Outside of Panto we’ve established ourselves as market leaders of sector support for large-scale theatrical effects, pioneering counter-weighted flying - recently utilising our ground-breaking techniques on the “Back to the Future” musical, which opened in Manchester in early 2020 to rave reviews and is set to move to The Adelphi, London in 2021.
Each year we help around 20 community groups, schools & amateur productions realise their own productions by using our expertise and effects.
We’ve had international reach and impact as our work has toured with various shows to the US, Australia, and throughout Europe. We have spent some of the past year collaborating with creatives at Universal Studios in the US on an upcoming live show.
Everything is designed & manufactured in Dorset as we help provide important opportunities locally and jobs across England. It is important to create opportunities outside of London for our local graduates and creatives and we want to continue to influence promotion of the Arts sector in the South West.
We’re committed to providing cultural opportunities in England for new graduates and students. We are dedicated to the development of a diverse and growing talent pool, offering comprehensive internships / work placement programmes for university students, welcoming on average 50-60 university students per year. We run a work experience taster programme for secondary school pupils, giving younger students in Dorset a sample of our work and industry. We continue to sponsor a New Blades award, which is an awards event for recently graduated model makers and creatives round the UK, promoting young talent and providing a showcase for their entry into the industry.
We’ve focused on giving full time or freelance work to most of our graduate interns/placements, helping to shape the industry and provide avenues for graduates – and that must continue.
Our effects have been described as “Show stopping” (Michael Harrison), “Breathtaking” (Sir Alan Sugar) and as having the “the Wow factor” (Nick Thomas OBE).