Service 03 — Theatre & Public Events

Theatre & Large-Scale Spectacular Lighting

Elite Lighting supports theatre productions and large-scale spectaculars across Western Australia, including venue installations, drone show integration, and large public event lighting design.

What's included

Concept through to bump-out

We work closely with venues, production designers and event organisers from early concept through to bump-in, operation and bump-out — with equipment and crew capacity for productions of significant scale.

This includes fixed venue installations, touring theatre productions, and public spectaculars that combine lighting with drones, projection or pyrotechnics.

From proscenium to public spectacle

We light traditional theatre — plots, focus calls, cue stacks, season support — and the large-scale public events that don’t fit inside one: illuminated trails, building washes, drone show integration and community spectaculars. Recent work includes Kinky Boots, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Bare: A Pop Opera, Hofesh in the Yard and the Fremantle Biennale, delivered from concept renders through to opening night.

Venue installations

For schools, theatres and places of worship, we design and install permanent and semi-permanent rigs: fixture selection sized to the room and the operators who’ll run it, dimmer-to-LED conversions ahead of the halogen phase-out, control systems from single-fader simplicity to full console, and training for your team.

FAQ

Do you support school and community theatre? Yes — including seasons on a budget. We’ll design around your existing house rig and fill the gaps rather than replace it.

Can you integrate drone shows and pyrotechnics? We design lighting to sit alongside drone displays, pyro and lasers, coordinating timecode and sightlines with the specialist operators.

Do you handle permanent installations? Yes — design, supply, install, commissioning and operator training, with ongoing maintenance available.

Theatre spectacular lighting

Perfect for

Who this service suits

Theatre Productions

Public Installations

Drone & Light Shows

Venue Fit-Outs

Flagship project

Lighting the Sound — Albany Bicentennial

A large-scale drone show paired with Kari Kola's "Lighting the Sound" installation — one of the largest public lighting events staged in WA, combining choreographed drones with immersive light and sound design across the Albany waterfront.

Read the case study →
Drone show lighting

Capability

Built for scale

Venues

Fixed Installations

Permanent and semi-permanent lighting design for theatres and venues.

Public events

Drone & Light Shows

Coordination and lighting integration for large-scale public spectaculars.

Crew

Production Capacity

Crew and equipment scaled for multi-day public events and festivals.

Planning a large-scale production?

Tell us about the venue and vision — we'll come back with a plan and a quote.

Discuss Your Production