What happens if you bring together the UK's largest indoor winter music festival at one of the nation's best loved holiday resorts with the warped wit and wisdom of Area 51?
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Archives for Event Decor & Theming
JONATHAN ROSS’ HALLOWEEN HOME
When it comes to Halloween parties, no one is more renowned than Jonathan Ross OBE for putting on a successful spooktacular. Packed with A-list celebrities, the party always attracts the attention of the international press. Jonathan and his wife, Jane Goldman, look to Area 51 to transform their house into a high-class horror-fest.
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CELEBRITY FRIGHT NIGHT
Horror artisans Area 51 spawned an other-worldly hub of Halloween charm and chills after being called upon by TV superstar Jonathan Ross to once again set pulses racing in the heart of London for the biggest A-list celebrity party of the year!
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PEEK-A-BOO AT THE ART OF TERROR
When your skin crawls, your spine chills to the max and your nerves strain to snap, the last thing you need is to become ghastly guinea pigs in a foul foray into the darkest reaches of terror where YOU are the experiment!
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LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY SU BALL
Loughborough University Students Union aim high when it comes to their gala ball. Our brief is to propose brilliant themes and then deliver the dazzling décor to match. Continuously topping previous years' achievements is not easy but we welcome the challenge. Our roll of honour so far includes a James Bond theme, the Great Gatsby era, Las Vegas and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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LAUNCH OF THE BEANO EXPERIENCE
Beano HQ teamed up with House PR to bring the kids’ comic into the 21st century. They launched the Beano Studios and the Beano Experience, and the big unveiling event was at Beano’s Fleet Street HQ. The objective was to create an environment bursting with a cheeky character to match the 80-year-old comic’s irreverent
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LINKEDIN ICE CAVE
Professional networking leaders LinkedIn asked us to come up with a unique concept that would excite the senses for their largest corporate recruitment drive, Talent Connect London, to be attended by 1,200 delegates. A brainstorming session produced several ideas but top of the pile was an immersive ice cave.
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51 ROCK IT AT STELLAR WEEKEND
A remote corner of North Wales was zapped into an interdimensional and intergalactic space colony as Area 51 helped stage the biggest sci-fi and fantasy festival seen in the UK! Thousands of sci-fi fans beamed down into Pwlhelli on the Lleyn Peninsula for a long weekend where normal reality was suspended and a colourfully costumed alternative existence emerged.
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SPEAK EASY, PARTY HARD
The decadent twenties roared back in style as thousands of revellers partied hard at a splendid Speakeasy spree staged inside a leading UK venue with Area 51 in the driving seat. The Ricoh Arena at Coventry
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XMAS PARTY FOR UK CONSTRUCTION EXPERTS
Our clients Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd are design and construction experts. Their founder, the late Sir Ove Arup, insisted on high company values: “We must strive for quality in what we do, and never be satisfied with the second-rate.” They demand the best. They also place a high value on their staff and expect excellence for their Christmas parties. The company hired The Vox, a purpose-built venue on the NEC
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FOUR ISLAND FLING
Area 51's entertainment expeditionary force launched a series of island landings in the Indian Ocean as part of a mission of mirth and magic for luxury jet-set holidaymakers! Bolstering its growing globetrotting reputation, Area 51 dispatched a large posse of performers to the tropical paradise of the Maldives where they
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MASON HOUSE CHRISTMAS
Popular with A-list celebrities, London’s Mason House Club in the vaults of the London Palladium theatre soon gained a reputation for exclusivity and elegance. The same high standards applied to their décor during the festive season, so they invited Area 51 to create a complete Christmas look for them with a touch of class.
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THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II CENTRE’S 30TH BIRTHDAY
Opened by the Queen in 1986, the Queen Elizabeth II Centre wanted a 30th birthday party with a difference for those who had helped make it one of London’s most successful events venues. It hosts more than 400 events a year
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TV STAR HAILED AS ‘SUPER-GHOUL’
AREA 51 design wizards magically transformed TV superstar Jonathan Ross' north London mansion into a stunning haunted house AND gardens into an enchanted fairy forest in time for the UK's hottest Halloween celeb bash!
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NO BUNGLE AS ZIPPY ACTS SHINE
Sensational circus acts from Area 51 served up a marathon seven-hour 'spooktacular' at Britain's biggest Halloween party in front of 10,000 clubbers in Birmingham. The persistent performers pulled out all the stops in a prodigious production
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A WALK THROUGH THE HUMAN BRAIN
Working with clients EMC3, create a perfect arena to stimulate guests’ ideas and interaction for professional networking giants, LinkedIn, for a major recruitment event. The thought-provoking ‘brain-storming’ at the Business Design Centre in North London had two themes - art and science.
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RIO – THE CAPITAL OF CARNIVAL
Give your event the Rio Carnival theme and guests will look forward to a glamourous night gyrating to the sound of samba. Area 51 have designed and created an entire package which can transform your venue with an array of features, sights and textures true to the capital of carnival. And we have the drums and dancers to match.
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPIC
National Geographic Traveller magazine wanted to create its first ever all-day festival to bring the magazine to life. The aim was to give readers an immersive experience that showcased the diversity of the world of travel. The venue was The Brewery, London, where customers would be able to visit a large range of seminars, talks, workshops, cooking demonstrations with celeb chefs, and more.
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MOULIN ROUGE AT THE RICOH
Titillating French-inspired hedonism descended on the Ricoh Arena to inspire a perfect Parisian party as Christmas became "Noël" for thousands of revellers. Area 51 painted the town red as a sensational
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MASON HOUSE HALLOWEEN
The Argyll Street venue is a luxury nightclub that attracts celebrities and the world’s wealthy. Its unusual interior resembles a Masonic Temple and Area 51 were commissioned to design and rig a high-quality Halloween transformation for its elite guests. Sponsored by Belvedere Vodka, Area 51 were asked to incorporate their products within the scenery.
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JONATHAN ROSS SUMMONS LOST SOULS
TV superstar Jonathan Ross hailed the hallowed screams of adults, kids and teens as Area 51's opened the coffin lid for another devilish Halloween. Area 51's arch architects of abomination were once more let loose to transform Wossy's north London home into hell on earth in time for his annual feast of fun for October 31st.
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TWO-DAY BIRTHDAY BASH IS A JET-SET SMASH
Jet-setting guests were left spellbound at a lavish and private celebrity party held inside a luxury Berkshire hotel thanks to the efforts of Area 51.The exclusive two-day birthday party was staged at the luxurious Vineyard Hotel in Newbury with host and guests flying in from the USA to attend. Area 51's crack crew of creative stylists came up with not one but TWO stunning makeovers to help make the event truly
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SWEET KANDI LUSH SAGA
Memories of sunshine doused summer days on the party island of Ibiza aren't melting into winter obscurity thanks to the sweet success of Hed Kandi's 2015 season which was hailed a tropical paradise
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RICKY HATTON’S SHOW SUCCESS
Area 51 helped two-time world boxing champion Ricky Hatton create a knockout charity event in his hometown of Manchester in aid of charity. The much-loved Brit fighter celebrated his glittering sporting career by staging the stunning gala event at Victoria Warehouse with a host of special guests
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LINKEDIN ROOF TOP ILLUSION
‘Surpassed all expectations’ was just one of the compliments for Area 51 for the design and installation of a rooftop theme for a major event. LinkedIn invited us to compose, design and install a theme for a their Talent Connect London event for 2,500 guests, that would even eclipse the success of our previous joint projects.
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