latest news headlines
Serious Set the Stage at Althorp
Serious Stages in association with Atlantic Events supplied Live Nation with one of their 20 metre Space Roofs, complete with new super weatherised 'cow-shed' storage bays, for a series of summer concerts at Althorp House.
The Space Roof was launched last year to comfortably accommodate the demands of large and complex shows. The medium leg Space Roof - as featured at Althorp - offers a trim height of 13.5 metres and a distributes load capacity of 10 tonnes per arch (over 40 tonnes across the whole roof). The stage below measured 10 by 14.4 metres with a load capacity of 30 tonnes.
The Althop event also featured Serious' Luna sing PA masts either side of stage - a specially designed new system configured in three heights 12m, 14.4m and 16.8m – for maximum flexibility – and for flying up to 4 tonnes of PA. The space between the two main base out-riggers is partly decked at low level, which is useful for PA preparation and bass enclosure support.
Serious Stages’ design has included a unique head-board that works in conjunction with the heavily ballasted base to allow the mast to be easily scrimmed. With PA scrimming now de rigueur at any major festival or event, Serious’s new scrim system combines semi and non-permeable fabric, making the PA mast immediately more aesthetically attractive - and providing additional branding opportunities.
The new side ‘cow-sheds’ are available in 4.8 x 4.8 metre increments and are designed to attach to the side of the roof via overlapping flaps. This minimizes the chances of water build-up and its potentially disastrous consequences, and they are proving very popular.
The three days of Althorp shows included performances by a diversity of acts including Westlife and Bryan Adams, who both brought elements of their own productions to be added to the 'house' rig supplied by the promoters.
The Serious crew of 20 was production managed by John Wilson and led by Aleksis Zarins. They arrived on site Tuesday and started the construction process, ready for a Friday show.
Serious also supplied an 8 metre high, three tier FOH tower, accommodating lighting and sound control, plus followspots on the top deck.
Bryan Adams required a 2.4 metre deep thrust running the entire width of the stage at 250mm below the front lip of the stage, which was also constructed by the Serious team.
With a level ground and a fabulous setting just in front of the magnificent house, built in 1508, it was a relatively straightforward build reports Wilson, in the type of operation that Serious have honed to a fine art.
5th September 2006
HEADLINES
news archive
search stories
FOOTNOTE: Select the news type you require in the red band above; this will enable you to see the current news stories from that section
© 1999 - 2012 Entertainment Technology Press Limited News Stories
