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Our Work

A look at the kinds of live productions we crew, from festival stages and concerts to streamed events and compact control rooms.

Selected work

Live productions we have crewed and equipped

These scenes show the settings we work in most often: temporary decks beside festival stages, streaming desks in venues and permanent control rooms. Each reflects how we plan, build and run a show.

Festival main stage vision desk

Festival main stage vision desk

A temporary deck built beside the front-of-house position, with a multiviewer wall and a mixer cutting five cameras. Cabling was laid the day before so soundcheck could double as a camera rehearsal.

Concert streamed to an online audience

Concert streamed to an online audience

A compact encoding rack and switcher set up in a venue side room. Graphics were added to the programme and the outgoing stream was watched on a separate monitor all evening.

Small theatre control room fit-out

Small theatre control room fit-out

A former storeroom turned into a working control room with a monitor wall, intercom and a comfortable operator position. Cable routes were planned so the room stays tidy as kit changes.

Outside broadcast crew on site

Outside broadcast crew on site

A crew setting up a temporary control room beside a field stage, with camera cables run to a covered deck. Everything was labelled before the doors opened.

Replay and graphics position

Replay and graphics position

An operator preparing lower-third captions and replay clips at a broadcast desk. Names and on-screen information were checked against the running order before the live feed began.

Show calling from the production desk

Show calling from the production desk

A director on headset calling camera and stage cues from the control room, script in hand. Clear, steady instructions kept the crew working to the same page.

Venues and organisers we work alongside

  • Quayside Arts Centre
  • Eastfield Music
  • Marlow Hall Theatre
  • Orwell Events Group
  • Saltmarsh Community TV
  • Haven Street Studios
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