Unusual Rigging may be the appointed points rigger for Earls Court – which means they’re the only company with the licence to attach things direct to the ceiling – but that doesn’t mean they automatically get to rig everything else. But when it came to choosing a supplier for the T4 show Stars of 2010, event producer Done & Dusted didn’t need to think twice. “We’ve worked with Unusual many … [Read more...]
Unusual rig a barge for Help for Heroes
On Wednesday December 8, JCB unveiled its London Christmas fund-raising campaign in conjunction in support of Help for Heroes, with a reception in the London Television Studios overlooking the River Thames. The view was important, because the focus of everyone’s attention was a barge carrying two 14m Christmas trees, two JCB backhoe loaders and a large banner displaying details of how donations … [Read more...]
Harrier and Jaguar: Unusual Rigging project at Tate Britain
Many art installations are thought provoking, not least Harrier and Jaguar, the Duveens Commission 2010 installation by Fiona Banner at Tate Britain, which features two decommissioned fighter planes. In the incongruous setting of the Duveen Galleries, a suspended Sea Harrier is transformed into a captive bird, the markings that tattoo its surface evoking its namesake the Harrier Hawk. A … [Read more...]
Unusual Rigging for The Railway Children
Currently playing in a theatre constructed over the former Eurostar platforms at Waterloo station is the York Theatre Royal production of The Railway Children, produced by Jenny King and Matthew Gale for the Touring Consortium in association with the National Railway Museum. It fell to Northampton-based Unusual Rigging to create, in that cavernous space, a 45m long theatre which straddled tracks … [Read more...]
The Railway Children Go To Waterloo, White Light Goes Too…
White Light have been appointed as lighting supplier to the new live production of The Railway Children, adapted from the classic 1970 film and E Nesbit’s original 1906 novel, staged within the abandoned Eurostar terminal at London’s Waterloo Station, and featuring a real steam locomotive! The show was originally created by the York Theatre Royal at the National Railway Museum, directed by … [Read more...]
