Neushoorn (Rhino) is a
new entertainment venue in the heart of Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, a multi-functional
locale in the north of the country that opened in October with Elation LED lighting
rigs in several of its performance spaces.
Housing two rooms with
stages along with a café, exercise and cultural production areas, and
rooms for workshops, Neushoorn can host a wide range of events – dance
and club nights, rock and pop concerts, and theatre and dance performances. It
also serves as a school
for developing talent. Its two main stages, the
350-capacity Arena and the venues largest live performance space, The Big Room,
feature all-LED Elation
lighting rigs, as does a small performance space in the café.
Environmentally friendly
with firepower
The Neushoorn lighting set-up was designed from a concept
created by Klaas Visser, head of audio, video and lighting at the venue. He
explains: “The concept was to create a fixture combination that was rider-friendly
and had the potential to create new and old style lightshows using LED lighting
only. There were two LD’s who supported us in making the decision on which
fixtures were best for us. Elation was the only brand that had the fixtures we
needed at a good price.”
Lighting supply and installation of the Neushoorn lighting
system was undertaken by Elation partner Lightco, the lighting sales division
of the Ampco Flashlight Group. The relationship began, says Klaas, at an older
venue where Lightco was part of a shoot-out with other vendors. “Elation had
what we needed across the board,” he says. “The competitors did have a few good
fixtures but were not close to the quality or quantity we required.”
The Neushoorn lighting package includes several varieties of
Elation LED lights – PARs, striplights, blinders, moving heads, ellipsoidal spots, and
more. “It was important that the lighting be all LED,” Klaas states.
“The local authorities wanted an environmentally friendly venue yet still get a
lot of firepower from the lights, so LEDs were the only option.” Both the
Arena and The Big Room stages feature more than 90% Elation fixtures while the
café, where performances also take place, has a complete Elation lighting
set-up consisting of SixPar 200™ LED PAR lights.
The Big Room
The venue’s first big concert was held on October 21st
in The Big Room, a 750-capacity space that is outfitted with all LED lighting,
including the ACL set-up. “It was very hard to find an LED replacement for ACL
looks but the Elation ACL PAR 200™ does the job,” Klaas comments. “It is a very
nice ACL replacement with RGBW and has a nice beam that is strong enough to
emulate an ACL.”
Other fixtures in The Big Room include SixPar 300™ LED
PAR lights, Colour 5 Profile™ ellipsoidal spots, Platinum Wash ZFX Pro™ and Platinum
Wash ZFX Pro XL™ moving heads, warm-white Lumina Matrix™ panels, Cuepix Blinder
WW2™ white light blinders, and Protron 3K™ LED strobes. Horizontal and vertical
lighting set-ups can be rigged on The Big Room balcony while the back balcony area
provides for easy access to backlights and pulling of backdrops.
The Arena
The Arena is a multifunctional room with surrounding balcony
and a stage that can be placed at different locations for customizable set-ups.
Complimenting some older fixtures in the room are SixPar 200s™, 6-color LED
PARs that include a UV LED that Klaas says is “excellent for club nights.” The
Arena also has Platinum Spot LED Pro™ moving heads, which Klass calls “simple
but very effective little beam lights,” as well as Cuepix Strip Tri’s™ which is
“also suitable as a blinder.” White-light ELED Fresnel 150™ lights work from
the front of the room. The lighting fixtures in the Arena can be rigged from
several locations on and under the balcony, as well as from four trusses on
rolling chain hoists.
As a new cultural home for pop and youth culture, Neushoorn
is thriving with its multi-functional theme, impressive variety of acts and not
least its state-of-the-art LED lighting system. “We made the right decisions
and the installation has been a success,” Klaas concludes. “By only using one
brand we’ve been able to realize real benefits in service, ease of use and last
but not least, on price.”
Elation
equipment:
48 x SixPar
300™
40 x
SixPar 200™
24 x
ELED Fresnel 150™
16 x ACL
PAR 200™
16 x
Platinum Spot LED Pro II™
12 x
Lumina Matrix™
12 x
Cuepix Strip Tri™
8 x
Cuepix Blinder WW2™
8 x
Colour 5 Profile™ (w/ 19o lens)
8 x
Platinum Wash ZFX Pro™
4 x
Platinum Wash ZFX Pro XL™
4 x
Protron 3K™
12 x
Light Shaping Filters /10-30-60×1
2 x EW DMX
Wireless II Transceiver™
2 x
eNode4™
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