Rigging & Flying

[photo above: Flying lines at Radio City Music Hall]

 


Leatherman Wave Plus Pocket Tool
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Everbeam Head Torch
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66pc Makita Drill & Bit Set
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Makita Screwdriver
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LSI - Classic Gear - Counterweight Flying (October 2018)
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From Lighting & Sound International

History: Truss & Rigging pt.1 (October 2016)
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History: Truss & Rigging pt.2 (November 2016)
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From Lighting & Sound International

 

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2023

The Arena Riggers Handbook
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2016

The Theatre Riggers Handbook
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2015

Nobody Looks Up: The History of the Counterweight Rigging System: 1500 to 1925
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2014

50 Rigging Calls
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2014

Entertainment Rigging for the 21st Century: Compilation of Work on Rigging Practices, Safety, and Related Topics
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2007

Mechanical Design for the Stage
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2007

Stage Rigging Handbook
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2003

Rigging for Entertainment: Regulations and Practice
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2002

Technical Design Solutions for Theatre: Vol.1
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2002

Technical Design Solutions for Theatre: Vol.2
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External Links

Access Equipment

Aluminium Access Products Tallescope manufacturers [UK]

Associations

ABTTAC Automation Committee - Association of British Theatre Technicians [UK]

Companies

Absolute Motion Control [London]
Broadweigh Portable wireless load monitoring [UK]
Motor-Stage Automation [Denmark]
PRG Scenic Rigging & Automation [USA]
Specialised Stage Engineering (SSE) Entertainment Rigging [Australia]
Unusual Rigging Rigging, suspension and automation [London, UK]

Discussion Forums

Podcast: Theatrewolf History and Innovation in a wide range of technical theatre areas

Equipment

Flint Hire & Supply [UK]
Ironclad Performance Work Gloves [Los Angeles, CA, USA]
Pockit Utility holsters & accessories for your tools [USA]
Setwear Gloves, belts, bags [CA, USA]
 Flightcases / Touring >> 3D Flight Cases Professional UK flight case manufacturers [UK]
 Flightcases / Touring >> BCS Manufacturing Flightcases
 Flightcases / Touring >> Packhorse Flightcases [Peterborough, UK]

Health & Safety

Health & Safety Executive [UK]
Online Sign Free Printable Safety Sign Maker

Jobs

Automation London Theatre Automation & Motion Control jobs [London, UK]

Manufacturers

Clear-Com Headsets [USA]
Eartec Wireless Headsets [USA]
Tait Scenic Rigging & Automation

Practitioners

Theater Art Life - Andrew Mudie (Rigger)
Theater Art Life - James Busby (Rigger)
Theater Art Life - Tora La Rosa (Rigger)

Resources

Animated Knots [USA]
Doodsons Entertainment Public Liability Insurance etc. [UK]
Multipoint Suspension - not as easy as it seems Essential reading!
Podcast: Circuit & Gear - Scenic Automation
Riggers Page Information & Resources [USA]

Software

Spikemark Scenic Automation & Visualisation

Suppliers

Bickers Lifting Lodestar & Hoist Stagemaker dealers [East England, UK]
BJ Hardware Scenic and Ironmongery [London, UK]
Cablenet Tension wire grid from Slingco [UK]
Chabuki Kabuki Drop Mechanism [USA]
Doughty Engineering [UK/USA]
Exhibit and Display Truss [Pickering, Ontario, Canada]
Flints Theatrical Chandlers Tools and Supplies [London, UK]
Frameset Modular Scenic Backdrops & Projection Surfaces [UK]
Glantre Engineering Ltd [Berkshire, UK]
H&H Specialities Drapes, Curtain Tracks [CA. USA]
Heightec Equipment for working at height and rescue [Cumbria, UK]
https://www.showtex.com/en/products/hardware/roll-reveal-systems/hispeed-reveal Hi-Speed Cloth Reveal [Belgium / International]
James Thomas Engineering
JR Clancy Rigging, suspension and automation [NY, USA]
LTM / Lift Turn Move Lifting Equipment [UK]
Lyon Equipment Personal fall-protection & safety [Cumbria, UK]
Manila Cordage Company Ropes [Phillipines]
National Access & Rescue Centre (NARC) [Cumbria, UK]
Nicopress Compression sleeves for wire rope and tools
OPTI Kinetics Truss
Peter Albrecht Hoists & Rigging Systems [USA]
Sapsis Rigging [USA]
Secoa Rigging [USA]
Sico Inc. Folding stages and tables [UK]
StageDex (by Prolyte) Staging System
Stagelam Flooring for stages
The Crosby Group Lifting and rigging accessories including Crosby Clips
TMB Electrical. lighting and rigging equipment
Total Solutions Group Trussing & Rigging [Birmingham, UK]
Triple E Curtain tracks and entertainment engineering solutions [UK]
Wire Rope Direct [UK ]

Unions / Associations

AAPTLE Alliance of Associations & Professionals in Theatre and Live Events [UK]
ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) Training, Advice, Membership [London, UK]
Actors Equity [American actors and stage managers] [USA]
ALIA Australasian Lighting Industry Association [Australasia]
LPA Live Performance Australia
PLASA UK Professional Lighting & Sound Association [UK]
USITT United States Institute for Theatre Technology [USA]

Video Resources

Backstage at the Royal Opera House - The Opera Machine Full access to 21 cameras backstage for Act III of the Ring Cycle