Project Management Japan

Stagehands Office in Tokyo with new Project Management Branch

In preparation to the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Stagehands.net expands its business to project management for non local customers.

Organization of event equipment, communication with local suppliers for customers coming from abroad to Japan will be the main part of this offer. The new business is managed by former PRG project manager Bernd Erbs.

“Over the years, we have received repeatedly requests from customers who need equipment for their events. Our customers told us about communication problems in Japan, which are based not only on a linguistic, but also on a cultural level. Bernd Erbs, who has been living in Tokyo for 20 years, speaks perfect Japanese, German and English and knows the local Japanese event industry. Bernd will accompany and advise our customers on their projects in Japan. We look forward to the new responsibilities in Japan and will soon launch an equal branch  in our Paris office, “says Stagehands.net Managing Director Patrick Harnisch.

Inquiries for Japan are coordinated via the Berlin headquarters of Stagehands.net

 

Int. Freecall: +800 44228800. oder

mail@stagehands.net

japanese Customers, please directly contact Mr. Erbs:

Bernd.Erbs@stagehands.jp

 

(Foto: project manager Bernd Erbs)

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New Contact Function on our Website.

New Update on Our Website,

from now on we have the additional function to directly chat with one of our staff in the office. In the lover right corner you can reach us instantly during the office hours or send us a quick note outside our office hours.

Talk to you soon!

When in Rome …

Stagehands crew supporting german event company in Italy,

This time Il Palazzo Dei Congressi was host to one of our supported events of one of our german customers. The Palazzo was built from 1938 to 1954, delayed by WWII. Later on it was used in the olympic games and is still in use for actual events and projects.

We were happy to support one of our german customers with Stagehands crew to load, unload and set up the event. Stagehands.net supports event companies going to Italy for 20 years now, not only in Rome but also in Bologna and Milan.

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(picture: Crew loading in Rome)

 

 

 

 

The Retro Mobile  Paris

Stagehands. fr  crew at the Retro Mobile Paris

Since 1976 The Retro Mobile Paris is the first major classic car show of the year. Hosted at the Paris expo Porte de Versailles it is not only a car show but also the location for some huge classic car auctions. Auctions and the fair are home for vintage cars worth hundreds of thousands of Euros.

Our bilingual (english and french) crew was on duty in the 7th year now in this beautiful but also very delicate setting. Preparing trussing & lights, as well as parts oft he boothbuilding for several multilingual teams from around the world.

If you are interested in our team of highly motivated, professional stagehands that are on job in time, know what they do, that you can understand and know how to behave in such a delicate setting, feel free to contact your project manager in Paris, Mr. Cormac O`Neill.

Next years Retro Mobile will take place again at Porte de Versailles from 6th to 10th February 2019 see you there!

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(picture: Cormac and Simon infront of some beatiful vintage racing cars)

Stagehands.net ready for the new year.

The stagehands.net-team ready for new major projects in 2018.

 

 

The New Year brings many new winds, work and new projects for the Stagehands.net-team. As the weather is still set on winter-mode at our Berlin headquarters alternating between heavy snowfall and rain, the weather is more forgiving, staying bright, sunny and sparkly fresh for our French team in Cannes, who finished last year with a bang in preparation for the New Year.

Speaking to our French regional manager Cormac O’Neill, he summed up the following about the final projects of 2017:

„Cannes is where some of our biggest projects in 2017 took place, but also the ones people know the least about. Situated on the sunny Côte d’Azur in the south-east of France, it’s no wonder that it is host to some of the biggest but also some of the lowest profile events in the world. Our local Côte d’Azur crew is always up to the task and assisted throughout the year on many of these low key operations. Confidentiality, honesty and diplomacy, as well as fluency in English and a high level of professionalism were just what the doctor ordered“

Many smiles and long working days were shared throughout 2017 and we now move confidently into the New Year. After expanding our crew in the South France-region and setting up a new department hiring highly-qualified crew in Cannes last year, our regional manager Cormac O‘Neill runs a tight ship, providing project management and able workers in a bright working environment.

 

Stagehands.net possess a strong team of French- and English-speaking crew ready to offer you excellent service and contribute a fastpaced, skilled team for your project today.
Are you in need of a qualified, reliable and efficient team of crew?
Contact us today for a quote!

 

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Stagehands.net at Champs-Elysées, Paris.

Stagehands.net lends a hand at the final days of Iconic Le RendezVous showroom on Champs-Elysées, Paris.

The Stagehands.net crew was in place supplying their expertise at the Le-Rendez vous Toyota
showroom on glamorous Avenue Champs-Elysées, one of the worlds most famous shopping streets
during October. The avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 1.9 kilometers long and 70 meters
wide lies between Place de la Concorde and the Place Charles de Gaulle where the famous landmark
the Arc de Triomphe is situated in Paris.


