Consultants to the Arts and Culture
PROJECTS
Scroll down to see a selection of project case studies and a link to our blog.
PERFORMANCE VENUES
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
February 2018
A case study of our work on various projects for the SOH including the renewal of the Joan Sutherland Theatre, Drama Theatre, Studio and a venue-wide RF systems upgrade.
MOAD - KINGS HALL
March 2019
A case study of our work on the refurbishment of the acoustically complex King's Hall, and the Chambers at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra, acknowledged with the ACT National Trust Heritage Award.
ULUMBURRA THEATRE
2015
An adaptive reuse project giving a new life to the old Bendigo Jail, a new 1,100 seat theatre with rehearsal spaces and classrooms represents a significant investment in education and the arts in regional Victoria.
SPORTING VENUES
MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND
Completed December 2019
A case study of our work on the upgrade of the audio system for the 100,000 seat cathederal of sport.
BANKWEST STADIUM
Completed February 2019
A case study of our work on the new Western Sydney Stadium construction project.
ANZ STADIUM
July 2013
A case study of our work on the upgrade of the audio system for the 83,500 seat Sydney 2000 Olympic Stadium.
IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES
49TH UAE NATIONAL DAY
December 2020
The 49th UAE National Day was staged on a natural body of water in a mangrove national park. The immersive experience featured a 36.1 loudspeaker arrangement using 300 loudspeakers.
ENNIO MORRICONE EUROPEAN TOUR
2018 to 2019
This feature discusses the introduction of the L-ISA platform into the touring system for Morricone and how it enhanced the performance.
46TH UAE NATIONAL DAY
December 2017
That a look at the system design and development of one of the first 360-degree L-ISA environments ever deployed. The system consisted of hundreds of loudspeakers in a 36.1 configuration.
THE FOUNDER'S MEMORIAL
February 2018
The Founder's Memorial is a beautiful monument in Abu Dhabi built as a tribute to Sheikh Zayed. The unveiling of the Memorial was a complex event requiring multiple loudspeaker systems.
DINOSAURS IN THE WILD
2018
Using over 150 individual playback channels to around 200 loudspeakers, Dinosaurs in the Wild aimed to deliver a realistic and believable experience to the guests.
CLUSTERS OF LIGHT - SHARJAH AND CAIRO
2014 & 2015
An immersive audio visual experience using a 22.1 loudspeaker arrangement, first performed in Sharjah to an audience of 3,000 and then in a stadium in Cairo.
MAJOR EVENTS
MDL BEAST FESTIVAL
December 2019
With an audience of over 100,000 people, the MDL Beast music festival in Riyadh was a massive project and delivered in an impossibly short time frame. Our design for main stage used over 400 loudspeakers to deliver concert sound to the 80,000 capacity venue.
UAE 48TH NATIONAL DAY
December 2019
The 48th UAE National Day was a hugely ambitious and technically challenging project. The comparatively simple audio system consisted of a distributed stereo arrangement of over 300 loudspeakers throughout the stadium.
ANTHEM DAY
September 2019
This event in St Petersburg set a new world record for the largest orchestra ever at 8,097 musicians. We were engaged by the CSA of Moscow to help develop a plan to coordinate and rehearse such a large group of musicians and work out strategies to keep the players in time.
BAKU 2015 EUROPEAN GAMES
2015
A case study on our work on the inaugural European Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies in Baku, for which we won an Emmy.
SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES
2014
A case study on our work on the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies, one of the most ambitious events ever staged.
LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES
2012
A case study on our work on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies featuring some of the greatest music acts in the world.
SHOW CONTROL
DINOSAURS IN THE WILD
2018
This event was a 1-hr guided immersive experience taking the audience back to the time of the dinosaurs where a research facility has been built to study the wildlife. This case study focuses on our design and implementation of the complex show control system.
NINJAGO - REALM OF SHADOWS
2017
The Realm of Shadows is a permanent puppet show commissioned by LegoLand Malaysia. This case study looks at the show control system we designed and implemented for the show that allows the whole show to be run by a single technician.
PINK FLOYD - THEIR MORTAL REMAINS
2017
Their Mortal Remains was one of the most successful exhibitions ever at the V&A in London. The exhibition has since been to Germany and Italy and continues to receive excellent reviews. This case study focuses on our show control system design.
PERFORMANCE ACOUSTICS
MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY
2019
The King's Hall at MOAD is one of the most significant spaces in the history of Australian politics and is regularly used to host important events. We implemented new acoustical finishes to improve inteligibility whilst protecting the original architecture.
MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND
December 2019
Our recent upgrade of the audio systems at the MCG allowed us the opportunity to improve the acoustics in two specific areas in the stadium.
NINJAGO - THE REALM OF SHADOWS
2016
A new puppet show for Lego Land Malaysia that was built into an existing space that was not intended for performance. The space required significant acoustical treatment to support the 28-channel immersive audio system.
SOUND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
SYDNEY ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS
A case study on our work with the Royal Botanic Gardens in renewing their sound management strategies for all their venues.
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE FORECOURT
A case study on our work with the Sydney Opera House and local authorities in renewing the sound management strategy for events staged on the Forecourt.
DEFQON.1 MUSIC FESTIVAL
A look at our work with Q-Dance and the local council in developing sound management strategies for the annual event to balance the audience experience with impact on the resident boundary.
CORPORATE AND EDUCATION AV
MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY
February 2019
Part of our project for MOAD was the design of AV systems to enable AV presentations as part of guided tours and for educational events in the Chambers.
NORTHERN BEACHES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
2016
A project that began as a vision of a more active and inclusive learning environment, based around the architecture of an airport terminal, Project Barcelona is a glimpse into the future of education for Northern Beaches Christian School.
SCCVC VOCATIONAL TRAINING FACILITY
2013
This is a case study of our work on the Southern Cross Catholic Vocational Training Centre in Sydney. The facility consists of a training theatre, a recording studio, a green screen room and an edit training suite.