Keith Urban ‘Embraces the Square’ with Ayrton MagicPanel-R on Grafitti U World Tour

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 designer, Jackson Gallagher and lighting …

EAVP expands with Claypaky Axcors and an army of FusionPARs

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment

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 Beam 300 looked very attractive. …

IPS Look to the Future with MA3

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment

Jeremy Koch of Innovative Production Services has always been a great fan of the MA Lighting platform and was considering purchasing a grandMA2 light when he heard about the grandMA3 console. “It made sense to go with a grandMA3 light instead and getting onto a new platform right at the start of a new development phase was exciting,” he commented. …

Chameleon Welcomes the New Year with StageSmarts

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment

ABC ushered in 2019 with a star-studded concert on the Boardwalk of the Sydney Opera House. Australians around the country and people around the world tuned into the ABC to celebrate the biggest night of the year, New Year’s Eve. 3.6 million viewers partied the night away, tuning in to The Night is Yours concert, music, fun and fireworks. From …

ShowPRO ColorDoQ’s and Apollos Provide the Action

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment

Based in Sydney, Action Sound light a significant number of events where cabling safety is important, such as outdoors and in architectural spaces, and where the cables themselves are visually distracting.Consequently the ability to place a light anywhere in an instant, and to be able to control it wirelessly, is a big advantage. Enter the ShowPRO LED ColorDoQ wash and …

GCCEC invests in Claypaky Axcor Profile 600

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment, Venues

The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre are the proud owners of 24 x Claypaky Axcor Profile 600 that offer an excellent combination of high performance, exceptional light quality, and versatility of use. They also feature the exclusive, award-winning and patented Claypaky beam framing system. Ben Morris, Executive Manager – Technology, explained that they had some existing stock of moving …

Claypaky, Ayrton and MA Lighting with Shania Now

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment

Claypaky, Ayrton and MA Lighting with Shania Now The Queen of Country Pop’s “Shania Now” 2018 tour is currently touring the country using a large complement of Claypaky Mythos2, Scenius Unico and Ayrton’s MagicPanel™-602 fixtures, as well as MA Lighting International MA2 for control. The production features 48 Claypaky Mythos2 and 80 Scenius Unico fixtures. “The Unicos are the main …

MA Lighting grandMA3s Control the ARIAs

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment, Media

Once again The ARIA Awards were held at The Star in Sydney with lighting designer Paul Collison(PC) using in house gear as well as a massive amount of gear from Chameleon. With each act requiring their own floor package, there were more fixtures in total for the floor packages than the main rig! The event saw the first major outing …

On tour with James Reyne

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment

Australian rock icon James Reyne is touring nationally in celebration of the 35th anniversary of his renowned song ‘Reckless’. Lighting for the Sydney & Melbourne shows was designed by Kait Hall from Let There Be Light, utilizing some of ResX’s latest & greatest gear. When Kait contacted Resolution X, she needed to have something in the show that was completely …

Nazareth School Impressed by ShowPRO and MA

Show Technology AAustralia, Venues

A couple of years ago, Victoria’s Nazareth School purchased some ShowPRO LED HD Strips to supply a cyc wash behind the stage. Ready to upgrade their lighting rig they contacted Aaron Barfoot from Impress Audio & Lighting for some assistance. Aaron spent some time at the school with Show Technology’s Jason Griffin to work out the best solution for their …