After its closure in 2017, Darlinghurst’s legendary gay venue Midnight Shift has been resurrected by Universal Hotels, a Sydney based hospitality group owned and operated by the Kospetas family. Universal Hotels picked up the 1000-square-metre building last June for a reported $12 million and have relaunched it as Universal, a rebranded music venue and LGBTIQA+ safe place. “Universal is an …
Australia’s favourite duo Peking Duk returned in 2019 with their Biggest Tour Ever! After selling out The Wasted Tour across Australian capital cities last year, Peking Duk shared an epic live show and revealed brand new music to 50,000 fans across capital cities and regional areas. “Until this tour, Peking Duk has always had a heavy video show and the …
Scene Change is a national AV/technical production and hire service with a strong reputation among industry producers and event managers. Recently Scene Change invested in the mother of all projection screens: an 80’x20’ Custom VarioClip® 64 screen, one of the biggest VarioClip systems in Australia which was utilized straightaway on Cisco Live for Veritas Events at The Melbourne Convention & …
FUN FACT FRIDAY: 2019 Eurovision Song Contest Tel Aviv• 2,100 Lighting fixtures in Eurovision• A total of 17 lighting desks to run lighting• 120,000 control parameters• 250 active DMX universes• The back wall has 527x Ayrton Magic Blades• 24 days of pre-programming for the lighting designer and their operators• 30 people to run lighting operations in show mode• 80,024 meters …
With their existing stock of profile moving lights continuing to regularly exceed their client’s expectations, Intense Lighting decided it was time to further diversify their inventory. “We required stock of a new product to both increase the number of concurrent productions we can supply, and offer a smaller, lightweight moving profile to our clients,” explained Ian Garrard, Managing Director of …
Canberra’s Eclipse Lighting & Sound added a dozen Ayrton Ghiblis to their inventory late last year and they haven’t stopped working! The Ghibli’s first major production was PeeWee Productions’ We Will Rock You – The Arena Spectacular held at Canberra’s AIS Arena and featuring spectacular lighting, video content from the original UK production, LED screens, mammoth sound production and a …
Six Robert Juliat 600W LED Oz followspots have been installed as part of the recent upgrade of the spectacular Franco Dragone show, The House of Dancing Water in Macau’s City of Dreams. The powerful, long-throw LED models were supplied with push-pull, 6-way colour changers and heavy-duty adjustable yokes in anticipation of the show’s extremely busy schedule. The House of Dancing …
Sydney Grammar School has a reputation for delivering successful theatrical productions which reflect the range of styles and subjects undertaken, from the fun and exuberance of Grease and Peter Pan through to the seriousness and subtlety of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard and, most recently, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons. The school aims to do two or three major productions per …
Sydney three-piece band RÜFÜS DU SOL recently toured Australia with their Solace tour which follows their rigorous two-years touring the world. In April they performed at the legendary Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for the second time. This tour started in the US last October with show designer Matthew Smith, Senior Lighting Designer at Colourblind adapting the rig for …
Auckland’s Studio Box is a boxing-inspired group fitness studio that delivers a high energy, addictive workout in a fully immersive, purpose-built studio. Essential to the Studio Box workout are pumping sounds and choreographed lighting to stimulate the senses and keep you on your toes. The owners contacted Audio Visual Equipment Ltd to assist with the lighting and Glen Bullen, Managing …
