Event News
Philips Entertainment Invite You to A New Products RoadShow Industry Event
Posted on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
2010 is an exciting “new product” year for Philips Entertainment. Our Selecon and Strand design teams have been hard at work developing new lighting solutions for all aspects of production from live theatre, broadcast and concert lighting. We invite you to come and see for yourself what’s new in the world of conventional and LED luminaires, lighting control systems and dimming.
• The SPX ellipsoidal Zoomspot range offers a host of innovative features combined with a beautiful field and precise focus, a hallmark of Selecon design.
• The focusable PL1 and PL3 LED PC Spots are designed around the Vari-Lite LED engines and offer clean white light and a broad range of colours perfect for any entertainment application. The luminaires feature one and three LED engines respectively and a wide 14°-50° adjustable beam spread.
• The new PL-TR series LED wash lights – a range of tunable white, three colour RGB and five colour RGBAW luminaires. These powerful low energy luminaires are designed for Entertainment applications.
• Strand 200 Plus.Two models offering up to 96 channels of generic control with the ability to control LEDs and basic Moving Light functionality. It is also possible to record 12 Cue stacks each with 99 steps that can be played back manually or as automatic chases.
• New dimming solutions for our Australasian markets – the latest technology in IGBT dimming is now available in our standard EC 21 Racks; also available in raceways for a distributed dimming option offering cost savings in wiring and distribution.
Your hosts Peter McKenzie, Paul Lewis and Phil Sargent will have all these brand new products together with a few more on show at each of the following Roadshow venues for in-depth inspection and practical, hands-on play:
VICTORIA
Friday, September 10th
Substation Theatre Complex
Newport, Melbourne
NEW SOUTH WALES
Thursday, September 16th
Zenith Theatre
Willoughby, Sydney
QUEENSLAND
Monday, October 11th
La Boite Theatre
Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
We’re planning these days as fairly casual events: 10am – 4pm (lunch provided) and we want to see you even if you can only pop in for an hour at lunchtime; if you can spend longer that’s even better! There is no charge for you to join us but we would appreciate an RSVP if you do plan on coming in for lunch so we can get the catering numbers right so please advise Marie.Southwood@philips.com if you and / or any colleagues are planning to attend.
So, come along anytime during the day and see the new energy efficient, high performance lighting and control systems using highly innovative technologies which are joining the comprehensive Philips Entertainment lighting inventory.
ALIA Seminars @ Integrate: Test & Tag + Systems Tech 101 – Now FULL
Posted on Monday, August 9th, 2010
The Full House sign is now up for both the Lighting Systems Technology 101 and Testing & Tagging in the Real World sessions.
Most other sessions have only a few places remaining.
As Meet the LDs is in a much bigger venue, plenty places are still available for this session.
If you are already pre-registered as a visitor and now wish to book a seminar please click here.
If you have not yet registered as a visitor to the show please click here where you can register as a visitor and also book seminars.
ALIA Annual General Meeting 2010 – Notice of Meeting
Posted on Monday, August 9th, 2010
The 2010 ALIA AGM will be held at 6:30pm on Tuesday 24th August in Seminar Room No 2 at the Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park Sydney (after the close of the Integrate Show for the day).
The meeting will present a review of the progress that ALIA has made in the last 12 months and, more importantly, provide an opportunity for members to influence the future direction of the association through the election of committee members.
All committee positions: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary and six ordinary committee members, are open for nominations and election. This is your opportunity to have an input to the direction of ALIA. Due to our members’ wide geographic dispersion and frequently frantic work-habits, the 2010 election of office bearers will be held by a combination of postal ballot, secure on-line voting via the ALIA Forums web site, and personal voting at the meeting.
Nomination forms are available here and should be sent to the ALIA Returning Officer:
Phil Dunesky,
Herkes ProSupport,
PO Box 7213,
Alexandria, NSW 2015
Fax 02 9319 0204
Email: prosupport@herkes.com.au
Nominations for all positions close at 5pm (EST) on Wednesday 18th August.
A list of nominees will be published on the ALIA web site Thursday August 20th, and where there is more than one nomination for a position, members will be able to vote by post, email, fax , on-line, or in person at the AGM. The returning officer will collect and tally all votes for office bearers and committee members.
Postal voting will close on Monday August 23rd, while on-line and fax voting will close at 4pm (EST) on Tuesday August 24th.
