Not very long ago, in a galaxy very close to home, stage lighting used incandescent lamps and the precious 3200k colour temperature and flicker-free operation was lauded for camera work. Fast-forward to today and almost everything you need for stage lighting is available in LED. “We’ve been a big user of LED products since, in…
ADDITIVE have had a busy end of the year topped off with a purchase of an MA Lighting MA3 Compact XT, as well as one of the first MA3 command wings into Australia from Show Technology. ADDITIVE is a design and technical production house made up of three friends and long time collaborators who…
We’ve all heard of the Day On The Green concerts that cater to those of us in the big cities – but have you heard of Tunes On The Turf? Dunedoo’s Tunes On The Turf is an annual music event held in the grounds of the Dunedoo Sports Club. The event is held on the…
Legendary Italian-duo Al Bano & Romina Power recently played in Australia wowing sold-out audiences at the Margaret Court Arena and Sydney’s State Theatre. At Eurovision they admirably represented Italy with two top 10 finishes in 1976 and 1985. Because of their individual careers it appears this could have been their last appearance together in Australian…
Harry the Hirer’s Lighting team are stoked to have recently added the PROLIGHTS Air5Fan to their ever increasing lighting arsenal. On paper, the Air5Fan is a moving LED linear bar light with 5 x RGBW 40 Watt chips and a tight 2° beam angle but once its fired it up offers so much more! “The…
Sydney Dance Company celebrated 50 years of defining contemporary dance with a thrilling double bill from Rafael Bonachela and Gideon Obarzanek, choreographers who have, in their unique ways, defined the art form and helped take Australian dance to the world. The first piece was Rafael Bonachela’s award-winning 6 Breaths, an emotive piece that was breath…
Shawn Mendes: The Tour hit the road at the beginning of March on a 9-month, 105 date world tour under a lighting rig which originally comprised of Ayrton Khamsin-S, Ayrton Bora-S and Ayrton Mistral-S fixtures as the major components. Lighting designer, Louis Oliver, avoided the use of follow spots or remote tracking as part of…
Shire Christian School is an independent non-denominational Christian co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, located in Barden Ridge, a suburb in the Sutherland Shire area of Sydney. The School opened in the 1980s and features a large multi-purpose hall which hosts a multitude of events including musical and theatrical productions, exhibitions, assemblies and…