[photo above: Flying lines at Radio City Music Hall]
- Counterweight Systems
- Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms – Rigging
- Old Man Musings – Spanning a career in terms of truss
LSI - Classic Gear - Counterweight Flying (October 2018)
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Nobody Looks Up: The History of the Counterweight Rigging System: 1500 to 1925
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Nobody Looks Up: The History of the Counterweight Rigging System: 1500 to 1925
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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 |