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LiteDeck Goes Vertical for Liverpool 08
Tens of thousands gathered on St George's Plateau for the People's Opening of Liverpool 08 on 11th January. Litestructures supported the Liverpool production team with rehearsal facilities, crew and two 40ft vertical walls constructed from Litestructures’ popular LiteDeck staging system.
Approached in October ‘07 by the Liverpool Culture Company, Litestructures was commissioned to build an unusual stage in preparation of the Liverpool Capital of culture opening ceremony. In fact, the stage would be a 48ft by 44ft vertical wall used to rehearse an aerial ‘wall walk’. Working along with production manager Simon Barrington and opening events team manager Nick Birkinshaw, the rehearsals took place in the Litestructures Studios in November for three days.
The rehearsal wall proved so successful in rehearsals it was decided to replicate them for the actual event. The result was two walls used as screens (40ft x 40ft) for the ceremonies using over 100 LiteDecks from the company’s hire department. Being used as screens, all the decks had to be colour matched to a specific sample provided by the show designer. In addition to the wall, Litestructures provided show contractor Star Events Group some bespoke LiteDeck fitted with clear macrolon tops used for the roof top performance on St George’s Hall.
Litestructures also supported UK Rigging by providing crew including their own hire manager Ben Brooks, who said: “It was a pleasure to be involved from start to finish in the biggest events Liverpool has ever experienced. Rehearsals were very important on this project as our LiteDeck system was used in a way we had not seen before. It is great to see our hire products being used in different ways and it highlights their versatility.”
http://www.litestructures.co.uk
17th January 2008
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