Absolute Motion Control Ltd

We have returned to the The Harold Pinter Theatre again for the 5th time! Due to popular demand, the Your Lie In April Musical is running for 12 weeks only until 21st September. We have worked on this production to provide a control system for a revolve and two floor tracks, as well as two drawstring encoders for the purpose of video tracking some manually flown pieces. It’s been a pleasure to work on this show, see it whilst you can! #YourLieInApril #Theatre #Musical #LondonTheatre #WestEnd

We are delighted to be working with one of our long term customers to deliver Slave Play which opened at the Noël Coward Theatre in June. We have delivered a large pivoting mirror and 6 automated doors to the production. The record breaking play by Jeremy O.Harris is running until 21st September. 📸 Helen Murray #Theatre #WestEnd #LondonTheatre #SlavePlay

After a hugely successful run at the Donmar Warehouse, Next To Normal is back in the West End currently playing at the Wyndham's Theatre. We are delighted to be providing a control system for 4 roller blinds and a revolve for the show! Next To Normal is running until 21st September. 📸 - Marc Brenner #NextToNormal #Musical #WestEnd #StageDesign

Kiss Me Kate is ‘A Sizzling Summer Hit’ (The Telegraph) and is currently playing at The Barbican Centre. Absolute have had the pleasure of working on bringing the show to life. We worked with Howard Eaton Lighting to deliver a 12m diameter revolve. The revolve is used to rotate a large 3 sided extravagant set designed by Michael Yeargan. Catch the show whilst you can! Running until September. #KissMeKate #Musical #WestEnd #StageDesign

The National Theatre production of People, Places & Things is currently playing at the Trafalgar Theatres. Written by Duncan Macmillan, Directed by Jeremy Herrin, and starring Denise Gough, the play has received some incredible 5 ⭐️ reviews. We’re delighted to have been part of this project, collaborating with Cardiff Theatrical Services, Unusual Rigging and Dramatix Production Engineering Ltd. Absolute provided their brand new Whirly Reelers to fly some practical light fittings as well as winches for a large flown bedroom and two floor tracks plus a SERAPID Group driven lift. The show is running until 10th August, so don’t miss out! 📸 Marc Brenner #PPTOnStage #Theatre #Play

'The stuff of epic drama.' - SFist LLC We worked with our friends at Scott Fleary to deliver the National Theatre production of The Lehman Trilogy 🏢 Absolute provided a control system which controlled a revolve carrying a glass cube. The total payload on the revolve was almost 10 ton!! This epic production has recently opened at the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco to rave reviews. 📸 Kevin Berne #TheLehmanTrilogy #Theatre #Play #SanFrancisco

We are busy working on an exciting new musical! We have collaborated with Bay Productions, SERAPID Group, and Beckhoff Automation to deliver a 7.5m diameter revolve with an onboard 4.8m lift which incorporates four Serapid Linklifts. 👉 The production is completely rack free! Using our brand new servo motors with integrated drives. We are looking forward to seeing the show open in the near future! #Theatre #Musical

It’s not like a regular musical, it’s a ✨cool musical✨ The Mean Girls musical makes its UK debut at The Savoy Theatre tonight, and we have loved being part of the team. To deliver the production, we have collaborated with Bay Productions, AH Entertainment Engineering, Unusual Rigging, and Dramatix Production Engineering Ltd. What have we provided for the project? 👉 A 22 axis control system 👉 Including flying winches, sliders, lifts and high speed floor tracks! Thanks goes to the fantastic team who helped install this production. We can’t wait to see it in action, let us know if you’ll be going to see the show! 📸 Jamie Lawrence #MeanGirlsUK

We’re at the Olivier Awards with a great view🥇 We’ve been invited along for the very first time, bringing our winches and automation system with us, to ensure that everyone gets a clear look at the nominees on the flying video screen! Congratulations to everyone recognised in the awards this year, especially to those nominated on shows we’ve had the pleasure of being involved in. #olivierawards

Macbeth is opening tonight in a new venue: Dock X in London! This brand-new production of one of Shakespeare’s most iconic plays is staged like never before in custom built theatre spaces unique to this production in Liverpool, Edinburgh, and now London. The show uses our compact Drive[Box] system alongside our Rack[One] control cabinet to automate several Triple E Chainbeam tracks. Our modern, extensible automation system is perfect for shows that move between venues, keeping complicated cable runs and field wiring to a minimum, speeding up onsite installation.