Instructor

America’s most experienced entertainment rigging instructor.

Harry Donovan is both an engineer and one of the country's best known and most experienced riggers. He's organized arena rigging into a few simple engineering principles, practical rules of thumb, and safe working techniques that are immediately useful to all riggers and managers.  Harry's book,  Entertainment Rigging is the definitive work on the subject.  The book explains the methods he's used to rig over 200,000 points without failure.

Harry has toured with KISS, David Bowie, Elton John, The Eagles, Rod Stewart, Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, The Who, Paula Abdul, REO Speedwagon, and many others.  He has been a longtime member of IATSE, USITT, and ESTA. He helped create rigging certificates. Donovan Rigging, Inc, does rigging, contracting, consulting, and training.

For more details read:
Inside Stunts Summer 2008 Article

Donovan's Rigging's Harry Donovan:
From stage rigger to author, lecturer, consultant and contractor
A feature article from Wire Rope News & Sling Technology
October 2004