Stagecraft in Osbourne Park, WA design and build flying systems for Australasia. Not sure who does it over east, no doubt Show Tech Australia are involved.http://www.showtechaustralia.com.au/about.htm

Have a look at ALIA web site http://www.alia.com.au/ and have a look at the forumns.

I'm not sure how many venues do have their rigs refitted, or how often. There are smaller venues that don't have proper rigs, while larger companies will use production companies like Showtech. Another one is Bytecraft - quite possibly the largest prod. company on the east side. They do a lot of rigging systems for large productions and venues. www.bytecraftentertainment.com. You should also contact APACA, the Australian Performing Arts Centre Association (www.apaca.com.au), which is made up of the community and arts venues around Australia, as well as the people who run them.

And yes, ALIA is also the best place to look for tech work.

But more importantly - do you have licences to rig in Australia? I'm not sure the certificates here are internationally recognised and vice versa - and you can't do rigging without a licence.

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