Rugby League’s night of nights, the Dally M Awards, was held at The Star in Sydney with Mandylights supplying the production and lighting design. It’s a gig that Mandylights has successfully done for ten years yet every year they manage to create a fresh new look for the stage and room. Fortunately the in-house rig…
This year’s NRL Grand Final pre-show entertainment was provided by Macklemore with Tom Wright and Paul Lim of Additive once again providing a spectacular light show. The rig included 32 x Claypaky Sharpy Wash 330 on the field behind the stage, 16 x Martin Professional MAC Vipers and 8 x MAC Viper Wash DX from…
When electronic music producer Flume returned to Red Rocks in July, a large complement of Claypaky Sharpys and Sharpy Washes helped the Grammy winner light up the iconic Colorado amphitheater. Brown Note Productions provided the equipment. Flume, the professional name of Harley Edward Streten, enjoyed a successful Red Rocks debut in 2016. This year he…
Once again Mandylights has turned Canberra’s Floriade into a spectacle of light for the annual Nightfest. The key fixtures this year were eighteen Claypaky B-Eyes and twelve Sharpys supplemented by 150 ShowPro Hex PARs, 24 ShowPro Ex36 LED Floods and three Martin MAC101. Mandylights required a fixture that could wash an expansive flower bed in…
Since taking on all things lighting and audio for Hornsby RSL a few years ago, Nick Brown of GNB Productions has steadily improved the lighting in the venue’s auditorium. The most recent upgrade saw Show Technology supply twelve ShowPro LED Flood EX21, thirty-four Nitec LED Hex PAR 12’s and six Ayrton MagicDot SX. Prior to…
When Lux Events first purchased their ShowPro DreamPix Tubes they were initially after a central aerial feature for a club where they wanted a cosmetic element to supplement the extensive moving light rig. ShowPro DreamPix range makes pixel mapped LED dressing easy and affordable for almost any show. The range is easy to rig, easy…
Phaseshift Productions recently purchased a quantity of Ayrton MagicBlade FX and Martin Professional MAC Aura XBs boosting their inventory in time for a busy spring season. The guys at Phaseshift were so excited to get their new toys, they just had to roll them straight into the workforce – with help from Keith Bradshaw at…
The Curtin Theatre at Western Australia’s John Curtin College of the Arts provides performance spaces for dance, drama, music and music theatre students. Students experience all aspects of high quality performance production, from stage management to costume design. Superbly equipped, the Curtin Theatre offers opportunities for a wide range of uses in theatrical and musical…