News

Anya Reiss’s adaption of the Charles Dickens Oliver Twist is currently running at Open Air Theatre at Regents Park. Fly Davis’ clever set design is deceptively simple using three stacked shipping containers and The Revolving Stage Company’s 14m diameter revolving stage and pre-programmed software to reveal different scenes within the various sides and ends of […]

The Revolving Stage Company has supplied Chichester Festival Theatre with an 8.5m ring revolve with software for their production of Fiddler on the Roof as well as a 5.5m to 8.5m double revolving stage for their rehearsal period. Rehearsals started back in June for the production and to help the actors familiarise themselves with the […]

One of The Revolving Stage Company’s double revolving stages measuring 6.5m to 11m diameter can currently be seen at Bergen’s National Opera. Rossini’s witty  Il Turco in Italia is a comedy of Mediterranean manners by the 19th century master.

Dave Kirby’s record breaking comedy is back at Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre from 10 March to 8 April. The action unfolds on The Revolving Stage Company’s 9m diameter revolving stage; a nifty three scene revolve – sitting room, modern club and 70’s disco, flanked by a looming streetscape. The moving stage is operated by The […]

The SSE Hydro in Glasgow saw the long awaited return of the BBC comedy show Still Game to the live stage in February.  The full original cast were reunited for the first time in six years. The large set was constructed on The Revolving Stage Company’s triple revolving stage measuring 4.7m to 9.1m to 13.5m […]

Director Paul Foster brings Irving Berlin’s musical Annie Get Your Gun to the Crucible Theatre this Christmas. The vast stage encompassing The Revolving Stage Company’s 9m diameter revolve, ranges from Death Valley to a cattle boat crossing the Atlantic to a New York hotel ballroom and all programmed by The Revolving Stage Company’s own programmable software package. This […]

For the Donmar’s seasonal show, director Josie Rourke bring to the stage Bernard Shaw’s 1924 play about Joan of Arc. This modern-dress version of the play sees leading lady Gemma Arterton as the Maid of Orleans – the illiterate young village girl who, guided by voices, became a soldier, a leader of men and the only […]

A new version of the timeless classic has been recreated and directed by Anthony Neilson at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh this Christmas. Video designer Jamie McDonald creates a brilliant balance of video, the backdrop to the ever-changing stage including the moving 4.5m diameter revolving stage operated by The Revolving Stage Company’s own programmable software RevolveSolve. This production brings […]

Stephen Sondheim’s multi-award-winning musical comes to the stage, in Derby Theatre’s brand new co-production with Mercury Theatre Colchester. Sweeney Todd is Victorian melodrama in which poverty stalks the streets, the frenzy of the madhouse chills, the Judge sends a child to the gallows and teeth are extracted in an eye-watering manner, the atmosphere bolstered by Sara […]

The Revolving Stage Company’s 2m diameter to 4.5m diameter ‘double’ revolving stage has taken residence at the Arts Theatre, London this Autumn for the UK premiere of Murder Ballad. After its run on Broadway, Sam Yates brings the production to London as the hottest new rock musical of love, obsession and murderous desire. Murder Ballad is the tale […]

This world premiere opened at Nuffield Theatre, Southampton on 9 September.  Written by award-winning play writer Nick Dear, it explores the relationship between William Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton; what exactly did happen between them? This dramatic set was designed by Alex Lowde and saw The Revolving Stage Company’s ‘double revolve’ measuring 4m to […]

The Pride and Prejudice Tour starts at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre following a sell-out run in 2013 and features the Olivier Award-winning Matthew Kelly and Felicity Montagu as Mr and Mrs Bennet. The Revolving Stage Company returns to the venue to install their 9m diameter revolving stage where it will remain until 17 September before being […]

The Revolving Stage Company again works with Sheffield Theatres as they present the regional première of Contractions, a dark and funny play about intrusion, management and ever-decreasing privacy, by Olivier Award-winning writer Mike Bartlett. Lisa Blair’s production has a sleek, hi-tech feel, in which Fly Davis’s slowly revolving design reinforces the impression that the characters are […]

The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield once again approached The Revolving Stage Company to work with them on their World Première of the new musical by Richard Taylor and Rachel Wagstaff, based on the 1958 novel by Paul Gallico about a widowed London charwoman obsessed with buying herself a Christian Dior dress. The installation of our 6.5m to […]

Our largest triple revolving stage measuring a staggering 4.7m to 9.1m to 13.5m diameter has been in residence at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre since the middle of April. The stage has been transformed into a jungle set with pathways leading off and around the seated audience.  The triple stages are each operated by our […]

The Revolving Stage Company helped this unique and ambitious production in a way that graphs and pie-charts never could.  With the combination of a 10m diameter revolving stage and a large prism above the stage, the audience could watch and explore the cultural trends and social make-up of Salford. The cast consisted of 100 people […]

ITV’s popular Sunday evening 60’s police drama comes to the stage with the help of The Revolving Stage Company’s 5m revolving stage and Revolvesolve software package for programmable stage positioning. The revolving stage was taken to The Belgrade Theatre in Coventry where the set for the new theatre production was built prior to its 15 week […]

