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Llewellyn Hall equipped with nearly 150 Anolis Ambiane and Calumma fixtures

Llewellyn Hall at the Australian National University in Acton, Canberra, ACT - a heritage-listed building and hailed as one of the finest concert halls in Australia - more recently installed a new Anolis auditorium lighting scheme. The venue is currently managed by the Venues and Functions team of Campus Environment, ANU, with close operational links to the School of Music.

After winning a competitive tender, the initial specification and new lighting design were created by Eddie Galak, business development manager for Anolis Australian distributor Jands, and completed in collaboration with theatre consultant Micah Johnson of Melbourne-based design consultants Studio Entertech. Nearly 150 Anolis LED fixtures are involved from the manufacturer’s Ambiane and Calumma ranges, replacing the old tungsten dimmed sources.

The upgrade was necessary, as the previous auditorium lighting dated to the 1980s and was getting patchy and worse for wear. And, apart from transitioning to LED, Johnson also wanted to bring the possibility of having colour in the space for events and shows requiring that option. Being heritage listed and with a lot of wooden features and red seating, they also wanted to match the warmth and tungsten vibe that the space was already comfortable with.

The overhead lighting is now covered with sixteen Anolis Ambiane XP56 RGBW recessed luminaires with 30-degree lenses and thirty-six Ambiane XP56 tungsten dims, also with 30-degree lenses, together with thirty-two recessed Ambiane HP111 tungsten dims with 60-degree lenses. Twenty-four surface mounting Ambiane SP16 tungsten dims - the smallest luminaire in the Ambiane range  - are the main turret up lights, combined with twelve Calumma XS SC RGBWs.

The “Juliet” recesses are illuminated with six Calumma XS SCs and the rear ceiling of the balcony is grazed with five RGBW Calumma M MCs and eight Calumma Ms, with six recessed Ambiane RGBW SP16s utilised as part of the blue lighting system backstage. Challenges included re-purposing as many existing roof holes and fixings as possible due to the heritage listed status, with new holes being made only where completely necessary.

The existing spaces were adapted to fit the new Anolis fixtures with the help of some bracketry fabricated by ITE (Installation Theatrical Engineering), also based in Melbourne. The Ambiane SP16 Surface Mount fixture with the 30-degree tilt was a request from Galak to Anolis, who responded by developing the product specially for this project. Now, this model is in commercial production.

For Johnson, the most galvanising elements of the project were combining the need to match the heritage requirement “tungsten-style” aesthetic, whilst simultaneously meeting the contemporary, practical and compliance needs.

A Paradigm controller is used for the house lighting, which can also be integrated with the venue’s main stage lighting controllers, with touch panel remote access for everyday tweaking. Studio Entertech also specified a new stage lighting system for Llewellyn Hall as part of the technical upgrade, including dimming and wiring.

Llewellyn Hall has long-standing associations with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, the Canberra Choral Society, and the National Capital Orchestra and regularly hosts touring shows, including by Musica Viva and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, as well as performances by a diversity of international artists.

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