Nicosia Municipality Théâtre upgrades with Chauvet
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Nicosia-base V Hypersound & Light, installed the lighting and audio systems in the building, which re-opened on 18 June after being closed for more than a decade. “This was a very big re-modelling project, the biggest one ever relating to theatre in our market,” said the company’s Kypros Shekkeri. “Regarding the theatrical lighting, the theatre management wanted to have an all-LED system in the building.
“We won the project by offering a complete solution of compact and cost-efficient LED Chauvet Professional fixtures,” continued Shekkeri. “However, these lights were more than just affordable, they also offered the performance, versatility and output that were needed to handle the many different types of shows that take place here.”
The new lighting system includes 10 Ovation E-160WW and 10 Ovation E-910FC ellipsoidals as well as four Rogue R2 Wash and four Maverick MK2 Spot fixtures on the first bridge. Hung from the second bridge are 10 Ovation E-160WW and 10 Ovation E-910FC ellipsoidal units.
A collection of six Ovation E-260WW and eight Ovation E-910FC as well as four Rogue R2 Wash fixtures are also positioned on motorised counter weights in front of Stage.
For side lighting, Shekkeri and his associate Vasos Mouzouras relied on eight Ovation E-260WW ellipsoidal and eight Ovation F-265WW Fresnel units divided evenly between stage left and stage right.
The extensive rig gives the theatre a wide variety of options for lighting the diverse range of productions it houses. “Visiting designers and the house LDs can do so many different creative things now,” said Shekkeri.”
(Jim Evans)
