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6/13/2025

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4/25/2025

Litecom Puts Robe on the Rig

Litecom, one of Denmark’s leading lighting, visual and rigging rental companies and a major supplier in all broadcast areas – music, games shows, entertainment plus multiple sports events including e-sports tournaments – has made a massive investment in new Robe moving lights.

Television

4/23/2025

Robe Has Time for Slovenian Eurovision

All lighting designers love challenges and none more so than Crt Birsa from design studio Blackout, who fitted nearly 400 lighting fixtures into a 20 x 20 metre space in Studio 1 at the Slovenian National television station – Radiotelevizija Slovenija (RTVSLO) – complex in Ljubljana.

Exhibition

4/17/2025

Robe Brings Fifth Dimension to Prolight 2025

Robe enjoyed an excellent and super-active Prolight+Sound expo in Frankfurt, Germany, exhibiting alongside its five core businesses – Robe, Avolites, Anolis, LSC Systems and Artistic Licence – in a ‘Robe Village’ area that was constantly busy throughout the four-day trade show.

Investment

4/15/2025

M&S Showtechniek Invests in Robe

M&S Showtechniek is a lively, ambitious and fast-growing full production – lighting, rigging, audio and video – and rental company based in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, run by two hard working directors, Pim Muller and Jeroen van der Stap, who are both involved hands-on in the day to day running of all operations.

Stage

4/8/2025

Afrikaans is Groot with Robe

The 2024 Afrikaans is Groot (AIG) concert series was staged at SunBet Arena in Time Square, Pretoria, South Africa, produced by Coleske Artist Management and hailed as among the best live entertainment showcases for a range of Afrikaans music and artists. Nine sold-out performances thrilled audiences over two consecutive weekends.

Announcements

4/7/2025

MOG RENT massively expands its ROBE Lighting stock and asserts its leadership of the Dry Hire market in France

A key player in Dry Hire in France, MOG.rent has taken a further step in the development of its product range by adding almost 200 ROBE projectors to its stock, bringing it to over 400 units.

Architecture

4/4/2025

Anolis for Prestige City of Dijon Lighting Installation

Over 200 Anolis Calumma S and XS and Eminere Remote 1, 2, 3 and 4 LED lighting fixtures were specified for an eye-catching new architectural lighting installation at the Palais des Ducs et des Etats de Bourgogne (Town Hall) in Dijon, France.

Announcements

4/3/2025

Robe Announcement in Australia

Czech moving and LED lighting manufacturer Robe lighting s.r.o. and Australian distribution company Jands have reached an amicable agreement whereby …

Exhibition

4/2/2025

Robe at Prolight+Sound 2025 – Preview

Robe will have a strong presence at Prolight+Sound 2025 in Hall 12.1 on Booth D10 together with all its associated businesses – Avolites, Anolis, LSC Control Systems and Artistic Licence, all of which will be adjacent.

Events

4/1/2025

Robe Tetras Take The LEAD

Tel Aviv-based creative lighting design studio LEAD founded by Omer Israeli and Dor Aichner – produced an eye-popping, sculptural lighting design concept for the Israeli tech company Mobileye’s 2025 Purim party event, staged in Pavilion 2 at the Tel Aviv Expo, produced by production specialist ThisPlay and designed by Shlomi Ilani.

Investment

3/27/2025

Amplitude Turns Up Its Commitment to Robe

Amplitude is a Cruchten, Luxembourg-based full service and production rental company – lighting, audio, video, staging and rigging – working extensively across cultural events and show, music and corporate / industrial events.

Cruise Ship

3/26/2025

Costa Cruises Rocks Sanremo with Huge iBOLT show

Aligning a special 7-night cruise with the finale of the world-famous Sanremo Music Festival – which chooses Italy’s Eurovision pick each year – Costa Cruises and Carnival Maritime commissioned a massive lighting installation aboard its “Costa Toscana” ship which was moored approximately 1 kilometre out of Sanremo’s harbour for the Saturday night music extravaganza.

Stage

3/25/2025

Last Call for Robe on Alan Jackson Tour

Mason Felps with 46 Entertainment has created an eye-catching lighting design including 68 x Robe iFORTE and 16 x iSpiider moving lights supplied by Backstage Productions for the 2025 leg of country music superstar Alan Jackson’s “Last Call: One More for the Road” tour.

