Aalborg Theatre chooses Robe
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One of the ways in which he’s achieving this is by changing the scheduling to repertory style, with several productions running simultaneously in rotation over several weeks, and this fundamental shift in turn demanded a different approach to lighting.
The installation of Robe DL series moving lights has helped complex shows to be quickly and efficiently turned around - de-rigged, re-rigged and re-lit on demand.
Robe was selected primarily on the recommendation of three lighting designers working regularly in the theatre – Kasper Daugsberg, Stine Fumz and Matthias Hersland.
An initial purchase of five DL4S Profiles at the start of the 2016 season (September) was followed by a further investment of 13 x DL7S Profiles in mid-2017. These were the first profile moving lights that the theatre has owned.
The fixtures can be moved between any of the three performance spaces – a 450-seater main auditorium, a studio seating 150 in different configurations and an experimental space that can accommodate 50 people. However, the DL7S’s so far have been used primarily in the main house.
“It was a big change becoming a rep theatre, and we needed an extremely flexible and powerful profile fixture in-house,” explained Kasper. Up until that point they had rented profile moving lights as and when needed.
There are plenty of drama productions on the schedule, so silence was a big issue with the lighting, and the DL7 scored high as it is extremely quiet.
Energy efficiency is a general concern in green-conscious Denmark, so the LED lightsource ticked all the right boxes there, thinking of the environment whilst reducing the power consumption and ongoing running costs as well as lower maintenance costs and no consumables.
They received a good introduction to Robe from Danish distributor Light Partner, and Mathias, who also freelances for different rental companies, had worked with Robe on a few other projects, although it was only when the DL4S Profiles arrived at Aalborg that he really started to get more familiar.
Kasper too had encountered Robe before working on other shows and liked what he saw, however they still auditioned a few other options before making the final decision to go with Robe.
The first production at Aalborg on which Kasper used the DL7S’s was the iconic 1960’s rock musical Hair.
There was a substantial amount of video on this, and he was extremely pleased to have the scope to blend well with the colours and hues of the video content, and also that the fixtures were well bright enough to hold their own. He also commented that they are easy to work with and quick to programme.
(Jim Evans)
