• Hire of sound equipment from a speaker to festival
• Hire of theatrical and colour changing lighting
• Supply and sales of audio and lighting equipment
• Electrical, sound and lighting installation
• Building automation with intelligent lighting
• PA servicing and maintenance contractors
• Festival and outdoor music event production
• Stage hire for outdoor events

Serving the UK Event Industry

At EES Showhire we are aware of the problems of putting on a show in venues that are often less than ideal. One phone call to us could help solve all your problems! We supply, hire and install all the leading makes of stage lighting and sound equipment available in the UK. All our equipment is maintained to the highest standards and can be hired on a daily or weekly basis. We have kept our prices as low as possible to enable you to hire all the equipment you need to make your production a technical success. Please remember that our advice is free and we are happy to help. If an item you require is not on our hire list we may still be able to help you, or suggest an alternative item that will do the job just as well, give us call.

Events

We offer a range of event services including live music production with crew and technicians, dry hire of equipment and event management services. EES Showhire has lighting packages, PA system and access to stages that can handle shows with audiences from 500 of up to 10,000 people. If you are a festival organiser or want to put on a large outdoor music event, please get in touch to talk about what we can offer. Our equipment is industry standard brands including Bose, Senneiser, Shure, Audio Technica and Allen and Heath. Both analogue and digital solutions can be offered for your event. We have both line array and point source PA's. If you are worried about noise issues, our steerable line array technology can limit the amount of noise outside the event arena and concentrate it on the crowd

We work with a number of carefully selected suppliers to ensure all the requirements of your event are met. For example, temporary roads and structures, toilets, grandstands, power distribution, site lighting and large format video screens are all available from us. Our staff and crew carry relevant safety training to undertake their roles to ensure relevant health and safety requirements are met.

We can offer a set of RAMS for any work we undertake. We also carry the Safety Passport Alliance scheme cards. EES Showhire is a member of the National Outdoor Events Association, giving you peace of mind that we adhere to an independent Code of Practice for our industry. Some of our staff also belong to industry professional bodies such as the Institute of Sound and Communication Engineers. Should you just need to hire equipment from us to supplement your own, we can also dry hire equipment to you. Please have a look at our catalogue to see what we can offer.

If you wish to plan an event, but are unsure where to begin, EES Showhire have staff who can build an event management plan with you. We can work for you, or with you, to ensure you have covered all the relevant legislation within your plan.

EES Showhire offer a full sound and lighting sale, hire, and installation service for customers nationwide.

EES Showhire has proven track record of delivering high quality service, workmanship and specialist automation projects.

We are specialist providers, installers and riggers of sound, lighting, AV and media equipment to the entertainment industry, public and private sectors. From festivals and concerts, weddings, shows and gymkhanas to corporate events and product launches. We supply and install a full range of sound, lighting and media equipment.

We offer professional services including event management and event production to event professionals, event organisers, schools and colleges, village halls, churches, theatres, pubs and hotels, community and youth centres as well as the general public. Providing anything from a single speaker or effects light to a full theatre stage rig or music festival production.

We work with many education facilities such as schools and colleges to install and service theatrical and stage equipment. We can supply and install lighting, projectors, curtains, AV equipment and sound systems. We also do the same for venues across the region having worked with some of the most unique and quality businesses in the trade helping them achieve building automation and high class sound and lighting.

Please contact us for a free consultation and/or quote. We are always happy to help and hear from new customers.

Hire

At EES Showhire we hire FX, sound and lighting equipment to the public, event organisers and organisations. We have a considerable stock of hire equipment available from well known brands.

Our knowledgeable staff will help guide you through any choices to ensure you get the correct equipment and know how to get the most from it.

From children's parties, discos through to major outdoor concerts, we can supply sound equipment, staging, disco lighting, karaoke, band PA's & theatrical lighting equipment. If you need help with installation we can provide operators to set-up and run the equipment for you too.

Installation

EES Showhire offer a complete in house installation service. We have electricians, sound and lighting designers and a team of installation experts. We can supply equipment from most many major brands to suit most budgets, so whether you require Bose or Sennheiser, or perhaps a budget friendly solution, we have equipment to suit your need.

Our installation ethos is believing in the use of well engineered, quality products, which both do the job and stand up to the rigours of daily use.

All our installers are up to date with current regulations and carry CCS cards to ensure they know the most up to date health and safety guidance.

