# Team

> Meet MaxFX, the licensed fireworks crew in Launceston: pyrotechnicians and lighting designers who design and fire your show across all of Tasmania.

URL: https://www.maxfxtas.net/team/
Updated: 2026-10-07

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Team

100% Tasmanian-owned

# The crew behind
*the spectacle*

MaxFX is a small, Launceston-based team of licensed pyrotechnicians, designers and operators who do this because we love it — not because it's a side-line to a hire business.

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Our story

## Built in Launceston, firing statewide

MaxFX started with fireworks and grew outward — because clients kept asking us to handle the lighting, the lasers and the sound too.

We are a Tasmanian business. Our workshop is in Newnham, our crew live here, and the councils, venues and event organisers we work with are our neighbours. That matters: when something needs fixing at 4pm on show day, we are twenty minutes away, not on the next ferry.

Being small also means the person who designs your show is the person who fires it. There is no handover, no account manager translating your brief, and no crew turning up who has never seen the plan.

Licensed pyrotechnicians on every display

Licensed electrical contractor in-house

Public liability insurance and full documentation

Own inventory — pyro, effects, lighting, lasers, audio

Tasmania-wide, based in Launceston

Direct contact with the people doing the work

The team

## Who you'll be working with

### Max Jago

Owner & Head Pyrotechnician

A Tasmanian showmaker who brings fireworks, lighting and special effects together in tightly timed productions.

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### Matt Hobson

Head Lighting Designer & Technician

An experienced lighting designer who shapes bold, precise looks for theatre, festivals and live events.

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### Jacoda Calvert

Lighting Designer & Technician

A lighting designer creating musical, dynamic environments for nightlife, festivals and community events.

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### Zane O'Neal

Pyrotechnics Wizard

A founding MaxFX crew member trusted with pyrotechnic hardware, logistics and on-site safety.

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## Let's build something worth watching

Talk directly to the people who will design and fire your show.

 [Contact MaxFX](https://www.maxfxtas.net/contact-us) [Call 0409 976 590](tel:+61409976590)

## Explore more

### Fireworks & Pyrotechnics

Our core craft — licensed displays across Tasmania.

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### All Services

Fireworks, effects, lighting, lasers and audio.

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### Fireworks Launceston

Our home base and fastest-turnaround region.

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