Melbourne’s oldest cinema has been transformed into the city’s newest live music venue. The heritage-listed Northcote Theatre, built on High Street in 1912, reopened in July with its Baroque-style auditorium ready to host up to 1500 punters. Its original facade and interior remain mostly intact, including a grand, high-vaulted ceiling decorated with ornate plaster work.…
Theatrelight was founded in New Zealand in 1972 by theatre lighting designer Rex Gilfillan to provide a range of electronic lighting control products to the Theatre and Television industry. Rex’s previous experience included working in English repertory theatre, the Welsh National Theatre, and in many of London’s West End theatres. Theatrelight New Zealand is dedicated…
The National Arts School’s Cell Block Theatre is a grand historic space hidden behind a wall of hand-hewn sandstone in the heart of Sydney. Inside, the 10-metre-high sandstone walls create the awed ambience of a cathedral, an ambience intriguingly inflected by its history as the women’s wing of the old Darlinghurst Gaol. The cells that…
Westland Industrial Heritage Park in Hokitika, New Zealand, is a working museum and the result of dedicated volunteers’ passion for restoring Westland’s industrial past. It was started by a group of mature (old) men who loved big engines and the like (toys) and wanted to play with the toys and preserve some of the history…
Based in North Parramatta, The Audio Visual Co. are dynamic, results-driven audio and visual specialists in the events industry. Having been more audio and vision-focused in the past, the company was keen to grow the lighting element of the business so they turned to Show Technology for advice. “We were getting more and more work…
Jay Productions & Events has added sixteen Claypaky Midi-B to its established family of Claypaky fixtures including Claypaky Mini-B and Axcor 300. “We needed another wash light to complement what we already own,” explained Phillip Dearle, General Manager at Jay Productions. “We have forty of the Mini-Bs and as the Midi-Bs have the same 40w…
Dark Mofo’s late-night offerings have established a cult following over the past nine years, and this winter the annual Hobartian ritual rose again, in a new incarnation titled Night Mass: Transcendence. Night Mass lured the faithful into a labyrinthine neighbourhood writhing with contemporary dance, Avant-Garde electronic music, rock’n’roll, misty archways and car bars, DJs, and…
The Kingston Butter Factory has been transformed into a world-class community precinct for arts, culture and entertainment including Logan’s largest outdoor event space with a capacity for up to 5,000 people. Even though most of the lighting fixtures are located beneath the stage roof they still needed to be IP-rated as they are permanently housed…