Annual General Meeting Agenda:
1. Welcome
2. Confirm the Minutes of the 2009 Annual General Meeting.
3. Business arising from the Minutes of the 2009 AGM.
4. President’s Report, including an annual report on ALIA activities.
5. Financial report for the year ended 31.12.2009.
6. Election of office bearers for 2010/11
a. President
b. Vice President
c. Treasurer
d. Secretary
7. Election of six committee members
8. Close of meeting.
Signed
Andy Ciddor
Association President
ALIA Seminars @ Integrate: Meet the LDs >>> filling fast
Posted on Monday, August 2nd, 2010
One of the hottest sessions in the ALIA programme, this session sees a panel of illustrious lighting designers and lighting directors from all walks of lighting talk about their approach to the lighting design process, then answer your questions about lighting design. The panel includes Martin Kinnane, Ziggy Ziegler, Paul Collison, Greg Yates and Jeff Pavey.
The session will be held on Thursday 26th August 2010 – 2:15pm – 3.45pm – The Headroom, Royal Hall of Industries.
If you are already pre-registered as a visitor and now wish to book a seminar please click here.
If you have not yet registered as a visitor to the show please click here where you can register as a visitor and also book seminars.
ALIA Seminars @ Integrate: Testing & Tagging in the Real World >>> filling fast
Posted on Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Led by Andy Ciddor, ALIA’s representative on the committee that maintains the Test & Tag standard (AS/NZS 3760), this seminar examines some of the misconceptions and folklore that surround the Test & Tag process and cuts through to the safety issues that the standard is there to define and promote. If you are responsible for the electrical safety of portable equipment in your workplace come and join this myth-busting session and help to improve the safety in our industry. As ALIA is a non-discriminatory association, audio, AV, staging and automation practitioners are also welcome at this session.
Wednesday 25th August 2010 – 10:15am – 12:30pm – Hordern Pavilion Room #2
Cost: Alia Member – $15, Non-Member – $30
If you are already pre-registered as a visitor and now wish to book a seminar please click here.
If you have not yet registered as a visitor to the show please click here where you can register as a visitor and also book seminars.
ALIA Seminars @ Integrate: Video as a Lighting Design Tool >>> filling fast
Posted on Monday, August 2nd, 2010
This session looks at the increasingly-blurred lines between video and lighting in production. It features a panel of lighting and video designers, equipment suppliers and technical directors, who’ll be discussing the convergence between the lighting and video elements of production design. If you’re using, or even thinking about combining video and lighting elements in production, then this session is a must-see.
Tuesday 24th August 2010 – 10:15am – 12:30pm – Hordern Pavilion Room #2
Cost: Alia Member – $15, Non-Member – $30
If you are already pre-registered as a visitor and now wish to book a seminar please click here.
If you have not yet registered as a visitor to the show please click here where you can register as a visitor and also book seminars.
ALIA Seminars @ Integrate: Design 101 >>> filling fast
Posted on Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Although you won’t leave this seminar ready to design the next season at Stratford upon Avon, an international concert tour, or a Broadway musical, you will have a grasp of the fundamental tools and techniques of the modern lighting designer. Led by Lighting Designer Scott Allan, a team of lighting professionals will cover topics including, text analysis, modelling fundamentals, selection of angle, colour and luminaires, cueing and plotting concepts, and a survey of available CAD and visualisation tools.
This is an entry level design course, but a basic knowledge of lighting concepts is necessary. At the very least you should have taken the Lighting 101 seminar or worked on some productions before attending this seminar.
Tuesday 24th August 2010 – 3:15pm – 4.45pm – Hordern Pavilion Room #2
Cost: Alia Member – $15, Non-Member – $30
If you are already pre-registered as a visitor and now wish to book a seminar please click here.
If you have not yet registered as a visitor to the show please click here where you can register as a visitor and also book seminars.
ALIA Seminars @ Integrate: Lighting Systems Technology 101 >>> filling fast
Posted on Monday, August 2nd, 2010
So you want to work in Lighting? How do you put together a large lighting system? This session is based on the System Technician Seminar provided by lighting production and rental company, Resolution X, for its own crews. Presented by Tim Hall, from Res X, it covers the role of the lighting system technician and how to put together a lighting system in a professional manner. The concept of system design applies to concert touring, theatre, television, corporate events – basically anywhere large lighting systems are in use. Topics covered include the System Technician role and responsibilities, system design and set up, power distribution, data distribution, touring dimmer/distribution systems and patching.
This is an entry level systems course, but a basic knowledge of lighting equipment is necessary. At the very least you should have taken the Lighting 101 seminar or worked on some productions before attending this seminar.
Wednesday 25th August 2010 – 12:45pm – 2:30pm – Hordern Pavilion Room #2
Cost: Alia Member – $15, Non-Member – $30
If you are already pre-registered as a visitor and now wish to book a seminar please click here.
If you have not yet registered as a visitor to the show please click here where you can register as a visitor and also book seminars.
ALIA Seminars @ Integrate: Lighting 101 >>> filling fast
Posted on Monday, August 2nd, 2010
If you’re new to lighting then the Lighting 101 session is a great way to get started. This seminar offers a brief tour of the basics, some insights into what lighting can do, and how you can use lighting in production and performance.
