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Star Events Group
Location: Thurleigh, Bedfordshire
About
- Star Events Group
Star Events Group is the UK's leading supplier of stages, support structures, rigging and design services. These offer versatility, safety and value:
STAR Mobile: the broadest range of mobile stages in the UK, budget aware but never compromising on quality.
STAR Orbit: classic arch, dome and tunnel shaped stages, delivering flexibility and high visual impact.
STAR Vertech: state-of-the-art stages for large events plus VT structures for lights, cameras, screens, sound and branding.
STAR Rigging: rigging solutions based on broad experience in venues and the events, broadcast and film industries.
STAR Design: shaping ideas into stunning visualisations with all the technical support, drawings and calculations you need.
Star Events Group has been in the events and stage hire business for over 30 years and is an industry leader in product design and innovation, safety standards and training programmes. We are a friendly, people driven, firm dedicated to delivering the best products and service we can for our customers.
We have tried to make this website as comprehensive as possible, but please don't hesitate to contact us if you can't find what you need or would like to discuss your event with us.
www.stareventsgroup.com
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Location
Mobile Stages
* Nothing faster to install
* Range of floor heights
* Roof spans of 8m, 9m, 10m, 11m, 13m & 15m
* Whole structure fully weather proofed
* Branding options
* Banner rails
* Front canopy on some stages
* PA bays, cantilevers or goalposts
* Stairs
* Ramps
* Loading bays
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Orbit Stages
* Floor heights in the 1.2m to 3.0m range, other heights on request
* Roof span options of 6m, 12m, 15, 20m & 30m
* Variable depth
* Front canopy can project downstage edge
* Branding options
* PA bays
* Video screen goalposts
* Stairs
* Ramps
* Loading bays
* Underworld
* Whole structure fully weather proofed
* Employers, Public and Product Liability insurance coverage up to £10,000,000 per incident
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VerTech Stages & Structures
* Floor heights in the 1.2m to 3.0m range, other heights on request
* Standard depths in multiples of 4.5m
* Roof span options of 12m, 15m, 20m and 25m
* Roof height "trim" options of 6.0m, 8.0m, 11.0m and 13.0m
* Whole structure fully weather proofed
* Load bearing front canopy, can project 5.0m from downstage edge
* PA bays fully weatherproofed
* Extra goalposts or full bays for video and scrims
* Covered production areas
* Stairs, ramps, loading bays, underworld
* Low crew requirements, all from us or some locals from you
* Versatile construction: in lakes and rivers, on stadium terraces and on reclaimed land, landfill sites, etc
* Efficient transport &shipping
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Star Rigging
* In-house bespoke rigging design and supply
* On tour supply of crew and equipment
* Studio-based projects
* Location shoots
* Filmed Concerts
* Supply of carefully assessed riggers
* Free standing flying towers
* Hoists
* Trussing
* Load sensing systems
* Motion control systems
* Standard rigging point systems
* Soft rigging
* Shackles
* Stac chain
* Spot platforms
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Star Design
Star Design uses up-to-the-minute design tools to help customers visualise special stages and structures. Once designed, our in-house team of designers and engineers build special structures varying from the artistically bold to the logistically challenging.
Star Design offers four core services:
Consultancy - Helping to solve your planning and feasibility concerns, advising on safety and offering independent assessment.
CAD Services - Professional drawings of stages, venue and rigging layouts, sets and scenery.
Imaging Services - Ilustrate your proposal with accurate renders and illustrations.
Fabrication Services - Building bespoke structures with unusual features or created for special environments.
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Stage Choosing Wizard
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Our Approach
Star Events Group has been supplying stages, rigging and services to the events industry for over 30 years. We've delivered stages for world famous events such as Live8 and for private parties for 200 people, but irrespective of whether your audience size is 100 or 100,000 we carefully consider your particular situation to deliver equipment and service you can rely on and which won't leave a big hole in your budget.
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Awards
Total Production Award
Favourite Staging Company 2004
Rigger of the Year (Phil Broad) 2004
Total Production Award
Favourite Staging Company 2003
Rigger of the Year (Phil Broad) 2003
The Event Services Association (TESA) award
Best New Product of the Year (VerTech system additions) 2003
Total Production Award
Best staging company 2002
Investors In People
Following two years of concentrated improvements to its company training programme and the development of individual employees, Star Hire received recognition as an Investor In People company in 2000. Putting forward a programme of continual improvements ensured our Investor In People status was renewed for Star Hire in 2004 and then for Star Events Group in 2007.
Live! Magazine
Best Staging Product (VerTech Stage System) 2002
Live! Magazine
Staging Company of the Year 2002
Live! Magazine
Rigger of the Year (Phil Broad) 2001
Live! Magazine
Staging Company of the Year 2000
Live! Magazine
Rigger of the Year (Phil Broad) 1999
Live! Magazine
Staging Innovation of the year (StarStage 15-12 Trailer Stage) 1999
Entertainment Technology
Staging Innovation award 1998
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