These were specified by Andrew Stanley from ULA (Australia's Robe Distributor) and QBH's Eugene Brouwer as part of the new house lighting scheme, and supplied by Bytecraft to QBH, one of the largest superclubs in the southern hemisphere.
QBH is a fully contained entertainment and function centre, kitted out with touring-standard sound and lighting systems, a large stage, several bars and a commercial kitchen. Its size and state-of-the-art facilities have made QBH an ideal location for a whole range of live concerts, product and media launches, gala dinners, conferences and parties. Its flexible layout can accommodate function style events and cocktail parties for up to 2100 guests and seated dining for up to 500.
Adding the Robe moving lights to the house club system is the latest technical upgrade at QBH, and part of the venue's ongoing commitment to providing the latest technology and facilities. It was instigated in order to offer visiting productions all the best technical options, and to have those same world wide standard facilities available for their own in-house produced events.
Sixteen Robe ColorSpot 575 AT's, 4 ColorWash 575 AT's, 4 Robe 196 LED Blinders, a Robe Fog 1500FT and two Robe Haze 400FT machines are now installed. The specification and supply of the equipment to QBH was overseen Bytecraft's Steve Webb.
The fixtures are rigged onto a series of trusses in the roof of the main club space and positioned so they light either the stage or the dance-floor with ease. QBH's technical manager, Eugene Brouwer, is delighted with the results. He says: "We chose the Robes for their brightness, value for money and because we wanted fixtures with a good name. I've watched the Robe brand grow very quickly over the last few years, and we just knew it was the way to go, they look great!"
They are operated and looked after day-to-day by house technicians and operators Chris McDowell and Matt Downs, and are run via a Hog 1000 lighting console.
Recent high profile events to take advantage of Robe technology at QBH have included their own regular club nights, Future Entertainment's Famous (Melbourne's biggest club night), visiting clubs like Pacha and Ministry of Sound, and some of the best live DJs on the planet including Sacha and John Digweeed and Roger Sanchez just to name a few.
(Chris Henry)