The seminar will be presented by Andy Ciddor, an industry veteran with over 40 years experience as a lighting practitioner, teacher and writer, in conjunction with a small team of experienced lighting designers and technicians.
All participants will receive a show bag containing lighting information and samples from ALIA member companies.
This seminar is a suggested preliminary to the Lighting System Technician and Lighting Design sessions.
Tuesday 24th August 2010 – 12.45pm – 2:30pm – Hordern Pavilion Room #2
Cost: ALIA Member – $15, Non-Member – $30
If you are already pre-registered as a visitor and now wish to book a seminar please click here.
If you have not yet registered as a visitor to the show please click here where you can register as a visitor and also book seminars.
ALIA Meet the LD’s Session at Integrate – line up announced
Posted on Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Thursday 26th August 2010 – 2:15pm – 4:00pm – The Headroom, Royal Hall of Industries.
One of the hottest sessions in the ALIA programme, this session sees the following panel of illustrious lighting designers and lighting directors from all walks of lighting talk about their approach to the lighting design process, then answer your questions about lighting design.
Martin Kinnane
Martin has designed for theatre and events both nationally and internationally. He has lit fifty productions for the Ensemble Theatre including Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, End of the Rainbow, and Kids Stuff, Embers for HotHouse Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, The Hatpin, Lovebites, Love Song and Bang for White Box Theatre, Pearlie in the Park, Sprung, Worry Worts and Fairy’s Wings for Monkey Baa and Shakespeare’s R&J and Just Macbeth for the Bell Shakespeare Company.
Work beyond the theatrical includes lighting design for East Timor’s Independence Day Celebrations for the United Nations, Absinth and Desir in the Spiegel Tent, New York and Miami, the Papal Ceremonies at World Youth Day 2008 and the Opening Ceremony World Masters Games 2009. Martin is possibly best known for his spectacularly theatrical lighting of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (the Bridge Effect) from 2000 to 2007, which has brought him international renown.
Ziggy Ziegler
Ziggy Ziegler is a contemporary lighting designer based in Sydney Australia.
Interested in a wide variety of styles from architectural and retail through to theatrical and concert, Ziggy relishes the art and creativity involved in lighting. “I really enjoy it, there is no other way to say it”
Ziggy’s career has been a winding journey in entertainment, from theatre, comedy restaurants and concerts, time spent dabbling around as a pyro technician and working for laser companies, occasionally being a technical director and spending many years as head of lighting at SCEC. He settled on starting a lighting design business in 2003 which has kept him very busy ever since.
Greg Yates
With over twenty years in the theatre and entertainment industry Greg has designed lighting for many productions including Jesus Christ Superstar, Brigadoon, The New Pirates of Penzance, West Side Story, Chess, Evita, Singing in The Rain, Sweeney Todd, Ned Kelly, Man of La Mancha, Godspell, Tell Me On A Sunday, Candide, Chair in The Landscape, Les Misérables, The Sound of Music, Annie, 42nd Street, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls and Cats.
Lighting designs for cabaret and one-man shows have included Jodie Gillies, Judi Connelli, David Campbell, Tim Draxl and Simon Burke.
Greg has worked as lighting operator or associate on a variety of productions including national tours of Anthony Warlow, Jesus Christ Superstar arena tour, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with Michael Crawford, Hot Shoe Shuffle, and the current Australasia tours of Cats and West Side Story.
Paul Collison
Paul returns to Australia after Project Managing the lighting installation for the opening ceremony of World Expo 2010 Shanghai. In 2008, Paul was commissioned by the ceremonies team as the Broadcast Lighting Consultant for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Paul’s other design credits include Singapore National Day, 2006 Gulf Cup Opening Ceremony, ARIA Awards, Tamworth Country Music Awards and other various televised and live events.
Paul is an avid contributor to AV magazine and is often engaged as a technical consultant by lighting manufacturers on evolving lighting technologies.
In Sydney, Paul runs the design firm eleven DESIGN, incorporating lighting and video elements for modern stage designs.
Jeff Pavey (no photo)
Jeff is spending Integrate week prepping the lighting rig for mammoth Powderfinger tour which starts on September 1st but he has found time to participate on the panel. As well as being Powderfinger’s long time lighting designer, Jeff has lit many local acts including Jimmy Barnes, The Veronicas, Human Nature, and Guy Sebastian.
Jeff has also worked for many international acts as either lighting designer or director. These include Tina Turner, Cher and Joe Cocker. He has also worked as crew chief / head electrician on many international acts including Robbie Williams, Motley Crue, Korn, Jamiroquai, Sting, Santana, and many more.
Jeff has also lit many festivals including Bluesfest and Splendour in the Grass.
Session Prices
Prices for ALIA members are just $15 for most sessions (except Meet the LD’s which is $11).
