Impress Audio & Lighting have steadily upgraded their inventory with some fabulous ShowPro products over the past few months and business is booming! New moving head fixtures include eight ShowPRO Pluto 2000 Wash as well as four Pluto 250 LED Hybrid. “We chose the Pluto 2000 Wash because we needed a fixture that was bright, which it certainly is, and …
Claypaky Scenius Profile Create a River of Light
A highlight of last month’s Brisbane Festival was the free illumination spectacle River of Light held on the Brisbane River. The 10-minute show ran three times a night for the duration of the Festival and included dynamic jets, giant spirals of water, full-colour lighting, rainbow-coloured lasers and incredible story telling via projections. Following the phenomenal success of the 2018 telling …
The Power of ONE Ayrton Mistral
Now in its eighteenth year, BIGSOUND Festival is an annual opportunity to discover the future of Australian music. Running over four September days and nights, Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley comes alive with a global gathering of musicians, industry, brands, media and music lovers. One of the projects Creative Productions were tasked with was creating a projected ‘advert’ comprising of the event’s …
Scene Change Transform Howard Smith Wharves
Nestled at the bend of the Brisbane River, beneath the Story Bridge and the sheer face of riverside cliffs, Howard Smith Wharves is a 3.4-hectare site that has been transformed into a stunning entertainment and lifestyle precinct surrounding the heritage listed buildings. Conveniently located within a 10 minute walk of Brisbane’s CBD, Howard Smith Wharves is Brisbane’s newest riverfront event …
Martin VDO Atomic Dots Debut with No Mono
No Mono, an immersive music project by Tom Snowdon and Tom Iansek, show has been described as a sonic spiritual experience. In support of the follow-up album to 2018’s Islands part 1, imaginatively entitled Islands part 2, the band embarked on a national tour through August and September. The venues were fairly small and with a tight budget, lighting designer …
Claypaky Axcor 400 Profiles Ideal for Theatre
Trent Suidgeest is a versatile lighting designer, recognised as a collaborative and dynamic artist, working across all genres and forms of live performance. It’s been a busy 2019 for Trent beginning with Calamity Jane return Comedy Theatre season and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice starring Caroline O’Connor and Geraldine Hakewell. Muriel’s Wedding The Musical began its second life …
Impress Aid Aquinas College to Switch to LED
Impress Audio & Lighting was recently appointed as the AV supplier for Aquinas College in Ringwood, Melbourne. Apart from 18 x ShowPRO LED PAR Quad-18 fixtures, the college had not had an upgrade in their theatre for quite some time so the guys at Impress immediately set about modernising the venue. The College’s Theatre Manager, Maryanne Leavey, was eager to …
Shake & Stir Use Projection to Change Worlds
shake & stir is one of the country’s leading contemporary theatre companies touring Australia and New Zealand since 2006. As well as producing mainstage shows, shake & stir are known for their bold educational in-school productions and at any given time, they can have four teams on the road with a repertoire of up to 15 shows – seen by …
ResX Deliver Fury Road for Whitenight
This year, Melbourne’s Whitenight Reimagined broke records both for attendance and involvement from ResX. Arranged into three themed park precincts around the CBD, for the first time Whitenight celebrated visual arts over three consecutive nights from the 22nd to 24th of August. Carlton Gardens featured immersive installations as the Spiritual Realm, Treasury Gardens was the Sensory Realm and Birrarung Marr …
Ferrari F8 Tributo Launch
The Ferrari F8 Tributo was launched to the Australasian market on Wednesday 28th August at Sydney’s White Bay Cruise Terminal in Rozelle. The event was designed and produced by the team at Flare Creative Experiences, with Fusion Entertainment providing the technical production elements for the black-tie event hosted by Ferrari Australasia. Over 200 staff worked continuously across 36 hours to …










