Rigging is any foundation or system used to support, move, or fly scenery, lighting fixtures, drapery, and other masking devices in production and venue environments.
Rigging refers to the foundations, structures, and hardware used to support, move, or fly equipment and materials in production and venue environments. It encompasses the systems that suspend and position scenery, lighting fixtures, drapery, and masking devices, often overhead, allowing them to be placed, aimed, and changed as a production requires. Rigging is fundamental to staging and lighting in theaters, studios, and event venues.
Through trusses, pipes, clamps, and related hardware, rigging holds lighting fixtures and other equipment securely in position while allowing adjustment and movement. Safe, well-planned rigging is essential to both the function and the safety of overhead equipment.
The lighting fixtures and equipment held by rigging depend on power and control wiring to operate. While the rigging provides mechanical support, the fixtures it positions rely on dependable cable to deliver the power and control that production lighting requires.
Because rigging holds lighting fixtures and other equipment securely in position while allowing adjustment and movement, safe and well-planned rigging is essential to both the function and the safety of overhead equipment in theaters, studios, and event venues.
Recognizing how rigging supports and positions overhead equipment helps illustrate why dependable power and control cabling matters to the lighting and AV gear that rigging suspends in production and venue environments.
At Windy City Wire, the focus on low-voltage power and control cable supports the lighting and AV equipment that rigging suspends and positions. Supplying dependable cable helps ensure that fixtures, wherever they are rigged, receive the stable power and control they need to perform.