Even for non-members, the price is only $30 per session (Meet the LD’s is $22).
If you decide to join ALIA after attending the seminars, you will get 50% of your seminar fees credited against your first year’s membership subscription.
Bookings
Advance bookings are available right now via the Integrate web site
Jands@Home
Posted on Friday, June 25th, 2010
Jands@Home is hitting Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane in the month of July
We will be holding two (2) Open Days, at each location, where the best of the best audio, lighting and staging products will be working in a theatre environment for you to get demonstrations and play with the product. There are also four (4) different training sessions you’d be crazy to miss!
If you are a working or recording musician, have a professional sound or lighting interest, or work in an entertainment venue, school or church then this is the gig for you!
Click here to view the dates and venue details for Jands@Home in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane
Click here for detailed information on the training sessions and schedules for each location
Click here to view the products on show in audio, lighting and staging
Click here to register for an event at Jands@Home
ALIA Seminars at Integrate 2010
Posted on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
The ALIA seminars at Integrate 2010 offer opportunities for everyone with an interest in lighting to find out more about the art, craft and technologies of lighting, at very little cost.
FIRST STEPS IN LIGHTING
Lighting 101
Tuesday 24th August 2010 – 12::45pm –2:45pm – Hordern Pavilion Room #2
If you’re new to lighting then the Lighting 101 session is a great way to get started. This seminar offers a brief tour of the basics, some insights into what lighting can do, and how you can use lighting in production and performance.
The seminar will be presented by Andy Ciddor, an industry veteran with over 40 years experience as a lighting practitioner, teacher and writer, in conjunction with a small team of experienced lighting designers and technicians.
All participants will receive a show bag containing lighting information and samples from ALIA member companies.
This seminar is a suggested preliminary to the Lighting System Technician and Lighting Design sessions.
Lighting Systems Technology 101
Wednesday 25th August 2010 – 12:45pm – 2:45pm – Hordern Pavilion Room #2
So you want to work in Lighting? How do you put together a large lighting system? This session is based on the System Technician Seminar provided by lighting production and rental company, Resolution X, for its own crews. Presented by Tim Hall, from Res X, it covers the role of the lighting system technician and how to put together a lighting system in a professional manner. The concept of system design applies to concert touring, theatre, television, corporate events – basically anywhere large lighting systems are in use. Topics covered include the System Technician role and responsibilities, system design and set up, power distribution, data distribution, touring dimmer/distribution systems and patching.
This is an entry level systems course, but a basic knowledge of lighting equipment is necessary. At the very least you should have taken the Lighting 101 seminar or worked on some productions before attending this seminar.
Lighting Design 101
Tuesday 24th August 2010 – 3:15pm – 5:15pm – Hordern Pavilion Room #2
Although you won’t leave this seminar ready to design the next season at Stratford upon Avon, an international concert tour, or a Broadway musical, you will have a grasp of the fundamental tools and techniques of the modern lighting designer. Led by Lighting Designer Scott Allan, a team of lighting professionals will cover topics including, text analysis, modelling fundamentals, selection of angle, colour and luminaires, cueing and plotting concepts, and a survey of available CAD and visualisation tools.
This is an entry level design course, but a basic knowledge of lighting concepts is necessary. At the very least you should have taken the Lighting 101 seminar or worked on some productions before attending this seminar.
BEYOND THE BASICS
Video as a Lighting Design Tool
Tuesday 24th August 2010 – 10:15am – 12:45pm - Hordern Pavilion Room #2
This session looks at the ever-more-blurred lines between video and lighting in production. It features a panel of lighting and video designers, equipment suppliers and technical directors, who’ll be discussing the convergence between the lighting and video elements of production design. If you’re using, or even thinking about combining video and lighting elements in production, then this session is a must-see.
Testing & Tagging in the Real World
Wednesday 25th August 2010 – 10:15am – 12:45pm - Hordern Pavilion Room #2
Led by Andy Ciddor, ALIA’s representative on the committee that maintains the Test & Tag standard (AS/NZS 3760), this seminar examines some of the misconceptions and folklore that surround the Test & Tag process and cuts through to the safety issues that the standard is there to define and promote. If you are responsible for the electrical safety of portable equipment in your work place come and join this myth-busting session and help to improve the safety in our industry. As ALIA is a non-discriminatory association, audio, AV, staging and automation practitioners are also welcome at this session.
Meet the LDs
Thursday 26th August 2010 – 2:15pm – 4:00pm – The Headroom, Royal Hall of Industries.
One of the hottest sessions in the ALIA programme, this session sees a panel of illustrious lighting designers and lighting directors from all walks of lighting talk about their approach to the lighting design process, then answer your questions about lighting design.
Session Prices
Prices for ALIA members are just $15 for most sessions (except Meet the LD’s which is $11).