Theatre

3/21/2025

Zwolle theatres Choose Robe

Two key producing and receiving performance spaces – Odeon and Spiegel – in the bustling Netherlands regional epicentre of Zwolle chose Robe moving lights as a vital element of their transition to LED lighting journey, with the purchase of 6 x T1 Profiles, 18 x PAINTE Profiles, 24 x LEDBeam 350s and 24 x LEDBeam FWQ 150 Washes, all delivered by Robe’s Benelux distributor, Controllux.

Television

3/20/2025

Robe Helps Unmask in Brazil

Lighting designer and DOP Alexandre (Alê) Augusto created a stunning lighting scheme for the latest series of The Masked Singer in Brazil, with his rental company, Spectrun Design e Iluminação, supplying the lighting equipment and production.

Investment

3/19/2025

MGG Invests in First iFORTES and SVB1s on the African Continent

Johannesburg, South Africa based rental and production company MGG has made a sizable investment in new Robe moving lights, taking delivery of the 76 x fixtures from Robe’s Southern Africa distributor, DWR Distribution, including the first iFORTE and iFORTE LTXs and the first SVB1 luminaires on the continent of Africa.

Events

3/14/2025

Robe Delivers Spectacular Lightshow for the TPi Awards 2025

Robe stepped up the energy in the room for the 24th edition of the TPi Awards, supplying nearly 250 of its latest moving LED lights to help create a stunning production lighting design – imagined by Robe’s own creative team – for the high-profile industry event produced by TPi Magazine, part of Mondiale Technology Media.

Architecture

3/13/2025

All-Anolis Lighting Solution for New Roundabout

The French municipality of La Tour-de-Salvagny has a brand new Anolis lighting installation on the unique, eye-catching roundabout in front of the Pasino Grand Partouche entertainment complex. Formerly known as Casino Lyon Vert, Pasino Grand is a flagship establishment of the Partouche Group.

Events

3/11/2025

Bari University Celebrates 100 with Amazing iBOLT Installation

The University of Bari “Aldo Moro” located in Puglia, Italy, celebrated 100 years since its foundation in 1925 with two pieces of light art created by Pino Loconsole, owner of Bari-based rental company Lucidiscena.

Theatre

3/7/2025

Schaffelaar Theatre PAINTES the Town

Schaffelaar Theatre in Barneveld, The Netherlands, is a popular and busy receiving house with a constant flow of shows – musicals, dance, cabaret, comedy and concerts of all types – serving the local community with a lively programme of arts and culture. It is also home to the Barneveld’s Symphony Orchestra, and the venue hosts regular business events and private hires.

Stage

3/4/2025

Robe Gets Close to the Edge with $UICIDEBOY$

Critically acclaimed and popular underground rap duo $UICIDEBOY$ completed their GREYDAY2024 US and Canadian tour with a production design – lighting and set – created by Ian MacDonald, who used Robe moving lights to help deliver a raw, in-the-face, lighting aesthetic.

Events

2/28/2025

Robe Helps New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash Go Large

Nashville – well known as a vibrant and major hub for the production and live entertainment industry – staged its own superlative concert – “Jack Daniel’s New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash” – at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park to celebrate the new year rollover, featuring an impressive artist lineup and an eye-popping lighting and production design created by Robert W. Peterson of Real World Lighting.

Investment

2/25/2025

PRO3 Rocks with Robe

PRO3 – one of Mexico’s leading lighting and visual design studios which also has a large stock of its own lighting equipment – has invested in more Robe moving lights in the last 18 months with the purchase of FORTES, Spiiders and RoboSpot systems.

Investment

2/21/2025

Robe is Vibing at Vorstin

Vorstin is a popular music and entertainment venue in Hilversum, a lively Netherlands ‘media city’ in the centre of the country. Vorstin’s striking gleaming steel exterior is visually cool and interesting, and its two entertainment halls – with 850 and 275 capacities respectively – stage 4 or 5 shows plus one or two private or business events per week – a fast-moving environment with plenty of variety.

Announcements

2/20/2025

Sylvain Bresson Boosts Robe’s Anolis Team in France

Sylvain Bresson joins the Robe Lighting France team as project manager / specifier and will be focused on developing the business of Anolis, Robe’s architectural LED lighting brand.

Exhibition

2/18/2025

Robe Dazzles the Crowds at ISE 2025

Robe – and its associated businesses – enjoyed a brilliantly busy ISE 2025 expo in Barcelona, presenting their largest stand to date in Hall 6, launching two exciting new products - the iSTROBE and the iESPRITE LTL - and showing a range of other new technologies as well as staging a high-octane one-person live show with gravity-challenging acrobat Oskar Skrypko which attracted people to the already buzzing booth.

