Robe’s new Arianne 6 LED wash beams were out on a summer tour lighting design created by Jannik Kenneth for chart-topping, award-winning Danish singer and poet, Tobias Rahim. The Arianne 6s were a key part of the lighting rig and a new investment by rapidly growing Danish rental company Profox from Aalborg, and these were also the first fixtures in rental stock in Denmark. Jannik had originally...
Founded in 2024 by Eric van der Watt, Winelands Productions is a dynamic technical production company offering equipment and design services, based in the Winelands region of Cape Town, South Africa. One of Eric's first lighting investments for the new company was 12 Robe LEDBeam 150s, purchased when Winelands Productions launched. This was followed up the next year with 12 IP-rated iBeam 350s to...
Christian Vigsø heads up the VIGSØ Group, a busy and prolific production rental and staging enterprise based in Denmark, which has invested in the power and flexibility of Robe’s RoboSpot remote follow system, initially using the system with BMFL Follow Spot fixtures and now with iFORTE LTX fixtures – currently Robe’s highest powered range of LED moving lights. Vigsø Rentals currently has 10...
Two venues at Adelaide Festival Centre multi-purpose arts centre complex are now benefitting from new Anolis LED house lighting installations – featuring over 200 fixtures from Anolis’s highly flexible Ambiane range. This has transformed the audience experience in the 2000-capacity Festival Theatre and Dunstan Playhouse, which seats 590, and resulted in an approximately 50% power reduction in...
TAQA Theater De Vest in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, is a vibrant performance environment that has upgraded its main hall lighting to include a substantial number of Robe moving lights … with 47 x T1 Profiles and 12 x LEDBeam 350s added to the house lighting rig. Most of these are now in daily use in this 700-capacity theatre venue, while another 28 x T1 Profiles and 8 x T1 Fresnels have been...
Reykjavík City Theatre – Iceland’s very popular and oldest continuously operating theatre company, founded in 1897 as the Reykjavík Theatre Company – has invested in more Robe T2 Profile moving lights, following the great success of their first batch purchased in 2023. The first 16 x T2 Profiles – supplied via Robe’s Icelandic distributor Luxor – were picked to replace the venue’s previous front...
German Sevillano, owner and CEO of Mexican technical production and rental company Meridian, is a shrewd operator with a keen eye for spotting trends and listening to what the market and his customers want, and this has driven his steady investment in Robe moving lights over the years, with the latest purchase being 50 x iFORTE LTX fixtures. These are added to his four RoboSpot systems, also...
Theater de Kampanje in the northern Netherlands city of Den Helder is a vibrant environment running a diverse and interesting programme of dramas, musicals, comedy, music concerts, and touring shows across its three performance venues. Also hosting business and corporate events, the annual schedule presents around 500 shows / events a year. Initially located in the city centre, since 2015 Kampanje...
German full-service production and experiential specialist satis&fy AG has recently invested in 140 of Robe’s new iESPRITE LTL moving lights, adding a powerful and highly versatile long-throw solution to its extensive equipment inventory. Working across a broad spectrum of live productions – from touring, corporate and sporting events to exhibitions, installations and permanent venues – satis&fy...
The Muziekcentrum is one of three entertainment venues operating on the same site in Enschede in the eastern Netherlands, and recently, the old house orchestral lighting has been replaced with 16 x Robe T1 Profiles and 16 x T1 PC moving lights, all delivered by Robe’s Benelux distributor, Controllux. Wilminktheater is the theatre space in the same complex. Head of lighting Paul de Vries has been...