Even for non-members, the price is only $30 per session (Meet the LD’s is $22).
If you decide to join ALIA after attending the seminars, you will get 50% of your seminar fees credited against your first year’s membership subscription.
Bookings
Advance bookings are available right now via the Integrate web site
Juliusmedia Short Courses
Posted on Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Short Courses run at our Sydney Campus from July 5th. We have been running these courses regularly since 2002 and are Australia’s most prolific training college for backstage technical skills.
These are all accredited Units from the Entertainment Training Package. You are awarded a Statement of Attainment with formal Units of Competency on successful completion of these courses.
* 5 July. Stage OH&S. 1 day $180 – Trainer: Julius.
* 5 – 9 July. ADVANCED LIGHTING DESK AND MOVING LIGHTS. 5 DAYS $875 – Trainer: Michael Quin.
* 6, 7, 8 July. Sound Basics 3 days $595 – Trainer: Steve Defina
* 9, 10, 12 July. Lighting Basics. 3 days $595 – Trainer: John Maizels
* 12 – 16 July. ADVANCED LIVE SOUND MIXING. 5 DAYS $875 – Trainer: James Den Ouden
* 13, 14, 15 July. Vision Basics. 3 days $595 – Trainer: John Maizels
* 16 July. Certificate 3 completion day. $300
* 5 July – 16 July. Full Certificate III in Live Production, Theatre and Events. 11 days plus some external work. $2,200
Info at: http://www.juliusmedia.com/training/page.asp?ID=15
Booking online at: http://www.juliusmedia.com/training/enroll.asp
Dates, costs and accommodation options: http://www.juliusmedia.com/training/page.asp?ID=13
More info: email monique@juliusmedia.com or call 02 9638-5955.
ALIA Tour to the SBS Studios, Sydney
Posted on Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Michael Cohen, Technical Director at SBS in TV Operations, has offered to conduct a tour of the SBS offices and studios in Sydney. You will get to look at the News Room, Edit Suites, the Studios where the shows are recorded (News Set, World Game, Insight, Living Black, Global Village, etc) taking a look at the lights used, and the control rooms. After that it’s on to Videotapes / Ingest (which is where the feeds are recorded, items are ingested into the servers for presentation playout) then over to Master Control who look after all incoming and out going feeds from the station. Finally it’s Presentation that creates the main outgoing feeds that you see on your TV at home.
Where: SBS TV, 14 Herbert St, Artarmon, Sydney
When: Saturday June 19th
Time: 2pm
If you would like to attend this tour, please read the ALIA Tour Protocol, then email your name, and mobile phone number to tours@alia.com.au.
Fisher Technical (FTSI) demonstration tour
Posted on Monday, May 24th, 2010
Fisher Technical (FTSI) is now represented in Australia by Harris Movement Engineering (HME)
FTSI is the company behind the some of the most impressive stage and film automation applications including various Las Vegas shows, Cirque de Soleil, Disney, and many, many more. To get an understanding of the scope of this company, check out their website www.fishertechnical.com
HME is now bringing the head of FTSI, Scott Fisher, out to Australia to talk to our industry and to show off some of the more impressive solutions they have dreamed up over time. The demonstration tour will reach Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and will cover such areas as theatrical automation, film applications including high-speed camera tracking, and theme park automation applications.
Places are limited so please contact HME as soon as you can to reserve a place. We can even organise some one-on-one time if you want to discuss a specific project in detail.
When:
Melbourne, Monday 7 June @ 10am
Brisbane, Tuesday 8 June @ 10am
Sydney, Thursday 10 June @ 10am
Where:
CBD locations to be advised in each city.
RSVP:
Reply to this email by Friday June 4, or send a note to promotions@harrismovement.com.au
Can’t make these times or locations? Contact us anyway to let us know you’re interested in finding out more – other times and mail out information packs will be possible.
ALIA Tour to CATS – The Musical, Sydney
Posted on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
CATS is the best-known and best-loved musical the world has ever known, holding the record of the longest-running musical in West End history having played for 21 years. In addition CATS played 18 years on Broadway and has been presented in over twenty-six countries, in about three hundred cities, in ten languages.
CATS first opened in London in May 1981 to rave reviews and went on to win a record-breaking number of awards worldwide including two Olivier Awards for ‘Musical of the Year’ and ‘Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Musicals’ and seven Tony Awards.
This version of CATS has been touring Australia and Asia for the last five years including trips to China 3 times, Korea 4 times, Taiwan 3 times, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, currently in Australia with dates in Manilla and Taiwan (again !!) later in the year. The rig includes Martin MAC2000 Spots with a mixture of standard and custom gobos, VL 2000 wash, ETC Source IV’s, PAR64 cans, Robert Juliat follow spots, Strand Beamlite follow spots, Martin Atomic Strobes and Unique Hazers. There’s also heaps of festoon and other custom set electrics. Control is by a MA Lighting grandMA console and Chameleon is the gear supplier.
