Cold in Birmingham

After a week of blistering heat in the Domain for the Citi Client Party, I'm back in the Northern Hemisphere for the annual Good Food Show and Jamie Oliver LIVE concerts. We've put together a great rig that uses a mix of lighting and projection to create a whole new range of effects with the set. Ben's got his Christie 20k projectors, and I've got a bunch of moving lights and it's brighter, bigger and bolder than last year. Day 1 has just finished and I've got 30 shows ahead of me before flying back to Sydney mid next week to tackle more Christmas parties and finalise preparations for January's Planetshakers National Tour. My body is really hoping for a break sometime soon but every other part of me is still having a heap of fun. See you all back in Aus soon. PS - For everyone on Facebook, you can now become a fan of Mandylights - so add us by visiting our page here.

Cold in Cleveland...

I'm in Cleveland USA this week for the 2nd Fabulous Food Show in the massive IX Center next to the international airport. We're about to start three days of shows with a cool theatre design that includes a bunch of LED truss toners and other toys. It's freezing cold and we've seen snow, sleet and ice in pretty much every other form. Looking forward to being back in Sydney next week for a few weeks with a bunch of awesome shows coming up. It's hard to imagine that I'm going from being rugged up here to playing with Harbourlife on Sydney Harbour in two short weeks....

All around the world

Greetings from another international airport- Roma. I have just flown here from Athens after lighting a conference for a large financial company. Next port of call is Bangkok where I play with CATS for a couple of weeks. Dan and Richard have been or will be around airports lately too. Dan up in Brisvegas with the Jim Beam Bourbonfest (Dan still no samples!!!) and Richard heads off soon to the USandA to light the Good Food show in Cleveland (Richard please dont bring food samples back- it will be a bit off by the time it reaches Australia). The end of year season is upon as now and we have jobs for many of the large corporates lined up, with a few more to be confirmed. Its all go. To help us actually do all this work we have taken on a new fulltime staff member- Mike Gearin. So if you see a new face on the jobs its probably Mike. We are really excited to have him on board and he will be a great asset to Team MANDY. Watch this space for a full profile on Mike to come soon. Time to find a plane... Till the next airport Greg