Flight Facilities take off with Martin Sceptrons

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Australian DJ duo Flight Facilities have been back on the road this month as part of the Groovin the Moo Tour, and production design firm Colourblind was once again engaged to come up with the stage concept. Together with Sam Whiteside, they designed a curved wall of LED strips. But it needed to be lightweight and easy to transport – …

Perth College

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment, Venues

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Perth College’s Judith Cottier Theatre is a 650-seat venue used for community and school concerts and productions, as well as generally for assemblies. Theatre Manager Matthew Brown recently welcomes twelve Martin Professional MAC Quantum Washes to the venue saying their existing colour wash lights were a decade old and they weren’t getting any brighter! The MAC Quantum Wash features …

ShowPro and Martin modernize the Royal New Zealand Ballet

Show Technology AEntertainment, New Zealand, Venues

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Mike Farrand of MJF Lighting has had great satisfaction dragging the Royal New Zealand Ballet into the modern day by transforming their generic lighting rig to 80% LED, with the balance being tungsten from FOH position. MJF was recently awarded a four-year contract with the RNZB to supply their touring systems and Mike was on a mission to have …

MAC Encores turn Good Friday into a great Friday

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment, Media

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Resolution X has recently increased their stock of Martin MAC Encore Performance WRMs. Ever since arriving late last year the MAC Encores have been incredibility popular and used on shows as diverse as Family Feud, the new Lano & Woodley tour FLY, David Jones’ Autumn Winter fashion parade and the NBL MVP Awards. When Lighting Designer for the Good …

Plug in. Set the stage. Amaze

Show Technology AAustralia, New Zealand

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Latest generation of industry-leading Glaciator system is quieter, more compact and rugged, and features a global universal power supply ProLight + Sound (Hall 3.0, Stand C50), FRANKFURT—HARMAN Professional Solutions, the global leader in audio, video, lighting and control systems, including networked AV, today announced the new Martin by HARMAN JEM Glaciator Dynamic low-fog system. The JEM Glaciator Dynamic represents …

Paloma Faith

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Brit Award winning and multi-platinum artist Paloma Faith made her debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House this April. Surpassed only by Adele, Faith is the first female artist this decade to have her last three albums go double platinum in the United Kingdom. Peter Rubie Lighting Design was tasked with lighting her two shows …

MAC Quantum Profiles lead the way

Show Technology AEntertainment, New Zealand

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Oceania Lighting has grown its’ Martin Professional MAC Quantum Profile stock up to forty-four units, with some located in their Wellington Branch as well as Auckland. “We find them to be an excellent work horse unit,” commented Simon Garrett, General Manager of Lighting at Oceania. “We’ve had our initial Quantum Profiles for eighteen months and we’ve had virtually no …

Sound Designers Love MAC Encores!

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment, Venues

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lighting designer Alex Berlage lit Sydney Theatre Company’s world premiere of Lethal Indifference with Intense Lighting’s new Martin Professional MAC Encore Performance CLD fixtures. Alex commented that the MAC Encore was one of the quietest moving head profiles he had ever used and that he had never seen a Sound Department so excited about a moving light before! Sydney …

Martin MAC Quantums for Eclipse lighting and Sound

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Canberra’s Eclipse Lighting and Sound has had a great time this past couple of months using their recently purchased sixteen Martin Professional MAC Quantum Profiles. Managing director Chris Neal was looking to replace his aging MAC2000 fixtures and the MAC Quantums were the perfect choice. “I’m really big on LED so the fact that the MAC Quantums are LED …

Twilight at Taronga Zoo

Show Technology AAustralia, Entertainment

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] EI Productions took delivery of eight Martin Professional MAC Quantum Profiles which immediately went to the zoo for two months! “We’ve been looking at Martin MAC Quantum Profiles for a while now and finally the time was right for us to make our first purchase of these remarkable LED Fixtures. “We did an A / B test in our …