Mandylights
Mandylights is a privately held Australian lighting design and production firm that delivers end-to-end entertainment architecture for concert tours, special events, light art, broadcast, and immersive experiences. It serves global music artists, automotive brands, civic bodies, and light festivals from offices in Sydney and the UK.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2006
- HeadquartersLeichhardt, Australia
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Mandylights does
Mandylights is a privately held Australian lighting design and production services firm that delivers end-to-end entertainment architecture for concert touring, special events, light artworks, broadcast, and immersive experiences. The company operates from its Australian headquarters in Leichhardt, Sydney, and a regional UK office in Blaydon, serving clients globally across Australia, the UK, Europe, North America, China, the Middle East, Central Asia, and New Zealand. It is led by founder and CEO Richard Neville, and its customer base spans global concert tours (Ricky Martin, Backstreet Boys, G.E.M., Jamie xx, Gods of Rap), automotive brand activations (Tata Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Emaar), civic and heritage installations (Vector Lights on the Auckland Harbour Bridge, From Sky to Sea in Devonport, Sunrise Journeys at Uluru), and light festivals including Vivid Sydney.
The firm builds the technical and creative infrastructure for its productions in-house. Core technology consists of proprietary LED fixture families (mBeam searchlights, mCity outdoor LED floods, mTubes, mPixels, mPatt projectors) developed for both its own productions and permanent installations, complemented by a 4G sACN wireless distribution control system that enables remote operation of large-scale citywide lighting. Its touring light art catalogue of approximately fifty unique artworks (including Cathedral of Light, Starscape, Rose Garden, Convergence, and Nura) is licensed to festivals and placemaking events globally, and large bespoke works like the 500+ square metre Minos volumetric LED maze at Marvel Stadium and the 100,000-pixel Vector Lights installation demonstrate an unusual ability to scale from theatrical productions to civic infrastructure.
Mandylights monetises through project-based professional services across four interlocking revenue streams: lighting design and production for concert touring and special events; permanent architectural installations with ongoing maintenance; rental and licensing of its light art catalogue; and supply of proprietary fixtures. Pricing is opaque, quoted project-by-project, and the firm relies on portfolio reputation, repeat client relationships, and word of mouth within the entertainment and events industries rather than paid marketing, with case studies hosted on its website and active Facebook and Instagram channels as its primary demand-generation surface.
Mandylights firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Mandylights
- Legal name
- Mandylights Pty. Ltd
- Website
- https://mandylights.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2006
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Mandylights is a privately held Australian lighting design and production firm that delivers end-to-end entertainment architecture for concert tours, special events, light art, broadcast, and immersive experiences. It serves global music artists, automotive brands, civic bodies, and light festivals from offices in Sydney and the UK.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Mandylights industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Entertainment Lighting Design and Production Services
- NAICS
- Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335132), Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (33513)
- SIC
- Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Lighting Design Services (BPAHAKAJ)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Outdoor & Area Lighting (Street, Roadway, Parking, Flood, Sports/Architectural exterior) (IMAGAIAB), Event Lighting Decor (Uplighting, String Lights, Effects) (HSACAOAE), Landscape Lighting Design & Layout (HSAIAHAA)
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Where Mandylights is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Leichhardt
- HQ country
- Australia
- HQ region
- Oceania
Offices2 records
Markets served
Mandylights business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain
Revenue model
- Lighting Design and Production Services: Project-based professional services providing end-to-end lighting design, programming, previsualisation, and operation for concert touring, special events, theatre, and broadcast productions. The company delivers design and production across the full project lifecycle.
- Permanent Installation Services: Design, installation, programming, and ongoing maintenance of permanent architectural and landmark lighting installations such as the Vector Lights on Auckland Harbour Bridge and citywide lighting systems.
- Light Artwork Rental and Licensing: The company's catalogue of around fifty unique light artworks is available for touring globally, including at light festivals and night-time placemaking events. Artworks may be rented or licensed for specific events and locations.
- Proprietary Fixture Supply: Supply of bespoke lighting fixtures including mBeam, mCity, mTubes, mPixels, and other custom LED products developed in-house for use in the company's productions and permanent installations.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels4 records
Mandylights product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Mandylights provides end-to-end entertainment architecture encompassing lighting design, previsualisation, programming, production and operation for concert touring, special events, light artworks, broadcast productions and immersive experiences. The firm also designs, installs and maintains permanent architectural lighting installations for civic landmarks such as bridges, city centres and resorts, and supplies bespoke in-house developed LED fixtures (mBeam, mCity, mTube, mPixel, mPatt) used across its projects. A catalogue of approximately fifty unique light artworks is available for global rental and licensing at festivals and placemaking events.
