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 show-ready — dry hire, or with a technician to run it.
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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, cable crates and the long runs: the unglamorous kit every show stands on.
View categoryStands, Rigging and Comms Hire
The stage manager's kit: stands and rigging for whatever hangs, radios and talkback for calling the show.
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.
Rates are per day and exclude VAT. A longer hire costs less per day — add your dates below and the grid prices the whole period.
School Musical Sound Package
Twelve headworn radio mics, desk, stagebox and stage monitors — the musical, mic’d in one hire.
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.
Full-Range PA Package
Tops, subs, stands and cabling — a complete PA for bigger halls.
Alto TS210 Active Speaker
The 10-inch all-rounder for speech, playback and small rooms.
Equinox Fusion 260ZR MKII Moving Head Wash
A zooming LED wash head that covers a whole stage in colour.
Equinox Fusion 300FXP Pixel Zoom Wash
A pixel-ring wash head that adds effects as well as flat colour.
Equinox Stage Haze 1500
Even, long-hanging haze so your lighting actually shows.
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.
Sennheiser EW-DX handheld transmitter
Digital wireless handheld microphones. Enquire with your quantity and dates; availability confirmed individually.
Sennheiser EW-DX bodypack transmitter
Digital wireless bodypack transmitters. Enquire with your quantity and dates; availability confirmed individually.
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.
Sennheiser G3 Handheld Radio Microphone System (4-Mic, Ch38)
Four handhelds on pre-coordinated Channel 38 frequencies, for panels and small casts.
Sennheiser G3 Headworn Radio Microphone System (4-Mic, Ch38)
Four headsets on pre-coordinated Channel 38 frequencies, hands free for presenters and dance.
Alto TS315 Active Speaker
The 15-inch top: more low end and more room coverage for bigger halls.
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.
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.
T-Bone MB 75 Beta Instrument Microphone
The same budget workhorse in its Beta pattern.
AKG CHM 99 B Hanging Choral Microphone
Hangs above a choir and disappears from view.
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.
Interspace PCBB3 PC Hum Eliminator
Balances a laptop's output and breaks the earth loop behind a mains buzz.
Shure SM7B Dynamic Studio Microphone
A broadcast vocal microphone that hears the voice and not the room.
Sennheiser MKH 416-P48U Shotgun Microphone
The industry-standard short shotgun for location speech and voiceover.
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.
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.
EV ZLX-15P Active Speaker
The step-up 15-inch box for louder rooms and fuller music.
Drum Screen
Clear acrylic panels that cut the drum spill so the desk gets the mix back.
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.
Chauvet COLORband PiX-M LED Batten
Pixel-mappable LED batten for cyc washes, uplighting and colour chases.
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.
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.
Zero88 FLX S24 Lighting Control Console
The schools and small-venue desk: fixture library, faders, simple syntax.
Zero88 Orb Lighting Desk
The pro theatre desk for bigger plots and busier shows.
Zero88 Fat Frog Lighting Desk
The classic school-hall memory desk: 48 channels on real faders, plus 12 moving lights.
ETC Source Four 26°
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 £50.
Par 16 Birdie (12v)
The little tungsten birdie, for set dressing and tight corners.
Par 16 Birdie (230v)
The mains-voltage birdie: takes a GU10 lamp, needs no transformer, plugs into a socket or a dimmer channel.
Selecon Rama Fresnel (1000W, 1200W)
A soft-edged tungsten fresnel that blends into one warm, even stage wash.
Transcension UP2 TrueDim 1-Channel Dimmer
One tungsten lantern or practical, faded from the desk or by hand.
Martin Mac 250 Krypton Moving Light
A workhorse moving spot cheap enough to hire as a matched rig.
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.
LED Floodlight - 50W (4000K)
The small one: a corridor, a dressing-room table or a single stall.
LED Floodlight - 100W (4000K)
The middle size: lights a stage or a marquee bay for a get-in.
LED Floodlight - 200W (4000K)
Our largest single unit: one point of light for a big hall, yard or field.
