Front Page
Roady 4 Roadies- March 10th & 24th 2019
Roady4Roadies takes place nationally in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth on Sun 10th March and Adelaide on Sun 24th March. It is open to the public and industry alike, with all profits going to Support Act. Live production crew are the unseen but essential backbone of the music events that we all enjoy, but these roles can…
Read MoreLDI 2018
TRADESHOWS LDI 2018 by Cat Strom. LDI 2018 celebrated its 30th anniversary with the best-attended October show in its history with over 14,000 registered to attend and over 360 exhibitors. While the core of the show remains entertainment lighting, LDI 2018 showed attendance growth from key segments including audio engineers, video and projection designers, and…
Read MoreRoad Test: Ayrton Ghibli Profile Fixture
Road Test Ayrton Ghibli by Ben Hunt, Head of Lighting, Empire Theatre Toowoomba. Ben has been involved in the technical production world for over a decade. Preceding his appointment at The Empire Theatre, Ben worked as a freelance Lighting Designer for the Empire Theatre and other venues in SE Queensland, and has toured nationally. His…
Read Mored&b audiotechnik opens China subsidiary
d&b audiotechnik reaffirms commitment to growth in APAC with new venture in China. German audio technology company d&b audiotechnik has made a further commitment to its Asia Pacific customers by establishing a new subsidiary in China. d&b audiotechnik and its previous partner in China, d&b China, are realigning their successful partnership by establishing a new…
Read MorePretty Woman – Broadway goes point source with KV2
Pic: Pretty Woman The Musical, Pictured Center L to R, Samantha Barks, Andy Karl, and Company, Photo by Matthew Murphy, 2018 by Julius Grafton Like many visitors to New York, CX seeks out new musicals and attempts not to read up on them beforehand. Thus recently we’ve seen ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ which has also had…
Read MoreChiayo moves to Hills
Hills Limited (ASX: HIL) announced on 5 December it has broadened its product offering and strengthened its position as a complete solution provider for the professional AV market with the signing of a distribution agreement with Chiayo Electronics Co.,Ltd (Chiayo) to supply their portable public-address products exclusively across Australia from 1 January 2019. Taiwan based…
Read MoreSoundwave liquidators pay out – at less than 1%
by Jason Allen The cheques have started arriving in the mailboxes of those who lost out when Soundwave went under. After all is said and done, there isn’t much left for the creditors. CX has been sent confidential copies of some cheques and the accompanying letters from the liquidator. They were not even able to…
Read MoreHitachi Projectors to be re-branded Maxell
NEWS Hitachi Projectors to be re-branded Maxell Maxell and Hitachi Japan have announced that the current Hitachi branded projectors will be rebranded as Maxell. In Australia and New Zealand, the projector business will remain under the control of Hitachi Australia, and the company reassured that it would be business as usual, notwithstanding the transition of…
Read MorePortman Custom Lights P2 Hexaline
ROAD TEST Portman Custom Lights – P1 Retro Lamp and P2 Hexaline by Tim Beeston. Tim Beeston is the Managing Director of Melbourne’s Flashbang Productions which offers services ranging from entertainment lighting and design to production services and event logistics. Their creative community includes experts in lighting, set, and production design, as well as fabrication and…
Read MoreChameleon at School of Rock
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway and London smash hit musical is now open in Melbourne and set to rock Brisbane and Sydney in 2019! Based on the iconic, hit movie, this irresistible new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn an extra bit of cash by posing as a supply…
Read MoreROAD TEST: ADJ PAR Z100 3K and 5K
ROAD TEST ADJ PAR Z100 3K and 5K by Jim Kumorek. Styled in the traditional Par Can format, the Z100 fixture from ADJ has a 100W COB (chip-on-board) LED light engine; beam angles of nine through 30 degrees with detents at nine, 15, 20, 25 and 30 degrees; five-pin DMX in and through; PowerCon AC…
Read MoreVuePix Infiled Cleans up at Spilt Milk
Elite Event Technology provided a complete AV production solution for the five stages and various activations at the Spilt Milk Festival, held mid November in Canberra. VuePix Infiled screens dominated the production with over 290 LED panels being used across the two main stages. This has been the third year that the Elite Event Technology team has provided production for Spilt Milk. The festival…
Read More