Stage ElectricsThird WayAvonmouthBristolBS11 9YL

T. 0844 870 0077F. 0117 916 2828E. sales@stage-electrics.co.uk

www.stage-electrics.co.uk

Professional TheatreTECHNICAL SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR

OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Stage Electrics has specialised in supplying professional theatre for over 30 years. With over 200 staff located throughout the UK, Stage Electrics is one of the largest providers of technical equipment in Europe. With a huge wealth of experience our fully qualified staff offer system design, supply and installation of technical equipment for entertainment.

INSTALLATION SERVICES

Stage Electrics have a proven track record of working as a technical systems integrator on many successful new build, refurbishment and relocation projects. As a specialist electrical and mechanical contractor in the entertainment industry we are able to offer a complete portfolio of services for installation across the major disciplines of lighting, audio, video, staging, curtains and rigging.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Our team of technical project managers offer project management from concept to realisation and are fully supported by our own CAD department who produce detailed drawings for each installation. In addition our engineering workshops pre-assemble and test systems before they go to site and custom manufacture bespoke items.

OTHER SERVICES

Other divisions of Stage Electrics offer after sales service: Practical and vocational training; specialist periodic inspection for electrical and lifting regulations; maintenance & service contracts and specialist Health & Safety advice. Our hire, live events and scenic division offer a full range of services for use at live events.

CREDENTIALS

Stage Electrics is accredited with a variety of essential health & safety and training credentials and is an NICEIC approved specialist contractor. Staff are CRB checked and 100% of the workforce hold ECS cards (Electrotechnical Certification Scheme) which is CSCS affiliated. We are members of leading industry body PLASA and sponsors of the Association of British Theatre Technicians.

Royal ShakespeareTheatre transformationSTAGE ELECTRICS TAKES THE LEAD

Engaged as the technical coordinator for all of the specialist theatre contractors employed by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Stage Electrics completed its five-year-long role as the systems integrator right at the technical heart of this visionary transformation project of the Courtyard, Swan and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST).

Stage Electrics supplied and installed the entire production dimming and control systems, production audio, lighting, video and communications infrastructure. Stage Electrics also designed and installed all of the electrical containment, cable and facility panels, as well as providing and commissioning the production audio and lighting equipment.

PROJECT BRIEF

The transformation was designed to create, in artistic director Michael Boyd’s words: “The best theatre in the world to perform the works of Shakespeare”. It involved a massive reconstruction creating a brand new RST auditorium with a thrust stage and embraced the adjacent Swan Theatre by connecting a colonnade between the two theatres and extensively upgrading the public facilities throughout.

Stage Electrics Project Manager, Jonathan Porter Goff led the Stage Electrics team, initially on the Courtyard Theatre, which was designed as both a temporary replacement for the original RST during its transformation and a proving ground for new design concepts, including the large thrust stage.

3D VISUALISATION

Stage Electrics CAD department modelled the building in 3D to form the basis for the detailed design. The next stage was the production of an AutoCAD model to determine the placement of each piece of trunking and facility panel and the numerous audio, lighting, video, motion control, and communications networks. From that, the team produced 2D and 3D drawings of the entire containment infrastructure to show precisely how it would fit the fabric of the building, amid the other services, seating, steelwork and concrete.

Jonathan Porter Goff said of the CAD department’s work: “It was a big tool in terms of resolving clashes before it got to the stage of installing containment onsite. It solved all sorts of problems and allowed the client and ourselves to see whether they could fly things past or even safely walk past the installed containment”.

TECHNICAL COORDINATOR

Stage Electrics also supplied the house lighting (co-designed with the RSC) and all stage lighting, auditorium sound, site-wide communications and audio-video paging/relay systems. As technical co-ordinators its team worked with key stage engineering contractors and with the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Project Team, headed by project director Peter Wilson OBE, deputy project director Simon Harper and project coordinator Flip Tanner.

