Stage Sets: “Engineers of the Imagination”

3D Creations creative team are set builders and designers working in any material. Theatre scenery and stage sets is our speciality but we have extensive experience in all sorts of projects and environments.  Large or Small scale theatre productions we will take the same care and attention to detail on all our commissions large or small.

Work Examples

SANTA CLAUSE AND THE CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE
AT The AMBASSADORS THEATRE, LONDONS  WEST END

STOMP !  The long running West End hit musical is host to this Children’s Christmas Theatre production which runs along side the hit for the Christmas season. Designed by Ian Westbrook and built in our 3D Creations workshops. We made three exact copies of this set for Croydon Fairfield Halls and the Epsom Playhouse to run along with the London show for Christmas.

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SLEEPING BEAUTY
NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL

Sets and props designed by Ian Westbrook and manufactured by 3D Creations workshop. The set incorporates 6 miles of fibre optic lights in the scenery portals and has over 30 light sources to give a rainbow colour fade effect.

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TELL ME ON A SUNDAY

Andrew Lloyd Webbers musical starring Miss Clair Sweeny. This show came into our workshop for a technical re-design & refurbishment prior to a major UK theatre tour.

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SANTA CLAUSE AND THE CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE
AT The AMBASSADORS THEATRE, LONDONS  WEST END

This Christmas show runs for the 2011 season at London's Ambassadors. Designed & built by Ian Westbrook.

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English National Theatre commissioned us to design and make 30 exploding vases for their new opera "The Return of Ulysses"

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Celebrity Cruise ship - new musical.

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Celebrity Cruise ship.

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SLEEPING BEAUTY - QDOS PANTOMIMES.

This castle set has LED window lights installed within the scenery. Another scenic addition to sets designed by Ian Westbrook  and made by 3D Creations previously seen at Birmingham Hippodrome pantomime.

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CELEBRITY CRUISE LINES  -  "SIRENS"

A new musical creation written by Jon Conway and designed by Ian Westbrook. This show was installed on the Celebrity "SUMMIT" in 2011 and due to run for five years on the main stage of the ships show lounge.

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CINDERELLA BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME 2011 WITH BRIAN CONNOLY & BASIL BRUSH

Ian Westbrook's designs are featured in Britain's largest pantomime and with additional new sets, this is certain to amaze the Christmas pantomime crowd. Manufactured in house at 3D Creations.

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MOON BOX - THIS IS THE SECOND MOON BOX THAT 3D CREATIONS HAVE MANUFACTURED.

A Four meter diameter steel box frame, made in two sections with a DMX - LED lights that illuminate a hand painted back projection screen. The moon is flown in by counter weighed theatre fly bars.

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Cromer Seaside Special Summer Variety Show

1. Hand painted set for a classic Hat & cane dance routine
2. A painted drive in diner for a 1950s musical medley.
3. Hand painted set for a Dickensian scene
4. His Masters Voice, hand painted set.

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Sleeping Beauty, Birmingham Hippodrome 2009, QDOS Pantomines

Ian Westbrook has designed this new set for the largest pantomime in the UK. Our dedicated team installed over 12,000 meters of fibre optics into the new Portals based on the Victorian Gothic style of architecture; this set of Portals creates a multicoloured star field to rival most productions of its type. Michael Harrison Directs & Produces  this new production for Qdos Entertainment starring Joe Pasquale.

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All the Fun of the Fair (West End)

1. Inside the Garrick during the first day of the fit up.
2. Act Two set
3. Act two set
4.  Act One (from left to right) Christopher Timothy. Cameron Jack. Michael Pickering. and star of the show, David Essex
5. The front of the Garrick Theatre.
6.  During the Fit up showing the two Act Two fairground side-stall trucks and the Portals being flown.
7. Our Dodgems on stage
8. The Twins "magic motorbike" actor Tim Newman making the most of the flying motorbike effect which is achieved without any wires as he flies over the audience.
9. Flying Fairground Galloper Horses.
10. We converted fairground dodgems to make a fleet of new "Company Cars". These were used on stage and around Leicester Square, London for publicity!

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All the Fun of the Fair (Tour)

A new musical by Jon Conway &  David Essex  touring the UK. prior to a West End run.  The sets and props were all made in our workshops and Ian Westbrook the Associate Designer on this show put extra details into the sets such as authentic 1970s side stall signs and sweets on the Candy Floss cart dodgems and carousel horses.

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Cinderella - Qdos Theatre Productions

A new show Designed by Ian Westbrook and built in our workshops. This new Pantomime opened at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford for the 2008 Christmas season and is then booked for seasons at Newcastle, Birmingham, Plymouth and Edinburgh over the next few years.

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Treasure Island - Birmingham Stage Company

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Peter Pan - Qdos Theatre Productions

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Painted set of Blackpool Tower Ballroom 14 ft x 12 ft

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Pavilion Theatre Cromer, Norfolk. A  70's Finale set for the famous end of pier Show.

Original illustration and finished set.

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Michael Flatley's Feet of Flames - Work in Progress

The giant metal and fibreglass door panels that were used on the "Feet of Flames" world tour set.  Here is work  being done in our workshops and rehearsal shots at Elstree Film Studios main sound stage, we made all the props and set decorations.

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Eddie - Wicker Man

Created for Iron Maiden's World Arena Tour, several Eddie's were built ranging in size up to 20ft in height. We have created various "Eddie" monsters over the years, along with a few of the stage "walking Eddies".

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Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs

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Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends

Work in progress of the railway engine sheds in our workshops and in rehearsal at Elstree Film Studios, near London. We were responsible for creating the buildings, which were made from metal frames and then clad in fibreglass.

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Proof

Technical drawing from "Proof" by Norman Coates, we constructed the set from these drawings.

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1. History of the Romans for BBC Education. Set and props were designed and made by 3D Creations.
2. "Book of the Banshi" UK Touring Set designed and produced by 3D Creations for the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.
3. Set for the opera "Miss Julie" Designed and manufactured  for PW-Theatre Productions.

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A Celebration of Nelson for the 2000 Millenium Commision. All the structures on this 100 ft wide stage  was designed, manufactured and erected by 3D Creations in house team.

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This is sculptured from clay and then cast in silicone rubber. The finished caryatid stands 4 ft high and is used for any of our more fanciful scenic embellishments, such as door surrounds stern sections of Pirate ships, or fire places.

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