Lighting director Greg Yates has kindly agreed to a conduct an ALIA tour of his lighting rig for this production of CATS on Wednesday June 2nd in Sydney.
When: Wednesday June 2nd
Time: 4.30pm
Where: Lyric Theatre, Star City, Sydney
If you would like to attend this tour, please read the ALIA Tour Protocol, then email your name, and mobile phone number to tours@alia.com.au.
MA in WA
Posted on Thursday, May 6th, 2010
According to Gino Lombardi, Show Technology’s WA Branch Manager, the good technical people of Western Australia are always hungry for any kind of training Show Technology can offer and last month’s MA Training session was no exception quickly filling up.
Held at Show Technology’s Perth office, the event was headed by the MA Maestro himself – Vince Haddad who demonstrated on a MA2 lite kindly lent by WAAPA for the occasion. This was followed up with more in depth training.
Twelve operators or owners of grandMA consoles attended representing companies such as Corporate Theatre, AV Partners, Staging Connections, TLS, Nadam Events and also the Leederville Hotel.
”I picked up a lot on the video side of things and the other two guys who came with me are still learning the console so it was great for them,” commented Daniel Water, lighting designer for Corporate Theatre Productions. “They learnt a lot about setting up the console properly and things like networking.”
MA Training sessions will soon be held in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Check www.showtech.com.au for dates and booking details.
ENLIGHTENMENT: The Basics of Efficient Lighting
Posted on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
The course dates have been set for the introductory lighting course first introduced in 2009. Developed by IES: The Lighting Society, the Enlightenment Program was instigated to meet the needs of Lighting Council Australia and allied sectors (such as facility managers, government agencies, electrical contractors). The course provides fundamental lighting knowledge and basic lighting principles that all people touched by our industry should be familiar with. It is not intended as a precursor to other established lighting courses but more as an induction program to lighting for those who require no specialist lighting training.
Courses are being run in Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney & Perth, with Adelaide, Canberra & Darwin to be confirmed shortly. To avoid disappoint, book your place now.
A booking form & more information about the course can be found at www.iesanz.org/education/education-seminar/the-basics-of-efficient-lighting or email or call Anne Stewart nswsecretary@iesanz.info Tel: 61 2 8922 9615
ALIA Tour to CATS – The Musical, Perth
Posted on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
CATS is the best-known and best-loved musical the world has ever known, holding the record of the longest-running musical in West End history having played for 21 years. In addition CATS played 18 years on Broadway and has been presented in over twenty-six countries, in about three hundred cities, in ten languages.
CATS first opened in London in May 1981 to rave reviews and went on to win a record-breaking number of awards worldwide including two Olivier Awards for ‘Musical of the Year’ and ‘Outstanding Achievement of the Year in Musicals’ and seven Tony Awards.
This version of CATS has been touring Australia and Asia for the last five years including trips to China 3 times, Korea 4 times, Taiwan 3 times, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, currently in Australia with dates in Manilla and Taiwan (again !!) later in the year.
Lighting director Greg Yates has kindly agreed to a conduct an ALIA tour of his lighting rig for this production of CATS on Tuesday 27th April in Perth. The rig includes Martin MAC2000 Spots with a mixture of standard and custom gobos, VL 2000 wash, ETC Source IV’s, PAR64 cans, Robert Juliat follow spots, Strand Beamlite follow spots, Martin Atomic Strobes and Unique Hazers. There’s also heaps of festoon and other custom set electrics. Control is by a MA Lighting grandMA console and Chameleon is the gear supplier.
A Sydney tour will be done too. Details of time and date to be announced in the near future..
When: Tuesday 27th April
Time: 5pm
Where: Burswood Theatre, Perth
If you would like to attend this tour, please read the ALIA Tour Protocol, then email your name, and mobile phone number to tours@alia.com.au.
Integrate & Infocomm sign deal
Posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Alchemedia Events and InfoComm International are pleased to announce an exclusive co-operative agreement between the two organisations for the Integrate Show. From 2011 onwards the event will be known as ‘Integrate Expo in association with InfoComm International’.
InfoComm International® is the leading trade association representing the commercial audiovisual industry. InfoComm provides industry education, creates industry standards and offers the Certified Technology Specialist program – the only audiovisual certification accredited under the International Standard ISO/IEC 17024.
Louise Brooks, Integrate Event Director is understandably delighted: “InfoComm International’s name is synonymous with excellence and raising standards in the AV community around the world and it is an honour to be so closely associated. InfoComm International chooses its partners very carefully and there’s no doubt Integrate and its supporters will benefit from this exclusive relationship as we plug into the considerable expertise and connections of such a formidable international association. For our part, the Integrate team will continue to work tirelessly to raise the standards and the expectations of an event such as ours in this region.”
