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 […]
Flyhouse Projects
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 […]
Testing, Testing
At Flyhouse, the products we recommend come from our professional field experience. And when no out-of-the-box solution is available, our team of in-house engineers develops its own. Every custom Flyhouse product we create brings about equally custom and challenging testing protocols. Recently, a custom challenge passed through our shop involving our new zero-fleet point hoist, […]
That’s a Wrap!
Two years after we first arrived on campus, our project with Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music has come to a close. The university’s 1,460 seat The Musical Arts Center (MAC) has been compared to New York’s Metropolitan Opera, and now boasts a Flyhouse-updated rigging system.
Looking Up!
After months of planning and preparation, Flyhouse will begin installation next week at the Fishers Event Center in Fishers, Indiana, about 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis. Our team is familiar with tight timelines, and this project is no different: We have six weeks to complete our work, a window of time between when the venue is […]
It’s Showtime!
The Getz Theater Center at Columbia College Chicago was originally built in 1929 and most recently renovated in 2018. The Flyhouse crew was back in recent weeks at the Center’s Sheldon Patinkin Theatre. While the pipe grid we installed in this black box space isn’t the largest in our portfolio, it brought unique set of challenges. Our crew […]
