London’s prestigious party venue, 8 Northumberland Avenue, start planning Christmas a year ahead. Setting aside traditional festive themes they asked for splendour on an oceanic scale - the myth of Atlantis was to be brought alive – furthermore they wanted a plush ambient party-zone to match. The brief was ‘epic’ plus ‘glitz & glam’. They key colours – deep-sea blues and paradise pinks.The spirit of the Lost Sunken
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Transforming London’s Hyde Park into a winter theme park – The Magical Ice Kingdom entrance at Winter Wonderland.Each festive season London’s Hyde Park becomes a multi-attraction theme park billed as Winter Wonderland. It’s filled with fairground rides, ice rinks, circuses and a host of other attractions.
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A spectacular new Alpine-themed show combining extreme sports and circus skills made its debut at one of the UK's most prestigious arenas, to huge critical acclaim. The Area 51 production of 'Alpine Nights' is the ultimate après-ski experience: ice cool and an off-piste elegance with first class entertainment.
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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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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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Steel city Sheffield shapeshifted into a science-fiction central station for starship troopers, time travellers, fantasy fans, droids and more who descended on the Yorkshire city to wallow in the weird and wonderful for a warp-speed weekend away
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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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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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It was a case of going underground and tunnel vision as Area 51's creative crew were summoned to help with the shooting of a much-anticipated supernatural sci-fi thriller movie.
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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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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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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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Pergolas are shaded paths and sitting areas. They are also the theme chosen by the Incipio Group for its range of central London restaurants, some of which bear the Pergola brand. The concept was to create a leafy luxurious outdoor feel just off the capital’s busy streets.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Area 51 showed the way at the Glastonbury Festival by creating a huge sign that towered above the famous site.
The giant structure was designed and built for The Beat Hotel
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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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Area 51 executed a real-life recreation of an iconic scary movie scene for special guests at the preview screening of The Conjuring 2. Ahead of the release of the supernatural horror sequel, The Conjuring 2, wanted to set up an unforgettable spine-tingling experience for celebrity guests, the media and Warner Bros representatives.
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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 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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