Active Division

Active Division provides an exceptional outsourced entertainment & event management service that easily integrates with assisting clients in-house departments on their brand awareness campaigns, festivals & events.

Our focus is providing an exceptional outsourced entertainment & event management service that easily integrates with assisting clients in-house departments on their brand awareness campaigns, festivals & events.


Who are we:
Active division was created from the collective contributions of 3 event entertainment & brand awareness businesses; Topazio, Debonair & Voodoo Entertainment.
Combining these 3 businesses, brings together exceptional industry experience resources & strengths necessary for providing clients with professional services that caters to each of their specific needs.

What we do:
Our focus is providing an exceptional outsourced entertainment & event management service that easily integrates with assisting clients in-house departments on their brand awareness campaigns, festivals & events.

Founders Chris Ladera, Steven Watson & Michael Elbridge have over 30 years of combined working industry knowledge of talent, acts, venues, event programing & management.

Active Division has previously worked with & vetted all entertainment put forward or as selected due to their high level of industry standards. Providing this quality assurance, clients can take the guess workout & be reassured they’ll be presenting the right type of quality acts for their event.

Monitoring & Control
Active Division other unique resource is it’s exceptional event management candidates. The EM’s on our books have years of experience with various skill sets to suit all types of events or campaigns.
Our list of candidates have worked for large productions at;
• Opera House & other main theatres,
• Corporate events at many venues
• VIP premium events
• Large outdoor festivals
• Brand activations & experience campaigns



The types of roles they provide:
• Running a team logistics across many departments over vast areas
o hospitality, customer service, large indoor /outdoor events, VIP premium personal service. )

• Developing & documenting systems processes
o Suppliers, storage, production, inbound sales, distribution
o Managing & controlling procedures

• Making sure activations are being properly managed & executed, with all third party promotional staff doing the right job.
o Dedicated EM’s who choose this as their career, have exceptional experience & training as EM. As oppose to Uni student promo staff being put as EM because they have a car to pick up stock or can do all days of the campaign.

o Independent EM’s making better decisions based on;
• The job requirements
• Client expectations
• Not peer pressed or to win favours from other staff if they where from the same promo agency.

Active Division specialise areas:
• Programing & operations for large - medium scale entertainment events:
o Out-door Festivals (Government & Private Sector)
o Events (Corporate, VIP)
o Premium Brand awareness campaigns

• Experienced Event Manager (EM’s) roles for:
o Brand awareness campaigns
o Experience activations
o Festival co-ordinations
o VIP private functions

• Conceptualising & executing theming for events:
o Costuming, props
o Music, writing story base for experience campaigns
o Directing & rehearsing talent for events

• Easy integrated administration
o Corporate trained dedicated account managers
o Simple one payment monthly accounts
o Fast knowledgeable responses
o Vigorous vetting process of all EM’s, acts & talent
o Independent reports from campaigns