Look Solutions Unique 2.1 Hazer
The hazer lighting designers ask for by name.
Antari ZR1500 Smoke Machine
A desk-controllable smoke machine for entrances and effects.
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.
Handheld Confetti Cannon
Hand-fired confetti tubes for finales and curtain calls.
QTX SW-1 Snow Machine
A small snow machine that drifts foam snowflakes across a stage on cue.
Sony A7S III Camera Body
The low-light body that films shows as the audience sees them.
Filming Package (Camera, Lens, Tripod, Audio)
The kit list assembled into one booking.
HP 24-inch Monitor (V24v G5)
The plain second screen: 24-inch full HD on HDMI or VGA, for the operating position.
Epson EB-1776W Portable Projector
The right brightness for the room and the screen.
NEC PA522U Installation Projector
The right brightness for the room and the screen.
Sanyo PLC-HF10000L Large Venue Projector
The right brightness for the room and the screen.
Tall Boom Microphone Stand
The right stand for the position, boom to floor.
Short Boom Microphone Stand
The right stand for the position, boom to floor.
Straight Microphone Stand
The right stand for the position, boom to floor.
Kick Microphone Stand
The right stand for the position, boom to floor.
Table Top Microphone Stand
The right stand for the position, boom to floor.
Tripod Speaker Stand
Lifts speakers to where the audience can hear them.
Speaker Pole (Sub Mount)
Lifts speakers to where the audience can hear them.
Wind-Up Lighting Stand (40kg SWL)
Height for fixtures where there are no bars.
Fixed Lighting Stand (40kg SWL)
Height for fixtures where there are no bars.
Lighting T-Bar
Puts up to four fixtures across the top of a stand. Hired in 3 lengths, 1m to 2m.
Hanging Clamp (with Shackle Slot)
The hardware that hangs kit safely.
Safety Bond - 75cm (20kg)
The 75cm bond for a small fixture that hangs away from the bar. Rated to 20kg.
Stage Weight - 12.5kg
12.5kg of ballast for stands, booms and scenery braces.
Trigger Clamp (WLL 250kg)
Hooks over a 48-51mm bar or truss and locks itself shut. Rated to 250kg, for moving heads and wash bars.
Half Coupler (WLL 50kg)
Aluminium collar that closes right round a 48-51mm tube. Rated to 50kg, for small LED fixtures only.
G-Clamp (WLL 20kg)
The everyday steel hook for a small lantern on a hall bar or T-bar, up to 50mm. Rated to 20kg.
Safety Bond - 35cm (25kg)
The short bond for a light hung right under the bar, keeping any drop small. Rated to 25kg.
Safety Bond - 75cm (50kg)
The long, strong bond for moving heads, wash bars and anything out on a boom arm. Rated to 50kg.
Ratchet Strap
Pulls tight and locks, for cases, kit and scenery that must stay put. Restraint only, never for hanging.
Mitex Site Radio Bundle
Site-grade walkie talkies that reach from the stage door to the far end of the car park.
Pro Intercom Comms System (4-Way)
An always-open party line so the stage manager can call the show in a whisper.
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.
3-Pin XLR Cable
The standard mic and line lead: one per channel, plus spares. Hired in 6 lengths, 1m to 20m.
5-Pin DMX Cable
Proper 110-ohm lighting data, not a repurposed mic lead. Hired in 6 lengths, 1m to 20m.
13A 1-Gang Extension - 15m
Mains to where the kit is, on tough rubber cable.
13A 2-Gang Extension
A UK plug to two sockets on tough rubber cable. Hired in 6 lengths, 1m to 15m.
13A 4-Gang Extension
Four sockets on heavy-duty rubber cable. Hired in 6 lengths, 1m to 15m.
13A 6-Gang Extension
Six sockets for where the tech desk lives. Hired in 6 lengths, 1m to 15m.
15A Extension
Theatre 15A round-pin extensions for dimmer circuits. Hired in 7 lengths, 1m to 20m.
