownership in all of the three companies. The owners aim to increase market share in the new group’s...
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