Technical details and anecdotes about a range of productions.
This growing section contains relevant or interesting technical information about live events and theatrical stage productions, past and present. Where possible, there are production photos, show trailers, behind-the-scenes videos and links to articles and entries in the journals we have on the site. There are also links to equipment used on the shows.
It’s now in two column lists – one with some of the shows listed under the type of show / technical feature of interest, and the other in full alphabetical order.
Type of Show / Technical Area
Concerts / Arena
- ABBA Voyage
- Eurovision Song Contest
- How to Train Your Dragon: Live Spectacular
- Laserium
- London Olympics Opening Ceremony 2012
- Monsters of Rock
- Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony 2016
- Superbowl Half-Time Shows
- Take That – Wonderland 2017
- U2 Concert Tours
- Walking with Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular
- Woodstock
Drama
- …Some Trace of Her
- An Inspector Calls
- Beware of Pity
- Emil and the Detectives
- Frankenstein
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts I & II)
- His Dark Materials
- Network
- Noises Off
- People, Places and Things
- Peter Pan Goes Wrong
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- The Encounter
- The Missing Light
- The Ocean At The End Of The Lane
- The Red Barn
- The Tempest
- War Horse
- The White Guard
- The Woman in Black
Exhibitions / Walk-Throughs
Corporate / Industrial
Flying
- How to Train Your Dragon: Live Spectacular
- The Light Princess
- Shrek The Musical
- Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark
- Tarzan
- The Hatchling
Immersive
Magic / Illusions
- Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
- Ghost: The Musical
- Groundhog Day
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts I & II)
- In & Of Itself
- Magic Goes Wrong
- Our House
Multimedia / Projection
- …Some Trace of Her
- Beware of Pity
- Cages
- Fantasmic
- Golem
- His Dark Materials
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
- L’Amour de Loin
- The Hunting of the Snark
- Life of Pi
- The Missing Light
- Network
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- Time
- Toruk – The First Flight
- War Horse
- The Who’s Tommy
- The Woman in White
- Ugly Lies the Bone
Musicals
- 42nd Street
- A Chorus Line
- Aladdin
- An American in Paris
- Annie
- Avenue Q
- Barnum
- Be More Chill
- Betty Blue Eyes
- Billy Elliot
- Blitz!
- Blood Brothers
- Bombay Dreams
- Cabaret
- Camelot
- Carousel
- Carrie: The Musical
- Cats
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Chess
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Dear Evan Hansen
- Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
- Doctor Dolittle
- Elf
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Ghost: The Musical
- Gone With The Wind
- Grease
- Groundhog Day
- Hamilton
- Heathcliff
- How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- The Hunting of the Snark
- Into the Woods
- Jerry Springer The Opera
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Joseph and the Amazing Tecnicolor Dreamcoat
- The King and I
- Kinky Boots
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Legally Blonde
- Les Miserables
- The Light in the Piazza
- The Light Princess
- The Lion King
- The Lord of the Rings: The Musical
- Made in Dagenham
- Mamma Mia
- Martin Guerre
- Mary Poppins
- Matilda
- Metropolis
- Miss Saigon
- My Fair Lady
- Newsies
- Oklahoma!
- Oliver!
- Our House
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Saturday Night Fever
- School of Rock
- Scrooge The Musical
- Shrek The Musical
- Show Boat
- Singin’ in the Rain
- Sister Act
- Soldaat van Oranje – De Musical
- The Sound of Music
- Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark
- Spongebob Squarepants – The Broadway Musical
- Starlight Express
- Sunday in the Park with George
- Sunset Boulevard
- Sweeney Todd
- Tarzan
- Time
- The Book of Mormon
- The Who’s Tommy
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- We Will Rock You
- West Side Story
- Whistle Down The Wind
- Wicked
- The Witches of Eastwick
- The Wizard of Oz
- The Woman in White
- Young Frankenstein
Opera
Puppetry
- Betty Blue Eyes
- Circus 1903
- Doctor Dolittle
- How to Train Your Dragon: Live Spectacular
- King Kong
- Legend of the Lion King
- Life of Pi
- My Neighbour Totoro
- The Hatchling
- The Lion King
- The Magic Flute
- The Missing Light
- War Horse
- Walking with Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular
Scenic Automation
Set Design
Site Specific Theatre
Sound Design
Spectacular
- 40-45 A Musical Spectacular
- Ben-Hur
- Dancing Waters
- EFX
- Fantasmic
- The Han Show
- The House of Dancing Water
- Iris – Cirque du Soleil
- La Perle
- La Reve
- KA – Cirque du Soleil
- The Lord of the Rings: The Musical
- Mystere – Cirque du Soleil
- O – Cirque du Soleil
- Paramour – Cirque du Soleil
- Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark
- The Whip
- Toruk – The First Flight – Cirque du Soleil
- World of Color (Disneyland Resort)
Virtual Reality
- Current, Rising (Royal Opera House)
- Draw Me Close (Young Vic)
- Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company)
- War of the Worlds Immersive (Layered Reality)
All Shows in Alphabetical Order
- & Juliet
- …Some Trace of Her
- 2:22 A Ghost Story
- 40-45 A Musical Spectacular
- 42nd Street
- 9 to 5
- A Chorus Line
- A Christmas Carol
- A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream – RSC
- A Midsummer Nights Dream
- Abba Voyage
- Aladdin
- An American In Paris
- An Inspector Calls
- Angels in America
- Annie
- Anything Goes
- Aspects of Love
- Avenue Q
- Back to the Future: The Musical
- Barnum
- Bat Out Of Hell
- Be More Chill
- Beatlemania
- Beautiful
- Beetlejuice the Musical
- Ben-Hur
- Betty Blue Eyes
- Beware of Pity / Ungeduld des Herzens
- Billy Elliot
- Blitz!
