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…
Resolution X has recently increased their stock of Martin MAC Encore Performance WRMs. Ever since arriving late last year the MAC Encores have been incredibility popular and used on shows as diverse as Family Feud, the new Lano & Woodley tour FLY, David Jones’ Autumn Winter fashion parade and the NBL MVP Awards. When Lighting…
Te Papa’s spectacular new art gallery is now open in Wellington and one exhibition that has the critics raving is Tiffany Singh’s Total internal reflection. Artist Tiffany Singh believes engaging with the arts can improve physical and mental health. She intends Total internal reflection to be an expression of our collective wellbeing through colour. This…
Sound Workshop was established in 1984, making it the oldest audio visual company in the ACT. It has recently expanded into lighting and rigging services, installations and crew hire. “We needed a complete package including console, cabling and LED fixtures,” commented Wayne Bateup, Sound Workshop’s Rigger/ Head of Lighting. “Show Technology’s Evan Lyle put together…
Brit Award winning and multi-platinum artist Paloma Faith made her debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House this April. Surpassed only by Adele, Faith is the first female artist this decade to have her last three albums go double platinum in the United Kingdom. Peter Rubie Lighting Design was tasked with…
Oceania Lighting has grown its’ Martin Professional MAC Quantum Profile stock up to forty-four units, with some located in their Wellington Branch as well as Auckland. “We find them to be an excellent work horse unit,” commented Simon Garrett, General Manager of Lighting at Oceania. “We’ve had our initial Quantum Profiles for eighteen months and…
The NW Group has invested in eight Claypaky Scenius Unico, a spotlight renowned for its quality of light. The Scenius Unico has six rotating gobos, a rotating prism, a beautiful animation wheel, and it is equipped with the most sophisticated and most precise framing system on the market today. The Scenius Unico is also an…
Based in Queenstown, TomTom Productions is a design oriented production company offering a wide variety of lighting and video concepts to events throughout New Zealand’s south island and beyond. After recently taking stock of twelve Claypaky Mythos 2 and 200 meters of Martin Professional VDO Sceptron TomTom decided to test their new equipment straightaway sending…