Sound and Light

Arias on the Harbour

Steve Wimmer explores the audio challenges of staging grand opera on Sydney Harbour. This year’s challenge has been stag ...

Technical Tips for Schools

Stage Whispers asked our technical gurus for their most important tips in audio, lighting and building theatres for scho ...

Radio Microphone Nightmare

Using your old radio microphone became a criminal offence on the first of January 2015, when Telstra and Optus officiall ...

Sound Advice From Outlook

Greg Ginger from Outlook Communications in Melbourne has provided sound production and design for over 800 musicals over ...

Can You Hear The People Sing?

System Sound reflects on the changes in audio technology since Les Misérables was first in Australia. Les Mis ...

When Will LED Kill the Luminaire Star?

LED lights are becoming more powerful and more cost effective. They also have the advantages of colour contr ...

The Phantom of the Opera Lighting Rig

Jason Bovaird from Moving Light Productions was asked to provide technical management and lighting design for ...

Theatre of Light

Sydney’s annual Vivid festival has become a major international event featuring breakthroughs in lighting design and technol ...

Projecting Wonderful Images Onto Your Stage

Can I project the wonderful designs available as Gobos using the lighting equipment in my hall? Joakim ...

Lighting and Sound on a Budget.

10 ways to save your show budget from a tech blowout. Marcus Pugh from Resolution X Lighting and Rigging reports. ...