11th Hour manages production at Cardiff Castle
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For the last two years, Depot’s creative team has staged its own music and street food festival - in 2017, at the SWALEC cricket stadium, and at Cardiff Castle in 2018. Cardiff-based events services supplier 11th Hour played a prominent role in this year’s renewal having been invited by Depot to supply a number of key services.
Depot In The Castle featured an extravaganza of music and family entertainment, complemented by several artisan food outlets, that was in stark contrast to many of the summer’s more directly commercial festivals. Stiltwalkers and jugglers set the tone, in a relaxed, family-focused environment where an inspired music line-up, including afternoon DJ sets, was headlined by Sister Sledge and Scottish indie favourites The Fratellis.
11th Hour was responsible for project managing the entire production side of the day, supplying power and distribution for the site as well as staging, safety barriers, lighting, audio (in partnership with Protech) marquees (in partnership with Monnow Marquees) and health and safety (in partnership with JR Event Services).
A 12-strong 11th Hour crew took care of what was a trouble-free installation, obstructed only by the small entrances inside the castle. Heritage sites invariably possess their own unique challenges and in this instance all the kit had to be cross-loaded from an articulated lorry to smaller flatbed trailers to gain access.
Depot director Nick Saunders commented: “We’ve worked with 11th Hour across a variety of successful projects and they have proved to be a great fit for us. Like us, they’ve grown in capacity and are very thorough and organised in their processes.”
(Jim Evans)