16A Extension
Blue ceeform 16A extensions for stage power runs. Hired in 7 lengths, 1m to 20m.
16A 3-Phase Extension - 10m
Red five-pin 16A three-phase at 10m. Does not fit the 32A inlet on our three-phase distro.
NL4 Speaker Cable
Locking speakON leads between amp and speaker. Hired in 4 lengths, 2m to 20m.
IEC Extension
Extends a kettle lead to where the power actually is. Hired in 5 lengths, 1m to 10m.
13A to IEC Mains Lead
The kettle lead itself: UK plug to the IEC inlet on desks, amps, projectors and many LED fixtures.
PowerCON Link Cable
Daisy-chains power between fixtures, twist-locked. Hired in 2 lengths, 3m to 5m.
PowerCON & 5-Pin DMX Combi Cable
Power and data to a moving light in a single run. Hired in 2 lengths, 3m to 5m.
16A to PowerCON Adaptor
Distro power into the older blue powerCON on speakers and amp racks. Not TRUE1; switch off before plugging.
PowerCON TRUE1 Extension
Lockable TRUE1 mains runs for fixtures that use it, 1m to 20m. Hired in 5 lengths, 1m to 20m.
PowerCON TRUE1 Y Splitter
One TRUE1 feed into two fixtures, both live together and sharing the one supply.
13A to PowerCON TRUE1 Adaptor
A modern LED fixture from an ordinary wall socket, no distro needed.
16A to PowerCON TRUE1 Adaptor
The everyday feed from a distro way or a 16A outlet into a TRUE1 fixture.
PowerCON TRUE1 to 16A Adaptor
Takes power back out of a TRUE1 outlet into a 16A socket, for 16A kit or a longer 16A run.
PowerCON TRUE1 to 13A 4-Gang
Four ordinary sockets at a lighting position for the haze machine, the node and the work light.
Stereo Jack Instrument Cable
Balanced TRS jack leads for keyboards, playback and DI runs. Hired in 2 lengths, 3m to 5m.
Cat6 etherCON Cable
Locking network leads between desk, stagebox and node, 3m to 10m. Hired in 3 lengths, 3m to 10m.
Cat6 etherCON to RJ45 Cable - 1m
Bridges a locking etherCON run to the plain RJ45 socket on a laptop, switch or video extender.
Neutrik etherCON Coupler
Joins two etherCON or RJ45 leads end to end when one run is not quite long enough.
HDMI Cable
Solid HDMI runs for projectors and screens. Hired in 3 lengths, 2m to 15m.
VGA Cable
For the projector that still speaks VGA. Hired in 2 lengths, 2m to 20m.
BNC Cable
Locking BNC runs for cameras and video feeds. Hired in 3 lengths, 1m to 20m.
Jack - XLR Converter - Mono Jack - Female 3-Pin XLR
Makes one connector standard talk to another.
Jack - XLR Converter - Mono Jack - Male 3-Pin XLR
Makes one connector standard talk to another.
Jack - XLR Converter - Stereo Jack - Female 3-Pin XLR
Makes one connector standard talk to another.
Jack - XLR Converter - Stereo Jack - Male 3-Pin XLR
Makes one connector standard talk to another.
XLR Gender Converter - Female to Female
Makes one connector standard talk to another.
XLR Gender Converter - Male to Male
Makes one connector standard talk to another.
16A T-Connector to 13A 4-Gang
Makes one connector standard talk to another.
16A to 13A 4-Gang
Four ordinary sockets from one 16A way, for the desk, the laptop and the monitors.
16A H Splitter (3-Way)
One 16A socket into three, all sharing the same 16A. For light loads, not heaters.
Mini Stereo Jack to 2 Mono Jacks - 1m
Makes one connector standard talk to another.
3-Pin Male to 5-Pin Female DMX Adaptor
Makes one connector standard talk to another.
5-Pin Male to 3-Pin Female DMX Adaptor
Makes one connector standard talk to another.
2-Channel Cable Ramp - 1m
A metre of two-channel rubber ramp. Link sections end to end to cover the crossing.