“Engineering Product of the Year” at the 2016 ABTT Trade Show can be found on the Hall Stage PLASA stand N40 at Olympia London from 18th-20th September. The innovative approach taken to design and operation has led to a faultless installation in Tennessee, completed by BellaTEX Inc. & Ty Prewitt sent this independent report: “I have nothing but good things to say about the “LivePipe” … [Read more...]
Hall Stage Announce New Products For ABTT 2010
Hall Stage have announced two new product lines that they will be showcasing at ABTT 2010 next week. The first is the "Brickhouse" counterweight cradle which is a new take on the traditional counterweight cradle, the features and benefits of which are: Ergonomic loading with open fronted design and weight shelves that allow counterweight bricks to be loaded at the most comfortable … [Read more...]
Launch of the First Night Riders
A group of bikers connected to entertainment on a long fun-ride raising money for good causes, the idea for The First Night Riders (motto Out of the Wings and into the Wind) came out of the tyre tracks of America’s Long Reach Long Riders. The initial event for the First Night Riders, in 2010, will raise money for The Theatrical Guild, one of the UK’s longest serving theatrical charities which … [Read more...]
Safer rigging at height with Skydeck
Working at height on trussing grids has always been a slow & potentially risky business – and show technicians are often impeded by the use of harnesses and dual lanyards. Getting from one side of the rig to the other can require an awkward and knee-skinning crawl around the truss sections. Hall Stage is pleased to announce the arrival of “IAStage”s new product line –Truss-Mounted Wire Tension … [Read more...]
A tale of recycling timber in the theatre industry
Every now and then, life – and the theatre industry in particular – throws together a series of coincidences that reaffirm ones faith in the ability to do good/worthwhile things. One such occurrence arose over in Cork, during Hall Stages’ technical restoration of the historic Everyman Palace Theatre. Having ‘got by’ with the original hemp flying system for 100 years, the Everyman’s’ management … [Read more...]
