The PBR Australia National Finals were recently held at Qudos Bank Arena and for the first time in World PBR history, the event was fully lit under production lighting instead of arena venue lights. Micheal ‘Simmo’ Simpson admits it was a major gamble but he was confident he could make it work once he had…
You may have heard about New Zealand’s Oceania Productions losing a ton of gear in a truck fire and we were deeply saddened to hear that amongst the 100 cubic metres of lighting gear that got incinerated were a couple of MA Lighting International MA2 light consoles. Whilst we mourned the loss of these two…
Australian songstress Vera Blue is spending the winter months touring the country. Her ‘Mended Tour’ is lit by Matt Smith of Colourblind who uses twelve 1 metre length Martin Professional Sceptrons to stunning effect. Also in Matt’s rig are six MAC Auras and five Atomics with control by an MA Lighting International MA2 light. “We…
The Shellharbour Club recently opened a dining area entitled The Precinct and CMG Audio Visual were given the task of providing a versatile, immersive look and feel for this brand new innovative food-theatre space. CMG provided a comprehensive AV design for the room, encompassing lighting, audio and video, all to be controlled with a simple…
Located within The Grand Hotel, Cruze is one of the very few nightclubs on the Mornington peninsula. The club consists of a large main room that plays house and electro plus there is a side RnB room that plays RnB, commercial and hip hop music. Brad Hurle of Diverse AV was tasked with designing and…
From May to June 2017 MJF LIGHTING LIMITED’s Shamus Jackson was invited to be the Head LX/Operator on the Tiki Taaane Mahuta Tour. He travelled across New Zealand with his young family in tow and also Taki Rua Productions to thirteen different locations. “It was a great experience,” he mused. “The equipment was simple to…
Jasja van Andel, Technical & Asset Manager at Melbourne Recital Centre, has enjoyed the extra flexibility that their six new Martin Professional RUSH MH6 fixtures has given the venue. The venue has a fixed permanent lighting rig installed in the Salon which recently was upgraded to almost all LED. In order to add to the…
Ian Garrard of Intense Lighting in Sydney caters mainly to the theatre market and he noticed that designers were often requesting the Claypaky Scenius Profile. “I visited the Show Technology office to have a good test of the Scenius Profile and discovered that it showed a level of sophistication that I couldn’t find with other…