MRL Productions will specialise in providing a complete sound, lighting, video and staging technical service to the corporate event, theatre, fashion show and concert sector.
Their biggest contract to date has been with Great Leighs, the first new racecourse that has been set up in the last 80 years.
John Holmes' new venture - situated between Braintree and Chelmsford - hosts night racing as well as a large number of corporate functions for which MRL has been providing sound and lighting. This includes the opening night when Alexander O'Neal performed in front of an audience of 600.
The company has already developed a cutting-edge hire fleet. This includes Martin Professional LED stage bars and moving lights, Avolites Pearl Expert control, Sanyo PLC-XP100 projection, KV2 and Electro-Voice loudspeakers, Midas, Allen & Heath and Yamaha mixing consoles, Thomas box truss, drapes and stage decking. They also have their own specially-imported LED wall and custom-build all the framesets for the screens.
Said Craig Wiggins, "The majority of our work is conference work up to 1,000 capacity. Collectively we have a great team and we are attracting a lot of business through word-of-mouth and recommendation."
(Jim Evans)
