AREA 51 performers are springing into spring with a bunny-spinner event in the British countryside that will take visitors to a manor house into a nouveau Wonderland at Easter.
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Archives for Set Design and Installations
THE DICKENS OF A SHOW!
THE GHOSTS of Christmas past materialised to transform Yuletide present into a first class feast of fun for all the family at an historical English countryside manor house and its enchanting gardens.
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WONDERLAND’S EASY ON THE ICE
IT’S NOT JUST Santa Claus, his elves and reindeer who help build Christmas joy… add Area 51 to that list after a gargantuan effort to help create one of the world’s largest ever festive themed events propelled the company into spotlight.
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SATAN’S SLAMMER!
Bad boys and girls faced a night in the slammer with Lord Satan himself after Halloween took a gruesome turn for the worst. Area 51 freaks and fiends mustered for a macabre get-together as part of an extreme horror ‘scare maze’ that drew screams and plaudits alike in Warwickshire.
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WHATTON HOUSE OF HORROR – PURGATORY
Spooky sensualists on the trail of Halloween kicks declared a brand new Area 51 attraction as simply “out of this world” at its public launch held at a Georgian mansion in the heart of England.
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ROAD TO HELL
ONLY the British could deal with a global pandemic by putting themselves through a plague of panic to perk up and Area 51 were typically on hand to deliver an unforgettable COVID-busting horror experience.
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WHAT THE DICKENS!
AREA 51 brought its snow-how to London to help overhaul Hyde Park into a stunning winter wonderland as hundreds of thousands of visitors revelled in the ice cool attraction which sported a Charles Dickens theme.
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SCI-FI FLY HIGH
Britain’s biggest sci-fi festival celebrated its tenth anniversary in style with Area 51 helping to blast it into a new orbit.
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HUNGARY FOR SUCCESS!
Jet-setting travellers were given a fascinating glimpse into the stunning landscapes of Hungary as part of a major national festival staged in London. And Area 51’s team of design experts were on hand to create an exhibition inside The London Excel Centre for National Geographic with a contemporary art gallery vibe.
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SEASIDE TREATS, NOT TRICKS
Helping to “trick” people into the treat of being by the seaside, Area 51 sent a team of dream-makers to the coast on a mission. And it was a case of “mission accomplished” as visionary artisans from 51 created an attraction that turned out to be right up the street of shoppers in Southport on Merseyside.
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FRIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY!
Celebrities and members of the public were treated to another ghoul night out in London for Halloween thanks to TV star Jonathan Ross….and Area 51! Ross’ annual October 31 shindigs have become the stuff of legends over the years as he opens up his north London mansion to the public for a chilled night of fun and fright. As usual, 51’s expert team of set designers, performers and other creatives went to work to transform the entrance to the star’s plush home to create an event christened as “The Fabulous Mr. Jonathan Ross’ Carni-Hell.”
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BREXIT: A SCARY-TALE ENDING?
Halloween party animals caught up in the contemporary tale of horror that is Brexit, were given the fright – and the laugh – of their lives! With a pandemic of political dissonance affecting the country, Brexit’s poisoning of representative democracy, a zombie government and the stench of its decomposing Westminster corpse, it was left to Area 51 to finally find some fun from the shambles.
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BRAVING ‘THE ASYLUM’
A horde of Halloween hedonists headed into hell as they braved a bone-chilling scaremaze. Pleasure seekers were treated to one of the scariest interactive horror attractions seen in the U.K. staged inside a popular nightclub in the north-west. Area 51 remodelled the popular Camp and Furnace club in Liverpool into “The Baltic Asylum,” a harrowing hospital where inmates had been kept locked up behind doors for decades.
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PUTTING THE SWING INTO LONDON
Politicians, tourists and business leaders were greeted with the sight of a colourful crazy golf course in the heart of London and close to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey!
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STRANGER THINGS
DESIGN specialists at Area 51 are often tasked with dreaming up strange things for events all over the world but were called upon to recreate Stranger Things in London…
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BALL IS A PEAKY BLINDER!
STUDENTS were transported back to the “Jazz Age” for a Roaring Twenties knees-up that would have made the Peaky Blinders gang proud!
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FLASH BROADENS SCI-FI SUCCESS
Flash Gordon stars cosmically aligned to propel Britain’s biggest sci-fi festival into a stellar new era with celestial service from Area 51.
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TUNNEL VISION
Area 51 helped create a stunning interactive tunnel for a major world technology exhibition staged in Amsterdam.
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BLOOMIN’ BRILLIANT!
Have you heard the one about a badger, rabbit and mole walk into a conference centre in the shadow of Westminster Abbey and Big Ben? Sounds far-fetched? Not when Area 51 are in town! And at the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster, three larger-than-life anthropomorphic characters held sway in an enchanting forest to enraptured guests.
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WALKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND
AREA 51’s world-renowned creative gurus and workforce came together to help shape-shift part of London’s iconic Hyde Park into a phantasmagorical world of magic and mirth in time for Christmas.
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GREATEST FRESHERS BALL!
Uni students arriving for their freshers’ ball were treated to a stunning reception and left wowed as some of the best circus performers around greeted them in style! Acrobats, dancers, magicians, aerial daredevils, stilt-walkers, clowns, jugglers, contortionists and fire performers surprised students at Southampton with a jaw-dropping display of dexterity and hilarity as Area 51
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BIG TOP OF TERROR
It takes a brave soul with a big backbone and a deep reservoir of fortitude and grit to venture into the dark, haunted, cold woodlands at night for a daring date with terror. But that’s exactly what was expected of visitors to the latest ‘Spooktacular’ event held at the Heart Of England Conference and Events Centre in Warwickshire.
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HEEBIE-JEEBIES AT HOME OF SUPERSTAR
Halloween wizards Area 51 conjured up mucho magic at the biggest A-list celebrity bash of the year in London! TV superstar Jonathan Ross once again entrusted the firm with making over his mansion for his annual party. Area 51 spectacularly transformed the exterior of the star’s large residence at Hampstead into a bewitching home of Halloween
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THE GREATEST SHOW, MAN
Area 51's legendary legion of circus have joined forces to stage a summer tribute to the "greatest showman", P.T. Barnum to huge acclaim. With a cast of 30 performers the glory days of Barnum's 19th century circus
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QEII ILLUMINATIONS
Over 85,000 LED lights lit up one of the largest event venues in Central London as guests flocked to the QEII Conference Centre. Area 51 and event theme partners Event-Trees were asked to provide a dazzling ‘illumination’ themed event that would showcase the versatility of networking suites at the QEII Conference Centre, London, for the venue’s potential clients.
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