Keeping up with a hectic workload being experienced across all companies, Blackburn based lighting and video rental specialist the HSL Group has again increased its investment spend to keep up to speed with the newest technologies. This will help service ongoing and upcoming projects across all sectors - rental & staging, theatre, television, sporting events and concert touring. “The … [Read more...]
SPR is Launched
SPR – Special Project Resources – is an exciting and brand new company just launched by Tim Dunn and Marcel Wijnberger, which is part of the growing HSL Group. Tim and Marcel have both relocated from Johannesburg in South Africa to HSL’s HQ in Blackburn UK. They bring a wealth of experience and knowledge in entertainment technology and live event production together with copious imagination and … [Read more...]
Robe Gives It Large at One Big Weekend
A substantial lighting rig featuring over 150 Robe fixtures was used by ‘house’ Lighting Designer and TV Lighting Director Tim Routledge to create a production design for the 1xtra / In New Music We Trust Arena at BBC Radio One’s 2013 ‘Big Weekend’ event. The high-profile three day musical extravaganza staged in Ebrington Square, Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, kicked off the UK … [Read more...]
Andy Hurst Joins HSL as Creative Director
Blackburn, UK based lighting rental specialist HSL has appointed leading UK lighting designer Andy Hurst - Prodigy, Faithless, Pendulum, Dizzee Rascal, and others - as a creative director, in a move to promote and expand the company's Touring and Special Events division. Hurst will be working closely with Group Director Mike Oates and other HSL project managers in a move that consolidates the … [Read more...]
HSL Supplies Total Lights for Foals UK & European tour
Leading UK lighting rental company HSL is supplying lighting kit and crew for the Foals acclaimed "Total Life Forever" tour - as Oxford's current finest punky indie rockers take to the road in the UK and Europe. Lighting designer Davy Sherwin has put together a stunning show based around an inventive design that makes the rig appear vastly bigger than it actually is. He first met the band … [Read more...]
