Toowoomba’s Empire Theatre recently purchased six Ayrton Ghibli LED spot luminaire complete with clamps, cables and cases to suit. “The time had come to upgrade our existing Claypaky Alpha Profile 700s which have been the Theatre’s moving head profile with a framing system for over six years,” commented Ben Hunt, Head of Lighting. “When looking…
Chapel Off Chapel is one of Melbourne’s most popular live performance venues. Housed in a former church, it presents a well-rounded programme of live music, cabaret, theatre, comedy, dance and visual art. The venue has hosted artists such as Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Tripod, and musicals including The Colour Purple, Rent and Blood Brothers. It’s also…
Leading technical production company Show Hire Australia has invested in ten Claypaky Axcor Spot 300s enabling them a whole new world of expression. Show Hire’s lighting department specialize in design for musical theatre. They are in house suppliers for the University of Queensland’s Schonell Theatre as well as Queensland Conservatorium’s Performing Arts department, to name…
Neale Mace, managing director of EI Productions, was more than aware that the line between vision and lighting is getting tighter and he noticed that one product that straddles both areas is the Martin Professional VDO Sceptron. “We’ve been seeing them on lighting tech riders for a while now and it was time for us…
New Zealand’s Whangarei Theatre Company is a community theatre staffed mainly by volunteers. Located within The Riverbank Centre they produce three or four shows each year, with the majority being musicals. Lighting designer and operator Tayla Brittliff had been struggling with the Company’s decades old console and when she lost 72 hours of programming, she…
Expertise, professionalism and the latest in lighting equipment has helped keep Melbourne-based Clear Systems in business for over 30 years, so it was no surprise when they decided to add eight Ayrton Mistral-TC LED Spot fixtures to their inventory. Sharing a form factor with its compact sibling, Merak, Mistral-TC is an extremely versatile, feature-rich, white…
Katy Perry kicked off her Witness Tour last night in Perth with an amazing design by Baz Halpin of Silent House. In the rig are 77 x Claypaky Scenius Unico, 50 x Scenius Profile and 24 x Mythos, all controlled by Drew Gnagey on an MA Lighting International grandMA2. We love this photo where the…
Ziggy Ziegler lit a Toyota car launch in the Hunter Valley for GPJ Australia using a large Chameleon Touring Systems rig that included Claypaky Mythos, Sharpys and A.leda B-EYES, Martin Professional MAC Quantum Wash, MAC Aura XB, RUSH MH7, MAC 250 Entours, MAC Aura, MAC Viper Performance, and Ayrton MagicBlade-FX. Control was an MA Lighting…