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Reykjavik City Theatre invests in more Robe T2 Profiles

Reykjavík City Theatre - Iceland’s oldest continuously operating theatre company, founded in 1897 as the Reykjavík Theatre Company - has invested in more Robe T2 Profile moving lights, following the first batch purchased in 2023.

The first sixteen T2 Profiles - supplied via Robe’s Icelandic distributor Luxor - were picked to replace the venue’s previous front lights, which were fifteen years old at the time, explains head of AV, Steinar Snæbjörnsson, who leads the technical department. These T2 Profiles were installed on the front bar and the other nineteen on the bridges, taking the theatre’s front lighting capacity to new levels.

The theatre produces a diverse range of classic drama, dance and musical shows through to a selection of raw, visceral new works from young writers and directors across its three performance halls. The capacities are 549, 240 and 180 respectively, and the T2 profiles are in the main auditorium.

All production elements are managed in-house, and there are substantial lighting, sound, and multimedia departments, plus set/props workshops, costume, wigs and make-up as well as all the administration. Snæbjörnsson has a full-time technical crew of seven - three on audio and four on lighting - plus regular freelancers.

In 2024 and 2025, following great success with the T2s in the main house, the front lights on the smaller stages were also updated with eighteen Robe T1 Profiles - ten deployed on the “New Stage” and eight on the “Small Stage”. At the start of 2026, they conducted another shootout seeking a fixture to replace the old moving lights on LX bars 1 and 2 - and once again, the Robe T2 Profiles proved the best option. Another twenty-one T2 Profile fixtures have been installed over the summer.

Reykjavík City Theatre’s main hall stages around four substantial shows a week, with the musical “Moulin Rouge” - lit by senior lighting designer Pálmi Jónsson - currently being the main long-running production.

Pictured: “Moulin Rouge” at the Reykjavík City Theatre; Steinar Snæbjörnsson. (Photos: Paul Clarke/Iris Dögg Einarsdóttir/Louise Stickland)

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