Steve Davis - Sound Hire

Professional Snooker

Thursday 5th November 2015 we provided sound hire and operation for professional snooker player and current world champion Stuart Bingham who played an exhibition match at Darlington Snooker Club.  A fantastic night at a fantastic venue with a packed crowd, who even got to have their picture taken with the world championship trophy.

Friday 5th February 2016 we were once again at Darlington Snooker Club providing sound for professional snooker player, six times world champion, Steve Davis. He played 10 frames against audience members then rounded the night off with some great trick shots. A really friendly and funny person and great appreciative crowd. A fantastic night!

Whatever your event, big or small, call us to discuss your requirements. Alternatively leave us your details on our contact form and we will call you back. Let CDB Production Solutions build your ideal event with our years of experience in sound, lighting and technical knowledge.

We look forward to working with you to achieve your total production solution!

 

pantomime, Beauty and the Beast

Pantomime

Pantomime

Christmas means pantomimes for us. This year we had three productions to supply and operate at. First it was STEPPS pantomime in Darlington who put on ‘Beauty and the Beast’ – Performed in Bondgate Hall Theatre. We were brought on board to supply, set up and operate the full technical system for them which included the stage lighting rig, with flown Moving Head fixtures and LED units. Radio microphones were also supplied and we mixed the sound for them for the run of the production.

Next we were with the Sedgefield Players who put on their pantomime version of Aladdin. As always great performances from the cast, with a great stage crew to go along with them. We provided Sound, including radio mic systems and playback along with lighting and effects which consisted of full stage lighting, smoke machines, UV and pyrotechnics.

The third was with STARS in Darlington, who put on their performance of The Adventures of Mr Toad at St Augustine’s Parish Centre. Not strictly a pantomime but a “child friendly musical” with “goodies” and baddies”. We work a lot with STARS, who have a great team, which we have been involved with for many years. This year the show had grown in size and what we supplied had to match. With a small orchestra / band in the pit, we had plenty of work in sound to do, including using radio microphones with the cast. Lighting was full stage lighting, with moving head fixtures. All that combined with a moving smoke effects, it was a great show to be involved with!

If you are planning a Theatre Show or Panto and require any assistance, please get in touch via our contact us form, or if you would prefer to speak to someone in person give our office a call on 01325 520357.  We are always on hand to provide information and guidance.

Nativity Play Sound and Lighting

Nativity Play

We have had a long but very rewarding day spent providing lighting & Sound to St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Darlington for their Outdoor Nativity Play. The cast all braved the weather and pulled off a great Nativity Play performance with live goats and donkey. It even snowed!  A great production to be involved with, even if we did get wet!

Whatever your event, big or small, call us to discuss your requirements. Alternatively leave us your details on our contact form and we will call you back. Let CDB Production Solutions build your ideal event with our years of experience in sound, lighting and technical knowledge.

We look forward to working with you to achieve your total production solution!

Christmas Lights Switch On

Christmas Lights Switch On

The run up to Christmas is always a busy time for us here at CDB Production Solutions.  Every year we provide sound hire and operation for Sedgefield Town Council Christmas lights switch on.   With carols, snow man parade, funfair and not forgetting the main event – count down to the Christmas lights switch on, its always a great magical event and this year was possibly the best yet.

If you are planning an event and require any assistance, please get in touch via our contact us form. Or if you would prefer to speak to someone in person give our office a call on 01325 520357.  We are always on hand to provide information and guidance.

CdB Production Solutions KSW

KSW – Road to Wembley

The biggest mixed martial arts organization in Europe, Poland’s KSW Federation makes history with its first international show, scheduled for October 31st in the famous The SSE Arena, Wembley in London, England.

MMA aficionados from all over Britain will be now able to witness the most spectacular combat sports event in the world, featuring some of the most exciting European fighters competing in the KSW’s circular cage.

We were brought on board to provide vision engineering and production services.   Although we have been involved with many other fight events, Poland’s KSW was a first for us.  We look forward to working with them again soon.

Whatever your event, big or small, call us to discuss your requirements. Alternatively leave us your details on our contact form and we will call you back.  Let CDB Production Solutions build your ideal event with our years of experience in sound, lighting and technical knowledge.

