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Aitken College, an independent Prep to Year 12 College in the northwest of Melbourne, boasts its own theatre, a 500-seat raked auditorium used for school music, drama, and musical theatre as well as being the school chapel. As the theatre is now sixteen years old, it was time to invest in some new moving lights to replace ageing models and …
When Resolution X saw the Prolights EclPar multipurpose LED fixture, they knew it was the perfect fit for a special long-term project which is yet to launch, however, in the meantime, they’ve been on multiple high end corporate events since coming into hire. The Prolights EclPar range has a single source, delivering silent operation, high quality of light and optical …
Last month, Untitled Group together with Thick as Thieves brought world-renowned DJ and producer Marc Kinchen to St Kilda’s Riviera Beach Club for a spectacularly visual show. Gig Control was engaged by UG and TAT for production management and design for the show. Nathan ‘Sloth’ Aveling, Gig Control’s Technical Manager, had heard a whisper that their friends at FOH Productions …
Multi-platinum, award-winning group blink-182 are currently on their biggest global tour ever. Currently, in Australia packing out arenas, the tour commemorates the band’s thirtieth anniversary and is most noted for the return of the band’s iconic lineup of Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge. Production Designers for the show are John McGuire and Eric Gorleski of TrasK House Design, …
Queens of the Stone Age are touring Australia with gear supplied by Phaseshift. It’s a colourful rig designed by the incredible Emmanuelle ‘Gigi’ Pedron. Debuting on the tour is Phaseshift’s Macula system, the ground-breaking application for when a remote-controlled followspot system is required. “I was interested in the Macula system because you can use it with any fixture,” commented Lawrie …
When Paul Nardella of On Track Lighting was given a demo of the new ShowPRO H1 BSW 480 HID he admits that he was blown away by its performance. “Show Technology’s Paul Nicolaou set some up at Melbourne Pavilion for which we are the in-house technical provider,” explained Paul. “We were looking for a fixture that is a beam, spot …
The B&T Awards is Australia’s biggest, longest-running and most entertaining award for the advertising, marketing and media industries. Judged by more than 100 of Australia’s brightest marketing and media minds, almost 40 categories cover the full gamut of the communications discipline. Billed as THE event of the awards season, the 2023 B&T Awards were held at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion with …
Last year, Melbourne’s Front of House Productions added 24 x Ayrton Diablo and eight Ayrton Eurus to their fleet of moving heads and it’s no surprise that they want more Ayrton! “I was talking to someone the other day and they said that in one week they had three riders come through all wanting Eurus!” remarked Michael Eather, Production Manager/Head …
Melbourne’s Above & Beyond Production Services took delivery of sixteen Martin MAC XIP before Christmas and Director Jez Nolan is thrilled with the purchase. “We always try to look toward IP-rated fixtures, our inventory is over 75% IP-rated fixtures,” Jez explained. “Even though these are IP54, if you look at the testing Martin has done they have put them through …
Since arriving in 1995 with their eponymous debut album, Foo Fighters have established themselves as one of the preeminent rock bands in the world, earning 15 Grammy Awards along the way, including winning Best Rock Album five times. In March 2022, the band suffered the tragic loss of drummer and beloved band member Taylor Hawkins, forcing them to cancel all …
