Brighter Still — BD25 Closing Ceremony

Brighter Still was the closing ceremony of Bradford 2025, staged outdoors in December. Raven Staging built the performance structure: a 40m² circular stage for over 200 performers, completed on a fixed show date in winter conditions.

The platform used more than 150 Litedeck panels at 1.8m, with three extending runways, a north ramp, and curved infills to close the circular edge. The show floor came from the Railway Children production; we were asked to reuse those panels but needed twice as many, so Bare Joinery in Leeds CNC-cut a matching set. Both batches were scenic-painted and aged to match, then gold detailing was hand-applied across the surface.

We also supplied FOH, AVP, festoon, gazebos, and site support structures.