Theatre

2/14/2025

Robe Flies at The Panto

Lighting designer Andy Webb specified Robe moving lights to be at the heart of his lighting designs for two high-profile pantomime shows in the United Kingdom, The Further Adventures of Peter Pan staged at the Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury and Sleeping Beauty at the Festival Theatre in Malvern – two of 11 pantos presented this season by UK Productions.

Stage

2/11/2025

Adding Nuance to Hikaru Utada Science Fiction Tour Design

Creative studio FragmentNine (F9) led by Jeremy Lechterman was asked by creative director / production designer Jason Ardizzone-West of JAW Studio to collaborate on the lighting elements of an impressive production design for J-pop singer/songwriter and superstar Hikaru Utada’s 2024 tour, as the artist returned to live performance after a six-year hiatus for an extensive tour of Japan and Asia, supporting a new album project, Science Fiction.

Events

2/6/2025

Lighting Jedermann in Salzburg

Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Medieval morality play Jedermann has become a legendary and classic centrepiece of the world-renowned Salzburg Festival. First performed in 1920 – directed by Max Reinhardt – when the festival was inaugurated, it has been staged most years since then in the city’s magnificent Domplatz (Cathedral Square).

Investment

2/4/2025

HALO Invests in Robe PAINTES

Leading London, UK-based event production company Halo has added 24 x Robe PAINTE moving lights to its rental inventory, which were delivered in September following the PLASA professional lighting and sound expo by the team at Robe UK.

Investment

1/31/2025

Robe T11 Time for Kunstmin Dordrecht

The Schouwburg Kunstmin in Dordrecht is a busy, bustling theatre and performing arts venue in The Netherlands which has made another major purchase of Robe LED lighting fixtures with 83 x T11 Profiles. These have been added to their Main Hall house lighting rig, replacing all the old, fixed position incandescent profiles and PCs.

Exhibition

1/29/2025

Robe at ISE 2025 – Preview

The Robe Group and all its businesses will be at the 2025 Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) expo in Barcelona next week, on Booth P100 in Hall 6 (Lighting & Staging).

Television

1/28/2025

Robe Helps Lift the Mask in South Africa

The second series of The Masked Singer SA was one of the most successful music TV shows of 2024, broadcast on SABC, and featuring an outstanding production lighting design created by two of the country’s most talented LDs, Ryan Lombard and Joshua Cutts, based around the core components of 150 Robe moving lights.

Announcements

1/24/2025

Ingo Dombrowski Retires from Robe at 21

After 21 “brilliant” years working with Czech lighting and LED manufacturer Robe s.r.o., outgoing Global Sales Director Ingo Dombrowski will step away from the business and retire from active duties at the end of 2025!

Architecture

1/23/2025

Anolis Calumma Illuminates Halle de Figeac

The famous Place Carnot Market site in Figeac, France has recently received a brand new cool-looking Anolis Calumma XS lighting installation, part of a major new renovation project to generally open and improve sightlines and spatiality throughout the Market Hall and integrate it with the surrounding buildings, cafes, and restaurants of the Market Square. All of this is bringing new invigorating energy to this charismatic city in southwest Lot.

Investment

1/21/2025

Allround Robe Festival Solution

Allround Lyd & Lys (Light & Sound) based in Struer, Denmark, purchased Robe iFORTE LTX Follow Spots ahead of their busy 2024 festival season, so – in conjunction with their existing RoboSpot systems – going forward, they could offer outstanding follow spotting facilities with their dynamic festival stage lighting packages.

Investment

1/17/2025

Theater de Bussel Invests in Robe T11s

A new installation of Robe T11 Profiles in the 200-capacity Small Hall at the Theater de Bussel in Oosterhout, southern Netherlands is helping to save electricity and enhance the scope of lighting shows and events there, explained the venue’s head of technical, Evelyn van ‘t Hof.

Announcements

1/14/2025

Robe Starts 2025 Strong

Czech-based lighting manufacturer Robe lighting s.r.o. enjoyed its best ever year in 2024 and is expecting 2025 to be a continuation of that busy and successful trajectory.

Announcements

1/9/2025

Robe Group Appoints Michel Arntz as Global Sales Director

Michel Arntz has been appointed as Global Sales Director for the Robe Group, a role involving oversight of all sales related activities for the Czech-based moving light and LED manufacturer and its associated businesses and brands, including Avolites, Anolis, LSC Systems and Artistic Licence.

