Clarke Cable Ltd

The show must go on! That’s the mantra of many of our customers in the events and theatrical market. We understand the modern demands of stage and performance producers and have been involved in producing some very special solutions for this sector. We work closely with many leading companies producing some of the biggest shows in the world.

Our cables have been on tour with some of the biggest names in music (Muse, Kanye West, Beyonce, Metallica and Mumford and Sons to name a few). In these high profile performances, technical failure is not an option, and we put enormous effort into making the best products for this use.

We also provide solutions used at some of the biggest events in the world. Glastonbury is one of the most famous festivals worldwide, and we provide cable solutions for the legendary Pyramid stage and other smaller stages.

One of our most interesting projects was to develop a bespoke plug and play system for the Arcadia spider. It’s a huge custom built installation which has four towering legs which suspend the DJ booth high above the crowd and also houses lasers, lighting and pyrotechnics to create an amazing live entertainment venue and visual arts installation all wrapped up in one. You can read more about this in our case study, but in summary, we developed a cable system which saved 200 man hours in rigging time. Anyone who works in the industry will understand how significant that is for any touring show.  So far we have installed over 10km of cable into the spider which gives you a bit of an idea of the scale of this project. Not only did the system save time in installation, but it is also incredibly reliable and durable having to endure not only the demanding life on the road but also be resistant to pyrotechnic fuels and heat. We immensely proud of this project and delighted to know that the client has found our solution hugely successful in its day to day use.