UK - Robe moving lights and Anolis LED fixtures have been specified and installed into Fusion, a new 750 capacity nightclub in Wellington - a suburb of Telford, Shropshire. The independently owned venue has been a club in the past but was disused for some time before its acquisition by ER Leisure. It was then completely refitted, with a new interior design by Graham Chance of Breley Design, and a lighting, sound and AV design by Andy Chamley of AC Audio Rentals.

The owner wanted four circular and two S-shaped trusses installed in the roof as visual rigging points for the lights and to give the roof a shape and form, but other than that, Chamley was given complete carte blanche to create an interesting and eye-catching design. It also had to be diverse enough to meet the club's broad-based music policy, and make the reasonably intimate space come alive from all levels and angles. The main room has three bars, and there's also a VIP and a Sports bars on other levels.

Chamley chose 16 Robe DJ Scans 250s and eight Robe Spot 250 XTs - scattered about across the trussing to get dynamic angles and good overall overage of the dancefloor and other areas. "These are really versatile fixtures," says Andy Chamley.

According to Robe, the DJ Scan is fast and bright (using an MSD250 light source). The features include 11 dichroic filters and open on the colour wheel and a gobo wheel with nine replaceable rotating gobos and open. The shutter system offers full dimming and variable speed strobe effect, and they are also small and unobtrusive enough to tuck neatly into the ceiling.

The Spot 250 XT is a particular favourite of Chamely's. The optical system has a 15° objective lens as standard - with 12 or 18° options. It takes glass or metal gobos and it has a colour wheel offering 11 dichroic filters and open. Again, the overall dimensions are expedient, which is a great asset in Fusion, enabling the ceiling height to be maximised, creating a greater feeling of space.

The installation also utilises some generic lights, strobes, LED batons and a mirror ball, but the moving lights are the workhorses. They were programmed by Maria Jenkins using a LightProcessor QCommander console.

Above the main dancefloor bar is Fusion's principal feature - a shower room to showcase pole dancing performances - the shower comes on for short periods during peak dancing time after 1 a.m. This also had to be lit, and so Chamley decided to use Anolis strip fittings - six Anolis Arcline 12 400 mm RGB fittings, complete with three Anolis ARC power 36 Intel DMX power supplies and an Anytronics Anyscene controller. These are mounted along the top lip of the ceiling, just outside of the shower, flooding the room with light, and not flinching at all in the damp conditions, say the company.

(Lee Baldock)


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