Cardiff Castle Christmas Festival 2022 Posted on 9th December 20229th December 2022 by stageadmin It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … We are once again back at Cardiff Castle / Castell Caerdydd working with Live Under the Stars on the brand-new Cardiff Castle Christmas Festival, offering a delightful children’s Christmas story in the daytime along with a unique evening cabaret show. Alongside Stage Sound Services, we have provided a complete technical package with Steeldeck Rentals Staging, full site power distribution and full theatrical lighting comprising our brand new ROBE lighting Painte and LED Beam 350. Along with equipment we also supplied a dedicated team of technicians and project managers staff the full programme of performances. A full EM Acoustics distributed sound system has been designed by Stage Sound Services for the unique Spiegeltent, that has been built within the castle grounds. Tickets are still available for both shows – Click here for tickets Lighting Design by Elanor Higgins Images by Natalie Johnson-Rolley
Supplier Saturday – ETC Posted on 19th November 202218th November 2022 by stageadmin For those who don’t know, we are official ETC dealers! ETC develop professional tools and make them accessible to everyone. Their products can be found in small and large venues worldwide, such as theatres, churches, restaurants, hotels, schools, television studios, casinos, theme parks, and opera housesHave a project coming up? why not ask us for a competitive quote #ETC #SupplierSaturday #ElectronicTheatreControls
Throwback Thursdays! – HAY Festival 2022 Posted on 3rd November 202214th December 2022 by stageadmin It was great to be back at Hay Festival after 3 years away due to the pandemic. Once again working alongside Stage Sound Services, we have supplied a complete technical package for the 5 venues at the festival, along with supplying Sky Arts with a rigging and technician package for their pop up studio onsite. This package includes Avolites dimming, Electronic Theatre Controls consoles, Milos and Total Solutions Group truss structures, full compliment of fixtures and complete project management with a onsite project manager onsite for the duration of the build.If you’re interested in hiring any of the equipment above please get in touch!
Zoo Venues & C Venues in Edinburgh Fringe 2022 Posted on 3rd August 20223rd August 2022 by stageadmin Stage Lighting Services Ltd have been supplying equipment to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for over 15 years! Zoo Venues is one of the leading venue management companies on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. with two thriving theatres at the heart of the Festival. ZOO Southside is one of the Fringe’s most established venues, located on busy Nicolson Street. Its beautiful main house, featuring one of the largest stages on the Fringe, hosts our enviable dance and physical theatre programme. While the venue also boasts an intimate cabaret bar and an excellent studio. C Venues aims and purpose are cultural and educational. They seek to showcase the best artistic and creative work. At the heart of what they aim to achieve is to create an environment where creativity can flourish, where people can learn from each other and develop their skills and mutual understanding, where diversity is celebrated, where participants and audiences are enriched culturally, and where participation is accessible and inclusive for all. For more information on C Venues and their program fro Edinburgh Fringe 2022, please click here Zoo Venues & C Venues equipment spec. for 2022 includes Steeldeck Staging, Theatrical Drapes, Avolites Dimmers, ETC Ion & Colousource 40 AV Lighting Desks, Lighting and Power Distribution. And Sound and Video from Stage Sound Services. Event organiser: Zoo Venues, C Venues Are you planning your next event? If you would like us to create a custom truss structure or Staging design. Please contact us
ETC Source Four LED Series 3 – now in stock! Posted on 25th July 202225th July 2022 by stageadmin Stage Lighting Services have received a shipment of ETC Source Four LED Series 3, which are now available to hire. Check out some of their great features below. Setting standards that are far from standard Over a decade of research comes together for the market that has inspired ETC for over 45 years. The Source Four LED Series 3 brings the brightest light to the stage with the Lustr X8 array for the most nuanced colours and the Daylight HDR array for tuneable white light. We’ve added wireless DMX/RDM by integrating City Theatrical’s Multiverse® protocol, and easy NFC configuration using your mobile device and ETC’s Set Light app. Get the brightness you need from every distance, the colour you’ve been craving, and the control you deserve for the most efficient workflow. Like all ETC fixtures, Series 3 is backed by an unmatched industry warranty The colour of emotion When ETC added lime to the x7 array in 2014, it was a revolutionary step forward for colour mixing. Lime green increased the lumen output in open white and lighter tints making them brighter and livelier than other LED mixes. It was a step closer to matching the tungsten output of a conventional Source Four fixture. It also enriched colour-rendering by better marrying the red and blue ends of the colour spectrum. Well, we’ve done it again. This time we’re adding Deep Red to the mix. With the eight-colour Lustr X8 array, Series 3 renders skin tones and sunsets with new depth. With the tuneable white Daylight HDR array, you get a wider range of warm and cool whites. All, without sacrificing brightness. Hang this fixture in a box boom, overhead, or from the farthest back-of-house position and be amazed at how bright your stage is. Source Four LED Series 3 truly brings brightness from every position. ETC’s R&D department developed a way to give you fixtures that output a surprising number of lumens while maintaining the nuanced colour control you need to enhance every set, every stage, every venue. We’ve reached further into the corners of the CIE colour space to grab a red that is essential to accurately capture the life within every shade of skin, the warm glow of firelight, and the romance of sunset. For more information on the ETC Source Four LED Series 3, please click here To view the other LED lighting that’s available to hire, please click here For prices, availability and information, please get in touch.
