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Strictly Come Dancing 2017 Tour
Strictly Come Dancing has become a bit of an institution and to celebrate its 10th birthday on tour their designers wanted to splash out and buy a new C stage. The design of the new central dance area was agreed to be a lozenge shape which provides for larger dance area, it was also decided that the…
Read MoreMTV Europe Music Awards 2017
MTV Europe Music Awards Total solutions Group were contacted by a prominent designer to look at a quick turn-around project for the MTV Europe Music Awards show. Our initial thought was that this was impossible in the timeframe given the bespoke nature of the project. The brief; to provide a 6 metre diameter hemisphere, which was to be…
Read MoreNigel Tranter Promoted to Technical Director
Nigel Tranter Promoted to Technical Director Total Solutions Group is happy to announce the appointment of Nigel Tranter in the role of Technical Director. He has been a key member of the design team for an extended period of time and it seemed only natural for him to make the transition from Project Manager into…
Read MoreThe 14bis Replica
The 14bis is very famous in Brazil but little known over here. 14bis was the 14th design by Santos Dumont , a Brazilian who lived in France. 14bis was the first heavier than air device to take off from the ground under its own power. We were tasked with making a full size replica of…
Read MorePet Shop Boys
TSG were successful in securing the order to build 5 bespoke flown rings for the Pet Shop Boys tour. The brief was to supply 5 rings from 1.5 metre diameter up to 8.5 metre diameter which were flown from drop cables to form various looks on stage. Each ring had its own power supplied and…
Read MoreThe Elphinstone Theatre of Tower Hall Theatre Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The Elphinstone Theatre of Tower Hall Theatre Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka Total Solutions were commissioned by Lightstorm Trading, in the UK and Mahinda Dias Engineers (Pvt) Ltd, in Sri Lanka to design and manufacture a bespoke aluminium catwalk truss for the Elphinstone Theatre of Tower Hall Theatre Foundation. The Theatre itself, a beautiful blend of…
Read MoreStudio 360 Pop Up Theatre
Studio 360 Pop Up Theatre After the hugely successful Studio 360 pop up theatre we were approached by Howard Eaton Lighting to be involved in the exciting successor to the original. The principle would be the same again, a theatre in the round. Only this time a much larger version. We ended up creating a…
Read MoreUK Rigging Add to Ground Support Systems with TSG Stock
Following another busy summer season UK Rigging decided it was time to add to its ground support system options, adding quantity, capacity and flexibility, utilising their already extensive stock of Slick GS and Total SMD Truss. With a selection of mast types available including stand-alone video wall structures and standard ground support X-Bases UK Rigging…
Read MoreA Busy Summer for Total Training
A Busy Summer for Total Training We’ve delivered three of our every popular 3 day rigging courses at the Birmingham site, been to Perth to deliver the Federation of Scottish Theatres Winter School (don’t ask) and Warwick Arts Centre to deliver the ABTT’s annual Summer School’s rigging and work at height courses for the ABTT…
Read MoreDJ Sigala at V Festival, Weston Park
As it was summer it seemed like a well suited time to build a Tiki style beach hut for DJ Sigala. Now we’re used to tight deadlines but this time there was no room for error. Start to finish we were given just 14 days. The brief was to create a pair of 8’ x…
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