Equipment Hire
Professional theatre and event equipment available for hire
Professional kit. Honest advice. No minimum booking.
Our hire inventory covers the professional-grade lighting, sound systems and radio microphones that our technicians use on productions across the Midlands and South Yorkshire. Everything is well maintained and ready to perform.
Hire equipment to operate yourselves, or we can provide a technician to run it — often the most straightforward option if you don't have an in-house technical team.
Not sure what you need?
Tell us about your production — the venue, number of performers, type of show — and we'll recommend exactly the right equipment. We'd rather you hired what suits your space than paid for kit that doesn't deliver.
Looking for Radio Mics?
Our Trantec S5.3 12-headset system is the most popular choice for school musicals and dance shows. We can supply radio mics as a dry hire — or include a sound engineer to operate them throughout your show.
OUR HIRE CATALOGUE
Browse by category — or search everything we hire.
Every item goes out tested and show-ready — dry hire, or with a technician to run it.
Sound Desk Hire
Digital desks with scene recall, dry hire or with an engineer.
View categoryPA System Hire
From a single speaker to a full rig with subs, matched to your room.
View categoryRadio Microphone Hire
Headworn and handheld systems, pre-tuned and coordinated for your show.
View categoryStage Lighting Hire
Profiles, moving washes and battens for halls and stages.
View categorySmoke, Haze and Effects Hire
Haze, smoke, confetti and pyro — atmosphere that lands on cue.
View categoryWired Microphone Hire
Vocal, instrument, choir and boundary mics, with the DI boxes and stands to match.
View categoryPower and Cabling Hire
Distro, tested cable and the long runs: the unglamorous kit every show stands on.
View categoryAV and Video Hire
Filming kit, playback Macs and screens for shows and events.
View categoryNot sure what you need?
Tell us the show, the room and the dates — we will spec the kit with you and quote it properly.
Everything in the catalogue.
Behringer X32 Digital Mixing Console
The full-size desk: 32 mic inputs, 25 motorised faders, scene recall and iPad control.
Behringer X32 Compact Digital Mixing Console
Sixteen mic inputs and the same software in a desk that fits a village hall mix position.
Behringer X32 Producer Digital Mixing Console
The rack-mount X32: sixteen mic inputs for touring racks and fixed installs.
X32 Compact Desk Package
X32 Compact plus an S16 stagebox — one Cat5e run from stage to mix position.
Chauvet COLORband PiX-M LED Batten
Pixel-mappable LED batten for cyc washes, uplighting and colour chases.
Equinox Fusion 260ZR MKII Moving Head Wash
A zooming LED wash head that covers a whole stage in colour.
LEDJ Pixel Storm 12 Quad Batten MKII
A punchy quad-colour LED batten for stage washes and pixel effects.
Equinox LED Bar 240/8 - 1m
A metre of colour at pocket-money rates — walls, skirts and stage edges.
Stairville LED Bar 240/8 - 1m
A second budget bar, for when the job wants more metres.
Midas M32R Live Digital Mixing Console
Midas preamps, 40 channels and motorised faders — the step-up desk for musicals.
M32R Desk Package
The M32R with its DL32 stagebox — a full musical input list down one cable.
Midas M32 Live Digital Mixing Console
The full-size M32: 32 Midas preamps on the desk and a full-width surface.
School Musical Sound Package
Twelve headworn radio mics, desk, stagebox and floor mics — the musical, mic'd in one hire.
Selecon PLPROFILE1 LED Luminaire 18/34°
An LED profile spot for clean gobos and precisely shaped light.
Selecon Acclaim Profile
The classic tungsten alternative: warm halogen light through the same shutters and gobo slot.
Sennheiser G3 Handheld Radio Microphone Kit
A reliable handheld radio mic kit for speeches, vocals and compères.
Sennheiser G3 Headworn Radio Microphone Kit
A hands-free headmic kit for presenters, fitness classes and dance teachers.
Sennheiser G3 Handheld Radio Microphone System (4-Mic, Ch38)
Four handhelds on pre-coordinated Channel 38 frequencies, for panels and small casts.
Trantec S5.3 Headworn Radio Microphone System (4-Mic, Ch38)
Four coordinated channels — plays, small casts and featured soloists.
Trantec S5.3 Headworn Radio Microphone System (8-Mic, Ch38)
Eight channels — the principal cast of most school musicals.
Trantec S5.3 Headworn Radio Microphone System (12-Mic, Ch38)
Twelve channels — the full musical theatre rack.
Equinox Stage Haze 1500
Even, long-hanging haze so your lighting actually shows.
Antari ZR1500 Smoke Machine
A desk-controllable smoke machine for entrances and effects.
Equinox Fusion 300FXP Pixel Zoom Wash
A pixel-ring wash head that adds effects as well as flat colour.
Chauvet DJ Funfetti Shot Confetti Launcher
Desk-fired confetti hits that land on cue, show after show.
LeMaitre Pyroflash - 6-Way Firing Unit
Six-way pyro firing, always supplied with a trained operator.
Pyrotechnic Firing Package
The complete firing setup — specified per show with the operator.
Alto TS210 Active Speaker
The 10-inch all-rounder for speech, playback and small rooms.
Alto TS315 Active Speaker
The 15-inch top: more low end and more room coverage for bigger halls.
