Perth College’s Judith Cottier Theatre is a 650-seat venue used for community and school concerts and productions, as well as generally for assemblies. Theatre Manager Matthew Brown recently welcomes twelve Martin Professional MAC Quantum Washes to the venue saying their existing colour wash lights were a decade old and they weren’t getting any brighter! The MAC Quantum Wash features tight …
Justin Baker, Technical Director of Intellect Projects Group, supplied Castle Hill RSL with an MA Lighting International dot2 core console saying the venue used to have an aging Hog 1000, talk about chalk and cheese! “The venue didn’t need anything as big as a grandMA console and the dot2 core has the flexibility to grow if we need it to …
Melbourne’s legendary CQ Saturdays have just turned eleven and what better way to celebrate than a rocking new lighting set up courtesy of On Track Lighting – OTL. Located in the heart of Melbourne’s bustling CBD, CQ is one of the most intriguing and versatile venues the city has to offer. During the week, they cater for everything from conferences, …
Perth’s Elite Audio Visual Productions has added ShowPro E1 LED Profile RGBW to their hire department. These budget friendly fixtures come with RGBW colour mixing and an independent framing system. “Due to our rapid growth it was becoming apparent we needed a feature packed workhorse for our inventory,” commented Brock Preston of EAVP on the purchase. “After sitting down with …
When Jared Hawke, managing director of Frontier Lighting, first laid his eyes on the Claypaky Axcor Beam 300 at LDI last year it was love at first sight. It wasn’t just the compact body that caught his eye, he also noticed the amazing price-point and promptly purchased twenty-four units! Eight of the Axcor Beam 300 are now installed into The …
Mike Farrand of MJF Lighting has had great satisfaction dragging the Royal New Zealand Ballet into the modern day by transforming their generic lighting rig to 80% LED, with the balance being tungsten from FOH position. MJF was recently awarded a four-year contract with the RNZB to supply their touring systems and Mike was on a mission to have the …
With the first live presentation of the new grandMA3 series the MA Lighting booths at Prolight + Sound 2018 were the place to be. Founded on the legacy of the previous grandMA consoles, the grandMA3 represents a radical re-think of what’s possible from a lighting control platform. The elegant new system-architecture incorporates new fixture, feature and effects-handling at its very …
Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre now have twelve ShowPro FusionPar H XII in their rig as well as a number of Sunstrips. “The FusionPar’s give us a greater depth and range of colour coverage onstage and the ability to create the looks required for our clients quickly and easily,” remarked Gary Kennedy, Technical Coordinator at Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre. “This means we can …
Resolution X has recently increased their stock of Martin MAC Encore Performance WRMs. Ever since arriving late last year the MAC Encores have been incredibility popular and used on shows as diverse as Family Feud, the new Lano & Woodley tour FLY, David Jones’ Autumn Winter fashion parade and the NBL MVP Awards. When Lighting Designer for the Good Friday …
Te Papa’s spectacular new art gallery is now open in Wellington and one exhibition that has the critics raving is Tiffany Singh’s Total internal reflection. Artist Tiffany Singh believes engaging with the arts can improve physical and mental health. She intends Total internal reflection to be an expression of our collective wellbeing through colour. This experimental installation invites you to …
