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Small is Beautiful for Robe Getting Back to its Base

Basement Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand is living proof of how the ‘small is beautiful’ concept can become a hub of creative endeavor, a hot bed of ideas, experimental art, and the instigator of lively political and social discourse as well as an inclusive place for talented live performance imagineers to hone their craft. In 2022, Basement Theatre purchased its first Robe LED fixtures – two CycBar15s – a sale in proportion to its production needs that has made a big difference to how shows can be lit.Read More »Small is Beautiful for Robe Getting Back to its Base

Robe for Offer Nissim at Pride Tel Aviv

Elad Cohen is a lighting designer based in Tel Aviv, Israel who has a huge zest for music, lights, and creative activities. Since the early days of his career as a club lighting operator, he has always been a big user and fan of Robe moving lights, and when one of his regular clients – renowned DJ Offer Nissim – recently headlined the Tel Aviv Pride Festival, he specified a large Robe rig including MegaPointes, Spiiders, and ESPRITES.Read More »Robe for Offer Nissim at Pride Tel Aviv

Robe For Live

For Live project designer Costa Jouzy, Controllux’s Marc Frijters, For Live CEO Ruud van der Berg, For Live COO Bjorn van Beek and Controllux’s Jeroen van Aalst.

For Live is a focused, proactive, and talented production design and rental company covering technical and scenic aspects for a diversity of live events – sound, lighting, video, rigging, décor and scenic – based in Amersfoort in the province of Utrecht, The Netherlands, with over 200 Robe moving lights in rental stock.Read More »Robe For Live

TVP – Polish National TV Keeps Rolling with Robe

Poland’s national broadcasting organization Polish National Television (TVP) S.A. broadcasts across 24 TV channels and is a source of news, opinion, and diversity with creative production and programming covering every genre of broadcasting from news and sports to drama, soaps, talk shows, documentaries, comedy, debates, political commentary and current affairs, music shows, cultural and educational programs and many more. It also produces its own series and movies together with an array of festivals. The organization has enthusiastically invested in Robe moving lights over the years with over 600 now in the inventory.Read More »TVP – Polish National TV Keeps Rolling with Robe

Robe Gets Intoxicated with Helene Fischer

It’s been a busy year so far for Lighting Designer Tim Routledge, including crafting a stunning production lighting design for Helene Fischer’s audacious new LIVE 2023 arena tour collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, which is playing to sold out audiences across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland until the autumn, presenting an energetic collage of a 360° production, seat-edge acrobatics, and superlative musical performance. Cirque’s creative team led by Marie-Helen Delage approached Routledge to work alongside Show Director Genevieve Dorion-Coupal and Set Designer Bruce Rodgers on this ambitious production.Read More »Robe Gets Intoxicated with Helene Fischer

Robe Now and Someday for Spectacular Nick & Simon Finale Concerts

Phenomenally successful Dutch singer-songwriter duo Nick & Simon (Nick Schilder & Simon Keizer) played six sold-out nights at Rotterdam’s famous Ahoy Arena in The Netherlands, the culmination of their Nu of Ooit (Now or Someday) tour which also was the last time they will appear in this format, as after 17 years of performing together, both artists now intend to pursue solo careers.Read More »Robe Now and Someday for Spectacular Nick & Simon Finale Concerts

A Wise Move for Robe

2023 Spot Festival in Aarhus, Denmark with lighting provided by Soundwise. Photo by Maria Stougård Mathiasen

Soundwise is a busy Aarhus, Denmark-based full production rental company, which was founded by Lars Thorsager in 2001, initially, as you might expect from the name, as an audio specialist. Their client base includes music and cultural shows and events, touring and corporates, the latter being a rapidly expanding sector. It’s that growth in premium industrial shows over the last year that has fueled a new investment in Robe moving lights, with 12 ESPRITES and 12 LEDBeam 350s joining the rental fleet.Read More »A Wise Move for Robe

Anolis Chosen for The Godfrey Hotel’s New Lighting Scheme

A new Anolis external lighting scheme is illuminating the facades of The Godfrey Hotel in Boston, picking out the detail and architectural intricacies of the impressive former Blake & Armory Building, a historic commercial site at the corner of Temple Place and Washington Street in the city’s Downtown Crossing pedestrian shopping zone. Ron Kuszmar of PORT led the project and explained that the hotel’s owners brought them onboard to specify, design, and install a new LED lighting scheme that would highlight the building in all its glory and replace the previous system dating back to when The Godfrey originally opened in 2016.Read More »Anolis Chosen for The Godfrey Hotel’s New Lighting Scheme

Robe T2s and Tetras are on the Money for Theatre Royal de la Monnaie de Munt

The impressive façade of the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie de Munt (Royal Theatre of the Mint) in central Brussels dates to 1818 and announces The National Opera of Belgium in great style and presence. Belgium’s leading opera house is a federal funded institution taking the name of this theatre in which it is housed – ‘La Monnaie’ in French or ‘De Munt’ in Dutch – referring both to the building and the opera company itself.Read More »Robe T2s and Tetras are on the Money for Theatre Royal de la Monnaie de Munt

Robe Catches the Spirit of Glastonbury 2023

Arcadia Spider 360-degree arena at 2023 Glastonbury Festival (Photo: Chris Cooper/ ShotAway)

Robe moving lights were in action across multiple stages at the 2023 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, including in three key ‘creative’ areas of the massive site at Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset in the UK. These were the spectacular fire-breathing Arcadia Spider 360-degree arena, the eclectic, fabulous and funky Park Stage, one of the most popular Glasto zones, and the BBC Introducing stage which showcases some of the hottest rising music stars and some cool unique pop-up performances.Read More »Robe Catches the Spirit of Glastonbury 2023

‘American Idol’ Goes Mega Again

The live finals of American Idol 2023 moved to a new, historic venue – Red Studios Hollywood – giving Lighting Designer Tom Sutherland of DX7 Design and Production Designer Florian Wieder the chance to create a fresh and exciting new look in this special space, which has embraced history and innovation in film and TV production since the early 20th century.Read More »‘American Idol’ Goes Mega Again

Robe to Make Impact in Egypt

Impact Egypt Solutions’ Jean William on the left with Robe’s Middle East regional sales manager, Elie Battah

Robe has appointed a new Egyptian distributor – Impact Egypt Solutions – which is headed by Jean William, a prolific and talented lighting and show designer in his own right. The company is based in the bustling metropolis of Cairo and is one of the oldest and best respected entertainment technology enterprises in the country.Read More »Robe to Make Impact in Egypt