Typically our customers include pubs, clubs, theatres, village halls, schools, leisure centres, venues, architects and private property. Some of our clients include Barnsley Premier Leisure, Kinema In The Woods, Engie and the NHS to name just a few.

You can rely on our service and rest assured we will deliver what we say we will.

Repairs

EES Showhire offers a repair and maintenance service covering all makes and models of electrical sound and lighting equipment. We have qualified engineers who understand the equipment they are working on and can draw on years of experience in both the electronics and entertainment industries.

From simple cable repairs to complex servicing work on sound and lighting desks you can be assured of a professional service.

We charge an £18 initial diagnosis fee to fault find and that also covers the first 30 mins of any repair work undertaken. We then charge for parts and engineer time per hour to undertake the repair work. We will contact you before repair work is undertaken with an estimate of how much we think the repair will cost.If you bring an item in, we will log it and give you a slip of paper with our contact information on it and details of the item you brought in. You can rest assured your item is in good hands.

Valve Amp Servicing
We now have in house facilities to deal with the majority of valve servicing from simple faults to more complex re biasing. We can ensure your amp delivers the best performance so if that cherished Marshall, Vox, Blackstar, Mesa Boogie or any other make of amplifier is showing its age, why not give us a call to see what we can do. Our favourite servicing story was that we once had a 1960's Marshall amp in for a service.

It was an attic find which the customer wanted servicing before putting it through it's paces. Upon taking it apart we realised it had never been worked on since leaving the factory...and the quality assurance testing stamp inside it was simply initialled......'JCM'. The ‘Father of Loud' himself was the last person to handle the inside of this amp.

Valve Amp Repairs
Portable Appliance Testing (PAT)
We offer a PAT testing service either on or off site, for more details contact us on the number below.

PAT Test Label
Turntables Repairs
We offer setup and servicing to all brands of turntables. We can compltely overhaul or just fit a new stylus. Whatever it needs to make that vinyl breath again – because we all know it's just better!

Turntable Repairs
Amplifiers and Hi-Fi Repairs
We can diagnose and repair most faults on most amplifiers and hi-fi equipment. If your volume knob is crackly or one channel on the amplifier simply doesn't work we usually know how to solve it

Hifi Speaker Repairs
PA Speaker Repairs
Whilst we do not build speaker enclosures, we can usually repair broken speakers. Some speakers have a fault where there is no high frequency anymore or some may have a hole in the driver for example. We can supply new parts and repair most of these. We've even sourced parts for old Jukeboxes etc.

Speaker Repairs
DJ Equipment Repairs
As above we can repair turntables and electronic equipment, but also lighting too. If your lighting bar isn't working correctly we can take a look to see where the issues lies. Sometimes we can recommend where to return faulty items back to manufacturers too.

Power Amplifier Repairs
Cable and Wiring Repairs
Cables and leads are often used and abused during their life on the road or even sometimes the develop faults just sat around. We can reconnect jacks, XLRs, ethernet connections (RJ45) and so on. If we can't fix it, we can certainly supply a new one.

Guitar Cable Repairs
Microphone Repairs
Depending where the fault lies, we can sometimes repair faults on mic's. If the capsule itself has been damaged, we won't be able to repair it, but we can sometimes repair wiring faults. If we can't fix it, we can supply you a new one or return it back to the manufacturer to look at.If it's a radio mic, we can provide advice with setup, interference issues and mutli channel systems.

Microphone Repairs for Events
Lighting Fixture Repairs
Traditional theatrical lighting fixtures can be serviced to make the optical path as clean and bright as possible. We carry stock of spare bulbs for PAR cans, spots, fresnels etc

Lighting Fixture Repairs
Batteries & Portable PA Repairs
If your battery in your portable PA is not lasting for as long as it used to, it might be time for a change. We can supply and fit new batteries to get you back up and running again.

Ex Rental Equipment

As part of our continual improvement program we regularly make available for sale our old display and rental equipment. All the items shown are sold as seen but have all been fully serviced to ensure that they are fully operational and will have been PAT tested for electrical safety. Not all items will come boxed with original packaging and where possible we will include operation manuals. All of this equipment is available for demonstration in our shop, Please call us on 01777 704633 for more details.

Trading Since

1990

Find Us

Once in Retford go over the bridge on Carolgate. The road then bends to the left past the fire station and Asda. Go past Asda and we are 80m on the right. On the corner of Savile Street and Chancery Lane.