The installation included the provision of paging and relay systems, using facility panels custom fabricated in-house by Stage Electrics, incorporating both audio and video relay, enabling both staff and cast to keep abreast of each performance. On top of the manufacture and population of over 600 custom facility panels, Stage Electrics’ in-house manufacturing department produced a number of bespoke solutions including stage manager desks, custom house light fittings and purpose designed mains distribution units. www.stage-electrics.co.uk

AUDIO PROVISION

FOH audio systems supplied and installed by Stage Electrics, designed principally for surround sound effects and underscore music, are controlled by a DiGiCo SD7T console, chosen by RSC head of sound, Jeremy Dunn, for its sonic transparency and powerful snapshot facilities. The PA comprises a largely self-powered Meyer system supplemented by a delay system from d&b audiotechnik. Providing the RST and Swan with an accomplished resource for sound effects and musical soundtrack creation are the in-house Dubbing Room and Recording Studio. Stage Electrics also worked with Ampetronic to install and commission complex induction loop systems for both venues.

LIGHTING

Lighting was very much a team effort with the RSC’s head of lighting, Vince Herbert. Lighting control is supplied by Grand MA2 Light controls from MA Lighting – itself chosen by the RST lighting team after a year long trial of many consoles.

Lighting clusters designed and developed by the RSC were equipped by Stage Electrics with Swisson sine wave dimming and a pair of moving lights from a stock of Martin TW1s, Vari*Lite VLs, and a large complement of ETC Source Fours. Each cluster also carries the RSC designed Lightlock for stability, and an integral composite cable management system with 32A single phase power, DMX and Ethernet.

House and stage lighting dimming, also supplied and installed by Stage Electrics, is manufactured by ETC - Matrix iSine sine wave dimming in the RST and Sensor dimming for the Swan.

Jonathan Porter Goff sums up: “Stage Electrics has spent quite a lot of the last f ive years involved with the RSC, in The Courtyard initially and most recently at the RST and the Swan. We’ve enjoyed it enormously; it’s been a great privilege to be involved in the transformation project for the RSC”.

RST Credits: theatre consultants Charcoalblue; engineers Buro Happold; architects Bennetts Associates; project management Mace Construction.

Royal ShakespeareTheatre transformationSTAGE ELECTRICS TAKES THE LEAD

Engaged as the technical coordinator for all of the specialist theatre contractors employed by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Stage Electrics completed its five-year-long role as the systems integrator right at the technical heart of this visionary transformation project of the Courtyard, Swan and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST).

Stage Electrics supplied and installed the entire production dimming and control systems, production audio, lighting, video and communications infrastructure. Stage Electrics also designed and installed all of the electrical containment, cable and facility panels, as well as providing and commissioning the production audio and lighting equipment.

PROJECT BRIEF

The transformation was designed to create, in artistic director Michael Boyd’s words: “The best theatre in the world to perform the works of Shakespeare”. It involved a massive reconstruction creating a brand new RST auditorium with a thrust stage and embraced the adjacent Swan Theatre by connecting a colonnade between the two theatres and extensively upgrading the public facilities throughout.

Stage Electrics Project Manager, Jonathan Porter Goff led the Stage Electrics team, initially on the Courtyard Theatre, which was designed as both a temporary replacement for the original RST during its transformation and a proving ground for new design concepts, including the large thrust stage.

3D VISUALISATION

Stage Electrics CAD department modelled the building in 3D to form the basis for the detailed design. The next stage was the production of an AutoCAD model to determine the placement of each piece of trunking and facility panel and the numerous audio, lighting, video, motion control, and communications networks. From that, the team produced 2D and 3D drawings of the entire containment infrastructure to show precisely how it would fit the fabric of the building, amid the other services, seating, steelwork and concrete.

Jonathan Porter Goff said of the CAD department’s work: “It was a big tool in terms of resolving clashes before it got to the stage of installing containment onsite. It solved all sorts of problems and allowed the client and ourselves to see whether they could fly things past or even safely walk past the installed containment”.

TECHNICAL COORDINATOR

Stage Electrics also supplied the house lighting (co-designed with the RSC) and all stage lighting, auditorium sound, site-wide communications and audio-video paging/relay systems. As technical co-ordinators its team worked with key stage engineering contractors and with the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Project Team, headed by project director Peter Wilson OBE, deputy project director Simon Harper and project coordinator Flip Tanner.

