STOCKHOLM – Södra Teatern (Southern Theatre) located in Stockholm’s lively Söder district, is one of Sweden’s best known privately run theatres and the oldest such venue in Stockholm, established in 1859. The newest Robe fixtures in the house as part of a general lighting upgrade are six LEDWash 600s and four LEDWash 300s, specified by Head of Lighting Lars Ekdahl.
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STOCKHOLM – Södra Teatern (Southern Theatre) located in Stockholm’s lively and creative Söder district, is one of Sweden’s best known privately run theatres and the oldest such venue in Stockholm, established in 1859.
The theatre’s program of events focuses on live music and performance and stages up to 1,000 events during an average year.
The newest Robe fixtures in the house as part of a general lighting upgrade are six LEDWash 600s and four LEDWash 300s, specified by Head of Lighting Lars Ekdahl.
The first Robe fixtures in the venue were ColorSpot and ColorWash 575E ATs, purchased 10 years ago – and still working well today – so they already knew from experience of the brand’s reliability.
Toivo Söderberg, from Robe’s distributors Bellalite, demonstrated the LEDWash products to Ekjahl, who was struck with the bright output, smooth color mixing, theatrical grade dimming curve and small size of the LEDWashes.
The low power consumption was another bonus, and he reckons that LED fixtures will figure prominently throughout the venue in the near future for all the long term cost saving benefits they can bring, as well as the great performance.
The LEDWashes are in constant use, and can be moved between the different auditoriums in the Södra Teatern. Currently the 600s are in the main hall – where there is a choice of 40 house stage bars on an electronic winch system – and the 300s are rigged on one of the smaller live band stages.
“They are great multipurpose units,” says Ekjahl. “The silent running is ideal for all our spoken word and stand-up comedy shows, while the power and intensity is just as appropriate for using to light loud rock bands or dance acts!”
