Lighting supply
La Clique at HOTA 2025
A familiar outdoor venue became an enclosed circus-cabaret space. Krank'd delivered the lighting package for La Clique's twentieth anniversary tour at HOTA, with a circular rig above the in-the-round stage.
Explore the production- When
- March and April 2025
- Where
- Outdoor Stage, HOTA, Gold Coast
The central stage beneath a circle of lighting positions.
An outdoor stage turned inward
La Clique brought its twentieth anniversary tour to HOTA in March and April 2025. The international variety show mixes cabaret, circus and comedy, with acts performed close to the audience rather than behind a conventional theatre proscenium.
For this season, HOTA's Outdoor Stage was enclosed in its Black Box configuration and arranged for an in-the-round experience. The change gave the venue a different character: the audience surrounded the action, with the visual focus pulled towards the centre of the room.
A circular rig and a lit approach to the venue
Krank'd delivered the lighting package for the production. A central circular truss sat over the performance area, matching the arrangement below and providing lighting positions around the acts.
The work extended outside the enclosed stage. Festoon and ambient lighting connected the entrance and exterior spaces with the cabaret setting inside, carrying the event's atmosphere through the audience's arrival.
The project brought together performance lighting and the surrounding venue experience. We returned to support La Clique's 2026 HOTA season with a different equipment package, including the first use of our Prolights ECL Profile CT+ as a follow spot.
