AVE’s Success at Advertising Week APAC

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment, Venues

Every year Advertising Week, the premier event for advertising, marketing brand and technology professionals, is held in five major cities across the globe – New York, London, Tokyo, Mexico City and now Sydney. The inaugural Advertising Week Asia Pacific (AWAPAC) was held in Sydney between 30th July and 2nd August at Luna Park, as well as across a variety of …

City Calm Down – Echoes In Blue Tour

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Lighting designer Mike MacDonald was incredibly impressed after using 10 of the ShowPRO Collider FC Strobes on the Echoes in Blue tour by the band City Calm Down.  Touring with them for the Australian section of their AUS and NZ tour throughout the month of June with special guests Woodes and IV League. “I’ve used many similar products… however the …

Rock of Ages Gets Switched On

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Sydney Youth Musical Theatre rocked out to the audience with a stunning performance of Rock of Ages. Switch it on, together with Lighting Designer Evan Jones, created 3D visualisations in Capture 2018 to bring Evan’s innovative vision into reality. Switch it on provided crew, trussing and additional lighting to complement Hornsby RSL Club’s Showroom. The rig consisted of 18 x Ayrton Wildbeam-R, …

Redland Performing Arts Centre Reinvigorate Their Stage

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Redland Performing Arts Centre has recently purchased eight Martin Professional MAC Quantum Profiles from Brisbane Sound Group. These lights were to replace some ageing fixtures that were struggling to keep up with the venue’s more recent LED purchases and the venues’ desire to have more state of the art lighting. “The previous lights were lacking in punch and were starting to have a …

The Phantom Awakens

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This amazing Nike Activation was constructed entirely by the Harry the Hirer production team. The pyramid truss structure stood proud in Melbourne’s Birrarung Marr with a height of 18m and a span of 34m. Lighting included 12 x Martin Professional MAC Axioms, 20 x MAC Auras, 8 x Claypaky Alpha 700 profiles, 50 x ShowPro Quad 18 and an MA Lighting …

Show Hire’s Claypaky Axcors hit the Spot

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Leading technical production company Show Hire Australia has invested in ten Claypaky Axcor Spot 300s enabling them a whole new world of expression. Show Hire’s lighting department specialize in design for musical theatre. They are in house suppliers for the University of Queensland’s Schonell Theatre as well as Queensland Conservatorium’s Performing Arts department, to name a few. Since acquiring the …

VDO Sceptron for EI Productions

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Neale Mace, managing director of EI Productions, was more than aware that the line between vision and lighting is getting tighter and he noticed that one product that straddles both areas is the Martin Professional VDO Sceptron. “We’ve been seeing them on lighting tech riders for a while now and it was time for us to get on-board with this …

Ayrton Mistral-TC a Clear Winner

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Expertise, professionalism and the latest in lighting equipment has helped keep Melbourne-based Clear Systems in business for over 30 years, so it was no surprise when they decided to add eight Ayrton Mistral-TC LED Spot fixtures to their inventory. Sharing a form factor with its compact sibling, Merak, Mistral-TC is an extremely versatile, feature-rich, white LED source spot in an …

Katy Perry Witness Tour

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Katy Perry kicked off her Witness Tour last night in Perth with an amazing design by Baz Halpin of Silent House. In the rig are 77 x Claypaky Scenius Unico, 50 x Scenius Profile and 24 x Mythos, all controlled by Drew Gnagey on an MA Lighting International grandMA2. We love this photo where the Scenius Unicos become the eyelashes …

Toyota Car Launch

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Ziggy Ziegler lit a Toyota car launch in the Hunter Valley for GPJ Australia using a large Chameleon Touring Systems rig that included Claypaky Mythos, Sharpys and A.leda B-EYES, Martin Professional MAC Quantum Wash, MAC Aura XB, RUSH MH7, MAC 250 Entours, MAC Aura, MAC Viper Performance, and Ayrton MagicBlade-FX. Control was an MA Lighting International grandMA2 full size, 2 …