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Bloomsbury Theatre reopens with Halo-C from EM Acoustics

The Bloomsbury Theatre is part of University College London (UCL) and works with students and researchers to bring discoveries to the stage. In 2018, fifty years after its very first performance, the building reopened its doors following a major renovation project to update its main auditorium which now boasts more than 500 seats. The final part of the renovation was the installation and commissioning of an EM Acoustics Halo-C PA system by theatre specialists Autograph Sound.

Autograph’s Adam Broom explains: “There’s a bit of a back story here given that we in fact supplied the system before the renovation. As it made no sense to replace a system that had only just been replaced, it went into storage. Julian Brooks was appointed Technical Manager of The Bloomsbury in 2019 and he soon realised that the system needed some expertise to realise its full potential.”

Having worked with both Autograph and Broom in the past, it was natural for Brooks to turn to Autograph for help. “The Halo-C system was specified originally for live music and stand-up but the diversity of our programme means we really needed a bit more flexibility”, says Brooks. “Also, post-refurb the room was acoustically different and so I called upon Adam for assistance, to improve the capabilities and tuning of our system to handle musical theatre, commercial productions, student shows (as part of the theatre’s connection with UCL) and pretty much anything else we might be asked to do.”

“It was the perfect opportunity to look at the system design again with fresh eyes based on the programme of events the venue caters for in a season, which had evolved since the original system design”, agrees Broom. “We predicted the space in Ease, re-hung and re-tuned the PA, added a pair of EMS-126s, and upgraded the system processing to Q-Sys.”

The L/C/R system comprises 3 x Halo-C per side for the stalls and a centre cluster of 7 x Halo-C supplemented by 1 x EMS-118 sub per side. 4 x EMS-61s serve as front fills. 2 x EMS-126s serve as the circle L/R system with a further 2 x EMS-81X as circle fills.

(Photos: EM Acoustics/Autograph Sound)

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