The 2018 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), hosted at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal, saw the latest range of Claypaky and ADB lighting fixtures dominate the beautifully evocative, multi-dimensional, theatrical and camera pleasing lighting design by award-winning lighting designer and Director of Photography (DOP) Jerry Appelt. A statement against the often flattening overuse of video…
Jay Productions & Events pride themselves on delivering a high standard of work providing all technical and event requirements for corporate, outdoor and large scale events. Many of these events are looking for visual splendour without a load of tech gear on view. So when the Claypaky Axcor Spot 300 arrived on the market packed…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…