{mosimage}EDINBURGH, Scotland – The Events division of UK sound and lighting installer Northern Light is providing specialist technical support to the Festival Fringe Society for a number of their key events and venues. 2010 marks the Festival Fringe's largest lineup to date. The number of shows has increased by 17 percent since last year, to a total of 2,453 this year.
For the 64th consecutive year, the Fringe will offer original comedy, theatre, dance and physical theatre, events, exhibitions, children's shows, music, musicals and opera.
"We're delighted and proud to be supporting this world renowned event in our home city of Edinburgh," said Nick Read, head of hire and events for Northern Light. "We've been working with the Festival Fringe organizers to ensure that they benefit from our extensive experience in theatre, events, live music, opera and comedy and receive all the technical support they require. Northern Light is supplying state of the art lighting, sound and AV equipment and staging plus technical labour and advice for both festival organised events and visiting theatre companies and performers."
"Northern Light has been extremely supportive of the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society," said Kath M Mainland, chief executive officer for the Festival Fringe Society. "Their practical advice and technical expertise has helped us to deliver a number of key Festival events and the advice service that they offered to performers has proved to be extremely beneficial. It has been a pleasure working with Northern Light."
Northern Light has already been busy servicing a number of events on the run up to the Festival including, on June 4, the Fringe Festival School Poster Competition and award ceremony at the Museum of Childhood. The company provided lighting, stage design, PA and crew.
Northern Light has also designed and installed decorative lighting, staging and PA for Fringe Central – a center for Fringe participants, which numbered about 18,900 from 60 countries last year.
"Fringe Central is the destination hub for festival participants and press alike," Read said. "It's run by the Fringe Society and will play host to a series of exciting events, including a number of events curated by the Royal National Theatre. Throughout the Festival, Fringe Central will host special educational sessions aimed at those requiring more information about staging their shows. Northern Light has been tasked with ensuring that the building is easily recognizable and visible from the outside, yet provides an oasis of calm and a well equipped performance and creative space inside."
For more information, please visit www.northernlight.co.uk