- Blood Brothers
- Blue Man Group
- Bombay Dreams
- Bridgwater Carnival
- Buddy
- Bugsy Malone
- Cabaret
- Cages
- Camelot
- Canterbury Tales
- Car Launches
- Carousel
- Carrie: The Musical
- Cats
- Cavalcade
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Chess
- Chicago
- Children of Eden
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Cinderella
- Circus 1903
- City of Angels
- Come From Away
- Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony 2018
- Company
- Congregation
- Crazy for You
- Current, Rising
- Dancing Waters
- Dear Evan Hansen
- Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
- Doctor Dolittle
- Don’t Dress For Dinner
- Draw Me Close
- Educating Rita
- EFX
- Elf
- Emil and the Detectives
- Eurovision Song Contest
- Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
- Evita
- Fall of the House of Usherettes
- Fantasmic
- Faraday Lectures
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Follies
- Frankenstein
- Frozen
- Genesis – Tours
- Ghost Stories
- Ghost: The Musical
- Giudizio Universale: The Sistine Chapel Immersive Show
- Glamorous Night
- Glastonbury Festival
- Golem
- Gone with the Wind
- Grand Guignol
- Grease
- Groundhog Day
- Guys and Dolls
- Hadestown
- Half a Sixpence
- Hamilton
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts I and II)
- Heathcliff
- Hengler’s Circus
- Hercules
- His Dark Materials
- How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
- How to Train Your Dragon: Live Spectacular
- I And Albert
- In & Of Itself
- Into the Woods
- Iris – Cirque du Soleil
- Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds Live
- Jerry Springer: The Opera
- Jersey Boys – The Story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Jubilee
- KA – Cirque du Soleil
- King Kong
- Kinky Boots
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
- L’Amour de Loin
- La Cage Aux Folles
- La Perle
- La Reve
- La Traviata
- Laserium
- Legally Blonde
- Legend of the Lion King – Walt Disney World
- Les Miserables
- Life of Pi
- Little Shop of Horrors
- London Olympics Opening Ceremony 2012
- Love Never Dies
- Made in Dagenham
- Magic Goes Wrong
- Magic Mike
- Mamma Mia
- Mamma Mia! – The Party
- Martin Guerre
- Mary Poppins
- Matilda
- Merrily We Roll Along
- Metropolis
- Miss Saigon
- Moby Dick – A Whale of a Tale
- Monsters of Rock
- Moulin Rouge
- Mutiny
- My Fair Lady
- My Neighbour Totoro
- Mystere – Cirque du Soleil
- Network
- Newsies
- No Sex Please, We’re British
- Noises Off
- Notre Dame De Paris
- O – Cirque du Soleil
- Oh What A Lovely War
- Oklahoma!
- Oliver!
- Once
- Only Fools and Horses
- Our House
- Paramour – Cirque du Soleil
- Paris Merveilles
- Peaky Blinders – The Rise
- People, Places & Things
- Peter Pan
- Peter Pan Goes Wrong
- Phantom Peak
- Pink Floyd – Division Bell
- Pink Floyd 1994 Tour
- Pippin
- Punchdrunk – The Drowned Man
- Ring Cycle – Metropolitan Opera
- Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony 2016
- Rock Circus
- Rocky Horror Show
- Rose Marie
- Rosmersholm
- Saturday Night Fever
- School of Rock
- Scrooge The Musical
- Seussical
- Show Boat
- Shrek The Musical
- Shrek’s Adventure London
- Side by Side by Sondheim
- Singin’ in the Rain
- Sister Act
- Six
- Sleep No More
- Soldaat van Oranje – De Musical / Soldier of Orange
- Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark
- Spongebob Squarepants – The Broadway Musical
- Spring Awakening
- Starlight Express
- Stranger Things: The First Shadow
- Strictly Come Dancing
- Sunday in the Park with George
- Sunset Boulevard
- Superbowl Halftime Shows
- Sweeney Todd
- Take That – Wonderland Live
- Tarzan
- The 39 Steps
- The Beatles: Love – Cirque du Soleil
- The Book of Mormon
- The Color Purple
- The Comedy About A Bank Robbery
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- The Encounter
- The Four Musketeers
- The Glass Menagerie
- The Han Show
- The Hatchling
- The House of Dancing Water
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame / Der Glöckner von Notre Dame
- The Hunting of the Snark
- The King and I
- The League of Gentlemen
- The Lehman Trilogy
- The Light in the Piazza
- The Light Princess
- The Lion King
- The Lord of the Rings: The Musical
- The Magic and the Mystery – Siegfried & Roy
- The Magic Flute
- The Missing Light
- The Mousetrap
- The Mysteries
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- The Peep Show
- The Phantom of the Opera
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- The Pirates of Penzance
- The Play That Goes Wrong
- The Prince of Egypt
- The Producers
- The Red Barn
- The Sound of Music
- The Tempest – Met Opera
- The Tempest – RSC
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
- The Whip
- The White Guard
- The Who’s Tommy
- The Witches of Eastwick
- The Wizard of Oz
- The Woman in Black
- The Woman in White
- Time
- Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
- Tons of Money
- TORUK – The First Flight – Cirque du Soleil
- Treasure Island
- Turandot
- U2 Concert Tour
- Ugly Lies the Bone
- Untrainable – How to Train Your Dragon
- Waitress
- Walking with Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular
- War Horse
- We Will Rock You
- West Side Story
- Whistle Down The Wind
- White Night
- Wicked
- Wind in the Willows
- Wonderful Town
- Woodstock
- World of Color
- Young Frankenstein