In 2018 to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Merivale thought it was a great opportunity to light the architectural elements of The Beresford Hotel. The idea was to enhance this historical venue by using ten ShowPRO EX36 LED Floods to light the building in the colours of the rainbow…
Michael Zagarn is the latest lighting professional to purchase an MA Lighting MA3 full-size console saying he has always been impressed with the MA range. “Suddenly there was the right product at the right time and it was a no brainer,” he commented. “My older consoles had paid themselves off and it was time to…
Eurovision – Australia Decides, produced by Blink TV for the SBS network, was held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre and was broadcast live to air. As with anything Eurovison, it was all about the spectacle with lighting designer Paul Collison tasked with delivering a bold and bright show with a fraction of…
Sydney’s EventSound has expanded their lighting inventory with a variety of ShowPRO LED fixtures including ColorDoQ wireless battery washlights, Pharos Profiles, LED Grafik ultrabright LED gobo projectors and iGOBO wireless battery-operated LED Gobo projectors with infrared remote control. Owner Keith Clarkson has been impressed by the quality of this range, finding the value for money…
In celebration of their third studio album LO LA RU, Menangle five-piece The Rubens performed for audiences across the country last November and December. The tour saw the alt-rock favourites delight fans in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Fremantle and Melbourne as well as eight regional cities across Australia. Lighting designer Tim Beeston of Flash Bang Productions…
EI Productions already own Martin MAC Quantum Profiles and, as they have proved to be an amazing and popular LED fixture, it was only a matter of time before they bought the wash version of the MAC Quantum. “We’ve seen the Martin MAC Quantum Wash become steadily more popular over the last couple of years…
Keith Urban’s 2018 world tour in support of his tenth studio album, Grafitti U, kicked off in North America in June 2018 and is currently touring Australia. The tour’s production design firm, FragmentNine, chose no less than 68 Ayrton MagicPanel-R fixtures to add depth, dynamism and texture throughout this thoroughly creative and dynamic show. Video…
Elite Audio Visual Productions have recently added 12 x Claypaky Axcor Beam 300s and a whopping 56 x ShowPro LED FusionPARs to their hire inventory. EAVP’s Brock Preston is on a mission to ensure all of their lighting gear is LED based and as the demand for an LED beam fixture grew, the Claypaky Axcor…