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Kiss has rocked the AFL grand final pre-match entertainment at the MCG playing three songs with an abundance of pyrotechnics and flames. The creative direction for the performance was by Tom McDonald, Mushroom’s Chief Creative Officer, and Show FX was contracted to provide all the pyrotechnics and flames by Frontier Touring’s Travis Hogan. Show FX’s Allan Spiegel and Rohan Thornton …
Australian metalcore band Polaris toured through September in support of their third studio full-length album, Fatalism. Their most ambitious national headline tour to date was lit by Calum Young who describes their music as quite ‘technical’. “Metalcore is quite a technical genre of music, a lot of strange timings and it can be difficult to strike a balance between hitting …
The story of Belconnen Arts Centre stretches back more than 20 years, to when a visionary community sought and secured land for a cultural centre on the spectacular banks of Lake Ginninderra in the ACT. For over ten years, we have offered a diverse and engaged program of exhibitions, events, classes and workshops, including our cherished IGNITE program. In 2020, …
Novatech Creative Event Technology recently purchased 101 ShowPRO LED Blinder II IP, a nifty fixture that reproduces the look and feel of the classic incandescent effect in an IP65 housing. The crew at Novatech decided to conduct a shootout of multiple different LED Blinders, as well as some conventional models, discovering that the ShowPRO Blinders were the most comparable to …
Leading Western Australian event, concert and experiential producer, Lux Events, has recently taken delivery of thirty-three (33) brand new Ayrton Perseo Profiles. The acquisition of these elite lighting assets sees Lux Events equipped with the largest inventory of Ayrton Perseos in the WA region, building on their expansive lighting, video, audio, rigging and staging gear. The significant investment allows Lux …
Brisbane’s Cannon Hill Anglican College has updated the lighting in its auditorium with an all-LED rig thanks to Brisbane Sound Group. The old energy-consuming Fresnels, Profiles and PAR 56 fixtures have been replaced by Martin ERA 600 Performance, ShowPRO Pluto 250, Prolights EclFresnel 2K, EcLFresnel Jnr and ShowPRO LED Profile VW. Finally, the College has thousands of colours at their …
Lighting designer Nicholas Beachen is a sought-after man flitting between Matt Corby, Golden Features and Dope Lemon, to name a few. The Golden Features tour has just wrapped, with Nick and Ben Kocsis Design working together on the show delivery. “Golden Features, his manager, and I spoke a lot over probably two years about ideas and thoughts and what his …
Sydney’s Element ICT has grown to become one of NSW’s leading live production companies, delivering around 150 events per year on average. Consequently, they are always on the lookout for something fresh and innovative to offer their clients a point of difference. When General Manager Chris Manton saw the ShowPRO DiamondBack in action, he knew it would meet and even …
New Zealand’s VenueTech is a small team passionate about everything technical production and behind the scenes. The core of their work is providing technical management to Whakatū Nelson venues, such as the Theatre Royal and Nelson Centre of Musical Arts. However, recently they have taken the step to owning their own lighting and AV gear to occasionally supplement the venue’s …
When Porsche Centre Hobart decided to celebrate 75 years of Porsche they held a spectacular event at Frogmore Creek Winery and this was the ideal opportunity for Sound House to debut their new Ayrton Mistrals as well as bring out their MA Lighting grandMA3 onPC command wing. When asked about choosing Ayrton, Simon Widdowson Sound House’s Managing Director, commented that …
