Rigging / Staging

Star Events for Regent Street Christmas lights switch on

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - When Bliss Events was asked to manage a much bigger than previous Switch-On of the Regent Street Christmas lights, they turned to Star Events Group for a unique set of equipment. The brief called for a substantial stage with full PA and lighting rigging facilities, a fully roofed and raised grandstand for 220 VIPs and a screen support. All easy enough except for the need to close Regent Street on a busy Saturday in November. The road closure order gave just 6 hours to set up and 4.5 hours to remove everything. Star Events Group squeezed in the same mobile stage used for The Olympic Torch Relay, with just inches to spare between blocking the access to French Connection on stage right and the fire lane on stage left.

With Westminster City Council insisting that only mobile stru

J&C Joel installs curtains for Oslo Concert Hall

Details: 14 March 2016

Russia - Oslo Concert Hall is Oslo's music festive hall which opened in 1977 and has since become one of the most important institutes for music and culture in Norway.

Working with AVAB CAC AS, J&C Joel manufactured and installed five custom dyed Austrian Curtains made from IFR Sowerby Velvet (VEL700). The bespoke royal blue curtains were installed into the main hall which has a capacity for over 1400 seats. Each curtain was made separately to allow individual control with the installation of new support pulleys, hauling lines, aluminium spines and other hardware to bring the existing

Stage Technologies supplied the automation equipment required for this landmark show

Stage Technologies plays role in National anniversary

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - The recent National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage event, which was broadcast live from the Olivier Theatre on London's South Bank, was a dazzling blend of live performance and archival footage celebrating the first half century of the UK's National Theatre. Stage Technologies supplied the automation equipment required for this landmark show, including 12 BT2-200 winches, an Illusionist console, and three AU:tour 6 automation control racks.

Steve Colley, head of stage engineering automation and rigging at the National Theatre said, "Stage Technologies played a very specia

Each venue also has the ability to rent out some of the kit to third parties

Stage Technologies helps revive Swedish venues

Details: 14 March 2016

Sweden - Working with consultants Runda Idéer AB, Stage Technologies has completed the second of two fixed installation projects in Östergötland County, southeastern Sweden. The theatres in Linköping and Norrköping, form the "Östgötateatern" or "Östgöta Theatre", Sweden's largest regional theatre, together with a third stage in in Linköping called the Elsas Hus "ung scen/öst" ("young stage").

Considered the "centre of cultural life in the County", these venues present 25 productions for audience

Unusual happenings on Fifth Avenue (©Billy Farrell Agency)

Walking (vertically) in a winter wonderland

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - When the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York revealed its legendary holiday windows to hoards of shoppers with a performance by STREB Extreme Action Company, Unusual Rigging was on hand to ensure the event created a much talked about spectacular - and they didn't disappoint.

Having never before made a big event out of its windows unveiling, Bergdorf Goodman decided to change its demure attitude and approached STREB earlier this year with a request for a show-stopping extravaganza. This year's theme, Holidays on Ice, features display windows devoted to various an

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