{"id":2309,"date":"2026-04-06T15:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=2309"},"modified":"2026-05-03T14:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T14:14:11","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"avw-home\">\n<section>\n<h2>Specialist Stage Automation Since 1996<\/h2>\n<p>AVW Controls Ltd designs and manufactures stage automation control systems for theatre, live entertainment and performance environments.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"809\">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>, with over 35 years\u2019 experience in stage automation engineering.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"991\">His work with AVW has contributed to over 100 productions including <em data-start=\"866\" data-end=\"892\">The Phantom of the Opera<\/em>, <em data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"905\">War Horse, Miss Saigon<\/em> and <em data-start=\"910\" data-end=\"924\">Billy Elliot<\/em>, and to the development of industry standards such as BS EN 17206.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/projects\/\">View Previous Projects<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<hr \/>\n<section>\u00a0<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2>We design and build control systems for:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Show automation<\/li>\n<li>Power flying hoists<\/li>\n<li>Orchestra and stage elevators<\/li>\n<li>Revolves<\/li>\n<li>Curtain tracks<\/li>\n<li>Fire safety curtains<\/li>\n<li>Stage wagons and trucks<\/li>\n<li>Acoustic banners and reflectors<\/li>\n<li>Specialist motion systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<hr \/>\n<section>\n<h2>QAxis Control System<\/h2>\n<p>QAxis is AVW\u2019s stage automation control system, used in theatres, touring productions, opera houses and live events. It provides cue-based multi-axis motion control for lifts, revolves, flying systems and tracking scenery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/qaxis\/\">Explore QAxis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<hr \/>\n<section>\n<h2>Let\u2019s Talk About Your Project<\/h2>\n<p>If you need a stage automation control system that works reliably and safely, we\u2019d be happy to help.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/contact\/\">Contact AVW<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Specialist Stage Automation Since 1996 AVW Controls Ltd designs and manufactures stage automation control systems for theatre, live entertainment and performance environments. AVW Controls Ltd is led by Anton Woodward, with over 35 years\u2019 experience in stage automation engineering. His work with AVW has contributed to over 100 productions including The Phantom of the Opera, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Home&#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":274,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2309","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=2309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avw.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}