The theatrical adaptation of Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe recently premiered at QPAC’s Playhouse Theatre where lighting designer Ben Hughes was fortunate to be one of the first lighting designers to utilise their new lighting equipment. Instead of having to wrangle several hundred classic ETC S4 and Selecon Pacific profiles, Ben had 76 Prolight ECLIPSE…
Some of Broken Hill’s key locations have been lit up as part of Australia’s Heritage Perfectly Highlighted project. The project involves permanent coloured lighting and projection installations at the Town Hall Facade, Civic Centre, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Town Square and Sturt Park. Broken Hill Mayor Darriea Turley said the installations would add a…
Australian fashion house Aje launched their Resort 2022 collection ‘Scent of Summer’ at The Calyx located in the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney. Staged by Production Technologies and lit by one of Australia’s most sought after lighting designers Paul Collison, the event proved that Prolights EclPanels don’t just belong in a studio! Paul is a…
2021 was the year that Burwood Girls High School in Sydney decided to upgrade their theatre’s sound and lighting system under the professional eye of Live Event Services. Unfortunately, no sooner had the install been almost completed, Covid-19 shut down all of the city’s schools. “The school contacted us after we were recommended to them…
Kings Park is one of the world’s largest and most beautiful inner-city parks with sweeping views of the Swan and Canning Rivers, the city skyline and the Darling Ranges to the east. Fraser Avenue, the main entrance to Kings Park, is 485 metres long and lined with lemon scented gum trees end to end providing…
Sydney’s corporate event production specialists Sightline were early adopters of the Prolights EclPanel TWCJr, the compact 1×1 LED soft light that has taken the event industry by storm. “The fresnels in our studio were giving us too many unwanted shadows so we were looking for a replacement,” explained Steve Hill, Lighting Director at Sightline. “We…
Located at the heart of Warrnambool’s CBD, Lighthouse Theatre is southwest Victoria’s leading creative hub for Performing Arts and Culture. Over the past twelve months, the theatre has extensively upgraded its lighting and having never had their own moving lights before, the crew is thrilled to now have six Martin ERA 400 Performance CLD in…
Held in May NOX is a night sculpture walk around the Randwick Environment Park. Students from UNSW Art & Design transform the park and wetland into an illuminated outdoor art gallery. NOX features a 1.5km loop walk with illuminated sculptures and artworks, NOX Night Cinema, featuring short films and animations from UNSW School of Arts…