{"id":10,"date":"2018-03-16T12:51:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T12:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:06:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AVW Controls Ltd is a well-respected company known worldwide for its expertise in stage automation. Based in the UK, AVW designs and delivers stage machinery automation systems that are reliable, practical, and accessible.<\/p>\n<p>AVW Controls Ltd is led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/anton-woodward\/\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Anton Woodward<\/span><\/span><\/a>, a stage automation engineer with over 35 years\u2019 experience in theatre and live performance.<\/p>\n<p>His work has contributed to a wide range of productions, venues and industry developments, including major West End productions and stage machinery safety standards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1182 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/stagescene.jpeg\" alt=\"A spectacular stage show.\" width=\"382\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/stagescene.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/stagescene-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/stagescene-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/stagescene-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/stagescene-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/stagescene-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/stagescene-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a9 AVW Controls Ltd 2026<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AVW Controls Ltd is a well-respected company known worldwide for its expertise in stage automation. Based in the UK, AVW designs and delivers stage machinery automation systems that are reliable, practical, and accessible. AVW Controls Ltd is led by Anton Woodward, a stage automation engineer with over 35 years\u2019 experience in theatre and live performance. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"iawp_total_views":50,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}