Product overview
Mandylights is a lighting design and production services company that delivers end-to-end entertainment architecture for concert touring, special events, light artworks, broadcast and immersive experiences. Their offering is organized around creative services rather than a unified software product. The core service encompasses lighting design and production across four main sectors: Music (concert touring), Special Events, Immersive Experiences, and Light Art. They maintain a portfolio of approximately fifty unique light artworks available for touring, including named installations such as Cathedral of Light, Colour Cubed, Starscape, Will-o-the-Wisps, Tetra Park, Kinetic Hues, Rose Garden, Nura, Convergence, and The Gallery. They also deliver permanent architectural installations like the Vector Lights on Auckland Harbour Bridge and From Sky to Sea in Devonport. Their production teams separately deliver large-scale lighting systems using proprietary fixtures including mBeam searchlights, mCity LED floods, mPixel LEDs, and mTube LEDs. Custom LED wristbands and bespoke square LED pixels are also developed for touring productions.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Lighting Design & Production Services
Quantifiable outcome
- Over one million people viewed the Dubai New Year's Eve 'Water, Fire and Light' show
- +5 more outcomes
Companies that use Mandylights
Customer profileNamed customers30 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Mandylights technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature9 records
Mandylights partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
18 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.
- Melbourne Recital CentrecoreCommissioned by the Melbourne Recital Centre and funded by the City Revitalisation Fund, Mandylights created the ReflectON artwork — rotating LED monoliths with infinity mirror effects — as a permanent installation in the precinct.
- Royal Botanic Garden SydneyminorPartnered with the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens for the Sea of Hands immersive audio-visual experience, designed by indigenous artist Frances Belle Parker, centred on the theme of healing country. The Garden partnered with ANTaR for this project.
- Warwick Keen (Indigenous Artist)coreCollaborative artwork 'Nura' created by Mandylights and indigenous artist Warwick Keen. The installation means 'place' or 'country' in Gadigal language and draws inspiration from traditional South Eastern Australian tree carvings. Availability is subject to cultural approval by the artist and traditional landowners.
- Murray River CouncilcoreMandylights conceived and creates the Moama Lights festival in partnership with Murray River Council. Originally a one-off event, it has been extended for multiple years and contributes over $12m annually to the local economy. Mandylights designs the event from scratch each year with local artists and stakeholders.
- City of DevonportcoreMandylights designed and delivered the permanent 'From Sky to Sea' light and sound show for the City of Devonport in Tasmania as part of the city's 'Living City' transformation. The six-year project involved design, funding applications, construction oversight, and ongoing commissioning support.
- Vector (NZ)flagshipMandylights designed, installed, programs and continues to maintain the permanent Vector Lights project on the Auckland Harbour Bridge — one of the company's flagship permanent installations. Vector, Auckland Transport, and Auckland City Council partnered with Mandylights for this landmark project featuring nearly 100,000 LED pixels.
- Voyages Indigenous Tourism AustraliacoreMandylights produced the Sunrise Journeys immersive experience at Uluru Ayers Rock Resort, in partnership with Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia. The experience recreates indigenous Anangu artwork using lighting, laser, projection, and sound, developed in collaboration with three renowned Anangu artists.
- Auckland TransportflagshipPartner in the Vector Lights Auckland Harbour Bridge project alongside Vector and Auckland City Council. Auckland Transport contributed to the smart energy partnership and infrastructure integration for the landmark installation.
- Auckland City CouncilflagshipPartner in the Vector Lights Auckland Harbour Bridge project alongside Vector and Auckland Transport. The Council was part of the tripartite smart energy partnership that brought the landmark installation to the city.
- Crown SydneyminorCrown Sydney funded The Gallery installation — a bespoke light installation featuring First Nations artwork from Western Sydney youth — displayed along Crown's foreshore at Barangaroo for Vivid Sydney.
- RANT Arts (Devonport)coreCollaborated with RANT Arts from Devonport to create First Nations music and narration for the 'From Sky to Sea' Devonport show, including unique artworks by Caleb Nichols-Mansell used as gobo projections and animated video content.
- Vivid SydneycoreMandylights is a regular contributor to Vivid Sydney, the annual festival of light, music and ideas. The company has created numerous installations including Convergence (2022), The Gallery (2022), and Nura (2022). Mandylights is listed as a Supporting Partner for Vivid 2026.
- Destination NSWcoreMandylights has worked with Destination NSW on multiple landmark events including the Qantas 100th Anniversary Sydney Harbour Bridge illumination and the ABBA Voyage launch on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
- Blackskull CreativeminorMandylights worked for Blackskull Creative on the EE 5G launch event featuring Stormzy on the Thames in London. Blackskull Creative served as the creative agency bringing Mandylights into the project.
