Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue brings her Kiss Me Once tour to Australia this week. Lighting Designer is Rob Sinclair and Lighting Director Louisa Smurthwaite. Very early in the process, even before the new music was available, Sinclair had a meeting with Creative Director William Baker and Set Designer Alan Macdonald, during which it was…
One of the most anticipated rock tours of 2015, The Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways Tour has just blasted its way through Australia and New Zealand. The band delivered many of their mammoth stadium anthems, as well as new songs from the Sonic Highways album, in two and a half hours of pure unadulterated, legendary stadium…
Sydney’s Luna Park has a new ride that raises you 50 meters above sea level for a bird’s eye view of the magical city before unceremoniously dropping you over 80 km’s an hour back to earth via an edge of your seat, white knuckle experience. Appropriately called the Hair Raiser, the ride has been lit…
Andrew Veitch, Channel 9’s Lighting Supervisor in Sydney, was thrilled to include thirty-two of the new Martin MAC Quantum Wash fixtures in his rig for the NRL Grand Final Footy Show. The MAC Quantum Wash features tight beams, beautiful wash fields, a market-leading colour palette, and uniform mixing that combines to accommodate the most demanding…
This year at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival held at Sydney Town Hall Mark Hammer particularly wanted a fresh idea for a backdrop to the stage area and the idea to use Clay Paky B-Eye K20’s was born. He has lit quite a few fashion shows during his illustrious career and he is always looking for…
As Show Technology continue to celebrate their 20th anniversary, another important milestone was reached – a 10th birthday for their Perth branch! To commemorate this momentous occasion the entire Perth complex has been refurbished with new offices and showrooms, showing Show Technology’s confidence in the Perth market. Of course this deserved a party and an…
The X Factor is drawing to a close and over the past few weeks we have been treated to a smorgasbord of creative lighting courtesy of lighting designer Ian Anderson. With over 120 production numbers to light, each having to have an exciting and completely new lighting look, Ian requires a rig that is super…
This year’s Nightfest at Canberra’s Floriade was a Showtechfest when it came to lighting fixtures. Res X supplied the lighting gear to Mandylights who were lighting and production designers for the event. As well as lighting the large site complete with a couple of dozen flower beds, Mandylights also had to provide all of the…