Archive for June, 2010

Theatek have been busying themselves at the Bristol Hippodrome throughout the start of this year servicing the theatre’s visiting shows with sound systems.  The Hippodrome has hosted a diverse programme of events and Theatek was pleased to be involved with a large number of them.  Temporary sound systems were installed for comedians such as Julian Clary, Reginald D Hunter, Lee Mack and Andy Ford through to the dance performances of the English National Ballet, Russian Ice Stars and the drama performance of The Hobbit amongst others.  Theatek can provide systems for similar events at extremely competitive prices.  Complete systems or individual components can be hired from one day with or without installation and operators.  Please get in touch to find out more.

Theatek are official stockists for MSL Firecheck.  Firecheck is a water-based fire proofing spray and is colourless, odourless and non-toxic.  It can treat a variety of materials including cardboard, untreated wood, polystyrene, hessian, foam rubber, cotton, wool and cotton-backed draylon.  It can bee supplied as a 750ml Spray, 5 litre container or as a 25 litre drum.  Empty spray bottles are also available.

Pricing currently is as follows:

750ml Spray – £9.00

5 litre container – £50.00

25 litre drum – £212.50

Empty spray bottle  - £0.99

Prices exclude VAT and delivery.

Theatek have recently acquired Le Maitre’s Electric Air Cannons to add to it’s special effects inventory.  The air cannons are CO2 powered and fire confetti, glitter and streamers although Le Maitre themselves say:

“The cannon can be filled with anything that will not cause injury as it falls back to the ground. The main effects that are used in the cannon are Confetti, Glitter and Streamers. We have however put various things in the cannons including T Shirts, Condoms, Water, Jelly Babies and Bank Notes.”

The controller has 4 channels and each channel can fire multiple units.  The cannons themselves come with a powercon outlet for daisy chaining units together and can be floor or truss mounted.  The controller is priced at £18/week and the cannons are priced at £27/week.  Various consumable items can be supplied to fire from the cannon.  Please contact us for further information.

On May 25th 2010, HRH the Duke of Kent opened the brand new Writhlington School. Theatek has been heavily involved as consultants to the performance space for over a year, ensuring that the equipment and the space would meet the diverse needs from both the school and the community.  We wish the school every success in it’s new premises, and look forward to a long association with them.  You can read more about this story here.