Following on from January, The Business Show and then the Brits arrive in Earls Court. Once again, major rigging projects back to back with complex requirements.

Theatre tours amount to Cats in Bristol, Hull and Newcastle; Starlight Express in Grimsby and Aberdeen and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in Bradford.

Saturday November 10th 2007
Luminaries of the entertainment industry assembled at Unusual’s base near Northampton for a fun packed evening of food and entertainment to celebrate 25 Unusual Years. Following a superb dinner, Unusual presented a classic Saturday night light entertainment bill featuring the 3 Waiters, Ray Alan with Lord Charles and Bruce Airhead. Much laughter was had by all!

Unusual would like to thank Arena Structures, PRG Lighting, Chevalier, Power Logistics and everyone else who helped to make this a memorable evening.

The Revolution point hoist, a new product from Unusual was awarded ABTT Product of the Year 2007- Engineering/Rigging Award at the ABTT awards dinner on Wednesday 13th June.

On the face of it, the suspension of aircraft at RAF Cosford looked like a very tough challenge. Starting with the obvious, these are extremely heavy aircraft.

Following a major installation programme by Unusual Rigging, February 2007 marks the grand opening of The National Cold War Exhibition, the first major and permanent exhibition to focus solely on the Cold War story.

Revealing tensions that tormented the great super powers as well as the people of the world for a large part of the 20th century, this exciting new exhibition hall marks the biggest ever expansion in the history of the Royal Air Force Museum.

Covering over 8,000 square metres, the new landmark building is a highly innovative design by architects Fielden, Clegg, Bradley, with exhibition design by Neal Potter. The exhibition takes the form of two massive triangles divided by a central walkway, representing a world divided by opposing ideologies of the democratic countries and the communist bloc.

Text message arrives from Guinness World Records : 30th Nov 2007. Coca-Cola Blow Up Media Calendar at 54m (177.1ft) long and 17.3m (56.7ft) high. At 934.2 square metres, this was the largest.

Probably one of the busiest months on record. On the theatre side, Bad Girls finishes in the West End and on tour, The Producers goes from Milton Keynes to Glasgow and then to Cardiff. Starlight Express is on a Scandinavian leg visiting Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo, Helsinki and Copenhagen. Mamma Mia moves into Bristol, White Christmas into Edinburgh and Cats moves from Liverpool to Crawley.

Theatre touring continues with Tap Dogs in Truro and High Wycombe, Mamma Mia heading east to Bratislava, Prague & Budapest, Starlight Express in Belfast and Stockholm, Cats into Edinburgh, The Produce

One of the strengths of Unusual is the diversity of markets requiring our specialist skills.