Entech

On top of everything else that filled this busy week, I got a chance to program and put together the ALIA (Australasian Lighting Industry Association) stand at Sydney's Entech Exhibiton. With gear loaned from Jands, Show Technology, Cairellie, Lots of Watts, LSW, Resolution X, Sylvannia Lighting and of course, Mandylights, an impressive stand was built around my wanting to make a wall of VL5s on a ridiculously small stand. Turns out it created a bit of a talking point, and hey, I had fun :P I think this was taken when I programmed my 220th cue for the stand...

9 Lives

Dateline.....Sunday, 10 February 2008 Location......Wuhan, China. How many people who read this go there or even know where Wuhan is. I did not until recently. The reason for the trip here is the on-going prowling around ASIA that CATS is doing. MANDYLIGHTS continues to provide lighting direction and operation services to this touring production which keeps on gaining lives. We are half way through a China tour , and the tour has just been extended again with the confirmation of another return to Korea finishing around October. I think this is about the sixth CATS tour of Korea. Who said cats only had 9 lives. To keep up with the workload we have welcomed on board Sian. She is looking after CATS for the next while. (Maybe forever if CATS keeps extending !!!!) CATS Team Lighting on the set in Wuhan. Ryan Sturgeon(Head Systems), Greg Yates(LX Director), Largent Wilson(Systems), Wing Tsou (Head Spot OP), Sian James Holland(LX op), Hsiu Hui Yang(Spot OP) I am heading back to Sydney and hit the ground Monday morning and head straight into lighting conferences for a major corporation. The next few weeks keep us all busy with corporate events all over the place for a whos-who of companies. Thankfully some of them are on beaches or the Gold Coast so we can have some fun in the sun. Recently I have had fun walking thru Beijing and Wuhan snow. It will be different back on OZ. Bye Bye for now. Greg Yates Hong Kong Airport

Busy again

Hey all, Sitting in Woollongong at the end of a weekend lighting and running visuals for a corporate event. Also sitting at the start of a flat out time for the team. We'll be at Entech in the next few days (check out my overkilled ALIA stand design) and on jobs all over the place, from ballrooms to theatres to old abondoned prison blocks. Greg comes back after a two month long stint on Cats which is still making its way through China. We're really excited to have Sian on board who will remain with the show for the next little while. I've found myself wanting a holiday, but with gigs coming up on the Gold Coast, in Port Douglas and even on a Sydney beach, I think I'm going to get myself more than enough sun at work in the next couple of months. Mardi Gras is coming up in a few weeks too - it's going to look great. The designs are almost done... stay tuned to see how it goes. I'm accepting donations of Red Bull and Starburst snakes for the 'keep richard awake for 24hrs' fund. It's a very worthy cause! cheers rich

Mandy 08

We've taken time in January to strap ourselves in for a big big year. With more large scale projects on the horizon than ever before there is a really cool excitement around the Mandy office. Personally I am looking forward to some theatre and retail projects while the rest of the crew are working on some exciting things also. More blogs on their way.