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Le Théâtre de Laval goes LED with Robert Juliat

Le Théâtre de Laval in North Western France has recently completed a project to modernise its lighting equipment. Adopting a sustainable approach, the theatre opted for a retrofit solution: converting existing equipment to LED rather than discarding their well-maintained fixtures. Audiolite, one of Robert Juliat distributors in France, supported the Theatre in this endeavour.

The three-year investment combined technical requirements, lighting design and low environmental impact. To uphold these criteria, and to address the gradual obsolescence of its halogen lighting inventory, Le Théâtre de Laval decided to convert more than seventy Robert Juliat profile spotlights to LED technology, retaining their existing optics, thereby extending the lifespan of equipment that is still fully operational.

Opened in 2007 following five years of reconstruction, and labelled Centre National de la Marionnette (National Puppetry Centre) since 2022, Le Théâtre de Laval is a multidisciplinary cultural venue offering a wide range of performances: dance, theatre, music and hybrid, innovative forms.

Rolled out between 2023 and 2025, this modernisation project covered the entire lighting system of the 580-seat Grande Salle Barbara Hendricks. The process involved forty-six Robert Juliat Sully 4C coloured-LED retrofit modules and twenty-eight Bizet 500 W variable-white lamp houses which converted the Theatre’s existing 1 kW RJ 600SX and 2 kW RJ 700SX profile spotlights respectively.

To complement these upgrades, the Theatre also purchased twenty Robert Juliat Dalis 860 LED cyclights. The stage, with a 20 m high by 16 m wide proscenium, now benefits from 8-colour mixing LED light sources offering a wide colour spectrum. The old halogen lamp houses from the 700SX units were not discarded - they were donated to other theatres, enabling them to refurbish their own equipment in turn.

Christophe Duteil and Ronan Le Gall, the Theatre’s lighting specialists, say they use the Sully 4C profile spotlights in full raw mode for dance and theatre. The Bizet lamp houses, meanwhile, have made it possible to convert the theatre’s traditional 700SX profile spots. Featuring a 500 W variable white LED light source, they offer remote adjustment of the colour temperature from 3,000 K to 6,300 K.

“The new Bizet profile spots are installed front of house and above the stage, whilst the Dalis cyclorama lights provide the stage with a wash of light - a feature that is particularly valuable for the theatre’s dance productions”, says Le Gall.

(Photos: Le Théâtre de Laval)

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