Lighting hire / Brisbane
Production lighting hire in Brisbane.
Krank'd delivers production and event lighting across Brisbane: design, dry hire and supply & operate for concerts, theatre, festivals and corporate events. We have lit the Concert Hall at QPAC, the Brisbane Powerhouse and the South Bank Piazza, and the same crew works from the CBD out to Wynnum, Ipswich and Moreton Bay.
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From a single-room corporate event to a multi-stage Brisbane festival, we scope, supply and run the lighting. Hire the rig dry for your own crew, or take supply & operate and our operators run the desk. The Brisbane rig is built and run to the same standard as our Gold Coast shows, and every fixture is tested before it leaves the Arundel warehouse. Based south of the city? See stage and event lighting hire on the Gold Coast.
Stage lighting hire for Brisbane venues we already know
We have designed lighting at QPAC for Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and in its Concert Hall for the Queensland Theatre 2025 Season Launch. At the Brisbane Powerhouse we designed and supplied the rig for Little Elvis & The Truckstoppers. On the South Bank Piazza we lit Cirque Bon Bon for Brisbane Festival and designed Arena Atomica for World Science Festival Brisbane. If your show is in one of those rooms, we have worked it before.
Concert lighting hire in Brisbane
For Queensland Symphony Orchestra's Art of the Score: The Music of Hans Zimmer at QPAC, we designed a sweeping chevron of moving lights above the orchestra. For QSO's Rite of Spring, staged by Circa Contemporary Circus, we handled the lighting design and its technical execution, also at QPAC. An orchestra reads from its stands while the audience watches the stage, so the rig has to light both.
Theatre and performing arts
Our Brisbane stage work includes lighting design and operation for Studio '24: A Disco Choir Experience with the QPAC Chamber Choir, supply and install for the Mob Music stage at Clancestry across three nights of First Nations programming, and a full lighting package for Australasian Dance Collective's Relic at the UAP Foundry in Northgate. More of it is on the theatre lighting hire page.
Corporate event production in Brisbane
We lit the launch of the W Hotel Brisbane City. For a conference, gala or product launch, the brief is usually a clean stage, faces lit for the cameras and a load-out that finishes before the venue's curfew. See corporate event lighting.
Stage FX: haze, low fog and confetti
A beam only shows up when there is something in the air, so our stage FX inventory sits beside the fixtures: hazers to give the beams a body, low fog for a dancefloor, and confetti to finish a show. Indoors, our operators choose the effect with the venue's smoke detection in mind.
LED fixtures, battery power and rigging
Our LED fixtures keep the power draw low in venues where you get whatever supply the building has. Battery fixtures with wireless DMX cover heritage rooms and outdoor sites with no cable path, and we carry the truss, clamps and hoists to fly the rig and the consoles to run it.
Festivals and outdoor events
As official lighting sponsor of Wynnum Fringe, we supplied the lighting infrastructure across the Augathella Spiegeltent and the festival precinct for a programme of cabaret, circus, comedy and family shows. Multi-day outdoor work needs IP-rated fixtures, a power plan and a plan for the afternoon storm. More at festival lighting hire.
Recent work
A selection of events we have brought to life
Gear for the job
Every fixture on this page comes out of our own rental stock
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Frequently asked questions
The things clients ask us before they book
- Does Krank'd deliver lighting hire across Brisbane?
- Yes. Krank'd supplies, designs and operates production and event lighting across Brisbane and Greater Brisbane, including the CBD, South Bank, the Powerhouse precinct, Wynnum, Northgate, Ipswich and Moreton Bay.
- Can I dry-hire lighting in Brisbane or do you have to operate it?
- Either. You can dry-hire the equipment for your own crew, or take our supply & operate package with a Krank'd operator on the desk.
- What types of Brisbane events do you light?
- Concerts and live music, theatre and stage productions, festivals, corporate events and conferences, and civic and community events, across Brisbane and South East Queensland.
- Have you worked at QPAC and the Brisbane Powerhouse?
- Yes. At QPAC we have designed the lighting for Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Queensland Theatre 2025 Season Launch and Studio '24 with the QPAC Chamber Choir, and we supplied and installed the Mob Music stage at Clancestry. At the Brisbane Powerhouse we designed and supplied the lighting for Little Elvis & The Truckstoppers.
- Do you supply concert lighting for Brisbane venues?
- Yes. Our concert work runs from orchestral programmes at QPAC to bands on outdoor stages across South East Queensland. We design to the music, and to the camera brief when there is one, and supply the moving lights, LED fixtures, consoles and rigging together.
- Can you provide stage FX like haze, low fog and confetti in Brisbane?
- Yes. We carry hazers, foggers, low fog and confetti alongside the lighting, and our operators run them. Indoors, we choose effects with the venue's smoke detection in mind, so tell us about it when we scope the job.
- How far in advance should a Brisbane event be booked?
- Send us the dates as soon as you have them and we will confirm what is available. Book early for festival season and end-of-year corporate dates.
- Where does Krank'd operate from?
- Our warehouse is at 52/8 Distribution Court, Arundel QLD 4214, on the Gold Coast, and we service Brisbane, the Gold Coast and South East Queensland from it.
Let's scope your event
Tell us the dates, venue and what you're putting on. We'll come back within the hour.
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