The new year is underway and the Flyhouse team is already busy on a wide range of projects, with old friends and new. Here’s a sneak peek at some of our plans for 2025! Harvard University American Repertory Theatre We were thrilled to be awarded the theatrical rigging contract for Harvard University ART new performance […]
Flyhouse Projects
New Year, New Safety
We’re starting the year in Bloomington-Normal at Illinois State University’s Braden Auditorium. Located in the Bone Student Center, this 3,457-capacity venue built in 1972 hosts a wide range of theatrical performances, concerts, variety and comedy shows. Flyhouse was tapped to lead the fabrication and installation of much needed rigging renovations, while also providing equipment necessary to […]
‘Tis the Season
Oh what fun it’s been to work with the Philadelphia Ballet on a cool effect for their current production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. In the final scene of the ballet, the children fly away from the Land of Sweets in a walnut boat, waving to their new friends as curtain falls. The boat […]
Solutions at Sea
It’s cruise season for Flyhouse! We service the hoists on nine Celebrity Cruises and four Costa Cruises ships every six months, with regular service all ships in either spring or fall. This round for Celebrity, we’re thrilled to bring back training for their aerial performers and technicians. With that, it’s officially a return to normal […]
Sky Fall
Chicago’s Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) debuted a new exhibit this weekend, 007 Science: Inventing the World of James Bond. To help kick off the exhibit, Flyhouse partnered with C5, a Chicago-based performer flying company. The operation? Support a visual flying effect for MSI’s 44th Annual Columbian Ball, which included a special highlight […]
On the Catwalk
The Flyhouse team recently returned to Chicago Shakespeare Theater to help provide a unique flying effect for their current performance of Henry V. Our conversations began over the summer with the theater’s technical team about how to incorporate this flying effect into their upcoming production. Knowing the space in this venue’s catwalks can be challenging, and always mindful of […]
