Head of lighting at Mannheim National Theatre is Nicole Berry who has recently overseen the installation of new Martin MAC III Performance moving head fixtures, an innovative high-output luminaire with interleaved framing system.
Used as downlights and front lights in both the 1200-seat opera house and 640-seat theatre, Berry lists a number of features of the MAC luminaire as outstanding, not least the fixture's framing system and sharp projection quality over all four framing blades.
The MAC III Performances were purchased for the National Theatre Mannheim via Werning Theatertechnik of Recklinghausen with service needs handled by employees of the theatre and Kammerer Lichttechnik, a local Martin dealer with a very good service department.
Nicole reports "no problems with the gear. Theatre Mannheim has again chosen lights that we can work with over the next 10 years. It is a very good investment and we are happy with our MACs."
The new Martin lights have been busy since their purchase, having been used on the musical theatre production Come Together on Abbey Road based on the Beatles' last album; the Jacques Offenbach opera Les Contes d'Hoffmann and Federico Garcia Lorca's Bernarda Albas Haus, which premiered this past April.
(Jim Evans)