The latest production put on by The Liverpool Playhouse, “The Haunting Of Hill House”, has two revolving stages being used within the set. An 8m diameter and a 6m diameter revolving stage along with the Revolvesolve Encoder software to automate the 2 stages was installed. Identical size revolving stages were also installed in London for the rehearsal […]

At the Lighthouse Theatre in Poole, we installed a double revolving stage for the Christmas Pantomime Peter Pan. The Double Revolving Stage has a 5m diameter internal revolving stage with a ring revolve out to 7m in diameter around this. The stages move independently and are controlled by the Revolvesolve Encoder Package so that each stage can […]

The production of “Linda” by the Royal Court Theatre at Sloane Square London required a heavy duty revolving stage to rotate the 8 tonne multi levelled set for its 6 week run in the capital. The Revolving Stage Company installed a 5m diameter revolving stage along with the Revolvesolve Encoder software to take on the […]

At the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, we installed an 8m diameter revolving stage and static surround stage for the school edition of Les Miserable. The 130 strong cast of junior actors performed on the revolving stage, automated by The Revolvesolve Encoder Software, for the one off performance produced by Urrd Theatre Company

Bath Theatre Royal hired a 9m revolving stage plus static square surround stage and the Revolvesolve Encoder Software for their 3 week run of `She Stoops To Conquer` during July.

For the second production in succession we installed a revolving stage at the Hampstead Theatre. This time a 7.4m diameter revolving stage, surround stage and Revolvesolve Encoder Software was used for the 5 week run of “Luna Gale”.

The Revolving Stage Company have supplied Chichester Festival Theatre with a custom built double revolving stage. The low level revolving stage at just 225mm high, can be configured to be used as either a single revolving stage with a diameter of 4.2m, 6.6m or 9m, or can be used as a double revolving stage with […]

At the recently built Home Theatre in Manchester, we installed a 5m dia. revolving stage for their production of “The Funfair”. The revolving stage was programmed for the shows sequences using the Revolvesolve Encoder Software.

Hampstead Theatre`s production of “Matchbox Theatre” included one of our Ring Revolves, the 6m diameter revolving ring with a 4m diameter void in the centre, allowed for static staging to be built in its centre. The revolving ring stage was controlled using the Revolvesolve Encoder Software for programmable movement.

The 2014 UK theatre tour of the Alfred Hitchcock thriller Dial M For Murder has been visiting theatres around the UK over the last four months. The set includes a 5.4m diameter revolving stage as well as the Revolvesolve Encoder Package for programmable movement of the revolve. The stage was initially installed at Colchester’s Mercury Theatre […]

At the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, we installed a 3m diameter revolving stage and a 3.5m diameter revolving stage for their 3 week run of Union. Surround staging was also supplied for both revolves as was the Revolvesolve Encoder Package, the software enabled the movement of both revolving stages to be pre-programmed for sequenced moves […]

The Mercury Theatre in Colchester hired a 6m diameter revolving stage with the Revolvesolve Encoder Package for their Christmas pantomime Sleeping Beauty; the show ran for 8 weeks.

At the Royal Court Theatre in London’s Sloane Square, a 3m diameter revolving stage and surround stage was installed for their production of Let The Right One In. The revolving Stage was used to rotate a 2 ½ tonne water tank used on stage, the movement was controlled using the Revolvesolve software.

The Revolving Stage Company installed an 8m diameter revolving stage, static square surround staging and the Revolvesolve Software Package at The Edingburgh Lyceum, for their four week run of Dark Road by Ian Rankin and Mark Thomson.

For Theatre Royal Bath’s 2 week production of A Little House On The Side, The Revolving Stage Company installed a 12m diameter revolving stage as well as static surround staging and the Revolvesolve Software Package for full show movement programming.

For the 2013 Regents Park Open Air Theatre Season, we supplied a 11m diameter revolving stage for the production of Pride and Prejudice. The 11m stage is controlled using the Revolvesolve software package to enable all of the shows stage movements to be plotted into a sequence table for repeatable and precise positioning every show. […]

‘Private Lives’ ran for 3 months at the Giulgud Theatre in London’s West End. The Revolving Stage Company installed a 12m diameter revolving stage for the production; with the double sided main set built onto the revolving stage, the stage was rotated 180 degrees each time the show moved from one scene into another.

A custom built multi axis revolving stage was manufactured for the Theatre Du Chatelet in Paris for their musical production of A Summer In The Park With George. The revolving stage consisted of a 9m diameter internal revolve which incorporated two 3.5m diameter revolving stages inset into the inner revolve and an outer revolving ring […]

We supplied The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield with a 7m diameter revolving stage and Revolvesolve Encoder software for their run of My Fair Lady.

We’ve just been to The Garrick Theatre in Lichfield to install a 6m-8m diameter double revolving stage and Revolvesolve Encoding package for their Christmas production of Alice in Wonderland.

The Revolving Stage Company provided two off 7.4m diameter revolving stages and Revolvesolve Encoder software to The Abbey Theatre in Dublin for their recent production of The House.