Handheld Confetti Cannon
Hand-fired confetti tubes for finales and curtain calls.
Zero88 FLX S24 Lighting Control Console
The schools and small-venue desk: fixture library, faders, simple syntax.
Zero88 Fat Frog Lighting Desk
The classic school-hall memory desk: 48 channels on real faders, plus 12 moving lights.
Behringer S16 Digital Stage Box
Sixteen preamps at the stage end, one Cat5e run to the desk.
Behringer S32 Digital Stage Box
Thirty-two inputs in 3U — a full musical input list down one cable.
Midas DL32 Digital Stage Box
The Midas stagebox: 32 preamps to pair with the M32 family.
ETC Source Four 26° Degree
The standard theatre profile spot: shutters, gobos and a warm tungsten beam you can shape.
Martin Atomic 3000 Strobe
The classic xenon theatre strobe: lightning, blinders and full-stage flashes on DMX.
Showtec Sunstrip Active DMX MKII
Ten warm halogen lamps in a metre-long strip: retro footlights, blinders and chases.
LEDJ Rapid QB1 Wireless DMX Uplighter
A battery uplighter that colours a whole room with no cables to tape down.
LEDJ Performer 18 Hex RGBWAUV
The workhorse stage wash par: six colours in one can, including UV.
LEDJ Alu Zoom Par 64 RGB
The classic Par 64 shape with an LED engine and a 10 to 60 degree zoom.
LEDJ Performer 18 Quad
The simpler four-colour Performer: RGBW washes with a proper open white.
LED Package (8x Performer 18 Hex)
Eight Performer pars in one booking — a whole stage wash for £64.
QLab 5 Playback System
A Mac with QLab 5 licensed and ready: every sound and video cue in one list, fired on one key.
Alto TS215S Active Subwoofer
A 15 inch active sub that puts the weight back into music your tops cannot carry alone.
T-Bone MB 75 Instrument Microphone
The budget instrument dynamic, for when the count outruns the SM57s.
Audio-Technica PRO Cardioid Condenser Hanging Microphone
A second hanging condenser for wider groups.
Audio-Technica AT871R Boundary Microphone
Lies flat on a stage, table or apron and picks up the room.
Bartlett Stage Floor Mic-EC
The stage-front chorus mic used in our school musical package.
Shure SM7B Dynamic Studio Microphone
A broadcast vocal microphone that hears the voice and not the room.
Presonus AudioBox iTwo USB Interface
A USB interface to drive it — record straight into a laptop.
Sennheiser MKH 416-P48U Shotgun Microphone
The industry-standard short shotgun for location speech and voiceover.
PCE IMST 32A Single Phase to 6 x 16A MCB
One 32A single-phase supply into six protected 16A ways.
PCE IMST 32A 3-Phase to 6 x 16A MCB + RCD
Three-phase in, six protected ways out, RCD protected.
Cables & Adaptors
Every run and every adaptor, tested and labelled — hired by the length.
Selecon Rama Fresnel (1000W, 1200W)
A soft-edged tungsten fresnel that blends into one warm, even stage wash.
QTX SW-1 Snow Machine
A small snow machine that drifts foam snowflakes across a stage on cue.
Soundcraft EPM12 Analog Mixer
Twelve mono inputs and honest faders — no menus anywhere.
Shure PG58 Handheld Radio Microphone Kit
A simple handheld radio mic for speeches, presenters and quiz nights.
Behringer B-1 Studio Condenser Microphone
A large-diaphragm condenser for vocals and voiceover.
Rode NT4 Stereo Condenser Microphone
A matched stereo pair in one body — hang it over a stage or choir.
Behringer ECM8000 Measurement Microphone
The flat-response microphone for tuning a PA to the room.
Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB Interface
One XLR in, USB out — record any of these straight into a laptop.
T-Bone EM 700 Stereo Microphone Set
A budget matched stereo pair for choirs and ensembles.
AKG C1000 Condenser Microphone
The small-diaphragm workhorse for instruments and overheads.
Sony A7S III & Filming Kit
The low-light camera that films the show the way the audience saw it.
Macs, Monitors & Displays
The Macs and screens that run the show, from QLab machine to foyer TV.
Martin Mac 250 Krypton Moving Light
A workhorse moving spot cheap enough to hire as a matched rig.
Mitex Site Radio Bundle
Site-grade walkie talkies that reach from the stage door to the far end of the car park.
Additional Mitex Handheld Radio
Extra handsets on the same channels for larger teams.
Stands, Clamps & Rigging
The stands, clamps and weights that hold the rig up, hired by the piece.
Drum Screen
Clear acrylic panels that cut the drum spill so the desk gets the mix back.
Pro Intercom Comms System (4-Way)
An always-open party line so the stage manager can call the show in a whisper.
Fibre Star Cloth - 6m x 4m (with Light Source)
A plain black drape by day that becomes a night sky on cue.
LEDJ Stratos UV Flood
A blacklight flood that makes paint, costumes and whites glow while the stage stays dark.
Projectors & Mounts
The right size of projector for the room, from a slim portable to 10,000 lumens.
Crown XLi 1500 Power Amplifier
The straightforward fix when the speakers are fine and the amp is not.
LD Systems Dave 12 System (Sub + 2 Tops)
A compact 2.1 PA with all the power in the sub and the whole system in a car boot.