On 14 October 2018 the Australian broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service SBS announced that for the first time, they would hold a national final to select the Australian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, to be staged in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Eurovision – Australia Decides national final recently took place at the Gold Coast…
Michael Zagarn is the latest lighting professional to purchase an MA Lighting MA3 full-size console saying he has always been impressed with the MA range. “Suddenly there was the right product at the right time and it was a no brainer,” he commented. “My older consoles had paid themselves off and it was time to…
Eurovision – Australia Decides, produced by Blink TV for the SBS network, was held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre and was broadcast live to air. As with anything Eurovison, it was all about the spectacle with lighting designer Paul Collison tasked with delivering a bold and bright show with a fraction of…
ABC ushered in 2019 with a star-studded concert on the Boardwalk of the Sydney Opera House. Australians around the country and people around the world tuned into the ABC to celebrate the biggest night of the year, New Year’s Eve. 3.6 million viewers partied the night away, tuning in to The Night is Yours concert,…
Claypaky, Ayrton and MA Lighting with Shania Now The Queen of Country Pop’s “Shania Now” 2018 tour is currently touring the country using a large complement of Claypaky Mythos2, Scenius Unico and Ayrton’s MagicPanel™-602 fixtures, as well as MA Lighting International MA2 for control. The production features 48 Claypaky Mythos2 and 80 Scenius Unico fixtures.…
Australian rock icon James Reyne is touring nationally in celebration of the 35th anniversary of his renowned song ‘Reckless’. Lighting for the Sydney & Melbourne shows was designed by Kait Hall from Let There Be Light, utilizing some of ResX’s latest & greatest gear. When Kait contacted Resolution X, she needed to have something in…
Auckland event production company ‘Backstage NZ’ recently purchased an MA dot2 console and their lighting tech Sione Faleuka states it is true love. “I must say I have used so many lighting consoles over the years but I fell in love with the dot2 as it is by far the best lighting console I’ve ever…
Opened in 1981, the Esperance Civic Centre provides the focal point of entertainment in the south east of Western Australia. The community facility is regularly favoured for concerts, drama, dance and music productions, conventions large and small, music festivals, graduation ceremonies, fashion parades, wedding receptions, religious services, quiz nights, luncheons, meetings, exhibitions… the list goes…