Jonathan Seller, InfoComm Regional Director, Australia & NZ, adds: “The feedback we had from our Australian members after the first Integrate in 2009 was that, finally, we had a local show that was the right fit for our industry. The event drew a mix of attendees from the whole supply chain, from manufacturer through to technology manager, and there was a substantial education offering. Part of the latter was a one-day, seven-seminar InfoComm Academy education day titled ‘Future Trends in AV Technologies’, which sold out to 110 delegates. For 2010 we will be increasing our education offering to all three days of the show, with workshops on digital signage and videoconferencing among the highlights.
“We are therefore delighted to have formalised our relationship with Alchemedia Events and are looking forward to working with them to develop and grow Integrate in the years to come.”
Peter Swanson, CTS, Chair of InfoComm’s Asia Pacific Council, adds: “Integrate has been doing a great job of providing a central focus for our industry and the news of the co-operative agreement with InfoComm is another exciting step on the journey. To me, it’s a logical step following the mutual support the two organisations have provided each other with to date, and I believe it will help to make the annual show an even more valuable experience for our local market.”
Integrate identified the synergies in the professional sound, light and vision industries and brought these sectors together with great support from the AV systems integration community and live events sector. Following a successful launch in 2009, Integrate set a new benchmark for events of this kind in Australia.
Anticipation is building for the upcoming Integrate event in August 2010, taking place from the 24th – 26th at the Hordern Pavilion and Royal Hall of Industries, Sydney.
ALIA Tour to FAME – The Musical, Melbourne
Posted on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
Produced by John Frost and directed and choreographed by So You Think You Can Dance’s Kelley Abbey, the musical that inspired new generations to fight for fame and light up the sky like a flame is back!
FAME is, almost uniquely, a classic of cinema, television and music theatre. The movie, released in 1980, won an Academy Award and swept the world. The TV show ran for six seasons, won numerous Emmy Awards and was broadcast in over 70 countries. FAME – The Musical ran for a decade on London’s West End and has been seen by over 10 million worldwide.
Lighting designer Trudy Dalgleish has kindly agreed to a conduct an ALIA tour of her lighting rig for this production of FAME this Saturday in Melbourne. The rig includes Martin MAC TW1 narrow lens, VL 3000 Spots, MAC 2000 Spots with a mixture of standard and Woodroofe gobos, MAC 2000 wash, ETC Source IV’s, ACLs, Robert Juliat follow spots, Martin Atomic Strobes and Unique Hazers. Control is by a Catalyst and a MA Lighting grandMA console. Also in use is a Barco Mi Trix screen which is 7590 mm by 15000 mm and three Lighthouse LED screens that are about 2400mm by 2560mm.
When: Saturday April 17th
Time: 5.30pm
Where: Regent Theatre, Melbourne
If you would like to attend this tour, please read the ALIA Tour Protocol, then email your name, and mobile phone number to tours@alia.com.au.
Coming up: Tours to Cats (no, not my house) in Perth and Sydney
State of Design – Lightsource
Posted on Thursday, April 8th, 2010
15 – 18 July, 2010
Proudly sponsored by: Philips and IES: The Lighting Society
The options available to specifiers and designers for architecture and interior/exterior projects are constantly evolving, driven by inspired design and continuous improvements in lighting efficiency and performance. Now more than ever, innovation and environmental need are redefining the future of lighting, opening new possibilities to create spaces and environments that are responsive, interactive and sublime.
For 2010, the State of Design Festival invites lighting companies, lighting brands, lighting technology companies, manufacturers and designers to showcase the latest product and technology innovations at Lightsource, a new commercial exhibition dedicated to product innovation and capabilities of lighting and lighting design.
Held over 4 days at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Lightsource is the exhibition for commercial lighting companies to meet industry specifiers and create business-to-business relationships.
Lightsource is a key part of the Victorian Government’s State of Design Festival. It is Australia’s largest design event – offering an inspiring program of interactive events, exhibitions, workshops and talks in Melbourne and regional Victoria. For 2010 the Festival demonstrates how design will shape a low-energy future.
Interested in participating at Lightsource?
Click here to download the 2010 Lightsource Information Kit.
Please contact Mark McDermott on +61 3 9654 7773 or email lightsource@stateofdesign.com.au
ALIA announces the ALIA Light Expo – June 4-6, 2011
Posted on Thursday, April 1st, 2010
The Film & TV industry have SMPTE, the AV industry has Integrate, the Audio industry have Entech, but nobody is catering for the Lighting industry. With such a shortage of opportunities to find out what’s happening in the world of Lighting, ALIA your own lighting association, is going to fill this yawning information gap by proudly announcing the 2011 ALIA Light Expo. To be held from June 4-6 next year in Halls 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre at Darling Harbour, this new show will tell you everything you need to know about the state of the lighting industry.
