Gallery

The rooms, the rigs and the crews.

What the tech trade behind the show actually looks like — load-ins, racks, front of house and the people running them.

From the truck to the show

Real shows, in the order a show day runs. Each one says what you are looking at and which department put it there.

Load-inTrucks backed up to the stage door, first thing.
Load-inRoad cases coming off the truck.
Video / LEDLED wall carts rolled onto a stadium floor and set in place.
Video / LEDStadium floor set for the show, LED walls running test patterns.
ProductionThe build from the upper bowl: seats down, stage going up.
An empty theatre before doors, line arrays flown either side.
AudioAn empty theatre before doors, line arrays flown either side.
Broadcast-style conference set: cameras, a jib and the LED wall behind.
CameraBroadcast-style conference set: cameras, a jib and the LED wall behind.
Video / LEDCurved LED and lit pillars around the camera positions.
VideoFlown screens over an expo hall before the crowd arrives.
ProductionA conference floor set with desks and screens, ready for doors.
Video / LEDLED walls tested in an empty hall.
Video / LEDA full-width LED wall over a gala dinner.
LightingGeneral session: the room washed in colour around the screens.
VideoA ballroom general session on LED, with projection on the side screens.
Video / LEDFlown LED from behind the drape.
Video control: switcher multiview, playback and show laptops.
VideoVideo control: switcher multiview, playback and show laptops.
VideoThe switcher position mid-show, every source on the multiview.
VideoShow control: playback laptops and the time-of-day clock.
VideoVideo world backstage, set up in the dark.
ProjectionProjection-mapped walls, reflected in the floor.
ProjectionAn immersive room: projection on every wall.
VideoA concert with side screens, seen from front of house.
LightingAn arena in red, every seat holding a light stick.
LightingBeams over the crowd, from the front-of-house riser.
AudioFront of house: the audio console, with the show on the LED behind.
LightingA full arena from the upper level.
VideoCamera close-ups on the LED, run from front of house.