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This year the Australian Road Crew Association has secured a valuable agreement with Support Act Limited establishing a Road Crew benevolent account. Now funds can be made directly available to needy current and former Australian Road Crew with emergency medical, dental, mental and other needs. To raise funds ARCA sells and auctions entertainment memorabilia, such…

By Julius Grafton Sydney Opera House has an expansive forecourt with views to die for and a glorious sea breeze, utterly perfect for concerts. Of which there have been many, but as a result of crazy noise laws, these have been recently problematic. These laws have scaled up from zero in the glorious seventies to…

By Julius Grafton Here we go again. The Artistry Events Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) A.B.N. 31 142 742 149 – and the creditor list is a who’s who of Sydney suppliers. Fronted by technical director Arian Yeganeh, along with directors Peter Pengly (pictured) and Philip Barker, the firm ran dance parties and corporate events. Most recently…

On the week starting 29th of August the Cloud servers for RentalPoint were taken offline due to a reported co-ordinated attack by Russian hackers. Rental firms across the world using the Australian based system could not log on. “Over a period of days, our various Cloud servers in different countries were on and offline. Late…

Messy ‘He says’, ‘She says’ matter Sydney based video guy Ben Alcott lost a high court case in London late September after claiming his former partner, BBC star Katy Ashworth abducted their son. Ashworth met Alcott in Africa in 2011 and they started a long distance relationship. The child was born several years later. The…

By Cat Strom British electro metal band Bring Me The Horizon toured their lively show around Australia although unfortunately their sold-out Adelaide show and two Melbourne shows were postponed due to lead singer Oli Sykes’ acute laryngitis and medical advice to rest. Ben Inskip designed one of the year’s most stunning light shows at Sydney’s…

We will die young or kill ourselves, says study At 196 pages it can be daunting, but the Entertainment Assist report ‘Working in the Australian Entertainment Industry’ should be mandatory reading before anyone works on or off a stage. The study was run by academics at Victoria University and tested a sample of over 2,000…

Hills Focus on House Brand. By Julius Grafton Australian Monitor has been around since 1986 but the story of this iconic audio brand really started in 1973. Back then, Rod Craig, Roy Morgan and Alan Clarke saw an opportunity to become the distributor for Telex products in Australia. Audio Telex Communications began with two small…

High-profile lighting designers, Rob Sinclair and Chris Reade have been nominated in the prestigious 2016 Parnelli Awards ‘Lighting Designer of the Year’ category, for their leading edge Peter Gabriel and Dierks Bentley concert tour designs utilizing show lighting and media control by Jands Vista. The Parnelli Awards recognize pioneering, influential professionals and their contributions, honoring…

Baptism of fire for the balsa wood P.A. By Duncan Fry The story so far: In order to stave off the rigours of imminent middle age (Yeah right, Dunk. Ed) our man has decided to put together the lightest, compactest and affordablest PA possible within his meagre budget. Now read on: As luck would have…

Pictured: LtoR- Alfonso Zarate Takano, Giulia Sabeva and Emmanuel Ziino Show Technology kicked off their Clay Paky launch tour at Melbourne’s Docklands October 11, hosting the cream of Victoria’s lighting community at Central Piers’ Alumbra. On hand were Clay Paky’s own Giulia Sabeva, Sales Support Engineer, Italy and Alfonso Zarate Takano, Regional Sales Manager, Asia-Pacific.…

ATO and Adelaide set to suffer. By Julius Grafton The magnificent new Adelaide Hospital has formed before our very eyes as we come and go through the lovely Adelaide Convention Centre. We were there last month with ICTECH, our third visit this year. From the loading dock at the center you look straight over to…