Posts by cmbirch
PLASA Rigging Conference 2016
Held on the first day of the PLASA show, this unique conference attracts over 150 practitioners, managers, engineers, safety professionals and policy makers from around the globe. 30% of its delegates attending from 20 different overseas countries, it has a truly international flavour. Rocky’s keynote presentation looked at his career as a rigger and the influences from…
Read MoreKaty Perry Cannes Festival 2016
Katy Perry Cannes Festival 2016 TSG were given the brief by Es Devlin to create a crescent moon shaped structure for the event at Cannes. The moon was to have a truss like quality to it and needed to incorporate a seating position made of clear polycarbonate. The finish of the moon was to be shiny…
Read MoreStrictly Come Dancing Tour 2016
Strictly Come Dancing Tour 2016 Mel from “The Great British bake off” was the compere and we were tasked with making a cake for her to come out of as her entrance to the show. This was a 1.7 metre diameter 4 tiered design which split open. It was decorated to look like a wedding…
Read MoreEllie Goulding Delirium Tour
Total Solutions Group were awarded the contract to supply a series of lighting pods for the upcoming Ellie Goulding Delirium Tour. Originally the brief was for the lighting pods to raise and lower with Kinesys during the show to create different visual effects. Unfortunately this requirement got cancelled, however we were asked to still design…
Read MoreMusic institute backed by Chris Cronin, CEO of TSG
A multi-million pound music institute offering a world-class education to hundreds of students could be created in Brierley Hill if a feasibility study proves successful. The £31million project, which will be based in and around The Waterfront, is currently undergoing feasibility work to see which elements will fit best in the different buildings. If given…
Read MoreTruss Installation at the Walsall Forest Arts Centre
Total Solutions Group was contacted by local company, Stage Services Limited, to look at a large truss installation project for the Walsall Forest Arts Centre. The Centre wanted to convert one of its halls into a multipurpose venue to compliment its existing facilities with headroom being the key design criteria. The design of the truss…
Read MoreStrongbow Tree – Quintessental Productions
This project was about creating a structure for festivals that housed a bar, DJ booth and viewing deck all based around the Strongbow Cider logo. As with most projects, budget was critical and so a lot of the elements came from the existing rental stock of various suppliers and clients to which we had to…
Read MorePlymouth University Wavepool
Total Solutions were contacted by Enlightened Lighting to look at designing and supplying a catwalk system to span the University of Plymouths wavepool. The systems had to connect to the universities existing runway beams that already housed the original steel catwalk. A second steel catwalk was deemed to be too heavy for the needs required…
Read MoreRSC Flown Production Desk
We were commissioned to help the RSC solve a production problem they were encountering. During programming for shows a series of temporary desks were being carried in and out to house lighting desks and similar. This had to happen at the start and end of most rehearsal days. The solution was a flown production desk.…
Read MoreBill Bailey Limboland Tour 2015
We received the order to create a few scenic elements for the upcoming Limboland tour. The centre piece was a flown sign shaped in Bills name. This was 3m in length and had a depth of about 0.1m. Internally it had over 140 E27 bulbs and was finished in an off white colour with red…
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