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Sune Verdier chooses Robe for Roskilde Festival

Creating the best guest experience and customer service for visiting lighting designers rocking up to the Arena Stage at Roskilde Festival in Denmark is the objective of Sune Verdier and his team co-ordinating and running lighting for this venue.

Building on the success of the 2017 move to an all-Robe moving light rig, Verdier repeated the move again, utilising 76 x Spiiders, 48 x BMFL Spots all supplied by Copenhagen based rental company Comtech. Verdier designed the production lighting rig for the 17,000 capacity inside venue - with another 17,000 outside - and liaised with the many visiting LDs. Joining him this year at FOH were Frederik Heitmann and Nicolai ‘Gubi’ Smith.

Verdier first introduced Robe to the Arena in 2016 with BMFLs. Last year Spiiders replaced the previous wash fixtures and it stayed all-Robe for 2018, this year with the added bonus of 22 x Robe Pointes which were added to the audience lighting positions.

Also on Sune Verdier’s team was software developer Christian OIsson who has devised a custom control system for the Arena’s environmental and periphery lighting which is on a separate console to mimic the action of the main console. ‘The Apprentice’ sits on the ArtNet network and follows parameters like colours, iris and shutter chases and movements on the main console, takes the algorithms and feeds these into the house lighting console, so the tones and textures can be mimicked.

The main stage rig is designed to offer all artists the best generic options. An automated truss system offered eight different truss designs based on 10 individual truss pieces. The truss design is selected in advance by the guest LD and these pre-selected truss designs can also be further tweaked if necessary.

On each of the 10 moving trusses were four Spiiders, three BMFLs and two strobes and there were Spiiders along the front of the stage and upstage at the back in front of the house LED screen (also customisable). A house floor package was available to all artists which this year was set up on six rolling boxes, each containing one BMFL and two Spiiders which could be positioned as required by the LD. Verdier wanted to have up to three defined lightsources rather than a bunch of different types, and hence his decision to choose BMFLs for the hard edges, Spiiders for the LED washes and Pointes for the effects.

Sune Verdier, Nicolai Smith and Frederik Heitmann worked alongside six lighting crew from Comtech. At the FOH, a house console was set up with spaces for up to three guest consoles and their visualisation facilities. Around 70 per cent of the 22 bands playing over the 2018 event brought their own LDs and Verdier took care of the others.

Photo (left to right): Sune Verdier, Frederik Heitmann and Nicolai ‘Gubi’ Smith. (Photos: Louise Stickland)

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