Hay Festival 2022 Posted on 27th May 202230th May 2022 by stageadmin It is great to be back at Hay Festival after 3 years away due to the pandemic. After months of planning and two weeks of build onsite, the festival is now open. Once again working alongside Stage Sound Services, we have supplied a complete technical package for the 5 venues at the festival, along with supplying Sky Arts with a rigging and technician package for their pop up studio onsite. This package includes Avolites dimming, Electronic Theatre Controls consoles, Milos and Total Solutions Group truss structures, full compliment of fixtures and complete project management with a onsite project manager onsite for the duration of the build.
Lighting Up Hospitals for the NHS Posted on 23rd March 202221st April 2022 by stageadmin We are happy to be supporting the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board with this special project to commemorate two years since national lockdown, and celebrate the amazing work of the NHS. To light up four different hospitals we used a range of fixtures, including SGM P6’s, Pulsar Chromaflood’s and Robe Pointe’s, all controlled with ETC Colorsource AV 40 consoles. Production Manager Tim Lewis
ETC Source Four LED Series 3 coming soon! Posted on 31st January 202228th January 2022 by stageadmin Stage Lighting Services have placed an order for some ETC Source Four LED Series 3 profiles to add to our ever growing hire stock! Over a decade of research comes together for the market that has inspired ETC for over 45 years. The Source Four LED Series 3 brings the brightest light to the stage with the Lustr X8 array. For the most nuanced colors and the Daylight HDR array for tunable white light. We’ve added wireless DMX/RDM by integrating City Theatrical’s Multiverse® protocol, and easy NFC configuration using your mobile device and ETC’s Set Light app. The color of emotion When ETC added lime to the x7 array in 2014, it was a revolutionary step forward for colour mixing. Lime green increased the lumen output in open white and lighter tints making them brighter and livelier than other LED mixes. It was a step closer to matching the tungsten output of a conventional Source Four fixture. It also enriched colour-rendering by better marrying the red and blue ends of the colour spectrum. Well, we’ve done it again. This time we’re adding Deep Red to the mix. With the eight-colour Lustr X8 array, Series 3 renders skin tones and sunsets with new depth. With the tunable white Daylight HDR array, you get a wider range of warm and cool whites. All, without sacrificing brightness. Hang this fixture in a box boom, overhead, or from the farthest back-of-house position and be amazed at how bright your stage is. Source Four LED Series 3 truly brings brightness from every position. ETC’s R&D department developed a way to give you fixtures that output a surprising number of lumens while maintaining the nuanced colour control you need to enhance every set, every stage, every venue. We’ve reached further into the corners of the CIE colour space to grab a red that is essential to accurately capture the life within every shade of skin, the warm glow of firelight, and the romance of sunset. To learn more about the ETC Source 4 LED Series 3 please click here Want to use the Source 4 LED Series 3 at your next event? Contact us for information and pricing!
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2021 Posted on 3rd September 202121st October 2021 by stageadmin It was an absolute pleasure to have been able to support ZOO Venues once again. We provided all of their technical requirements for their Edinburgh Festival Fringe venue #Multistory. Working with Stage Sound Services we supplied a complete package of Lighting, Sound, Staging, Rigging and Canopy Stage for the venue with two 40ft trailers transporting the equipment to Edinburgh. Zoo Venues is one of the leading venue management companies on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021. With two thriving theatres at the heart of the Festival. The company operates two venues – ZOO and ZOO Southside – both situated in prime positions and featuring five performances spaces between them ZOO Southside is one of the Fringe’s most established venues, located on busy Nicolson Street. Its beautiful main house, featuring one of the largest stages on the Fringe, hosts an enviable dance and physical theatre programme. While the venue also boasts an intimate cabaret bar and an excellent studio. The ZOO is a two minute walk from Zoo Southside, and one minute from the Pleasance Courtyard. Its two exceptional studio spaces provide the perfect setting for fringe theatre. Zoo Venues equipment spec. for Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2021 includes, among other things, Steeldeck Staging, Theatrical Drapes, Avolites Dimmers, ETC Ion Lighting Desks, Lighting and Power Distribution. Event organiser: Zoo Venues Are you planning your next event? If you would like us to create a custom truss structure or staging design. Please contact us If you plan on visiting Edinburgh this year please check out http://www.zoovenues.co.uk/
Live Under The Stars 2021 Posted on 6th August 202110th November 2021 by stageadmin Stage Lighting Services had an amazing few weeks in Cardiff Castle/Castell Caerdydd for Live Under the Stars. We were working alongside Stage Sound Services and 2Can Productions Limited. It was great to see an audience leaving with smiles on their faces once more! We were asked to provide a full technical package. This included Robe Moving Heads, SGM P6 and Chromaflood Outdoor Floods, ETC and Avolites Lighting Desks, our new Global Truss Line Array Towers, and much more… Along side the technical and staging equipment, we provided power and site lighting for the event. After a long break from large scale outdoor events due to covid restrictions. It was great to get back on site and to see the live event industry coming back in full strength. Are you planning your next event? If you would like us to create a custom truss structure or staging design. Please contact us