Japenese Motor Corporation Toyota, the worlds largest automotive manufacturer and Japans largest
listed company, was the project in place, finalising their last days of the sucessful European brand
flagship showroom on Champs-Elysées, after 19 years of showcasing a 100 exhibtions to almost 20
million visiters from all over the world.


The Stagehands.net team was on site supplying crew and vital support in the build down of the
iconic store as it closed ist doors for good on the 8th October after one final Rendez-Vouz.

Veslemøy Rustad Holseter New Project Manager in Berlin

Veslemøy Rustad Holseter joins our team as new Project-Manager for English speaking and Scandinavian clients by Stagehands.net October 2017.

The 28 year old Norwegian holds a BA degree with honors in Music Production from the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts and additional Live Electronics studies at the Norwegian Academy of Music. With a long track record organising festivals and live music events, along with working as an event technician in Norway, England and Germany, Holseter brings with her a wide experience in event managment and project co-ordination on an international level as well as first hand experience with the job.

Her language skills consisting of a high level of English, German, Norwegian and Swedish gives Holseter an edge when co-ordinating projects for our worldwide clients in additon to enabling her with offering extra support for our Scandinavian customers.

“We are extremely pleased that Ves has decided to join our team, we are also convinced that our worldwide and specifically Scandinavian clients will benefit from her hire.

We now have Ves who with her native level English, great German and Scandinavian language knowledge who has the ability to help our clients with their worldwide projects. Language is a key skill in our business.” Says Managing Director Patrick Harnisch.

Stagehands.net and Friends; Caught In The Rain

With IFA coming to Berlin, the end of summer is always a busy time for the Stagehands.net team. The action kicked off a little early this year with Samsung’s IFA 2017 press conference in the Tempodrom arena a week ahead of the main exhibition.

The invite-only event showcased some of Samsung’s latest technologies to various members of the press and the tech community, highlights including new smart phones and smart watches, to be displayed at IFA. Don’t worry if you missed your invite, it was also live-streamed all over the internet.
Check out all our hard work there!

The stagehands.net crew were enlisted by UK Company Smyle to help with the heavy lifting and technical gadgets for the show. There was a lot of heavy lifting to be done and a lot of technical gadgets to be set up, but the usual mix of team work and hard work got the job done.

The de-rig proved particularly challenging with a heavy down poor impeding the crew on the last day. After losing some furniture to the rain, a few extra trips had to be made to the skip (large garbage container for all you none English readers). A mention to the Crewchief and production managers on both sides needs to be made for keeping the workforce organised and moving. Even the simplest task can turn into a disaster if you don’t have a good leader, 45 crew members, 3 tonnes of wood and a torrential downpour to deal with.

It was all Smyles in the end 😉

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(Pictures: Stagehands.net & Smyle Crew members, Dan Parry, Jan Mante, Javier Gutierrez, Rio Imeson, Fernando Quartana)

Stagehands.net takes the Plunge in Barcelona

The 19th ESMO World Congress took place in Barcelona last week, the world’s leading global event in gastrointestinal cancer. Stagehands.net received a request for hands to help assemble an unusual and interesting sculpture for one of the exhibitors.

The giant goats head, consisting of 10,000 ping pong balls, was created by Plunge Creations, a creative design and prop making company from Sussex in the UK. Plunge are a regular partner of stagehand.net when they come to the continent and they been responsible for some incredible builds over the years, including a giant dinosaur made of crumpets and a life size chocolate Thomas the Tank Engine to name but a few!

Two of the crew met with Plunge in Barcelona to help display the sculpture at the International Convention Centre. Some careful maundering and some delicate hands where needed to set the sculpture up which then stood for the duration of the exhibition. Thankfully nobody dropped the ball(s) and the set up was a smooth success… because picking up 10,000 balls would really get my goat.

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(picture: The Goat head sculpture under construction in the BICC)

New Friends For Stagehands.net In Luxembourg

Thanks to a new partnership, stagehands.net is happy to announce the inclusion of Luxembourg into the list of countries you can book event crew in!

There has always been a strong network in the area; with connections in all three neighboring countries we have always been able to accommodate projects for Luxembourg, often transporting crew from Metz, Bastogne and even Frankfurt!
But now it’s easier than ever before, with lower travel cost, more hands available and that ever-so-important, local venue knowledge, organizers can now staff any event, stress free.

We all know Luxembourg is one of Europe’s smallest countries, with a population of around 560,000, you might be surprised to learn the country hosts thousands of public events annually; Music festivals, trade shows, marathons, the tour de Luxembourg, iron man, agricultural fairs, gay pride, balloon festivals…the list goes on and on and they all need event crew.
If you are organizing one of these events or any of the countless other events in Luxembourg, reach out to us for a quote!

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(picture: By Denise Hastert (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)