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First SGM G-SPOT Arrives in Australia
The first G-SPOT from the assembly line at the SGM factory has been dispatched to Australia. The R&D and production teams have done an incredible job to get this innovative new fixture finished and ready for the Australian launch at the CX Roadshow traveling to all capital cities in February. Like all new products, final…
Read MoreLighting girl killed at Vic festival
Katie Louise Broadbent went to a private festival in Rochester on Australia Day to meet a local guy she knew. She was looking for love, in the nicest way, and instead found her own demise when a man drove over her tent. It appears he was intoxicated. Katie worked at The Clock Tower Theatre and the Monash…
Read MoreInside the new Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island
We’ve spent a year bagging it out, now it is built. CX went inside for a tour, and found a perfectly suitable temporary exhibition centre, with some nice touches and reassuringly some old faces from SCEC. So what have they got right, and what is not right here? Read more at CXMAGBLOG
Read MoreThe Eternity Playhouse – History reborn with high-tech digital PA for Darlinghurst Theatre Company.
Since the 1990s, Sydney’s Darlinghurst Theatre Company have provided a forum for actors, writers and producers to express themselves on the professional stage. Proud champions of independent, sustainable theatre practice, they were chosen by the City of Sydney to be the managing company of the newly established Eternity Playhouse in Darlinghurst. The Eternity Playhouse is…
Read MoreCounting Down a Huge Summer of Training! At Number 1 – CX Roadshow Seminars!
At Number One in our countdown of training across this wide brown land this summer is our very own CX Roadshow Seminars! There’s a seminar for everyone as the CX Roadshow swings through Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne Adelaide and Perth in February! (No seminars in Canberra, sorry). Julius Grafton presents ‘Dirty Money’, your invaluable guide to…
Read MoreCounting Down a Huge Summer of Training! At Number 2 – Meyer’s Bob McCarthy Seminars
At number two on our countdown of training courses early this year is Meyer Sound Australia’s amazing System Training. Meyer is bringing out the USA’s Bob McCarthy, recognised as one of the best sound system design and alignment specialists in the world, for a series of seminars in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in May 2014.…
Read More Show Technology launches Electronic Product Guide
Gone are the days of Show Technology’s colourful ProShop catalogues which, although they were a treasure trove of information, were always in danger of being out of date shortly after being printed! Show Technology has recognised that in the fast, technology driven entertainment lighting market, customers and end users need to be able to access…
Read MoreNSW to introduce 1:30 AM lockouts and 3 AM last drinks to tackle drug and alcohol violence – What does this mean for live music?
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has just announced a series of sweeping measures to tackle drug and alcohol related violence in Sydney. Unfortunately for the live music industry, these will include the introduction of 1.30 AM lockouts and 3 AM last drinks across an expanded CBD precinct to include Kings Cross to Darling Harbour, The Rocks to Haymarket…
Read MoreCounting Down a Huge Summer of Training! At Number 3: MIDAS Digital Training from NAS
There are some HUGE training courses on offer over the next couple of months here in Australia. This week, CX counts down the events, provides all the registration details and lets YOU know what’s on and how to get into it. Kicking off at Number Three is National Audio Systems latest series of MIDAS User…
Read MoreAudio Brands Australia joins CX Roadshow
Audio Brands Australia has signed on for the CX Roadshow, bringing the exhibitor tally to an impressive 22 companies. On confirming their attendance, Don McConnell from Audio Brands commented: “The CX Roadshow is a unique and proven concept and we’re very excited to be part of it. We’ll be showing key products from the FBT…
Read MoreStaging Sell Dubai
Staging Connections Group Limited has sold its 51% shareholding in the Gearhouse Dubai (“Gearhouse”) operations to their partners in Gearhouse.The sale was made following the Board’s decision to focus on their core integrated event services and exhibitions businesses. The sale proceeds of AED30.0 million or approximately AUD$9.0 million will be applied to debt reduction. This…
Read MoreBjorn Again stars in Canberra
Bjorn Again – The World’s Number 1 ABBA show and most successful tribute band of all time – performed in Canberra in front of ABBA fans at a packed Theatre Centre at Civic Square. Elite Sound and Lighting team were behind the scenes managing the production of the show. They have recently enhanced their extensive…
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