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Some Unusual Christmas magic at the Southbank Centre

19th December 2016

London's Southbank Centre has been transformed into a wintry Nordic landscape this festive season.

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Unusual Christmas jumpers raise money for charity

19th December 2016

These Unusual characters donned their best (or worst) Christmas jumpers on 16th December and helped raise £72 for Save the Children in the process.

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Unusual Rigging makes the finals of the prestigious Circulars Awards

2nd December 2016

Shortlisted in the Young Global Leaders Award for Circular Economy SME

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Regent Street Christmas lights shine bright with Unusual Rigging

1st December 2016

London's Regent Street celebrated the start of the festive period on the 17th November with the official switch on of its famous Christmas lights.

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Unusual Suspension of Antony Gormley sculpture

17th November 2016

The National Portrait Gallery has called on the expertise of Unusual Rigging to dramatically suspend a life-size sculpture by Antony Gormley.

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Unusual Rigging helps Chickenshed Theatre to transform its performance and rehearsal spaces

10th November 2016

Students and performers at theatre company Chickenshed will now be performing and rehearsing in newly refurbished spaces, thanks to Unusual Rigging which, as a long term supporter of the company, has contributed to a much needed make-over at the venue.

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Unusual gets on board in a flash, bang, wallop as Half a Sixpence transfers to the West End

3rd November 2016

Cameron Mackintosh and Chichester Festival Theatre's critically acclaimed hit musical Half A Sixpence opens at the Noel Coward Theatre in London's West End on 29th October.

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London's Burning - in the most Unusual way

6th October 2016

The 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London was commemorated in spectacular style last month as Artichoke's London's Burning festival transformed the capital with a week of extraordinary art events and brought Unusual Rigging on board to handle aspects of the technical production.

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Unusual Rigging provides wall to wall support for exhibition of The Ethics of Dust: Westminster Hall

8th August 2016

After six years of negotiation, Jorge Otero Pailos' artwork, The Ethics of Dust: Westminster Hall was unveiled to the public on June 29th. The artwork, commissioned and produced by Artangel for Westminster Hall, is a 50m long translucent cast of the Hall's internal east wall, revealing how the dust and pollution which have gathered over hundreds of years register a broader environmental history.

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It's Not Rocket Science....just a bit of Unusual Rigging!

6th June 2016

Proving that 'science isn't just for geeks', It's Not Rocket Science launched on ITV in February, with each of the six episodes packed with thrilling large scale experiments.

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A Tower of strength: Unusual Rigging collaborates with the Shaftesbury Theatre on its fly tower project

28th April 2016

The Shaftesbury Theatre in London prides itself on being the largest independent theatre in the West End.

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An Unusual interview technique

7th March 2016

When famous climber Jimmy Chin made an appearance on Good Morning Britain last month, the show's production team tasked host Ben Shephard with the challenge of interviewing his guest while abseiling down the side of the ITV tower.

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Unusual Rigging highly commended at prestigious Circulars 2016 Awards

2nd February 2016

Unusual Rigging has been highly commended for its efforts in implementing a circular economy in The Circulars 2016 Awards.

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Unusual Rigging: Practically Perfect in every way

18th January 2016

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s musical Mary Poppins has returned to the UK and will tour the country until the start of 2017.

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Unusual Rigging and Engineering LLC welcomes Denis Bramhall to Dubai

18th January 2016

Unusual Rigging and Engineering LLC appoints Denis Bramhall as its new Managing Partner.

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