The installation included the provision of paging and relay systems, using facility panels custom fabricated in-house by Stage Electrics, incorporating both audio and video relay, enabling both staff and cast to keep abreast of each performance. On top of the manufacture and population of over 600 custom facility panels, Stage Electrics’ in-house manufacturing department produced a number of bespoke solutions including stage manager desks, custom house light fittings and purpose designed mains distribution units. www.stage-electrics.co.uk

AUDIO PROVISION

FOH audio systems supplied and installed by Stage Electrics, designed principally for surround sound effects and underscore music, are controlled by a DiGiCo SD7T console, chosen by RSC head of sound, Jeremy Dunn, for its sonic transparency and powerful snapshot facilities. The PA comprises a largely self-powered Meyer system supplemented by a delay system from d&b audiotechnik. Providing the RST and Swan with an accomplished resource for sound effects and musical soundtrack creation are the in-house Dubbing Room and Recording Studio. Stage Electrics also worked with Ampetronic to install and commission complex induction loop systems for both venues.

LIGHTING

Lighting was very much a team effort with the RSC’s head of lighting, Vince Herbert. Lighting control is supplied by Grand MA2 Light controls from MA Lighting – itself chosen by the RST lighting team after a year long trial of many consoles.

Lighting clusters designed and developed by the RSC were equipped by Stage Electrics with Swisson sine wave dimming and a pair of moving lights from a stock of Martin TW1s, Vari*Lite VLs, and a large complement of ETC Source Fours. Each cluster also carries the RSC designed Lightlock for stability, and an integral composite cable management system with 32A single phase power, DMX and Ethernet.

House and stage lighting dimming, also supplied and installed by Stage Electrics, is manufactured by ETC - Matrix iSine sine wave dimming in the RST and Sensor dimming for the Swan.

Jonathan Porter Goff sums up: “Stage Electrics has spent quite a lot of the last f ive years involved with the RSC, in The Courtyard initially and most recently at the RST and the Swan. We’ve enjoyed it enormously; it’s been a great privilege to be involved in the transformation project for the RSC”.

RST Credits: theatre consultants Charcoalblue; engineers Buro Happold; architects Bennetts Associates; project management Mace Construction.

Stage ElectricsThird WayAvonmouthBristolBS11 9YL

T. 0844 870 0077F. 0117 916 2828E. sales@stage-electrics.co.uk

www.stage-electrics.co.uk

Professional TheatreTECHNICAL SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR

OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Stage Electrics has specialised in supplying professional theatre for over 30 years. With over 200 staff located throughout the UK, Stage Electrics is one of the largest providers of technical equipment in Europe. With a huge wealth of experience our fully qualified staff offer system design, supply and installation of technical equipment for entertainment.

INSTALLATION SERVICES

Stage Electrics have a proven track record of working as a technical systems integrator on many successful new build, refurbishment and relocation projects. As a specialist electrical and mechanical contractor in the entertainment industry we are able to offer a complete portfolio of services for installation across the major disciplines of lighting, audio, video, staging, curtains and rigging.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Our team of technical project managers offer project management from concept to realisation and are fully supported by our own CAD department who produce detailed drawings for each installation. In addition our engineering workshops pre-assemble and test systems before they go to site and custom manufacture bespoke items.

OTHER SERVICES

Other divisions of Stage Electrics offer after sales service: Practical and vocational training; specialist periodic inspection for electrical and lifting regulations; maintenance & service contracts and specialist Health & Safety advice. Our hire, live events and scenic division offer a full range of services for use at live events.

CREDENTIALS

Stage Electrics is accredited with a variety of essential health & safety and training credentials and is an NICEIC approved specialist contractor. Staff are CRB checked and 100% of the workforce hold ECS cards (Electrotechnical Certification Scheme) which is CSCS affiliated. We are members of leading industry body PLASA and sponsors of the Association of British Theatre Technicians.