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Vorstin invests in Robe

Vorstin, a music and entertainment venue in Hilversum, The Netherlands, comprises two entertainment halls with 850 and 275 capacities, respectively, to stage four or five shows plus one or two private or business events per week.

The venue has recently made a large investment in new Robe moving lights, with the purchase of 20 Paintes, 20 LEDBeam 350s, 24 LEDBeam 150s, 8 LEDBeam 350 FWs and 16 Tetra1 LED moving battens for their Big Hall together with eight Robe Spiiders that were part of a previous Robe investment eight years ago and some other new luminaires. The new fixtures are rigged on four motorised trusses and an upstage fly bar.

The Small Hall, which hosts bands and comedy, as well as local school musicals, end of year productions and live radio shows every Saturday afternoon, now has 10 Paintes, 12 LEDBeam 150s and 8 LEDBeam 350 FWs. The control console in the Small Hall is an Avolites TigerTouch II.

Chief LX Alice Boeschoten explains that this lighting upgrade was originally planned before Covid and delayed due to the pandemic. While they considered several brands and products, the experience of the previous Robe fixtures was instrumental in informing choices for this investment. Many of the artists playing Vorstin will bring their own lighting designers, while others will be lit by Boeschoten and her team. She gets to light at least one a week, every time requiring a different genre, style and creative approach.

Boeschoten, who is also the regular LD for the band Steam Sister, has worked at Vorstin for six years, after starting as an intern whilst studying technical theatre in Utrecht. She then did four and a half years as a freelancer before accepting the chief LX post in 2023 where she works closely with William Calis, head of production and buildings manager.

The very first Robes luminaires in the house were LEDBeam 100s installed in the Small Hall in 2015 for Radio 2’s Saturday afternoon Music Café broadcasts at the time. The sixteen Robe Spiider LED wash beams and sixteen DL4S Profile luminaires - delivered in 2016 - were specified by then technical manager Maikel Sakkers, who is now an integral part of the lighting technical sales team at Controllux, Robe’s Benelux distributor.

These 2016 Robe products replaced their previous moving lights which were from a competitor brand dating back to 2010 when the venue opened. It is built on the site of the former De Tagrijn youth centre that was destroyed by a fire. The latest Robe lights arrived in batches, starting in summer 2023 with the Paintes and the LEDBeam 350s completing the picture earlier this year.

Pictured (left to right): Twan Schipper (Controllux), William Calis (Vorstin head of production and buildings manager), Alice Boeschoten (Vorstin chief LX) and Maikel Sakkers (Controllux). (Photos: Louise Stickland/Paul Clarke)

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