The theatre replaces a previous building, with the different venues inside run by several companies and including Podium Twente (a big hall), Reisopera (an opera company), a music school and two Pop Podium spaces - Glosch Zaal and Studio Zaal - run by ATAK.
The project was under construction for 18 months, and was officially opened by Queen Beatrix in late November.
The Robes were supplied - along with other lighting kit - via Robe's Benelux distributor Controllux, in a deal project managed by Kuno van Velzen in conjunction with the Theatre's technical manager, Timo Wildschut.
"They needed a flexible system that could be used for a wide variety of shows and events specially those taking place in the Glosch Zaal (the main Pop Podium venue) and some of the other venues," says van Velzen. "And so we recommended Robe as a robust and very reliable installation product that would last a long time and give excellent value and many options."
Controllux won a competitive tender to supply stage and effects lighting to Podium Twente, Glosch Zaal and Studio Zaal.
There are six ColorWash 575E ATs, 10 ColorSpot 575E ATs and eight of the compact Robe ColorSpot 250ATs in Glosch Zaal. These are positioned on three onstage trusses and a box truss over the auditorium. Controllux also supplied 10 Robe ColorSpot and six ColorWash 250E ATs for Studio Zaal and a further eight ColorSpot 575E ATs for Podium Twente, along with Avolites Pearl 2008 and Tiger desks for control.
(Jim Evans)