- Neil Gooding ProductionsminorMandylights created lighting and production design for the modern dance show 'Leap' produced by Neil Gooding Productions, conceived by director and choreographer Amy Campbell.
- Packemin ProductionsminorLong-time client Packemin Productions engaged Mandylights for lighting design on their production of Les Miserables staged at Sydney's Riverside Theatres, directed by Luke Joslin.
- Anangu Artists (Selina Kulitja, Denise Brady, Valerie Brumby)coreThree renowned Anangu artists — Selina Kulitja (Maruku Arts), Denise Brady (Kaltukatjara Art), and Valerie Brumby (Walkatjara Art) — collaborated with Mandylights on the Sunrise Journeys Uluru experience. Their original artwork was recreated as an immersive light and sound journey.
- Jeremy WhiskeycoreAnangu musician and composer from Central Australia engaged to create the compelling soundtrack for the Sunrise Journeys Uluru experience, including a 17-channel surround sound mix developed with Tim Commandeur.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Mandylights competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- TAIT: Global staging, scenic, and automation specialist with deep roots in concert touring and large-scale immersive experiences. Comparable to Mandylights on bespoke scenic+lighting+automation build for stadium tours and theatrical residencies.
- Solotech: Major North American and European provider of audio, lighting, video, and rigging for live touring, corporate events, and broadcast. Competes head-to-head with Mandylights for stadium and arena concert lighting contracts.
- PRG (Production Resource Group): The world's largest live-event production company, supplying lighting, video, and rigging for stadium tours, broadcasts, and special events. Directly competes with Mandylights on global concert touring and large-scale event commissions, with a much larger equipment inventory and global warehouse footprint.
- Neg Earth Lights: UK-based lighting rental and production house serving concert touring, festivals, and broadcast. Closest European peer to Mandylights' Blaydon office operations, frequently bidding for the same arena and stadium touring work.
- Woodroffe Bassett Design: Internationally recognised lighting design consultancy working across concert touring, theatre, and architectural lighting. Closest design-firm peer to Mandylights, with similar blue-chip artist client list and stadium-scale touring pedigree.
- The Electric Canvas: Australian projection mapping and large-format visual display specialist, frequently commissioned for civic and landmark illuminations including Vivid Sydney. Closest domestic (Australian) peer to Mandylights for architectural and civic projection/lighting installations.
Emerging players
- Bild Studios: London-based creative studio producing immersive and experiential lighting installations and event design. Overlaps with Mandylights' Immersive Experiences and Light Artwork product lines, particularly for European light festivals and brand activations.
- StudioFRACTAL: Design-led immersive experience and lighting studio producing installations for light festivals, museums, and brand activations. Comparable to Mandylights' immersive product line and reusable artwork catalogue.
Broad incumbents
- 4Wall Entertainment: Large entertainment lighting and rigging rental provider serving concert touring, corporate events, and broadcast across the US and UK. Adjacent competitor in the live-event lighting supply chain where Mandylights produces designs.
- Christie Lites: North America's largest lighting rental company serving concert touring, theatre, and special events. Provides the equipment backbone for many of the same tours and events where Mandylights operates as designer/production partner.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Mandylights leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles1 record
Mandylights funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Mandylights M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Mandylights
What does Mandylights do?
Mandylights provides end-to-end entertainment architecture encompassing lighting design, previsualisation, programming, production and operation for concert touring, special events, light artworks, broadcast productions and immersive experiences. The firm also designs, installs and maintains permanent architectural lighting installations for civic landmarks such as bridges, city centres and resorts, and supplies bespoke in-house developed LED fixtures (mBeam, mCity, mTube, mPixel, mPatt) used across its projects. A catalogue of approximately fifty unique light artworks is available for global rental and licensing at festivals and placemaking events.
Is Mandylights a public or private company?
Mandylights is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Mandylights founded?
Mandylights was founded in 2006. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Mandylights based?
Mandylights is headquartered in Leichhardt, Australia, in the Oceania region.
How does Mandylights make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Lighting Design and Production Services are the primary driver. The others are permanent Installation Services, light Artwork Rental and Licensing and proprietary Fixture Supply.
Who are Mandylights's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are TAIT, Solotech, PRG (Production Resource Group), Neg Earth Lights, Woodroffe Bassett Design and The Electric Canvas. Emerging players are Bild Studios and StudioFRACTAL. Broad incumbents are 4Wall Entertainment and Christie Lites.
Does Mandylights have an API?
No public API is recorded for Mandylights.
What industry is Mandylights in?
Mandylights's product category is Entertainment Lighting Design and Production Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAHAKAJ, Lighting Design Services, with a secondary code of IMAGAIAB, Outdoor & Area Lighting (Street, Roadway, Parking, Flood, Sports/Architectural exterior). Its NAICS code is 335132 and its SIC code is 3640.