Emergency power at Theatre Royal
Emergency power for the Theatre Royal
- The Challenge
Keep the show on with emergency power
- The Solution
Collect generators from a nearby depot and link them together
- The Impact
Curtain calls were made, long term contingency plans were put in place
Client:Theatre Royal
Location:London, UK
Sectors:Contracting
The Challenge
Get emergency power up and running for a large theatre in just one day
When the theatre calls and says the show must go on, they mean, literally, the show must go on. So when a fire at Holborn Station caused power cuts, unstable electricity and chaos across London, the Theatre Royal called on us to provide emergency power in just one day. Naturally, it happened during one of the busiest periods on the theatre calendar so cancelling shows wasn’t an option. With such tight deadlines we had to think fast and act fast to get a stable power supply to the audience before the curtain went up.
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The Solution
Temporary power in place within hours
There wasn’t time to overthink the situation. We had to find the necessary resources, get the emergency experts on site, and have them put together a plan that could handle the demands of automated stage equipment. And we had to do it all within a day. Our people had to battle emergency road closures to get to the Sutton depot to pick up spare generators, battle back across the chaos with the generators, and by 1.00pm have engineers on site to survey the situation. By 6.45pm we had linked a series of generators together in a complex arrangement in time for the curtain to go up.