Twelve new Robe
ROBIN DLX LED Spots have been purchased and installed in the Theatre of Marcellus, the main entertainment venue at Emperor’s Palace Hotel Casino Convention and
Entertainment resort in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Kevin
Stannett, Head of Lighting at Emperor’s Palace (and also a freelance LD)
specified the fixtures as part of a recent lighting upgrade. He wanted an
eco-friendly solution for the new lighting units as the resort looks to the
future and embraces the philosophy of greener operations.
The
units were delivered by Robe’s South African distributor DWR, whose Robert
Izzett demonstrated the DLX.
“They
were exactly what I wanted and more,” states Kevin.
They
wanted a fixture with a high output, and apart from that, he was also impressed
with the DLX’s zoom, the rich colours and the smooth movement, together with
the near-silent operation.
While
power consumption is not an issue at Emperor’s Palace, other cost-saving
advantages of having LED lighting – like never having to replace the bulbs –
were also a definite plus.
He
is already familiar with the reliability of Robe products as the ColorWash 250E
ATs units he purchased for the venue in 2007 are still going strong and have
worked without a glitch through six years of constant work.
The
first show on which the DLX Spots were used was ‘Factory’, produced by
innovative singer / songwriter Nataniël, with whom Kevin has worked for the
last decade as LD.
He
used the DLX’s primarily for gobos and texturing the stage and performers on
this show, for which they were “Phenomenal” he states. “The speed of selecting
gobos between wheels is amazing and the brightness of the units excellent”.
