Star Events Group supplied its 13m Morbit stage for the event, plus a 5m front of house structure positioned on top of the Square's terrace. The stage, dressed with large banners supplied by Imaginators, was put into position by a standard tractor unit and built using its pair of integral cranes. These were then used to fly the PA.
"We were very lucky as the weather was fine for both load in on the Friday and load out on the Sunday, despite the horrendous storm that swept the country the previous day," comments Jane Russen, group sales director for Star Events Group. "This is the first time Morbit has been into Trafalgar Square, but with the assistance of the unit's rear steering, the load in went very smoothly."
In charge of the overall production at this, and the previous festivals, was live event company Flying Colours, whose creative director Peter Bird comments: "This is quite a challenging event for a staging company because of the variety of performances it has to accommodate: from choirs; to ballet; to rock bands all in one day. The fact that we could have a bigger and more effective stage than in previous years to account for this was a real boon."(Jim Evans)
