About Us
A unique company dealing with design, lighting, sound and AV for special events throughout Great Britain and Worldwide - View our portfolio
The company was born in 1981 when Michael Lakin (having completed Architectural Training at Cambridge) established a company offering specialised lighting for large-scale parties, social events and summer balls. His extensive knowledge of theatrical lighting established the company with a reputation for exciting and dramatic flood lighting of buildings and gardens on a large scale together with requests for permanent installations of architectural lighting of both interiors and exteriors of large offices, houses, private homes and their grounds.
The firm expanded in 1988 when Jon Kellett (another product of the Cambridge School of Architecture, with a background in theatre design) joined the company to create a totally in-house scenery, staging and decoration department to complement the existing lighting side. Close collaboration between scenery and lighting created a series of stunning marquee interiors, product launches, trade shows and balls.
In 1989 Ian Bakker became an invaluable member of the team. Eventually heading up the lighting side, allowing Michael to concentrate on the exciting and spectacular field of Fireworks, having developed its own computerised and unique detonating system allowing large displays to be synchronised exactly to music as never before. Starlight went on to win the prestigious Cannes Firework Competition, The Festival International d’Art Pyrotechnique in 2001 and in 2002.
Starlight is an established company that has been behind the scenes at major parties and events worldwide over the past 27 years. Solid practical experience in the fields of scenery, lighting, sound, pyrotechnics and entertainment have given rise to an enviable reputation for both organising and creating stylish and sophisticated shows, for both private and corporate markets.
The company's unique asset is their creativity and originality
This sets them apart from the competition together with their desire to find the right creative solution for any situation. The resources of their own workshops, stores and technicians enable them to deliver cost effectively on any scale of event; creating the correct impression, be it a party, charity auction, product launch, performance or premiere.