Ranking among the coolest venues in the world, Dalhalla is located in a 60 metre deep former limestone quarry, 7 kilometres north of beautiful Lake Siljan and the town of Rättvik in central Sweden. The 4000 capacity open air theatre was opened in 1995 and presents a summer season of around 30 performances – from operatic and choral works to full on rock ‘n’ roll. This year‘s festival … [Read more...]
Robe ROBIN 600 LEDWashes for Sohne Mannheims tour
Leading German lighting designer Gunther Hecker used 22 Robe LEDWash 600s as his key fixtures for the just finished Die Söhne Mannheims European tour, an opportunity seized by the band to preview material for their forthcoming new album to be released in the autumn. Söhne Mannheims is a popular German music band with massive energy and dynamics, featuring up to 17 members (with 13 on this … [Read more...]
First Robe LEDWashes in South Africa
Robe's South African distributor, Johannesburg based DWR, supplied the first batch of Robe ROBIN LEDWash 600 fixtures in the country to the South African State Theatre in Pretoria. The 16 initial LEDWash 600 fixtures were specified by the venue's Head of Lighting Simon King, following an in-depth demo from DWR's Duncan Riley. King was looking for a more flexible and cost-effective … [Read more...]
First Robe LEDWash 600s “Outta This World” on The Road with JLS
The very first batch of the new Robe ROBIN LEDWash 600 LED Wash fixtures off the production line in the Czech Republic were delivered to leading UK lighting rental company HSL, with 40 of them going straight out on JLS's UK arena tour, specified by lighting designer Dave Lee. JLS are the UK's favourite boyband, their meteoric career kicking off after being runners up on the 2008 X-Factor … [Read more...]
