CREATIVE VIDEO & TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTS FOR LIVE MUSIC

By Nicholas Whitehead

Fontaines DC on the main stage at Finsbury Park at dusk, with lime-green side screens, a heart on the centre LED wall and a packed crowd
James Arthur performing beneath a tiered cylindrical LED screen of film-strip frames, with portrait side screens and an arena crowd holding up phones
TEXAS on stage in front of a wide LED wall showing the band logo over black-and-white live camera footage, with a lighting rig above

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"

Arthur C. Clarke

At Farad Creative, we use our extensive understanding of technology to create visual experiences. We believe that technology shouldn’t be a hindrance, and that in understanding tech, how to use it, how not to use it and how to f*ck with it, that we can create unique visual identities.

OUR WORK

James Arthur Pisces World Tour 25/26

Screens Producing // Content // Camera Direction // Server Programming

Show Designer: Mångata Collective

TM: Alex Howell // PM: Will Matthews

Associate Content Designer: Lewis Bailey

Content Creators: Amy Hancock & James Lockey

Disguise Programmer: Charlie Rushton

Photos: Luke Dyson

Cylindrical LED screen in three tiers of film-strip frames above the band, with portrait side screens and blue beams cutting through hazeCylinder screen showing deep blue textured footage as fountain pyrotechnics fire either side of the stageJames Arthur on guitar shown on the cylinder screen under a falling-raindrop effect, mirrored on the side screensArena filled with confetti under pink light, with performance footage across the screens and the band on stage belowBlurred orange motion graphics on the cylinder screen while the side screens show close-ups of James Arthur singing with an acoustic guitar

Fontaines DC Summer 2025

Camera Direction // Server Operating

Show Designer: Auratecture

Content & FX: Fray Studios

Disguise Programmer: Kyle Reseigh

TM: Marcus Houghton

LD: Miles Weaver

Photos: Anthony Mooney

Finsbury Park stage at blue hour, with black-and-white close-ups of the singer on the side screens and a chrome heart on the centre screenGreen-lit stage at night with a heart on the centre screen and snow-globe graphics of a bridge on the side screens, a performer out on the catwalkHanging heart in front of an orange-red screen showing two mirrored figures, with the band in silhouette belowCrowd-camera shots of singing fans on all three screens at Finsbury Park, with a heart graphic at the centreFinsbury Park at dusk, with a pink graphic and dark heart on the centre screen and the side screens showing the singer in front of the crowd

The Very Best of TEXAS 24/25

Content // Screens Producing // Server Programming

Show Designer: Mångata Collective

Content Collaboration with Lewis Bailey

TM: Ian Martin

Disguise Operator: Toby Nares

Camera Director: John Haggart

Photos: Luke Dyson

Band logo over black-and-white footage of the bass player on the wide LED wall, beneath a curved lighting rig, with the crowd's hands raisedSeven portrait screens repeating footage of the singer in warm orange light, with the band on stage belowClose-up footage of band members across the main LED wall and side screens, with bursts of light framing the stageDesert sunset landscape on the main screen cut by beams of light, with close-ups of the singer playing guitar on the side screensTEXAS spelled out in light bulbs on the centre screen, flanked by bulb-framed screens of the band, all in red light and haze