Queens of the Stone Age are touring Australia with gear supplied by Phaseshift. It’s a colourful rig designed by the incredible Emmanuelle ‘Gigi’ Pedron. Debuting on the tour is Phaseshift’s Macula system, the ground-breaking application for when a remote-controlled followspot system is required. “I was interested in the Macula system because you can use it…
When Paul Nardella of On Track Lighting was given a demo of the new ShowPRO H1 BSW 480 HID he admits that he was blown away by its performance. “Show Technology’s Paul Nicolaou set some up at Melbourne Pavilion for which we are the in-house technical provider,” explained Paul. “We were looking for a fixture…
The B&T Awards is Australia’s biggest, longest-running and most entertaining award for the advertising, marketing and media industries. Judged by more than 100 of Australia’s brightest marketing and media minds, almost 40 categories cover the full gamut of the communications discipline. Billed as THE event of the awards season, the 2023 B&T Awards were held…
Last year, Melbourne’s Front of House Productions added 24 x Ayrton Diablo and eight Ayrton Eurus to their fleet of moving heads and it’s no surprise that they want more Ayrton! “I was talking to someone the other day and they said that in one week they had three riders come through all wanting Eurus!”…
Melbourne’s Above & Beyond Production Services took delivery of sixteen Martin MAC XIP before Christmas and Director Jez Nolan is thrilled with the purchase. “We always try to look toward IP-rated fixtures, our inventory is over 75% IP-rated fixtures,” Jez explained. “Even though these are IP54, if you look at the testing Martin has done…
Since arriving in 1995 with their eponymous debut album, Foo Fighters have established themselves as one of the preeminent rock bands in the world, earning 15 Grammy Awards along the way, including winning Best Rock Album five times. In March 2022, the band suffered the tragic loss of drummer and beloved band member Taylor Hawkins,…
Novatech has purchased 50 x Ayrton Perseos this year using them for several prestigious events such as Now or Never Festival, Illuminate Adelaide and State Of Origin. During the rugby event, they showcased fantastic backlight looks and various beam effects whilst at the Now or Never event, their flexibility shone once more, seamlessly adapting to…
Lighting designer Paul Collison was one of the first in Australia to get his hands on the Martin MAC Ultra Performance, an extremely bright moving light that features benchmark output across the zoom range, a true next-generation framing system, higher definition optics and astoundingly low noise levels. “I saw the first demo units and decided…