Over the last 15 years, Stage Technologies has led the way in engineering solutions for entertainment venues worldwide, bringing the extensive benefits of automation technology to the live performance industry, with projects ranging from small school theatres and rentals to grand-class cruise ships, state-of-the-art casino showrooms and national opera houses. Following a merger with Delstar Engineering last year, our specialist skills pool and capacity for in-house manufacturing has been greatly increased. With over 150 automation experts and support staff across 4 continents, we are now able to offer an even wider scope of experience and blend of engineering skills.

Christmas 2009 production of Peter Pan at Curve, Leicester, courtesy Curve/Keith Pattison

Our total manufacturing space now exceeds 40,000 square feet, with workshops in London and Suffolk (UK), Las Vegas (USA) and Macau (China). Specialist expertise at our clients' disposal includes but is not limited to:

Stage Technologies track winches lit by White Light at the City of Dreams, Macau.

• counterweight and power flying systems
• packaged hoists
• point hoists
• automation control systems
• stage wagons
• radio-controlled stage trucks
• 3-D visualisation and show programming software
• electronic and electrical design
• hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• acoustic doors
• fabrication engineering
• performance and goods lifts
• scissor lifts
• floor revolves
• specialist trussing and rigging
• special effect floors
• flown walls

Rigorous quality criteria are applied to all our mechanical, electrical, electronic and software design and manufacture, whilst ensuring that the results achieved account for individual requirements and the artistic needs of the creative industries we support. We were one of the first companies in the marketplace to achieve ISO 9001:2000 and have been manufacturing and testing to this worldwide standard since 2004.

Our products and innovations regularly win a wide range of peer-judged industry awards. Our systems feature contemporary embedded software packages that include 3-D visualisation, simulation and motion programming and are delivered with training tailored to the needs of stage management and technical staff.

Flying bars at the Royal Opera House, courtesy Rob Moore.

Stage Technologies offers consummate, turnkey design, manufacture and installation packages for the largest of international venues, as well as modular services where only specific elements of expertise and off-the-shelf products are required. Our rentals department has been supplying automation systems to theatre productions, rock tours, concerts, TV studios, film shoots and corporate events since 1994. Some of our many rental gigs and tours have included Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Wicked, Les Miserables, Kylie Minogue, Pink, The X-Factor, The Brit Awards, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, The Millennium Dome Show 1999, The Golden Compass, and Harry Potter.

Awards 2009

• Thea Outstanding Achievement Award for Casino Attraction - The Tree of Prosperity, Kinetic Atrium, Wynn Macau
• Live Design Lighting Product of the Year Award - F:light
• The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade
• Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 ranked 52