Gearhouse South Africa's Cape Town branch supplied technical production design, complete technical infrastructure including lighting, sound, AV, staging and power, plus 40 crew for the 3 main stages at the 2009 Cape Town International Jazz Festival. GHSA has serviced the event since its inception in 2000. In that time, it's grown in stature and profile to become one of the most important dates … [Read more...]
Milos America is on the move
MILOS America has relocated its corporate offices and warehouse to a spacious new building in Ashland, Virginia. The sales, design and distribution centre for trussing manufacturer MILOS Structural Systems covers sales and support for North, Central and South America. … [Read more...]
Summit for the G20 Summit
Summit Steel supplied an 88 metre long version of their new customisable StandUpper structure, plus 11 tailored SmarTmast 1s which were used to provide general site lighting at the Royal Victoria Docks/Millennium Mills site, which faced the ExCel Centre and G20 Summit venue just across the river. This Grandstand style version StandUpper formed an elevated ‘press pen' enclosure for the event, … [Read more...]
Scottish freelances warned about ‘Ecstasy’
Toronto based film producer Rob Heydon is reported to be contacting BECTU members in Scotland to offer work on his project, 'Ecstasy'. However, BECTU is still attempting to recover money for some members who worked on Rob Heydon’s first attempt at this project last year. While there have been protracted and intermittent discussions with Rob Heydon on possible solutions, he has failed to date … [Read more...]
Rates at the RSC will rise by 3% in 2009/10
Members in the Film Artistes Association section of BECTU and at the Royal Shakespeare Company and English National Ballet have all agreed pay rises with effect from 1 April. The union's FAA members will benefit from a 5 per cent increase on their rates in an agreement which replaces that introduced in 2007. The FAA section is part of BECTU's London Production Division. Meanwhile, in the … [Read more...]