It is the first theatre in the country to invest in Robe's BMFL range which will be delivered by Swedish distributor, Bellalite.
The Stadsteater is located in a large metal-clad modernist building designed by architect Peter Celsing at Sergel Square in the heart of Stockholm's vibrant commercial and political centre. It also contains the Kulturhuset and a plethora of activities including libraries, theatres, debates, art exhibitions, film, dance and music - all attracting more than 3m visitors a year.
The Stadsteater has seven performance spaces including a 700 seat Main stage, a 320 seat Medium stage and a 200 seat Small stage plus four other performance spaces including the popular Klara Soup Theatre - where drama lovers and business people can grab a power-and-performance lunch - as well as the Puppet Theatre and the Children's Theatre.
The schedule is dynamic, varied, interesting and highly accessible, with over 1500 productions staged annually across all the areas. Next season alone, there are four new major premiers in the main house plus one revival from the current season which will all be running in repertoire.
Main House head of Lighting Anders "Tuve" Tufvesson and his team are all looking forward to the arrival of the new BMFL Blades just two months after the fixture was officially launched at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt.
He and Stadsteater's lighting service manager Bobby Leandersson first saw - initially - the BMFL Spot in action during a road-show organised by Bellalite following the worldwide BMFL range launch in September / October 2014. They were all impressed with the quality and intensity of the light output, which is perfect for their Main stage, they just needed to wait for the Blade version to go into production.
As soon as this happened, the order was placed, and the BMFL Blades will go straight into action for the upcoming season.
Lena Hállstrom, one of five Lighting Directors on the Main Stage relates the story, which also includes the purchase of 12 LEDWash 1200 delivered at the start of 2015 which have replaced nine 5K fresnels.
(Jim Evans)
(LD Palle Palmé) and the Gôsta Bergling Saga (LD Andreas Fuchs) (photo: Petra Hellberg)
