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A guide to EVENT & PRODUCTION FLOORS 2 3

GIVING YOU Established in England in 1977, Harlequin is the world leader in advanced technology floors for performing THE arts, theatres, events and productions. Harlequin’s experience and reputation are launches, fashion shows, window displays founded on the design, manufacture and and exhibitions. supply of a range of high quality portable and Forty years after its creation, Harlequin is the WOW permanent sprung and vinyl floors, preferred global leader in its field with operations across by performers at the world’s leading venues. Europe (London, Luxembourg, Berlin, Paris Harlequin’s event and display floors are and Madrid), Asia Pacific (Hong Kong, Japan the industry choice for TV and film and Sydney) and the Americas (Philadelphia, FACTOR production, concerts and tours, product Los Angeles and Forth Worth).

Photo Nicola Selby Myer SS16. Photo courtesy of Lucas Dawson 4 5

Harlequin Hi-Shine Harlequin Hi-Shine Metallic A BRILLIANT Gold - 050 Silver - 025 CHOICE

Harlequin Hi-Shine is widely used for TV and A Harlequin Hi-Shine floor is a brilliant choice film production, concerts and tours, product for any occasion. Harlequin Hi-Shine has a The Hi-Shine metallic range, in Gold and Silver, is launches, fashion shows, window displays and unique high gloss PET display surface which the latest addition to the Harlequin Hi-Shine range exhibitions. It is the floor of choice for artists provides a breath-taking reflective finish with of floors. A worldwide hit with producers of TV including Little Mix, One Direction, Lady Gaga, excellent scratch-resistance. It is specified shows, set designers, touring bands and fashion Will.i.am and Michael Bublé and has been used for loose-lay installation and rolls out easily shows, these new high impact colours bring another on numerous TV shows including The X Factor on any flat, firm surface. dimension to the brilliant look of Harlequin Hi-Shine. and Britain’s Got Talent.

Red - 038 Black - 005 Grey - 002 Specification Guide

Permanent or Portable Portable

Roll width 1.5m

Roll lengths 10m, 15m, 20m, 30m

Colours Black, White, Red, Blue, Grey, Gold, Silver

Thickness 1.5mm

White - 019 Blue - 039 Weight 1.96kg/m² High-gloss PET Fire rating Bfl-s1 (EN 13501-1) display surface

Calendered laminated PVC

Pink Floyd Exhibition, V&A Museum Life is a Dream. Liam Francis and Rambert Dancers. Photo courtesy of © Johan Persson Harlequin Hi-Shine black Harlequin Hi-Shine silver 6 7

Harlequin Bespoke Printed Floors A FRESH LOOK FOR ANY EVENT

Have you ever thought of having a totally unique Harlequin Clarity is a durable clear vinyl floor for your event or display? Well now you flooring specially formulated for reverse can with Harlequin’s vinyl printing service. digital printing and suitable for high traffic commercial use. A printed finish is available on Harlequin Cascade, Harlequin Reversible / Reversible You can have a completely bespoke design or Pro and Harlequin Clarity. select one of our patterns or images.

• Colour matching available • Eco-friendly, solvent-free UV cured inks mean very rapid drying times • Excellent ink adhesion to the substrate gives a durable, abrasion resistant surface • The fire rating of the Harlequin floor is unaffected • Free samples available on request

Palazzo Versace. Photo courtesy of Francis Joseph Printed white Harlequin Cascade for Bolshoi’s production of Sleeping Beauty. Photo courtesy of TDM Printed Harlequin Reversible 8 9

