HSL Photographs And Press Releases

2011HSL Supplies UK's Hottest Panto

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Leading UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied and  installed a full mother grid and flying system for scenery, cloths and props, plus all the lighting equipment to stage one of the UK’s highest profile pantomimes this year – “Robinson Crusoe &  The Caribbean Pirates” - at the [ ... ]


2011HSL Supplies the 2011 British Military Tournament

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Leading UK lighting rental company HSL supplied all lighting equipment to the 2011 British Military Tournament at Earls Court in London … for LD Steve Sinclair’s dynamic design which helped showcase the action presented by a cast of 700 troops, 100 horses, massed bands and featuring the famous  [ ... ]


2011HSL Fuses Pop, Hip Hop and Style for Tinie Tempah

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HSL creative director Andy Hurst collaborated closely with Tinie Tempah’s artistic director Willow and show producer Anthony Randall to create a concept for the popular rapper’s  recent sold out UK arena tour.  The main priorities onstage were making sure that the band were well lit and match [ ... ]


2011HSL Goes Up Several Gears

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HSL supplied lighting equipment and crew for the recent Top Gear Live events in the UK’s LG Arena at Birmingham’s NEC and at the ExCel Centre in London, with lighting designed by Steve Sinclair. It’s the first time that HSL has worked on this hugely popular, high profile automotive extravagan [ ... ]


2011HSL is Red Hot at the 2011 MTV EMAs

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HSL supplied all lighting for the Red Hot Chilli Pepper’s incendiary performance at Belfast’s Ulster Hall, part of which was integrated with the 2011 MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) telecast, staged the same night at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena. HSL’s creative Director Andy Hurst was asked by  [ ... ]


2011HSL Chases Status With Screens and Lights

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Leading UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied lighting equipment, LED video screens and crew to the recent UK leg of the Chase & Status "No More Idols" tour, where Neil Carson's high energy lighting and visual design WOWed the crowds and captured the true spirit of hi-energy drum 'n' b [ ... ]


2011HSL among the Icons at Battersea Power Station

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Icons of fashion and architecture were united in a spectacular event for leading cosmetics brand Rimmel, celebrating a decade of collaboration with supermodel Kate Moss at one of London's most iconic landmarks - Battersea Power Station.  The occasion also launched Rimmel's new 'London Lipstick Coll [ ... ]


2011HSL at PLASA 2011 - All About The People

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HSL enjoyed another massively successful PLASA exhibition at Earls Court, where their slick white Ibiza chill style lounge stand became THE social hub of the show, as well as  a meeting place for HSL's numerous industry friends and those doing business and exchanging ideas and information, complete [ ... ]


2011HSL Expands Inventory with Martin Lighting and Video Products

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One of the fastest growing lighting rental companies in Europe, HSL of Blackburn, UK, has recently made a substantial investment in Martin Professional lighting equipment, a purchase that also marks HSL’s entry into the fast growing sector of LED video displays.  The initial investment, the lar [ ... ]


2011HSL On The Fringe Again

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Popular Blackburn, UK, based leading lighting rental company HSL supplied three trucks worth of lighting equipment to C venues for the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe Festival - totalling around 650 generic lighting fixtures and 34 moving lights.C venues is one of Edinburgh’s leading independent venue produ [ ... ]


2011Andy Hurst Joins HSL as Creative Director

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Blackburn, UK based lighting rental specialist HSL has appointed leading UK lighting designer Andy Hurst - Prodigy, Faithless,  Pendulum, Dizzee Rascal, and others - as a creative director, in a move to promote and expand the company's Touring and Special Events division. Hurst will be working cl [ ... ]


2011HSL Supplies Lighting 'specials' for Arcade Fire Summer Festival Tour

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HSL is supplying a substantial 'extras package' for Arcade Fire's summer European Festival tour, with lighting and set designed by Susanne Sasic, which is the latest leg of an ongoing world tour for their hugely acclaimed number one "The Suburbs" album, which was released in 2010. It is the first t [ ... ]


2011HSL New Screens The Stars at Global Gathering 2011

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HSL has just taken delivery of 150 square metres of Martin Professional's latest lightweight EC20 20 mm pitch LED screen plus 48 panels of their popular LC2140 40 mm pitch surface in a major investment with the Danish manufacturer that also included substantial quantities of MAC moving lights, in to [ ... ]


2011HSL Supplies Brit Floyd Tour

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Leading UK rental company HSL continues its busy concert touring season supplying lighting and video projectors to the latest leg of the Brit Floyd UK tour - a brand new show celebrating the musical legacy of legendary progressive rock band, Pink Floyd - which plays London's O2 Arena this coming wee [ ... ]


2011This One is For HSL on Olly Murs

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Leading UK lighting rental company HSL continued its excellent working relationship with Production North, supplying the lighting design and equipment to the recent Olly Murs UK tour. The chart topping singer/songwriter and runner up of X-Factor 2009 has evolved a live performance style of his own, [ ... ]


2011HSL Moves The Mountain Move at Masada

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Blackburn UK based lighting rental company HSL supplied all stage lighting equipment for the Israeli Opera & Les Choragies d'Orange in France's production of "Aida", staged in a purpose built amphitheatre at the foot of Masada Mountain at The Dead Sea in Israel.  It was the second year running that [ ... ]


2011HSL On The Level

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HSL supplied lighting equipment for The Levellers' recent sold-out "Levelling The Land" tour, marking the 20th anniversary of their ground-breaking album that questioned so many emotive issues and political dialectics of the era, helping inspire a generation of left-leaning activists concerned about [ ... ]


2011Long Nights for HSL on tour with Alexandra Burke

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HSL continued its mega busy start to the year supplying lighting equipment and crew for Alexandra Burke's "All Night Long" UK tour for Production North.   It was Burke's first solo headline tour, for which a very tasty lighting design was created by Phil Wiffin. Together with special video content [ ... ]


2011HSL Moves It in Style

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HSL supplied lighting design, equipment and crew for 4 live stages at the 2011 Move It exhibition in Olympia, London - the UK's largest live dancing experience - working for Upperstreet Events - who organised and co-ordinated the exhibition.  The stages - Main, Freestyle, Arena & Flawless - were do [ ... ]


2011No Scary Hares for HSL!

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Blackburn, UK based lighting rental company HSL has supplied equipment to the first BBC TV show to be produced at the new Media City complex & studios in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester."Don't Scare The Hare" is a new games show produced by Endemol which will be aired in April on BBC1's 5.30 p.m.  [ ... ]