In addition to a comprehensive seminar and conference program kicked off by keynote speaker, world renowned writer and lighting engineer, Fred Bentham, a special feature of the exhibition program will be the Shenzen LED Pavilion. Featuring 231 of Southern China’s top luminaire manufacturers, this special pavilion area in Hall 5 is only one of the exciting new ideas to be found at Light Expo.
For more information email expo@alia.com.au or visit the ALIA Lighting Expo web site.
Two major Industry Events collaborate on joint positioning
Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2010
Organisers of the co-located SMPTE and ENTECH INTECH events have launched an exciting umbrella positioning that unites the two events to promote the best in pro audio, lighting, audio visual, media, and broadcast technologies.
SMPTE Conference and Exhibition is the premier event for suppliers to the motion picture and television industries in the South-East Asian region. SMPTE has a defined focus and visitors attend from the motion picture/film, digital media, television, radio, ICT, pre and post production industries. Attendees are also from the display and projection, video production, pro-audio, multimedia, editing, test equipment, SFX and lighting industries.
ENTECH INTECH is the longest running trade show within the stage and lighting sector in the Southern Hemisphere. ENTECH’s industry audience includes those working within the professional audio, lighting, broadcast, audio visual, staging products, integration and corporate AV, supplies, and services industry.
The two events remain independent and will operate separately within the industry to develop relevant content for both SMPTE and ENTECH INTECH Exhibitions and Conferences, which will run concurrently at the Sydney Conference and Exhibition Centre from July 19 – 22, 2011.
The newly-developed positioning is The Australasian Media and Technology Week, beginning in Sydney in July 2011. The co-located events will be a biennial showcase and gathering of industry professionals.
The positioning is designed to facilitate cross-promotion of each event in the lead up to 2011. The development of an umbrella positioning across the two brands of SMPTE and ENTECH INTECH will assist in promotion and communication with all visitors, especially those based interstate and overseas.
This collective initiative has been established by the many hard-working stakeholders eager to share in the success of the highly-anticipated event.
“We are excited that the ENTECH event will be beside us during SMPTE11. With approximately 15 per cent of the visitors attending both events, this will allow time-poor visitors to be able to see an amazing array of technologies under one roof. Having the SMPTE and ENTECH conferences running simultaneously will also give industry professionals greater opportunities to learn and develop their careers,” said Ward Hansford, SMPTE’s Australian Chair.
“The combined efforts and determination of the event organisers of these events will see the dawn of a new era in trade events for the industry,” said Gary Fitz-Roy, CEO of Expertise Events, the organisers of SMPTE Conference and Exhibition.
Robby Clark, Event Director for ENTECH INTECH said: “We are working with Expertise Events and the SMPTE Board to create a sustainable multi-platform event that will provide real return on investment for exhibitors and genuine attending value for visitors from Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and beyond.”
The Australasian Media and Technology Week, encompassing both SMPTE and ENTECH INTECH, will host a range of technical conferences, educational workshops and seminars, as well as networking dinners and functions.
To book your stand at SMPTE 2011 contact David Mordecai on 02 9452 7572 or email davidm@expertiseevents.com.au.
To book your stand at ENTECH INTECH 2011 contact John Garfi on 03 9321 6752 or email jgarfi@etf.com.au or see the latest floor plan online at www.entechintech.com
ALIA Tour to Lady Gaga Melbourne – tomorrow!!
Posted on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
She’s played three NSW shows and everyone is raving about the production so a backstage lighting tour has hastily been arranged for lucky Melbourne lighting folk!
“Last year, Sydney got its first taste of the Lady Gaga live experience. There were elaborate backdrops, crisply choreographed dance routines and enough risque outfits to make even Madonna, Gaga’s spiritual grandma, blush.
And that was just for a handful of songs opening for the Pussycat Dolls.
She’s back, as promised, with a show that makes that brief but thrilling set look tame.
The Monster Ball – as this tour has been dubbed in support of Gaga’s album, The Fame Monster EP – is a four-act concept show apparently about a quest to get to the ultimate party. At times it feels like a rave hosted by Satan himself.
For the most part, this spectacular show is a scintillating mash-up of art, cabaret and shameless, fun pop.” Sydney Morning Herald.
The show is designed by the legendary LeRoy Bennett and directed by Cory FitzGerald. Cory is using a rig that includes PRG bad boys, VL3000 spots, VL3500 washes, GLP Impressions, Martin Atomic strobes and Hungaroflash t-lights.
Where: Rod Laver Arena
When: Wednesday March 24th
Time: 2pm
If you would like to attend this tour, please read the ALIA Tour Protocol, then email your name, and mobile phone number to tours@alia.com.au.