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disciplines like scenery, lighting, or audio, but we’ ve combined these capabilities to provide a one-stop shop around the globe.
“ Our aim is to provide technical solutions that enable our customers to execute a show. Clients often approach us with their creative ideas and it’ s our job to figure out a way to effectively execute it,” he continues.“ That could be buying equipment from entertainment suppliers and modifying it to meet our requirements, or in some instances, we develop our own products by leveraging our global R & D capabilities. We often adapt commercial technology or industrial automation for entertainment applications. For example, our scenic automation system, called Stage Command ®, uses commercial technology to execute iconic moments like the chandelier drop in The Phantom of the Opera.”
With an average of 240 shows happening each day across the globe, Chris and Anne boast unparalleled experience and we ask the pair for some of their favorite reflections.“ We’ ve worked on some impressive projects over the years, including last year’ s opening ceremony for the F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas, and currently we’ re working with NVIDIA to support corporate conferences around the world,” Anne shares.
Global footprint
PRG not only operates a global supply chain, but the company also requires a global footprint to set up equipment and execute shows.“ Some of our customers, especially those concert touring, will be in New York today, in London tomorrow, and Dubai the next day, and we must be able to support their show requirements in each location,” Anne explains.“ We’ re in a time-driven,
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