Investment

1/7/2025

SL Production Gets the Robe Style

SL Production in Skive, Denmark is a new lighting and sound rental company – founded in 2020 by Jesper Poulsen and his business partner, Kasper Holm Nielsen – who joined forces and merged their respective companies into one entity to offer the best and highest quality production values for all types of events.

Exhibition

12/20/2024

Robe Enjoys the Energy at LDI 2024

Leading lighting and LED manufacturer Robe Lighting s.r.o. enjoyed the pre-holiday buzz in the air at the Live Design International (LDI) expo in Las Vegas last week, ‘wowing’ crowds with a new live performance stage production, “The Fifth Dimension”, which helped win the coveted “Most Creative Use of Light” Award at the show.

Events

12/18/2024

Robe Power Lighting for Spectacular Linz Bridge Opening

Eighty of Robe’s most powerful moving light fixtures – iBOLT, iFORTE and iFORTE LTX – were used to great effect for a visually stunning lighting scheme designed by Thomas Maier from event production company NoiseGate Eventtechnik GmbH to illuminate a special performance show celebrating the completion of the 305-metre-wide Danube Valley suspension bridge – Donautalbrücke – in Linz, Austria.

Events

12/12/2024

Robe HCF Engine is The People’s Choice

For lighting designer Emanuel (Manny) Treeson, Robe moving lights fitted with the HCF (high color fidelity) TRANSFERABLE ENGINE LED light source are currently unbeatable for the perfect key lighting of people with all skin types and complexions.

Announcements

12/5/2024

iBOLT Approved + Available in North America

Robe’s award-winning iBOLT – a unique, innovative, hugely bright moving light fixture that is the first real replacement for conventional high powered xenon searchlights – has been approved by authorities for use in the USA and is now available for the North American market.

Exhibition

12/2/2024

Robe at LDI 2024

Robe rocks back to Las Vegas for the 2024 Live Design International (LDI) show where the leading moving light manufacturer will be launching two exciting new products, the T.5 Profile – a smaller version of the acclaimed T1 – and the LedPOINTE, the new LED member of the famous Pointe family.

Investment

11/27/2024

Lemon Event Support has a Zing for Robe

Lemon Event Support is a dynamic and creative event production company based in Luxembourg. The company started as a sound and lighting rental company in 2009 and in 2014 joined forces, skills and resources with video content production specialist Moast Creative Studio. Lemon Event Support grew, developed and enjoyed success delivering multiple events, each with individual style and flair.

Events

11/26/2024

Robe Goes Full Circle for WorldSkills Lyon 2024 Closing Ceremony

The Closing Ceremony of the 2024 WorldSkills Competition was staged in the 60,000-capacity Parc Olympique Lyonnais (OL Stadium) at the Eurexpo complex, Lyon, France, with Paris-based creative agency Concept K providing full scenography, lighting design, laser effects, video and art direction plus show calling.

Stage

11/22/2024

Arms Wide Open for Robe on Creed Tour

Floridian hard rockers Creed reunited and hit the road for their first tour in 11 years, creating a maelstrom of energy and momentum so successful that it propelled their music back into the Billboard charts, together with this year’s new “Summer of 99”, and “Are You Ready?” tours, which were among the fastest selling rock shows in the USA.

Announcements

11/19/2024

Tony Perez is Global Sales Director for Robe Maritime Division

Lighting, entertainment and cruise ship specialist Tony Perez takes on a new position as Global Sales Director in Robe’s Maritime division, stepping up from the business development manager role that he has held since 2022.

Theatre

11/15/2024

From Rock to Opera at Saaremaa 2024

Kuressaare Castle on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia, provided a magical backdrop and a beautiful setting for the 2024 Saaremaa Opera Festival, staged in a 68-metre-long 29-metre-wide 2000-capacity temporary arena elegantly butted up to the Castle.

Architecture

11/13/2024

Anolis for Hordern Pavilion

The Hordern Pavilion, often referred to as "The Hordern", is one of Sydney's most iconic and historically significant landmark venues. Originally opened in 1924, it now regularly hosts live performances, dance parties, sports tournaments, trade shows, conferences, and a variety of other events.

Theatre

11/12/2024

Shakespeare Theatre Gdansk Invests in Robe T1 Profiles

The Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre (Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski) is a Shakespearean theatre in the middle of the thriving industrial port city of Gdansk in Poland. Designed by Italian architect Renato Rizzi, it opened in 2014 and is built on the site of a 17th-century theatre, known as the Fencing School, where English travelling players once performed English Renaissance Theatre works.

