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HowTheLightGetsIn FESTIVAL
THE WORLDS LARGEST PHILOSOPHY AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
The festival aims to get philosophy out of the academy and into people's lives by bringing together philosophers, writers, academics, comedians and musicians for a festival of debate, talks, music, workshops, and late night parties in a series of 12 venues, 3 bars and 4 restaurants.
scope
Full technical production
- Sound
- Lighting
- Video
- Power
- Backline
- Staging
scale
- 10 venues
- 50 Channels of simultaneous
radio mics
- 86 speakers
- 22 screens
- 126 lighting fixtures
- 88 stage decks
- 16 CDJ's
- 650kVA of Power Generation
- 2.6km of festoon
challenges
- Providing such a variety of services to the highest standard simultaneously.
- Incredibly tight turnaround times. Within 40 minutes, 3 venues can go from a five sat debate to a 6 piece rock band or a comedian to a 30 piece male voice choir.
- Every session in every venue has to be multitrack recorded so all inputs can be changed in post production video.
- Huge amount of infrastructure put in place for crew welfare including 8 bunkabins due to the remote location and lack of hotels.
client comments
"Figure of Eight are our 'go to' festival technical provider. We once tried another more cost attractive supplier but came back to Figure of Eight when we realised how much they sort seamlessly behind the scenes. HowTheLightGetsIn has a lot of different tech requirements but the the team always has the time to talk through our ever changing needs to come up with suitable, workable and sustainable solutions. A Super friendly and professional team and we are excited to work together on our next festival!"
BEN KEAST
NEPTUNUS STRUCTURES
A good quality product, delivered on time with no fuss, I cannot ask for more! Figure of Eight are great to work with and always deliver...
KIM BICKELL
ITV DANCING ON ICE
I absolutely love working with Figure of Eight - not only because they are professional and hard working, but because they are amazing people to be around and bring a huge element of fun to every show. Couldn’t recommend enough!
MATT DAVIES
2CAN PRODUCTIONS LTD
Figure of Eight are our go to company for all of our temporary power, lighting and staging requirements - Nothing is too much trouble and we always receive a high quality end product
Figure of Eight are our go to company for all of our temporary power, lighting and staging requirements - Nothing is too much trouble and we always receive a high quality end product