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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Robert Juliat put Isaac Theatre Royal in the spotlight 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…
Ayrton is extremely proud that lighting designer, Jerry Appelt, chose more than 700 Ayrton fixtures for his stellar design at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Appelt chose not to incorporate any video element in the show, instead returning to a lighting-based design in which Ayrton fixtures were a key creative feature adding depth, architecture and…
Lighting designer Seth Giles will soon be leaving his New Zealand home for a 3 month tour in Europe with his MA Lighting International MA onPC command wing safely packed in his luggage. Although Seth has mainly been using his MA onPC command wing in his local theatre for small shows, it will soon be…