WINTER 2007
The Revolving Stage Company

The later part of 2007 continued to be an extremely busy period for The Revolving Stage Company on all fronts.

Within theatre, recent projects have included installing an 11m dia. revolving stage at The Edinburgh Lyceum for their production of “Living Quarters”. The stage was supplied with the Revolvesolve Encoder Package which enabled them to control the stage from a laptop computer for precised pre-programmed movement. For The New Vic Theatre in Stoke on Trent’s version of “Wizard of Oz” a 7m dia. ring revolve was supplied again with the Revolvesolve Encoder Package as exact positioning was required to move various items of scenery around the main central stage.

Jobs undertaken in this period within the conference world included a 4.5m revolving stage, a circular surround for a Peugeot Event at the ICC in Birmingham and for Coca Cola. A Revolving Audience and 4 revolving display screens were installed for their corporate events in Paris and at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. All of the units were automated for movement using the Revolvesolve Encoder Package.

On the exhibition front, recent events included The Clothes Show and The Bike Show at NEC, Birmingham, and also the Boat Show at Excel.

Custom built projects in this period included a revolving dance floor for a new London Nightclub and 2 electronically controlled travelators for a new Saturday morning children’s game show.

Television - a 4.5m revolving stage and surround staging were used to shoot a “Winter Wonderland” commercial for the BBC.

Live Events - December saw The Revolving Stage Company supply a 10m dia. Revolving stage at the O2 Arena. The revolve was used for a Madness concert played “in the round” to enable the band to slowly rotate for the duration of their set.

For “Slammin Vinyl’s”, New Years Eve party held at the NEC Arena, we supplied a 6.5m revolving stage that was used to make up the Dj podium to create a stunning visual affect of rotating Dj booth and plasma screens.

LIVE EARTH
The Revolving Stage Company

The Revolving Stage Company supplies a 17m diameter revolving stage for the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium in July. The revolve along with surround staging was built into the Live Earth Stage in order to allow a speedy changeover from one act to another during the busy concert schedule. .

With one act playing to the Wembley audience, another band was set up behind the giant LED screen on the rear half of the revolving stage. As one act finished, the screen raises and the revolving stage rotates 180 degrees to reveal the next band ready to play, all within a few minutes.

The 17m dia. Revolving stage is the largest portable electronic revolve available to hire in Europe, the single phase stage can be assembled in 5 hours in any venue, with no restrictions on access.