Over the years, Unusual Rigging has displayed many large items in an unconventional manner. We hang aircraft in positions to create the illusion of flight, we suspend valuable museum artefacts in mid air to optimise viewing positions and we display vehicles in every possible orientation. From a structural perspective, none of these items were ever designed to be suspended. If one tries to lift an aeroplane by the wings, it is more than likely that something will bend or break. Turn a car upside down, hang it by the wheels and a few surprises are inevitable. Unusual Rigging specialise in carrying out a wide range of complex display work without the surprises. An enormous amount of survey and structural engineering work goes on in the background, whilst the riggers on site benefit from an unparalleled level of experience.

January 15th 2009
The show has now opened and the very best of luck to anyone trying to get tickets for Oliver! Unusual Rigging played an integral part in bringing this amazing production to life at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Unusual Rigging has installed Terminal 5’s Christmas decorations in a week of overnight shift work. Twelve large inflatable globes with a variety of lighting effects now hang in the terminal building. Suspended on a Prolyte H40V 16m span truss grid, Unusual made bespoke steel wire rope assemblies on site to hang the globes in the desired orientation.

Unusual Rigging installed a truss arch to span Princes Street for The Corporation of London for the Lord Mayors Show. Preassembled into sections to fit a flatbed, the arch was erected in less than two hours on site. Branding was applied and the BBC suspended a remote controlled camera from the arch. Further work was undertaken by Unusual for the Territorial Army’s TA100 campaign. Branding was applied to site structures and also parade vehicles.

24th October 2008
PLASA National Rigging Certificate

Unusual Rigging in Northampton is a PLASA designated National Rigging Assessment Centre and has been delivering rigging assessments throughout 2008. Starting in 2009. National Rigging Certificate Assessments will be delivered both at Unusual Rigging’s headquarters near Northampton as well as at The Warwick Hall in Earls Court. The first set of assessments in The Warwick Hall is scheduled for January 12th-16th 2009.

23rd October 2008
As reported in the Times - Ten thousand people are currently working around the clock adding the finishing touches to West London's 265 outlet mega-mall, Westfield London. Amongst this throng of contractors, Unusual Rigging are hanging chandeliers.

If you’ve got a great product, why not flaunt it? Unusual Rigging have suspended a Jaguar XF in the showroom of Guy Salmon in Northampton.

In the case of this dealership, it was not possible to attach the wires to the roof structure, so a truss structure was installed.

Over the years, Unusual Rigging has suspended a wide variety of vehicles and more pictures can be seen on : Suspended Vehicle Gallery"

17th October 2008
In a year with over 80 show moves, Unusual Rigging have a busy few months lined up in the theatre. Rigging two West End shows – Oliver! at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane and Imagine This at The New London Theatre. On tour, Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia! and Cats.

To find out more about Unusual and the team behind the scenes, follow this link: How it all works