Odyssey

HSL light up Odyssey

A major step along the Odyssey journey was taken over the Christmas period when The HSL Group came ‘on board’.
HSL are the one of the fastest growing companies in Europe and have an extraordinary client list that they have worked with.

Acts they have worked with include The Pussycat Dolls, Britain’s Got Talent, Massive Attack, The Stereophonics, Sting,
Don’t forget the lyrics, Lemar and many, many more. The Director of Music Anthony Hutchings said ‘I am absolutely
delighted to be working with Simon Stuart and the HSL team again – they were involved in our first major outdoor
production ‘time…’ way back in 2000 and to have them back on board is a dream come true for me.

Their professionalism and enthusiasm for this project will allow us really put on something incredibly special – to raise money
for Sparks (the children’s medical research charity) and to give over 1500 children an experience of a lifetime.’

The HSL Group is one of the fastest growing lighting and rigging companies in Europe. It is committed to excellence in the supply of design, equipment, crew and technical services to all areas of the professional lighting industry. Huge investment in the recent advances in entertainment visual technology has helped HSL grow to become an industry leader.
HSL are committed to assuring the delivery of quality products and services to our clients and with this in mind we are proud to be one of the first UK lighting companies to achieve the respected ISO9001:2008
accreditation procedure.

We are also very pleased to be preferred suppliers to both the BBC, ITV and we were voted favourite lighting company by TPi in 2008 and nominated again in 2009. With over 20 years in the industry, HSL has established itself as a major European supply company. We hold a huge stock of cutting edge equipment, we maintain this equipment to the highest level and renew the
stock regularly to ensure our clients receive the highest standard at all times. Our pristine equipment coupled with our commitment to our highly motivated and experienced staff provides our clients with a
service second to none.

HSL's team continues to grow year on year but with the founders still actively involved in its day-to-day running. The company is staffed by an energetic team of individuals, focused on providing the best and most
efficient service and technical support. Accessibility and the right people to oversee client needs and all elements of their visual technology
requirements are central to HSL's success. We pride ourselves on being friendly, approachable, direct and honest and find that this approach and these values serve our customers well.

HSL is totally committed to on-going investment in the latest technology to offer lighting designers and creative teams all the cutting-edge expressive, visual, creative tools. It carries the largest stock of James Thomas LED products in Europe, the latest moving light technology from Martin, Robe and Vari Lite coupled with control and programming platforms from MA lighting, Avolites, Flying Pig Systems and Green Hippo. Strategic alliances with these and other manufacturers mean that HSL’s clients can be assured of an unrivalled level of both technical and creative support. We can therefore also offer clients a sales service taking advantage of these relationships.

Our support services extend to carry a large stock of consumables available for same and next day dispatch. In order to service our clients rigging needs we have established a significant quantity of all categories of
rigging equipment and trussing. This has reached an impressive level of sophistication in recent years with the addition of fully programmable motion control and tracking to our stock. We support this particular
area of the business as we do with the visual technology by maintaining a full AutoCAD and WYSIWYG suite.

Some recent successful contracts include:
TV – Golden Balls
TV – Don't Forget the Lyrics
TV – Krypton Factor
TV – Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Live Arena Tour – Snow Patrol
Live Arena Tour – Madness
Live Arena tour – Pussycat Dolls
Corporate – Commonwealth Heads of State Conference, S.A.
Corporate – Paralympics World Cup Basketball 2008
Theatre – Cabaret (West End and Tour)
Theatre – Evita
Theatre – Blood Brothers
Theatre – Holland Park Opera
Festival – Creamfields
Festival – Bestival
Festival – Rockness
Festival – Gatecrasher

Previous contracts and clients include:
Robbie Williams, Dubai
Various Qdos Panto's
Human League
British Aerospace
Blackpool Tower
Ricky Gervais
Marillion
Film premiere’s at Leicester Square (e.g. Madagascar)
P&O Cruise lines
Jarvis Cocker
Jason Donovan
Boxing (Amir Khan, Calzhage etc.)
Colour of Money