Back in the day, before Covid-19 changed our world, Norths Leagues Club in the leafy Sydney suburb of Cammeray was planning an extensive refurbishment of their main auditorium. The guys in our Sydney office had worked alongside Sasha Paceskoski, Projects Director of Intellect Projects Group, to ensure the venue had the best lighting system available for their requirements. The gear …
New Guernica Looking Even Newer with ShowPRO!
Collingwood’s New Guernica, a nightclub staple since 2009, has been given a fresh lease of life thanks to On Track Lighting’s new lighting system. Offering a variety of themed nights from Uni nights to underground techno, the club required lights that can do a lot more than your average light can. Consequently, Paul Nardella, managing director of OTL, chose four …
Ayrton Mistrals Educate Production Students
The Victoria University of Wellington offers courses in theatre production and as such, are keen to have the latest and best in production technology for their students. Recently they were in the market for some more moving heads to add to their lighting inventory and Sam Tippet, Theatre Technician, explains why: “We currently have two large moving head beam fixtures …
Corporate AV Buy More Martin ERA 300 Profiles
When Mal Brown of Bundaberg’s Corporate AV saw just what his six Martin ERA 300 Profile lights could do … he promptly purchased four more! The Martin ERA 300 Profile is a very compact profile fixture with an extremely efficient 260W white LED engine that produces a sharp gobo projection with a flat field and more output than typically associated …
Night Cat
Established in 1996, The Night Cat located in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy has been a genre-focused venue for the duration of its life specialising in Funk, Soul, Latin, Disco, Hip Hop and R&B. Timeless in style, the central performance space allows audiences a clear view of the stage from anywhere in the venue, as well as an up-close and …
Prolights EclCyclorama 100 for USC
The University of the Sunshine Coast has a new state-of-the-art facility to inspire the study of Creative Industries and enliven the campus as a venue for regular performances by musicians and actors. The building features professional-quality recording and video studios, a black box theatre production space, and Queensland’s first MIT Fab Lab Maker Space. All areas of the building are …
IJS expand with MA Lighting, SHowPRO and Martin
Brisbane based professional audio, lighting, backline and staging company IJS Productions has increased its inventory with the purchase of an MA Lighting grandMA3 light, 10 x ShowPRO Colliders and 24 x Martin VDO Atomic Dots. “We like the MA3 platform, as do our clients, and it’s the most popular lighting control in the business … so it was a no …
DAVE Loves the ShowPRO Pluto 350
In between lockdowns, Brad Hurle of Diverse Audio Visual Events (DAVE) has been able to give his ShowPRO Pluto 350 Spots a good run for their money on a few music video clips. The ShowPRO Pluto 350 is a professional LED moving head spot with a 5°-35°electronic zoom system and CMY colour mixing. “The Pluto 350s have simply been bloody …
Ben Hughes Utilises QPAC’s New Lighting Rig
The theatrical adaptation of Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe recently premiered at QPAC’s Playhouse Theatre where lighting designer Ben Hughes was fortunate to be one of the first lighting designers to utilise their new lighting equipment. Instead of having to wrangle several hundred classic ETC S4 and Selecon Pacific profiles, Ben had 76 Prolight ECLIPSE CT+ LED 15/30° in most …
Broken Hill
Some of Broken Hill’s key locations have been lit up as part of Australia’s Heritage Perfectly Highlighted project. The project involves permanent coloured lighting and projection installations at the Town Hall Facade, Civic Centre, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Town Square and Sturt Park. Broken Hill Mayor Darriea Turley said the installations would add a new level of vibrancy across …










