SC Productions

Will we spot Nessie

Ruth — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:25:49 +0000

Ruth and Lucy are busy prepping for Rockness 2012 – line up includes Mumford & Sons, Ed Sheeran, Deadma5 and Biffy Clyro.

We’re hoping the sun will come out and play – might increase our chances to spotty Nessie

Urdd Eisteddfod Build

Ruth — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:03:06 +0000

Sarah is on site at the Urdd in North Wales – hoping for a sunny week. 50% of the site is built – all of the Urdd staff arrive tomorrw to move in to their offices on site. Andy is returning home for a few days and Rachel is on her way to take up the site coordinator reigns. Lots to do, as well as working with my fab staff back at base prepping the rest of June’s shows.

Easter Weekend

Ruth — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:21:57 +0000

Hope you all had a great weekend!

We’re ust coming down from a mad weekend of PASSION. The film premiere last night was fantastic, Sarah needs to work on her red carpet etiquette – She kept stopping to chat to folk on the way! Sarah and Nic looked very stylish all dressed up. Great to see everyone and to see our work immortalised forever on the big screen. To all those who are local go and see The Gospel of Us at Chapter or Taliesin this month……look out for Ruth in the Sat night scene!!

Hello 2012

Ruth — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:52:04 +0000

Wow April 2012 – can you believe a year has already passed since Passion. Sarah spent today back in the shopping centre in Port Talbot setting up for the Passion Memory Exhibition, which will be held over the three days of Easter weekend this year.
Sarah’s winter break seems like a lifetime ago – it has been all go since February in the SC Productions camp. Ruth has been a busy bee in the office getting all the suppliers and staff lined up for the Summer, whilst Sarah is spend her life in meetings with contractors, suppliers and Clients.
She spent a week in London at the Arcola Theatre opening ‘A Clockwork Orange’, for Volcano Theatre Company. The show is running for 5 weeks until the 21st April – Ange is Stage Managing, and the acting company are the same 5 as the tour in November. Sarah had a very proud moment when she finished laying a sprung floor during the fit up.
SC Productions have a really busy Summer of shows – lots of the same Festivals, a couple of new additions – The Urdd Eisteddfod and Parc Eirias “Access All Eirias”. Sadly Sonisphere will not be part of the calendar this year – but we wish Kilimanjaro well in securing the event for next year. As always we are really excited by the Festival line up’s that we are working on – couple of highlights – Grace Jones and Holly Johnson at Lovebox and the one and only Stevie Wonder at Bestival. We also have a great set of headliners for Wakestock – Ed Sheeran; Calvin Harris and Dizzie Rascal.
There are a few changes to the SC Productions team this Summer, Alice and Kerrie have both been snapped up by Live Nation and the BBC respectively on temporary contracts. Rachel and Lucy will be back with SC Prod from the beginning of May and we welcome new comers Sarah B and Hannah. Ange is stepping up – looking after the Ponty Big Weekend and will be my number 2 on site – having passed her straight mast and telehandler forks licences
Fingers crossed the sun will keep shining and we will speak soon on the blog

What people say…..

Allie — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:56:00 +0000

As we start to wind down for the summer festival season we thought we’d share some of the lovely comments that we’ve had from clients, artists and people we have worked with this year. Well done to the SC Productions team!

I just wanted to send you a quick email to tell you how amazing everything was and how much we appreciated the work the team put in

Meg Dieter, Slayer’s Production Assistant

We had a great time, and we truly appreciate your kindness and support.

Richard Cheese

Can’t thank you enough for how warm a reception we received from you and your staff!!!!

Bruno Petrilli, Limp Bizkit

We had a great time and thoroughly appreciated your hard work.

Ben, Artchitects

Thank you for all your help and patience with Sylosis and the NMC crew in general!

Sylosis

Your team proved to be above professional & went way beyond brief to make our show happen & be the best it could be. Wanted to say that it was a pleasure meeting & working with you. Thanks for all you help.

Jamal Chalabi, DJ Shadow Mgmt

A Sell out Festival – Camp Bestival 2011

Allie — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:00:16 +0000

The SC Productions team headed off to Lulworth Castle in Dorset last week to provide artist liaison management to this year’s Camp Bestival. Bestival’s ‘little sister’, Camp Bestival is targeted at families with small children and offers a exciting mix of music, comedy and theatre. The festival with a capacity of 15,000 people sold out this year and featured well over 150 live artists and DJ’s.

Our team not only provided onsite Artist Liaison management that included a full team of Artist Liaison Staff, Transport Co-ordinators and Accreditation Managers, but also organised the artist advance and artist contracts; liaising closely with Agents, Promoters and Production Suppliers several weeks before the festival production dates.

Headliners included Blondie, Mark Ronson and the Business International and Primal Scream. Other performers included ABC, The Wonder Stuff, House of Pain, Eliza Doolittle, Bad Shepherds, Easy Star All-Stars and Ed Sheeran with family entertainment from Mr Tumble and live performances of The Gruffalo and Shrek: The Musical.

