Located in downtown Tauranga, Baycourt Community & Arts Centre is the Bay of Plenty’s premier performing arts facility. This multi-purpose performing arts and events complex provides a variety of spaces for the local community and visiting national and international acts. The heart of the operation is the Addison Theatre, a community theatre with a 500+ seating capacity, bespoke orchestra pit, …
Fordtronic AV and ShowPRO are a Dream Combination
Leading up to Christmas, Newcastle’s Fordtronic AV was rushed off its feet with so many events requiring its expertise. Fortunately, they had new lighting weapons in the form of 18 x ShowPRO Neptune 300 Wash IP65 and 24 x ShowPRO Apollo, making a total of 48 of these amazing battery-powered lights. Fordtronic AV’s Managing Director Jonathon Ford purchased the ShowPRO …
The Plaza Hotel An Iconic Heritage-listed Building
In Sydney, a groundbreaking new venue has emerged within an iconic heritage-listed building. Its vision is to attain elite status among the world’s top super clubs. The Plaza Hotel is a notable example of the inter-war building boom in central Sydney, featuring a striking Spanish Mission-style facade. Since its opening in 1930 as a movie theatre, it has played a significant role in the local …
Australian Outback Spectacular Under a Cloud of Fog
With an arena space similar in size to an Olympic swimming pool, the home of the Australian Outback Spectacular utilises every possible space to create the vibrant and ever-changing landscape of the Australian outback. The current production, Heartland, tells the tale of two struggling Aussie farmers, Reg and Marge, and the community’s courage, bravery and generosity to help them overcome …
Ampd Electronics redefine night time theme park entertainment at Warner Bros. Movie World’s Wild West Falls Adventure Ride
Village Roadshow Theme Parks, the creators of Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia’s premiere theme park, partnered with Ampd to breathe new life into the night-time ambience and experience of their Wild West Falls Adventure Ride. Building on previous successful implementations of experience enhancements throughout their properties, Village Roadshow Theme Parks enlisted Ampd to supply, install, program …
Prolights EclProfile CT+ and ShowPRO R3 Drum UP Applause
Dandenong’s Drum Theatre hosts 170 performances for over 85,500 patrons each year including professional touring productions, local theatrical performances and community events. The theatre has gained a reputation as an excellent venue for dance productions and hence its lighting rig reflects that fact. The theatre has been gradually upgrading to an all LED lighting rig and recently they replaced their …
A Family of Ayrton Fixtures for Aitken College
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 …
Prolights EclFresnels and Eclipse Profile CT+ Get a Workout
Prolights EclFresnels and Eclipse Profile CT+ Get a WorkoutLocated in the City of Swan at the base of the picturesque Perth foothills is the Swan Park Theatre managed by the Calisthenics Society of Western Australia. The Theatre offers opportunities for a range of use including dance, theatrical, conferences, speech nights and fundraising activities by community groups. The venue recently underwent …
Claypaky Sinfonyas Debut at Geelong Arts Centre
Geelong Arts Centre has raised the curtain on its $140 million Little Malop Street redevelopment, a Victorian Government-backed transformation that has created Australia’s largest dedicated regional arts centre boasting two new theatres alongside new bars and event spaces. With new venues comes new equipment including 28 Claypaky Sinfonya Profile 600 fixtures that have received rave reviews. These unique, low-noise LED-based …
Prolights EclDisplay Lights Transform Belconnen Arts Centre Gallery
The story of Belconnen Arts Centre stretches back more than 20 years, to when a visionary community sought and secured land for a cultural centre on the spectacular banks of Lake Ginninderra in the ACT. For over ten years, we have offered a diverse and engaged program of exhibitions, events, classes and workshops, including our cherished IGNITE program. In 2020, …