We look forward to working with you to achieve your total production solution!

Oxjam Darlo - CDB Production Solutions

Oxjam Darlo 2015

Sunday 25th October 2015 saw the annual Oxjam Darlo, a Charity Event with the aims to raise the much needed and valuable funds to help and support the work of Oxfam.  We were brought on board to supply all the sound and production services for the R&B stage, to the acts that were performing during the day.  It was a fantastic atmosphere with great performances form all involved.  However, we must give a special mention to our friends Sundance Plays Hendrix who gave the crowd a superb show as the headline band.

We are already looking forward to providing our services for Oxjam Darlo 2016!  If you would like more info on Oxjam Darlo then click the link.

If you are planning an event and would like to discuss your technical requirements with us, then please get in touch using our contact form or alternatively call our office on 01325 520357, we would love to hear from you.

Thalidomide Trust annual conference Raddison Blu Hotel, Durham

Thalidomide Trust Annual Conference

Saturday 24th October we were at the Raddison Blu Hotel, Durham for the Thalidomide Trust annual conference. We were responsible for all the sound requirements for the conference. This included live sound, in both rooms, for the people that had attended as well as supplying our very good friends PER Productions audio feeds for their cameras, who were filming so that people who could not attend would be able to watch the workshops online.

If we can help you with your conference requirements, then please get in touch via our contact us form. Or if you would prefer to speak to someone in person give our office a call on 01325 520357. We are always on hand to provide information and guidance.

Tinie Tempah - Radio 1Xtra - CDB Production Solutions

Radio 1Xtra

We were very proud to play our part in providing vision engineering and production services to Radio 1Xtra Live, when they came to Leeds in October 2015.

Radio 1Xtra saw performances from Miguel, WSTRN, Natalie la Rose, Flo Rida, Fekky, Lethal Bizzle, Stormzy, Kid Ink, Krept & Konan with Tinie Tempah headlining.

The event, which has an unrivalled reputation for bringing people together to share live urban music, was hosted by the Radio 1Xtra family with presenters MistaJam and Target broadcasting all the live action from First Direct Arena, Leeds, while Charlie Sloth and Yasmin Evans had you covered on BBC Red Button, where viewers still can watch all the live performances.

 

CDB Production Solution School Show Lighting and Sound

School Shows

The end of the school year is always busy for us, as we work with many schools and colleges supplying our services for their summer school shows and performances.  This year was no exception as we started out providing radio mic hire, sound system and our start cloth backdrop to a local primary school shows of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

We also had a production of le Miserables, which we provided sound, lighting and special effects equipment on a dry hire basis.  This included multiple radio mic channels, various lighting fixtures and control, smoke, haze and pyrotechnic systems.  We were also brought in on one of the performances to facilitate a DVD of the school shows which would be available to the cast, family and friends.

Meantime we also had full technical and production responsibility for The Sound of Music.  This was the first time we had worked with is college, for their school shows and the standard of the production was first class.  We provided all equipment for the production including lighting, sound and visual effect engineers which meant that the teaching staff could really focus on the acting and school orchestra. It was a very well received by audiences and we very much look forward to working with the college on their future school shows.

If you are planning your school shows and require any assistance, please get in touch via our contact us form, or if you would prefer to speak to someone in person give our office a call on 01325 520357.  We are always on hand to provide information and guidance.

Road Hog Full Boar used on Bamma

BAMMA

We were very proud to be asked to play our part in providing vision engineering and production services for BAMMA, The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts.

We worked along side the broadcast facilities team to make sure all the lighting, programmed on a Highend Systems Full Boar 3, looked as good on TV as if you were in the venue.  We received great feedback from the BAMMA event organisers and we look forward to working with them again very soon.

If you are planning a production or event feel free to contact us at any time you please, using our contact form on our website or one of our contact numbers.  Alternatively you can always visit us at our HQ. We have a friendly staff and a mean cup of coffee.

Let CDB Production Solutions build your ideal event with our years of experience in sound, lighting and technical knowledge.

We look forward to working with you to achieve your total production solution!