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 knew it was time for …
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 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 …
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 …
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 with a green room and …
NW Group have recently taken over full-service event production for Brisbane’s flagship special event location, Brisbane City Hall, and naturally they turned to Show Technology to supply the lighting for such a prestigious venue, with multiple event spaces of varying sizes and requirements. With a strong commitment to energy sustainability, NW Group decided to create a 100% LED lighting rig …
Earlier in the year the dimmer in Sydney’s Redlands Senior School hall decided to give up the ghost. Instead of replacing it, the sensible option of completely replacing their ageing Par64 rig was chosen. The hall is primarily used for assemblies and official functions but is also occasionally used for small performance evenings so fixtures that were versatile and quiet …
Dark Mofo is an extremely busy time for Tasmania’s Alive Technologies Group and one of the sites they looked after this year was the cavernous MAC2 Cruise Terminal which hosted many headlining acts. Australian psychedelic dance band Jagwar Ma was one of those acts and their lighting designer, James Warrier, requested vertical trusses with beams shooting across the room over …
As Vivid 2018 wrapped up for another year, Abbotsleigh College hosted Glow 2018 which was open to the public. Entertainment included a display of artworks created by students, performances by the College’s bands and stalls selling food with all money raised donated to charity. All outdoor sites supplied by Switch it on were designed and installed to withstand the forecasted …
Christchurch’s Isaac Theatre Royal now houses three Robert Juliat Super Korrigan followspots, thanks to Hang Up Entertainment New Zealand, and Technical Manager Matthias Mard couldn’t be happier! The award winning Super Korrigan offer a light output which outperforms Xenon followspots of higher wattage, along with the ergonomic features which make Robert Juliat the followspots of choice. Used widely in theatre …
