Lighting design and supply
Li’l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers
An Australian television favourite became a new family musical. Krank'd supplied the lighting and Panda created the lighting design for Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers at Brisbane Powerhouse.
Explore the production- When
- January 2025
- Where
- Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm
The full ensemble across the bright stage setting.
From an outback cartoon to the theatre
Li'l Elvis Jones and the Truckstoppers made its stage-musical debut at Brisbane Powerhouse in January 2025. The adaptation followed several years of development and drew on the Australian animated series first broadcast in 1997.
The story is set in the fictional outback town of Wannapoo. Its young hero was found in a guitar case and raised to believe he was Elvis Presley's son, a premise that brings rock-and-roll fantasy into a distinctly Australian world. The stage version turned that television setting into a family musical about music, friendship and community.
Design and supply for the new stage version
Krank'd supplied the lighting, with the design created by our lighting designer Panda. The production brought the characters and their band out of animation and into the shared space of the Powerhouse stage.
That move gave lighting a direct part in establishing the live show's world: the performers and scenery now had to carry the colour, changes of scene and musical energy together. Our work combined the fixture supply with the design for the Brisbane production, supporting its first public theatre season.
