Australian songstress Vera Blue is spending the winter months touring the country. Her ‘Mended Tour’ is lit by Matt Smith of Colourblind who uses twelve 1 metre length Martin Professional Sceptrons to stunning effect. Also in Matt’s rig are six MAC Auras and five Atomics with control by an MA Lighting International MA2 light. “We…
The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is one of Australia’s leading biomedical research institutes. The building was designed by architect Ken Wooley and has six floors with the most amazing staircase in the form of a DNA Helix. The Institute’s Library is located within the building’s Atrium with an oval glass dome on the roof.…
The Shellharbour Club recently opened a dining area entitled The Precinct and CMG Audio Visual were given the task of providing a versatile, immersive look and feel for this brand new innovative food-theatre space. CMG provided a comprehensive AV design for the room, encompassing lighting, audio and video, all to be controlled with a simple…
Located within The Grand Hotel, Cruze is one of the very few nightclubs on the Mornington peninsula. The club consists of a large main room that plays house and electro plus there is a side RnB room that plays RnB, commercial and hip hop music. Brad Hurle of Diverse AV was tasked with designing and…
London’s iconic Ministry of Sound Club has made its Australian debut taking up a weekly residency at Sydney’s Ivy nightclub. The venue has undergone some serious renovations to deliver a totally revitalised clubbing experience, including sound-proof and all-weather roof, extra lighting rigs, a brand new staging set up and an overall entire venue transformation from…
From May to June 2017 MJF LIGHTING LIMITED’s Shamus Jackson was invited to be the Head LX/Operator on the Tiki Taaane Mahuta Tour. He travelled across New Zealand with his young family in tow and also Taki Rua Productions to thirteen different locations. “It was a great experience,” he mused. “The equipment was simple to…
Jasja van Andel, Technical & Asset Manager at Melbourne Recital Centre, has enjoyed the extra flexibility that their six new Martin Professional RUSH MH6 fixtures has given the venue. The venue has a fixed permanent lighting rig installed in the Salon which recently was upgraded to almost all LED. In order to add to the…
Ian Garrard of Intense Lighting in Sydney caters mainly to the theatre market and he noticed that designers were often requesting the Claypaky Scenius Profile. “I visited the Show Technology office to have a good test of the Scenius Profile and discovered that it showed a level of sophistication that I couldn’t find with other…