Harlequin Reversible Chroma Key Green/Chroma Key Blue

Calendered vinyl Harlequin Reversible with a slip-resistant MADE TO performance surface Projection Grey/Black PERFORM Harlequin’s Reversible Black/Projection Grey Harlequin Reversible vinyl absorbs ambient light and delivers a more Launched over four decades ago, Harlequin Harlequin Reversible is our most versatile loose- vivid projection of images on to the vinyl surface. Reversible is the original double-sided lay floor and it is extremely popular among our Chroma Key Green/Chroma Key Blue Contrast ratios are enhanced, ensuring less light dance and stage floor. It is a hardwearing broad range of customers across the world. It’s bleed and less unwanted reflective light. As the yet lightweight calendered vinyl that is slip ideally laid on any hard, smooth surface and leading product on the market for peak gain resistant on both sides, so providing two is particularly suited to touring due to ease of Harlequin’s Chroma Key Reversible and television producers as both a floor measurement, Harlequin’s Projection Grey provides floors in one! handling and portability. Special wear coats vinyl is designed specifically for digital and backdrop, it offers an alternative higher brightness and a wider viewing angle for on both surfaces make it easy to maintain. compositing with one side Chroma Key method to painting and repainting studio audiences, through front projection. This is a Green and the other Chroma Key Blue. floors each time there is a Chroma key practical solution for film, TV and theatre production. Jean-Michel Jarre, Dark grey/Light Grey - 003 Hazelnut/Beige - 310 Black/White - 001 Harlequin’s Chroma Key Reversible vinyl requirement for superimposing footage live tour 2016. Black/Grey - 004 Photo courtesy is a practical solution for filmmakers using editing packages. of Louis Hallonet Harlequin Reversible black/grey Specification Guide

Permanent or portable Portable

Roll width 2m

Calendered vinyl Chroma Key green/ Roll lengths 10m, 15m, 18m, 20m, 25m with a slip-resistant Fog/Tan - 890 Chroma Key blue - 119 Green/Yellow - 115 performance surface Colours Chroma Key Green/Blue, Chroma Key Green/ Calendered vinyl Yellow, Chroma Key Blue/Red, Black/Projection with a slip-resistant Grey, Dark Grey/Light Grey, Black/White, Black/ performance surface Grey, Fog/Tan, Hazelnut/Beige

Thickness 1.3mm

Weight 1.6kg/m2

Fire rating Bfl-s1 (EN 13501-1) Projection Grey/Black - 005 10 11

Harlequin Reversible Pro Harlequin Showfloor Black - 021

Harlequin Reversible Pro retains the same slip- Suitable for a wide variety of uses including resistant surface on both sides as our standard ballet, contemporary, percussive dance Reversible but, thanks to the introduction of including flamenco, Irish and tap, multi-purpose SHOWTIME a new mineral fibre interply layer, offers even use, hip-hop, jazz, street, aerobics, zumba, more dimensional stability, making it an ideal concerts, display, exhibitions, television, surface for printing. theatres and for operatic performances IN NO TIME • Heavy duty Harlequin Showfloor is perfect for use as a temporary • Highly portable and easy to handle floor for light to medium traffic environments. It has An embossed clear • Quick to roll out and lays flat an embossed display surface that helps to prevent wear display surface scuff marks and its cellular foam backing ensures Coloured printed film

Black/White - 001 Black/Grey - 004 comfort under foot, helps disguise uneven substrates Mineral fibre reinforcement and provides good impact sound insulation. Cellular foam backing Harlequin Showfloor is lightweight, can be laid Calendered vinyl with a slip-resistant performance surface quickly and stays flat. It can be used over any hard, Grey - 034 White - 019 smooth surface and comes in a range of colours. It Woven mineral fibre reinforcement is the leading choice for fashion catwalks, exhibition

Calendered vinyl stands, stage sets, events, shows and art displays.

Specification Guide Specification Guide

Permanent or portable Portable Permanent or portable Portable Red - 041 Roll width 2m Roll width 2m

Roll lengths 10m, 15m, 18m, 20m, 25m, 30m Roll lengths 10m, 15m, 20m, 25m, 30m

Colours Black/White, Black/Grey Colours Black, White, Red, Grey

Thickness 1.5mm Thickness 2.6mm

Weight 2.25kg/m2 Weight 1.7kg/m2

Fire rating Bfl-s1 (BS EN ISO9239-1:2010) Fire rating Bfl-s1 (EN 13501-1) Compliant (BS EN ISO 11925-2:2010) Photo courtesy of Burn The Floor and David Wyatt Class 1 (ASTM E648-10) Harlequin Reversible 12 13

