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Corona: Kaho Theater calls in Martin Audio WPC for livestreamed events

In recent years, the Kaho Theater in Iizuka City, Fukuoka, Japan, has been used as a multi-purpose event venue, and at full capacity can host audiences of 1200. In addition to traditional performing arts, various events such as music plays, lectures, talk shows and concerts have all been staged there.

Because of Covid-19, the theatre was recently forced to close, but in collaboration with rental company Toyo Amuse, who own a Martin Audio Wavefront Precision Compact (WPC) rig, they have been able to stream live online various performances at the theatre. This is known as the ‘Yumebutai Project’.

With fewer professionals coming to play at the theatre because of the pandemic, the production team decided to embark on a policy of open recruitment of performers, who in turn can feature their work online via a livestreaming service.

As the main programme has generally been traditional performing arts a loudspeaker system was previously not required. This has now all changed as Toyo Amuse installed a temporary speaker system including WPC, XD12, LE100 from their own stock, for a broader range of presentations. “This makes it fully compatible with all music applications”, says Masanori Keuchi, CEO of Toyo Amuse.

At Kaho Theater, they have ground-stacked eight WPC elements, with four SX218 subwoofers providing the low frequencies. The sound is further enhanced by a pair of Martin Audio XD12, and eight LE100 floor monitors are available for use as the performers’ reference sound.

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