That night, a seven foot wall of water hit Dundrum Town Centre, the resultant flood rolling down the Spanish steps at Harvey Nichols and into the scene dock and dressing rooms of the theatre, through the ceilings and walls. The green room which had been decorated just ten weeks earlier was destroyed.

On the 18th of Feb, The Mill Theatre held a fundraising benefit night to raise funds to fully renovate all areas affected and restore them to their previous comfort. The show was sold out, and featured talent like Joe Conlon, Eoin Cannon, Alison Vard Miller and many more special guests. AMP Sound Systems was proud to provide equipment and a sound engineer for the event.

We have not had time to edit and clean it up, but here is a raw desk recording of the show. Have a flick through it and see what you missed!

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A good friend of mine, Pat Nolan (Barry in Fair City) is joining a team of over 100 (motorcyclists, pillion passengers & support) to tackle the infamous / historic “mother of all roads” – ROUTE 66.

2,448 miles of unforgiving highway crossing Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.

The gig was to help them raise funds for Temple Street Children’s University Hospital in Dublin. It was held in The Mill Theatre, Dundrum and it was a night of music, magic, comedy, acting, and much more! Phil Cauly was the MC, and welcomed guests such as Pat Fallon, Dana Davis, Brendan Burke, Dave Duffy and many more! Was a fantastic show.

Unfortunately though, the theatre only had an analogue mixing desk – the Allen & Heath GL2400. Nice desk, but an analogue desk! Although it is like riding a bike, I would obviously never forget how to mix on one of these bad boys. But I did miss the features. I missed having everything I could possibly need at my finger tips. I missed having a screen telling me exactly what is going on with my system. I missed having an EQ section that would do what I wanted it to do, rather than be confined to the bandwidth and frequencies that the EQ on the board had.

The show still sounded great, but it made me realize that investing so much in digital consoles was worth every penny.

If you made it along to the show, thank you very much for your support. However, if you could not make it – you can still support Pat by donating to this very good cause at http://www.mycharity.ie/event/patnolansevent/