Aaron Chesham, Managing Director of New Zealand’s ACLX, says he was ‘that close’ to buying an MA Lighting grandMA2 when he heard that the grandMA3 was in the pipeline. Founded on the legacy of the previous grandMA consoles, the grandMA3 represents a radical re-think of what’s possible from a lighting control platform. “Getting onto the…
Technical Event Solutions (TES) provide comprehensive event solutions throughout Christchurch and the South Island of New Zealand. Over the past few months they have increased their stock of Show Technology gear starting with four Martin RUSH MH7 and twelve MH6 fixtures. “As the work has increased, we’ve purchased more gear as we need it including…
New Zealand’s Baycourt Community & Arts Centre is Tauranga’s premier performing arts facility with the elegant Addison Theatre their show-stopping centrepiece. The venue is run and funded by Tauranga City Council who place a strict lifespan on their equipment and the time had come to find new overhead wash fixtures and replace their Martin MAC600…
Auckland event production company ‘Backstage NZ’ recently purchased an MA dot2 console and their lighting tech Sione Faleuka states it is true love. “I must say I have used so many lighting consoles over the years but I fell in love with the dot2 as it is by far the best lighting console I’ve ever…
Located in Wellington, New Zealand, Scots College is a Presbyterian day and boarding school that features an impressive custom designed, fully equipped Creative and Performing Arts Centre. In 2012 Lighthaus Limited commissioned the lighting system and services in the performance arts space which incorporates a theatre with full lighting gantry, state-of-the-art recording studio, music suites and drama rooms.…
Well-known Italian manufacturer of professional lighting brands, PROLIGHTS, TRIBE and ArchWork (under the parent company Music & Lights) will be hitting our shores down under, thanks to their perfect fit with Show Technology! Music & Lights is an Italian professional lighting manufacturer who is driven by achieving an excellence in creativity, innovation and customer satisfaction;…
New Zealand’s Whangarei Theatre Company is a community theatre staffed mainly by volunteers. Located within The Riverbank Centre they produce three or four shows each year, with the majority being musicals. Lighting designer and operator Tayla Brittliff had been struggling with the Company’s decades old console and when she lost 72 hours of programming, she…
New Zealand’s West Otago Theatrical Society was formed in Tapanui in 1982, performing its first show in the old Town Hall, on the site of the present West Otago Community Centre which houses their theatre today. Through fund raising, they have transformed it into a venue suitable for any event – the theatre is complete…