Harlequin Event Floor Hire SPRING INTO ACTION

A sprung floor provides some degree of With the temporary nature of events, bounce and flexes under impact giving a softer purchasing a sprung floor is not always feel. Performers need a sprung floor to absorb necessary and budgets don’t always allow for Selected Harlequin the shock of repeated impact to their joints it. To meet your needs, Harlequin provides a vinyl performance floor and reduce injury from falls. hire service of its Liberty sprung floor panels so that you can install a floor specifically for your Clear layered birch Harlequin Liberty Harlequin Liberty HD event and then return it once it’s finished. plywood with rounded tongue and groove, plus a latch and lock system Harlequin Liberty is a modular sprung dance floor Harlequin Liberty HD is a further development of panel system, designed for permanent or portable our renowned Liberty panel system, designed with Specification Guide Dual density shock installation. Panels are laid in a brickwork fashion onto enhanced durability in mind, for more challenging damping elastomer blocks the sub-floor, so that cross joins do not coincide. The environments. The panels are overlaid with a black Permanent or portable Both at predetermined intervals panels lock securely together using our unique ‘one polymer resin. The top surface has a textured Floor panel sizes 1m x 1m & 2m x 1m turn of the key’ latch and lock mechanism. high grip pattern and is wear reistant, anti-slip and Minimum floor thickness 37mm (before inclusion of chosen finish) weatherproof.. Weight 12.5kg/m² Harlequin Liberty can be used wherever a permanent Testing standard EN 14904-2006 or temporary performance surface is required and is in Harlequin Liberty HD is suitable for exterior use in Average shock absorption 67% high demand for touring productions and film shoots. covered areas, and is widely used for festivals, theme parks and similar applications . Maximum point load 1126kg (BS EN 1195) Area deflection 12.8% Rolling load >1500N Vertical deformation 4.1mm – Delivery – Installation To speak to our highly experienced Sales team Our hire service can include – Removal about your floor hire needs call 0800 28 99 32 Dance Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Photo courtesy of Elliott Franks Harlequin Liberty Hire Harlequin Cascade – Collection 14 15

Pink Floyd: Their Markus Lupfer Mortal Remains at London SOME RECENT Exhibition 42nd Street Fashion Week Harlequin Hi-Shine black vinyl floor London’s West End musical Award winning fashion designer was used to spectacular effect production ‘42nd Street’ rehearsed Markus Lupfer presented his coveted HARLEQUIN in the Pink Floyd Exhibition on Harlequin Liberty sprung panels collection at London Fashion Week at V&A Museum in London and topped with Harlequin Reversible vinyl. on white Harlequin Hi-Shine floor. on the V&A’s international tour. Client – GL Ltd (Michael Grade and PROJECTS Client – Markus Lupfer Ltd Client – Stufish Michael Linnit Gate Ventures)

Studio Wayne This Morning McGregor A stage set was purpose built using Harlequin Liberty Acclaimed choreographer sprung floor panels with black Wayne McGregor commissioned a Harlequin Hi-Shine vinyl for Harlequin bespoke printed vinyl floor ITV’s ‘This Morning’ outside for his new company studios in London. broadcast with Dreamgirls Client – Studio Wayne McGregor / from London’s South Bank. Westgreen Construction / We Not I Client – ITV

The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains Harlequin Hi-Shine black Photo courtesy of Richard Davie 16

British Harlequin plc Festival House, Chapman Way, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3EF Tel: +44 (0)1892 514888 Fax: +44 (0)1892 514222 Email: [email protected] Harlequin Europe SA 29 rue Notre-Dame, L-2240 Luxembourg Tel: +352 46 44 22 Fax: +352 46 44 40 Email: [email protected] Harlequin Deutschland GmbH Melanchthonstraße 16, 10557 Berlin, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 30 340 441 600 Fax: +49 (0) 30 340 441 649 Email: [email protected] American Harlequin Corporation 1531 Glen Avenue, Moorestown, NJ 08057, USA Tel: +1 (856) 234 5505 Fax: +1 (856) 231 4403 Email: [email protected] Australian Harlequin Pty Ltd Unit 1, 47 Prime Drive, Seven Hills, NSW 2147, Australia Tel: +61 (2) 9620 7770 Fax: +61 (2) 9620 7771 Email: [email protected] Harlequin Asia Limited 2/F The Strand, 49 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Tel: +852 254 11 666 Fax: +852 254 11 999 Email: [email protected]