HSL supplied lighting, LED screens, rigging, staging, structures and power for the Sainsbury’s UK Schools Games Opening Ceremony at Gateshead International Stadium. The Blackburn based company was working for show production company Fast Track Events and also for Modular Projects who together delivered the show for end clients, the UK Youth Sport Trust. The ceremony was hosted by BBC Sports presenter Jill Douglas

 

HSL’s Mike Docksey co-ordinated a masterpiece of planning which ensured that everything ran like clockwork on site, with Howard Dean production  managing HSL’s multi-skilled crew and liaising closely with show producer, Fast Track’s Bob Caple.

 

Says Docksey, “This was a real team effort from all angles, requiring a lot of transparent and lucid communications. It was a pleasure to work with Bob and Fast Track Events again, to be involved with and assist in capturing the vibe, enthusiasm and spirit of this occasion”.

 

With the majority of the production components of the event given over to HSL to co-ordinate, the various creative elements could focus on their contributions to the show.

 

The high energy 60 minute Opening Ceremony show was unlike anything ever seen More >