technical

Rigging information in brief on main venues previously rigged for silks in London and around the UK. (Not comprehensive, so please ask if your venue is not here)

London:
• Billingsgate - ladder/tower access at approx. 7m.
• Bluebird restaurant, Kings Road - approx. 6m
• Cabot Hall, Canary Wharf - gantry access approx. 16m, stage pros. arch. 8m.
• Café de Paris - 2 points on sides, 1 central at approx. 5m. Shackles into roof
• Coutts Bank, Strand - 15m cherry picker access.
• Dorchester, Park Lane - needs freestanding rig.
• East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf - roped access at 18m. 2 riggers.
• Floral Hall, Covent Garden - from truss installed in roof.
• Great Room, Grosvenor House - chandelier points/installed truss 5-6.5m.
• Hilton Hotel, Park Lane - off chandelier points at 4.5m.
• Hippodrome, Leic Sq. - central/edge points x 3 plus, aerial clearance limited
• Marquee, Battersea Park - ladder access at approx. 6m.
• Peacock Theatre - pros. arch well placed here, right. approx. 10m
• Roundhouse, Camden - walkways at 14m, central beam 1.5m long/2 riggers
• Royal Courts of Justice, Aldwych - freestanding truss installed
• Royal Horticultural Hall, Victoria - freestanding rig or pricey windows out!
• Science Museum, Exhibition Rd - beams approx 16m, rigger access from top.
• Sketch Nightclub - central point approx. 8m. Top access/paging.
• Tate Modern - from wires from high roof. (Performers on lines).
• Wembley Conference Centre - walkway access at about 18m.

Rest of UK:
• The Fairmont (prev. St. Andrews Bay Hotel) - picker access to beam at 10m
• Corn Exchange, Cambridge - approx. 7m.
• Edinburgh Museum, café - roped access/2 riggers, points at 16m
• ICC, Birmingham - from top structure at approx. 18m
• NEC, Birmingham - off installed truss.
• Butlins, Bognor Regis - 4-pole climbable rig with central truss 12m