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Cpunt invests in Robe

Cpunt is a multi-purpose venue with several performance spaces in Hoofddorp right at the cultural heart of Haarlemmermeer in the Netherlands, just outside Amsterdam. Complete with two concert halls, a theatre, a flexible studio space and a library, it offers an entertainment programme including theatre, music, art and various related workshops.

Lighting for the main of the two “popodium” music spaces has recently been upgraded presenting an opportunity to get new moving lights onboard, which saw the addition of more Robe fixtures, a combination of eight LEDBeam 350s, eighteen Paintes and eight TetraX moving lights, all delivered by Robe’s Benelux distributor, Controllux.

Cpunt’s chief LX, Myron de Jong, has been working at the venue on and off for around fifteen years, starting as a volunteer when it opened, and continuing as a freelancer before taking up this full-time post. Initially there were no moving lights, then the first batch (not Robe) arrived during the first summer of operation. In 2015, with a previous lighting upgrade, the first Robe’s arrived on site in the form of LEDBeam 150s, ParFects and a mix of DL4X, DL4F and DL4S products, Robe’s first generation of theatrical style LED moving lights, all of which were installed in the 200-capacity Small Hall.

De Jong had looked at Robe back in 2012 because there were LEDWash 300 fixtures already installed in the theatre venue next door, which his crew service technically. “We liked these fixtures a lot and often borrowed them for dance parties in the other spaces”, he shares. As a result, they then purchased the LEDBeam 150s and DL4 series fixtures for the Small Hall, and these are all still working ten years later. By 2024, it was time to modernise the 800-capacity Main Hall lighting rig, so having enjoyed such success with Robe, they assessed current needs and looked at the brand again.

“The recent search for new products started with looking specifically for an LED spot light, together with a more powerful LED beam than the 150s”, explains de Jong. Then Controllux account manager Maikel Sakkers arranged a trip to the Robe factory in the Czech Republic. That’s where they saw the Painte and the TetraX and decided that these would be a perfect complement - as hard-edged and multi-functional units respectively - to the LEDBeam 350 which was already being considered. Additional advice was heeded from some key lighting designers including Patrick Krammer of Dutch rockers Bløf, who agreed that all these Robe products would be a great combination and choice.

The TetraXs are installed in the Main Hall on drop-down arms upstage. The LEDBeam 350s are providing side stage lighting in the Main Hall with some deployed above the audience for boosting crowd ambience or, from the same positions, doubling as stage washes. Lighting control in the Main Hall is an Avolites Arena.

Cpunt stages two or three major shows a week usually at the weekends. Most bands playing Cpunt will bring their own operators, and de Jong and his crew will light any who don’t.

(Photos: Louise Stickland/Paul Clarke)

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