The popular and well patronised theatre is both a producing and a receiving house with a busy programme of over 200 shows a year featuring all types of live performance from music and dance shows to dramas and comedy nights.
Technical manager Peter Visser - also the main in-house lighting designer - was asked by the theatre's director to produce a plan to upgrade their lighting rig. They were regularly renting in moving lights for their own productions, and this situation reached a point where it became a more cost effective solution to purchase.
"We wanted a high quality brand," explains Visser, who included his full team of seven technicians in the decision making process.
They conducted several shoot-outs in the theatre. Robe was the clear winner and so they confirmed the deal for six of each type of fixture.
"Robe's LEDWash 600 is definitely the best LED wash light on the market at the moment," he continues, saying that he's well impressed with the light output - both in quality and quantity - together with the seamless colour-mixing system.
The fixtures can be moved around De Nieuwe Doelen. They are rigged on a series of automated fly bars that are part of the main grid above the 10m wide by 8m deep stage.
The lights were supplied by the Dutch office of Controllux via locally based rental company Match Audio & Vision, who have their own rental stock of Robe fixtures. Match's Robert Pigeaud co-ordinated everything with Controllux' sales manager, Gerrit Schottert.
(Jim Evans)
