Northstar Show Systems designs, builds, and supports custom show control for themed entertainment, attractions, venues, churches, and live events. Hardware, firmware, and software — designed end-to-end by people who've worked the booth on opening night.
Show control has historically meant one of two things: a custom six-figure system from a legacy vendor, or a duct-taped pile of PLCs and shell scripts that crashes when you least want it to. Neither felt right.
We built Northstar to be the third option — industrial-grade reliability at integrator pricing, designed end-to-end by people who've stood in the booth on opening night.
Beyond the platform, our integration team designs and installs the rest of the technical stack — so one team owns the whole project.
The Northstar platform: Helm, Polaris, Bridge, HelmOS, TrueNorth, Compose, Cuemaster.
Audio, video, projection mapping, content delivery — fully integrated with show control.
Design, programming, fixture selection, install — across architectural, theatrical, and effects lighting.
Pneumatics, animatronics, motion control, scenic effects — tied into the show cue stream.
TrueNorth deployments, structured cabling, racks, power, and network design.
Service contracts, RMA, parts inventory, season-prep visits, 24/7 critical-line support.