The four day festival finished with a fantastic finale of fireworks which we had to share with you. Enjoy.

In the thick of it!

Allie — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:30:02 +0000

It’s all systems go here at SC Productions as we reach the middle of the busy summer festival period. So far July has been a very busy month indeed and has seen the team travel across the country to provide services to Sonisphere, Wakestock, Lovebox, High Voltage, Ponty Festival and Camp Bestival. (phew!) The SC Clan has a a terrific time so far; Sue Carr a member of our Artist Liaison said “Amazing day at Lovebox with 2 Many DJ’s, Scissor Sisters, Blondie, Beth Ditto & Marc Almond. Best moment was taking Beth Ditto to stage bare foot through the mud!!’

August is now upon us and we look forward to the months ahead where we’ll be working at Bloodstock, Creamfields and Beastival. Maybe we’ll see you there……..

What a Weekend for Wakestock

Allie — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:59:50 +0000

Europe’s largest wakeboarding music festival got off to a fantastic start this year with the promise of sunshine for the whole weekend. Situated on the Llyn Peninsula in North Wales the festival site boasts stunning views over Cardigan Bay and presents a line up of the world’s best wakeboarders, Dj’s and bands. The festival headlined with appearances from Ellie Goulding, The Wombats and Biffy Clyro who pulled a massive crowd this year with the festival selling to capacity.

SC Productions provided on-site management and artist liaison services to this year’s festival. Our lovely artist liaison team, headed by Ruth Oliver, were there looking after the logistics back stage for the multitude of artists who took to the festival stages over the three days.

Unknown to us at SC Productions, we had a celebrity in the making as our very own Ruth Oliver was interviewed for the Welsh language Wakestock programme on S4C. For the interview Ruth sported some rather trendy festival sunglasses and a lovely mustard cardigan. She is now a household name in Wales.

Check out the Wakestock website for more information on the festival – http://www.wakestock.co.uk/

The PASSION

Allie — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:45:11 +0000

It’s not often that you can say you have been part of something truly epic but this year saw The National Theatre of Wales join forces with Wildworks to produce a unique and inspiring theatrical event that saw Port Talbot-born actor Michael Sheen revisit his home town to star in ‘one of the defining narratives of our time’. Scripted by Owen Sheers, and co-directed by Michael Sheen and Bill Mitchell, The Passion had the community of Port Talbot at its very heart casting its residents as actors and crew. From a very early age Michael Sheen had been inspired by the plays at nearby Margam Park and felt it only fitting to put on a performance within Port Talbot. Supported by over 1,000 community volunteers the production celebrated a town and its people bringing over 22,000 people to the town over the Easter Weekend.

SC Productions Director Sarah Cole was brought in as Production Manager for The Passion and invested eight months into the planning and organisation of the logistics of the production. Sarah led a volunteer technical and design team of over 60 that was supported by a small professional team. The production spanned three days and took place at multiple locations over the whole of Port Talbot from the main shopping centre to the wide expanse of Aberavon Beach.

This extraordinary use of space brought with it particular challenges and required accurate management of the space, the performers and members of the public. The final scene of the crucifixion was testament to the team’s expertise and commitment; the scene took place on a roundabout which required road closures in the surrounding area, organisation of members of the public and equipment to be prepped correctly. Elements of the scene had been previously rehearsed in fragmented sections which meant the team had to pull together and ensure everything ran smoothly.

The spirit of the production made the show really unique and special, it connected people within the community and connected people to the town in which they live, sparking a new found sense of pride and ownership. For SC Productions it was great experience that brought together the expertise of its theatre and event production.

The team has been nominated for an SMA Team Award; results will be announced on the 15^th June 2011.

Critical acclaim for The Passion:

The Passion has to be the most extraordinary piece of community-specific theatre I’ve ever beheld.
The Telegraph

Transforming and uplifting… Port Talbot’s future starts the very second The Passion ends.
The Guardian

One of the outstanding theatrical events not only of this year, but of the decade.
The Observer

Some interesting links:

http://port-talbot.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-13176102

It’s full steam ahead for the summer

Allie — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:41:16 +0000

Last week saw the office buzzing with activity as we welcomed the arrival of some familiar faces and some new faces to the SC Productions team. The team has increased to nine this year with new additions Lucy Keeling and Rachel Hill both of whom will be taking on the role of Artist Liaison Co-ordinators and Donna Reeves who will be one of our Artist Liaison Managers. Go to Meet the team to find out a bit more about the rest of the squad.

Amid the hustle and bustle the team did find time last week to have a quick coffee and a cake or two before everybody started work on their busy festival schedules. The summer is packed for us this year and includes Sonisphere, Wakestock, Creamfields, Bestival, Camp Bestival, High Voltage and Lovebox. Ruth and Lucy are already on site at Rockness and Sarah and Ange are at The Liberty Stadium in Swansea prepping for JLS, so it is indeed full steam ahead.

Photo:

Front to back left – Kerrie, Alice, Lucy, Ruth

Front to back right – Sarah, Rachel, Ange, Donna, Allie