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Borås Stadsteater chooses Robe LEDWash 800s

Borås Stadsteater chooses Robe LEDWash 800s
Borås Stadsteater chooses Robe LEDWash 800s

The Stadsteater in Borås – about 60 kilometres west of Goteborg in Sweden – is one of a number of high profile city theatre and cultural centres in the country which has invested in Robe moving lights. The purchase of 19 LEDWash 800s currently sees 10 installed in the 500 capacity main house, with nine in the smaller 100 capacity studio space. The Stadsteater is located in a large facility – together with the culture centre and library - built in 1976 and featuring some classic – and very cool - 1970s retro architecture and décor.

They wanted to replace some of their colour scrollers explains Lighting Technician and house LD Michael Dimle. The compact size of the fixtures is ideal for being rigged above the stage, they are very easy to focus from the lighting desk, and you can get considerably more light out of them than the scrollers – making darker colour washes very easy to produce, so they were an extremely practical choice. The Stadsteater had some previous experience with Robe ColorSpot 700E ATs bought in 2008.

Michael also works for a selection of rental companies on other projects, and so has plenty of wider experience using Robe’s latest fixtures including LEDWash 600s, Pointes etc. A lively range of productions are staged by the Stadsteater - a lot of dramas, some concerts and guest artists as well as hosting corporate events, and the venue is extremely well attended by the culture and entertainment loving population in and around Borås. Approximately 35 different shows a month is an average production schedule, so it’s busy.

Some visiting productions will bring in their complete technical set-up, while others will use 100% of the house rig – and variations in between. Some works will play in repertoire for 3 months and other performances will be one offs. Usually three of their own major works per season appears on each stage.

The lights were delivered via the Goteborg office of Robe’s Swedish distributor, Bellalite and they work every day and in every show that is staged at the Stadsteater. Michael and his colleagues in the Lighting department are also very interested in Robe’s DL series, particularly the new DL4S profile, just launched at the Prolight + Sound 2015 expo in Frankfurt. Over the years, the Stadsteater has steadily purchased lighting equipment from Bellalite, a company which always offers a good service.

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