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Over 200 Robe fixtures for Schouwburg Gouda

De Goudse Schouwburg (Gouda Schouwburg) is a municipal theatre and hub of the arts community in the city of Gouda in the Netherlands. As part of a recent technical upgrade on lighting, it has taken delivery of over 200 Robe LED luminaires, including 94 T11 Profiles, 40 ParFect 150s and 32 iBar 15s, the latter specifically for cyc lighting, plus 34 T1 Profiles, 20 T2 Profiles, 24 LEDBeam 150s and 32 LEDBeam 350s.

The theatre and the city of Gouda both decided it was time to commit to more sustainable and flexible lighting, so the spec was drawn up in consultation with the technical crew, and a competitive tender issued. This was won by sales and installation specialist Controllux proposing Robe fixtures. The new lights have transformed the venue into an all-LED house for stage lighting. It is the first time that Robe products have been in the theatre.

The new luminaires are in use in the Schouwburg’s two performance spaces. The large auditorium features two semi-circular balconies, seats 813 people and has a 24 m high fly-tower including 67 computer-controlled electric 500 kg flybars plus trolley beams and chain hoists. The flexible small auditorium is a studio space with an audience capacity of 232 and five fixed lighting bridges.

In the main hall, the Robe luminaires are distributed across the three brigades and strategically on their winched fly bar system, and rigged in the side stage positions with the general task of being able to cover everywhere onstage. The longest throws are around 18 metres.

The luminaires started arriving in summer 2023, and assisting with the installation was Controllux’s Jeffrey de Werker. Goudse Schouwburg produces some shows and receives many others embracing a range of genres including music, opera, musical, dance, theatre, cabaret and comedy, staging over 300 performances a year.

Goudse Schouwburg’s head of technical, Bart Peijen, and his team of seven run all things technical. Peijen also manages the overall building as part of his remit, while stage manager Sandra Schenke oversees everything happening onstage. The lighting team includes technician Jelle Turk.

Pictured: (in the back, left to right) Jeffrey de Werker (Controllux) and Bart Peijen (Gouda Schouwburg); (in front, left to right) Kuno van Velzen (Controllux) and Jelle Turk (Gouda Schouwburg). (Photos: Louise Stickland/Paul Clarke/Jaap Reedijk)

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