Bence Szabo

I have worked in concert touring at PRG for the past 2 years after first having met some members of the team whilst I was touring with the creative team of a local artist. Throughout my time there I have sought to broaden my knowledge and skillset in the logistics of concert touring, as I had spent the majority of my career beforehand in the corporate world. I've worked in every faculty of the business from warehouse, prep, rigging, systems, general lx, and even video.

Some of the notable events I have worked on for PRG include:

• Formula 1 Grand Prix
• MotoGP
• Tennis Australian Open
• Victoria State School Spectacular
• The Weeknd
• Anyma
• ZZ Top
• John Summit
• Ice Cube
• Post Malone
• Blackpink
• Mayday
• Joker Xue
• Arijit Singh
• Ru Paul's drag race

In 2022 I left my full-time job at Dreamedia Events to advance my career and set out as a freelancer. During this time I worked for many clients on a variety of shows, most notably Lightology Australia. Lightology are a design firm based in Sydney and Brisbane who focus on consultation, design, programming and education. I worked on 4 major projects for them which are:

• Australia Day Darwin - Desgin/Programming
• Jessica Mauboy 2022 Tour - Associate
• UFC 284 - General Lx
• Pink Flamingo Cabaret (Brisbane) - Programming

I worked as a production casual at E3 Productions between 2017 and 2023. My roles included: programmer, general lx, rigger, systems tech and video tech. I worked on a variety of shows for them from corporate to festivals to nightclubs. Some of the more notable ones were:

• Electric Storm Festival
• Territory Day
• Darwin Festival
• Ministry of Sound
• Top End Gin Festival
• Darwin Waterfront NYE concert

Dreamedia Events was where I began my professional career.

I started working there immediately after I finished High School, and spent the better part of my time there as a full-time employee.

Dreamedia is a family owned turnkey production company, and is the largest in Northern Australia.

Because it is a turnkey company, I was able to learn the basics of Audio, Video and Lighting, before deciding to dedicate my focus towards Lighting and Video. However, being a small family run business I was heavily involved in every faculty of the business. I hung PAs, lighting rigs, video walls, set up lighting and video control systems and even erected stages and ground support roof structures. I was also the primary lighting service technician and programmer.

Some of the notable events I worked on at Dreamedia include:

• Darwin Festival
• Bass in the Grass Festival
• Race rock at V8 Supercars
• -Christmas Carols
• Darwin Waterfront NYE concert
• Sky City Casino VIP NYE ball
• Greek Glenti
• Garma Festival
• Darwin Symphony Orchestra
• Kimberly Moon festival (Kununurra, WA)
• Paspaley Starlight Foundation Gala Ball
• Territory Day
• The bombing of Darwin commemoration
• ANZAC Day commemoration

and countless corporate functions.

I undertook a summer contract with Novatech during the months of January – April of 2018 where I gained some experience in larger scale productions than I had previously worked on in Darwin. Notable events which I worked on during my time here were:

• WOMADelaide Festival
• Laneway Festival
• Limp Bizkit
• The Lost & Found Orchestra

I have also worked with Novatech on various shows which they have done in Darwin, including Midnight Oil and Amy Shark NYE concert.

Before I started working for Dreamedia I had worked on a few small local theatre shows and school disco events whilst still studying in High School which is how I entered into the industry and got introduced to the Dreamedia team.