Meet the Team.
We are Triple Arrow:
Zak Bakkali
Production Director
Zak studied politics having graduated from Clare in 2024. Zak ran Clare Sound for three years and delivered production for countless May Week staples: from Magdalene and KA to Trinity Hall June Event and Hughes May Ball. Zak was also the President of the 2023 Clare May Ball and advised various other committees on all aspects of technical production. Alongside running Triple Arrow, Zak is a Civil Service Fast Streamer currently supporting the delivery of a multibillion digital project working at the heart of government.
Joe Garvey
Technical Director
Joe is an MEng student and the director of Cosmos Audio, an audio engineering firm spun out of the Cambridge Engineering department. Joe started Cosmos Audio after finding himself unhappy with the offerings of commercial audio and designed his own. Heavily inspired by his experiences working in Bristol and Berlin, he deployed his first custom system at Caius May Ball in 2024. An enthusiast for all things audio-visual, Joe is obsessive about sound, light and architecture, with every event, big or small receiving the same attention to detail.
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Between Slipped Disc, Arcsoc, Cambridge Northern Soul, Cambridge Dance, Sumfin Sumfin, Off the Record, Roll On, Stuff'd and the Psychedelic Society, there are few events in Cambridge that haven't seen Joe's influence.​
Andrew Corrigan
Technical Partner
Andrew is the 26 year old director of one of the fastest growing production companies in the UK and an industry leader in complex production management. From stages at Glastonbury to corporate shows for Hyundai, Andrew has been trusted by the among the most discerning clients to flawlessly deliver even the most challenging events at scale. Andrew's technical expertise is second to none and he has extensive experience managing large teams of event crew and complex logistics.
OUR STORY
The Triple Arrow Difference
Winter 2022
Clare Sound wins backing from Re-Production, our main technical partner.
Summer 2023
Working with Re-Production and our other national partners, we deliver Clare May Ball, Hughes Hall Ball and Queen's Bounce.
Summer 2024
Expanding our capability, we deliver the Hawks' Club Annual Event, Trinity Hall June Event, Clare May Ball, Bunker at King's Affair and full backline requirement for Christ's May Ball.
Autumn 2024
We formally launch Triple Arrow as its own independent company, winning multiple contracts for events in December 2024 and June 2025.
In 2024, Triple Arrow was spun out of Clare Sound, the leading student-run production society in the country. For two decades, Clare Sound has worked with student event organisers to deliver their events to professional standard. Since 2004, Clare Sound has delivered countless Cambridge May Balls and we’ve now taken the next step with backing from our national partners to expand our capability to offer complete full-service event production.
Triple Arrow works exclusively with high-profile student-run events and we’re on a mission to reimagine the look, sound and feel of May Balls, eschewing the repetitive in favour of the bespoke. Backed by some of the UK’s leading technical production companies, we harness the latest event tech to create unparalleled experiences that truly do stand out.
Leveraging our partner network, we combine a diverse range of technical solutions to deploy packages that are normally completely unique. From bespoke projection mapping and architectural lighting systems, to custom stage sets and audio systems, we transform venues into otherworldly places that deliver exceptional experiences at exceptional price points. We know your events are expensive to run. That’s why we’ve already negotiated some of the industry’s best deals on the latest and greatest production equipment for you. Better still, we operate an unequivocal price matching guarantee: if you can find a more competitive equivalent quote, we will always match it, no questions asked.
Whilst exceptional value for money and access to the latest tech differentiate us from many of our competitors, our dedicated project teams are the heart of what makes us truly unique. We cater exclusively to the Cambridge May Ball market, and we’ve refined our project management approach to specifically accommodate the unique circumstances within which these events take place. We get college bureaucracy, May Ball specific council regulations, and a committee generally made up of busy students. We're young, friendly, and always willing to go above and beyond to deliver.
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That’s the Triple Arrow Difference.
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