Stage Electrics Wins £2m Contract

Stage Electrics has won a £2 million contract for the supply and installation of specialist production lighting and audio-visual infrastructure for Riverside Studios, Hammersmith.

The broadcast, arts and entertainment venue closed in 2014 for demolition and redevelopment and is scheduled to fully reopen its doors again in 2019. The new 90,000 sq. ft. Riverside Studios will comprise three studios, small, medium and large, as well as public and community spaces including a two-screen cinema, rehearsal space and a number of restaurants and bars.

The design of the medium studio is particularly flexible allowing for the easy alternation between theatre, music, events and television. During the consultancy phase of the project, Stage Electrics advised on the supporting infrastructure to allow it to function as a multipurpose space. The smaller studio is intended to be mainly used as a theatrical space, with broadcast facilities being integrated into the audio-visual facility panels.

The package also includes a high-quality PA system for the public areas of the building, rigging systems for the smaller studio & the Cinema.

Starting on site in early 2019, working for main contractor, Mount Anvil, Stage Electrics' work will facilitate the installations of the Broadcast Systems Integrator, ATG Danmon and TV Lighting Hoist Integrator, DeSisti.