This Christmas Canegreen installed the PA system for The Tweenies Live!, entertaining families across the UK.

The BBC’s popular children’s characters performed 27 shows at four arenas, Braehead Ice Arena, Glascow, Birmingham’s NIA, Sheffield Arena and Wembley Arena, with several shows at each venue over the holiday period this December and January.

The pa, required to fulfil all of the demands of the theatrical, musical spectacular was a complex affair, and, although this was the third year Canegreen have supplied the system, team leader and front of house engineer Mike Downs was kept on his toes at all times. The Tweenies Live! Production Manager, Nigel Mousley explained: “These are big venues to fill with sound without it being too loud for the children. Mike (Downs) in very conscientious to ensure all of our audience get a good sound, where-ever their seat. The Tweenies characters have got high pitched voices that go from monologues to them all screaming, so it’s not easy to mix and Mike succeeds in getting them heard clearly throughout.” Nigel continued: “Canegreen once again maintained a very high standard with our sound, it’s a great sounding system. They also provide a very complicated comms system for communication between the artists, animatronics operators and production team. I think they probably are the only company I know who could have supplied such a complex system, and their technician, Jesse Godolphin, was right on the ball.”