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Christmas time means Panto time – and time to commission ABC Inflatables to make a pantomime themed inflatable ……Oh no it doesn’t! Oh yes it does! We are well known for our inflatable Beanstalks which we have supplied over the years to some of the top Panto producers in the business. They have been inflated at some of the top …
This month we made all the inflatable hot air balloons for the stage set for Mike and the Mechanics UK tour! How cool is that?! We have been producing inflatables for the music industry for many years, including some pretty amazing rock bands. Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and Roger Waters. We made the inflatable stage sets for the last …
We have a real Christmas feel to the December News! This month’s festive spirit started early for us at ABC Inflatables. We made this giant 8m tall cold air filled inflatable Santa to a very good long-standing client of ours. Keep your eyes peeled if you are in East London and see if you can spot it on their storage facilities! …
We have never made so many inflatable beanstalks! During October we made three for Jack and the Beanstalk pantomimes – one for Covent Garden, one for The Lyric in Hammersmith and one for a theatre in Newcastle on Tyne. As you can see the inflatable beanstalks are really big, varying in size from 20 feet high to nearly 40 wide! We …
Exciting News! We have been flying the Pink Floyd Pig ‘Algie’ again. Did you see us on the BBC One Show? Algie is a great example of an inflatable that we keep in storage and re-use time after time! Last year, we were asked to fly Algie from the roof of the Victoria & Albert Museum to promote the forthcoming …
We felt honoured to make a giant inflatable hot air balloon for the Irish entry to the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. The replica hot air balloon was the central theme in their set and really helped them make an impression. This year Eurovision was in Kiev in the Ukraine which posed some practical and logistical problems! Luckily, we often transport …
September was a busy month here at ABC Inflatables. Busy and BIG, with two huge custom inflatables for different clients. Both inflatables were incredibly imaginative and, because of their size, both demanded a lot of workshop space to build them. It was an enjoyable challenge for us to use some ABC creative magic to bring each customers’ vision to life. …
A film production company asked us if we could make some inflatable tanks. We said “No problem!” They asked if we could make them closely resemble tanks used in World War Two by the British Army. We said “Of course!” (We did point out though that the tanks couldn’t have square edges! Being inflatable, they would blow round at the …
You may have seen in our recent posting the pictures of the Mothership Led Zeppelin blimp – the helium filled inflatable airship shape we made to promote the Led Zeppelin gig at London’s O2 Arena some years ago. Well we thought you would like to see a picture of the air filled airship we made this summer (2014) to promote the …
In December 2013, we were asked to create a giant 10m tall beanstalk as an inflatable panto prop for a production of Jack and the Beanstalk. We are often asked to make weird and wonderful inflatables and our workshop team relish the opportunity to get creative! We have a long history of providing custom inflatables for theatre and panto props, …