This month’s catch up…
Elite supplier list revealed after historic Royal wedding
Access was on industry watch
during the sunshine-fi lled Royal
Wedding between Prince Harry
and Meghan Markle, where
supplier names were revealed.
The event, on 19 May, cost a cool
£32m, was watched on the BBC by
18 million people.
Event industry names on the
ground (more details in our feature
on p20) included Sport Event
Solutions, Pinnacle Crew, screens
by Fonix LED, and Arcadis for
media infrastructure. Meanwhile,
Gallowglass helped with H&S
guidance.
Elsewhere, temporary access
solutions company Live, deployed
over 19,000m of barriers and
fencing. The company was tasked
with strengthening safety and
security.
Live, a specialist division of
A-Plant, provided over 8,000
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GT Lightweight Barriers and
525m of Heras fencing across the
Royal Borough of Windsor and
Maidenhead. The Royal Parks
duties, meanwhile, were as diverse
as providing plant provision.
More niche supplier names
were also discovered. Kensington
Palace confi rmed that the wedding
invites were created by Barnard &
Westwood.
After much speculation, the
supplier of the wedding dress was
revealed to be Clare Waight Keller,
the artistic director of French
fashion house Givenchy.
Elsewhere, Claire Ptak, owner
of London-based bakery Violet
Cakes, created the royal wedding
cake and London-based fl orist
Philippa Craddock designed the
wedding fl owers,All-important
toilet provision was provided by
suppliers including LooWatt.
Creative Technologies, Serious
Stages and Coloursound set for
Hampton Court festival
After Hampton’s high-profi le Royal Wedding coverage,
Historic Royal Palaces told Access that the destination’s
focus is now on Hampton Court Palace Festival (5-23
June), as it reveals its suppliers list for 2018.
“Conservation is the main challenge for the festival,
as it’s a necessity to protect the palace and be respectful
of the grounds. We have to be careful when loading in
and building the event around the courtyard, including
erecting the seating, staging and event structures. We
work very closely with HRP conservation staff to ensure
the beautiful features and priceless tapestries are kept
safe at all times, and we’re fortunate to be able to off er
festival-goers concert and dining experiences inside the
sumptuous state apartments,” said Liz Young, head of
events, Historic Royal Palaces.
Joel Smith, VP arts & entertainment, IMG added:
“Hampton Court Palace is such a landmark of British
history, steeped in nostalgia of the lives of kings and
queens that everyone knows so well. Watching concerts
from the intimate Tudor courtyard, being taken back 500
years into the past, creates a really special experience.”
New to the festival this year is the outdoor acoustic
stage, supported by the venue’s partners Viking Cruises.
Attendees will watch performances from new talent in
the East Front Gardens before the concert, providing a
relaxing musical backdrop whilst enjoying a picnic.
Also new for this year is a larger Theatre Bar installed
inside the festival’s auditorium, which will be run by
Origami Bars.
Supplier list
Stage – Serious Staging
Sound – Creative Technologies
Lighting – ColourSound
Bars – Origami Bars