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Perth’s Frontier Lighting has added sixteen Claypaky Sharpy Plus to their inventory. Sharpy Plus is the first true 100% hybrid unit, able to be a perfect beam light and a perfect spotlight. It is suitable for every occasion, with an extraordinary luminous efficiency which ensures substantial savings through lower power consumption. “The reason for purchasing the Sharpy Plus was to …
CPC Production Services added Martin MAC Quantum Wash and MAC Aura XB to their inventory just in time to go on the road with Franklin Graham’s six-city tour preaching the Gospel in Australia. “They were purchased due to being a highly specified lamp, especially the little MAC Aura XBs,” remarked Owen Forsyth, Senior Engineer/Designer at CPC. “The LD on the …
Seamless AV were obviously well impressed with their 16 x ShowPRO Pluto 350 LED hybrid moving head lights because they just purchased 16 x ShowPRO Pluto 4000 LED moving head wash units and Managing Director Alex Moffat couldn’t wait to get them out on a gig! The Pluto 4000 wash moving head has 12x40W RGBW LEDs which can be individually …
After its closure in 2017, Darlinghurst’s legendary gay venue Midnight Shift has been resurrected by Universal Hotels, a Sydney based hospitality group owned and operated by the Kospetas family. Universal Hotels picked up the 1000-square-metre building last June for a reported $12 million and have relaunched it as Universal, a rebranded music venue and LGBTIQA+ safe place. “Universal is an …
Australia’s favourite duo Peking Duk returned in 2019 with their Biggest Tour Ever! After selling out The Wasted Tour across Australian capital cities last year, Peking Duk shared an epic live show and revealed brand new music to 50,000 fans across capital cities and regional areas. “Until this tour, Peking Duk has always had a heavy video show and the …
With their existing stock of profile moving lights continuing to regularly exceed their client’s expectations, Intense Lighting decided it was time to further diversify their inventory. “We required stock of a new product to both increase the number of concurrent productions we can supply, and offer a smaller, lightweight moving profile to our clients,” explained Ian Garrard, Managing Director of …
Canberra’s Eclipse Lighting & Sound added a dozen Ayrton Ghiblis to their inventory late last year and they haven’t stopped working! The Ghibli’s first major production was PeeWee Productions’ We Will Rock You – The Arena Spectacular held at Canberra’s AIS Arena and featuring spectacular lighting, video content from the original UK production, LED screens, mammoth sound production and a …
Sydney three-piece band RÜFÜS DU SOL recently toured Australia with their Solace tour which follows their rigorous two-years touring the world. In April they performed at the legendary Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for the second time. This tour started in the US last October with show designer Matthew Smith, Senior Lighting Designer at Colourblind adapting the rig for …
For two spectacular nights only, Huawei, the global technology leader, delivered the Southern Lights to Sydney at the iconic Royal Botanic Gardens. Situated in front of The Calyx, Laservision Mega Media partnered with the renowned Swiss Social Artist – Dan Acher to create the mesmerizing bespoke light show titled ‘Borealis.’ This unique effect required specialist technologies and knowhow to recreate …
Filling a niche in New Zealand is Negative Space, a newly created, design-only based company that can also supply the front end for their work. “Basically we do the weird and wonderful design things and bring that special attention to the creative side of your show,” explained Jason Steel, Managing Director of Negative Space. “To give us a leading edge, …
