Lighting designer Nicholas Beachen is a sought-after man flitting between Matt Corby, Golden Features and Dope Lemon, to name a few. The Golden Features tour has just wrapped, with Nick and Ben Kocsis Design working together on the show delivery. “Golden Features, his manager, and I spoke a lot over probably two years about ideas…
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Verbrugghen Hall is a world-class venue with exceptional acoustics and is their largest performance space. The venue featured mainly Par cans for its lighting plus there were two control systems; a Dynalite system and a simple conventional DMX show light system. The time came to switch to an LED lighting…
New Zealand’s Grouse Lighting Aotearoa has been lighting events both locally and nationally since 1984 and recently decided it was time to replace their moving head profile fixtures with sixteen Ayrton Eurus Profile. Rowan McShane, Project Manager at Grouse, says they had been looking for a replacement for quite some time but there wasn’t a…
Novatech took delivery of a fleet of Stage Smarts C72tv 400A large-scale power distribution units just in time for a ‘brutally busy’ summer season. Designed to meet all the requirements of delivering safe and reliable power to the modern-day entertainment industry, six C72tv went straight out onto Rüfüs Du Sol’s Australian tour. “We used them…
Venues all around the country are busy with the annual dance season and Glen St Theatre is no exception. Thankfully, they have an arsenal of Show Technology gear to keep the variety of looks turning over. Recently they took delivery of more Prolights Astra Wash7Pix, the compact and fast LED moving wash light that is…
The Channel Seven Perth Telethon is the most anticipated weekend on WA television and this year, the 55th Telethon was an amazing spectacle that hit an epic milestone raising a staggering $500 million since it began more than five decades ago. The 26-hour event was held at Telethon’s new home at RAC Arena in Perth’s…
Now that all things entertainment seem to be happening again, ei Productions has hit the ground running with purchases to bolster their production inventory whilst also moving on some older gear to good homes. “Everyone wants more and better gear, and we’re no exception,” commented Neale Mace, Managing Director at ei Productions. “We already have…
When Rob Ness of The Cue Company required a compact beam/wash fixture, he looked at just about every applicable fixture on the market. He soon discovered that the Prolights Astra Wash7Pix was the best fit for his business and promptly purchased fourteen. “It just seems to hit every single mark,” he declared. “It’s a go-to…