Events

11/8/2024

Robe at Lollapalooza Berlin 2024

Over 500 Robe moving lights were supplied by three top German rental and technical production companies to four main stages at the 2024 Lollapalooza Berlin festival, organised by Live Nation and staged over two days at the Olympiastadion (Olympic Stadium), proving once again that Robe is a powerful, reliable and weatherproof choice for outdoor events needing quality production lighting.

Arena

11/6/2024

Robe a SMART Choice for Ice Hockey World Championship Finale

SMART Productions, headed by Josef “Pepa” Ženíšek, supplied all the technical elements required for the two venues – Prague’s O2 Arena and Ostrava Arena – involved in hosting the 2024 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)’s World Championship tournament. They also co-ordinated technical production in the Prague FanZone area.

Cruise Ship

11/1/2024

Princess Cruises Chooses Robe for Groundbreaking Sun Princess ship - First in New Sphere Class

Princess Cruises has chosen Robe Lighting for its brand-new Sun Princess, the latest addition to the Princess fleet.

Investment

10/29/2024

De Bosuil Poppodium Embraces New Robe Lighting Package

De Bosuil is a buzzing 850-capacity live music venue in Weert, southeastern Netherlands, AKA “The Gateway to Limburg” due to its close proximity to the Belgian border. It has been voted the greenest city in the Netherlands!

Venue

10/25/2024

Robe Lights Up Jam Factory Arts Centre in Lviv

The Jam Factory Art Center is a lively and invigorating new contemporary art centre and a collaborative community event space, set in a charismatic and brilliantly reimagined Neo-Gothic former distillery and one time Jam factory in picturesque Lviv, the largest city in western Ukraine.

Stage

10/22/2024

Robe iFORTE LTXs are Key for Adele in Munich

Lighting for Adele’s record-breaking Adele in Munich residency, staged in a purpose-built outdoor stadium designed by production designer Florian Wieder at the Munich Messe, was designed by Cory FitzGerald from US-based creative design studio Silent House.

Theatre

10/18/2024

Theatre Muzyczny Gdynia invests in Robe FORTES

Theatre Muzyczny (Musical Theatre) – in the attractive seaside city of Gdynia on Poland’s north coast – is the largest musical theatre in Poland with three stages able to accommodate over 1580 people.

Stage

10/15/2024

Robe FOOTSIES and TetraXs for Gary Clark Jr Tour

Grammy Award-winning artist Gary Clark Jr is touring the world with his new album JPEG Raw, complete with a lighting scheme designed by John Adamo and Robert Fuller.

Events

10/11/2024

Robe iBOLTS and iFORTE LTXs Help Celebrate Hungarian National Day 2024

When you need BIG bold beautiful fat beams for a monumental lighting scheme … Robe’s iBOLTS, iFORTES and iFORTE LTXs are rad!

Architecture

10/10/2024

Žerotín Castle Gets Stylish New Anolis Look

The magnificent Žerotín Castle in Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic has a new look and style for after dark with an installation of Anolis Calumma M and L LED fixtures, which were chosen to illuminate this important heritage-protected building that houses a museum and gallery centre covering the whole Zlín region.

Theatre

10/8/2024

Robe Shines for Opera Hedeland

Robe moving lights – ESPRITES, Spiiders, iSpiiders and iFORTE LTXs used as follow spots – all had great impact on the lighting and set designed by Simon Corder for Opera Hedeland’s La fanciulla del West (Girl of the Golden West) by Puccini, which is set in a ‘Gold Rush’ prospecting town in 19th century western USA.

Stage

10/4/2024

Best of All Worlds for Robe on Sammy Hagar Tour

Legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist Sammy Hagar was on the road for 2 months over the summer with his “Best of All Worlds” tour that played across the USA with a brilliant lineup including another guitar icon, Joe Satriani, and a spectacular lighting design created by Jamie Fadden featuring Robe moving lights prominently on the rig.

Television

10/2/2024

Wheel of Fortune Spins for Robe

Homebrew in Cape Town, South Africa, has invested in new Robe LEDBeam 150s for recording the most recent series of popular games show, Wheel of Fortune.

Investment

9/27/2024

Full of Robe Flair

Flair Event Services based in Dubai designs and delivers full technical production for a range of cool, spectacular, and extraordinary projects – corporates, industrials, concerts, clubs, social events and more – throughout the UAE and across the Middle East region.

Theatre

9/24/2024

Assembly chooses Robe for Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024

Assembly is right at the heart of the vibrance, action and excitement of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and an integral part of this world-leading celebration of arts and culture, a hotbed of potential new work, talent and ideas providing an innovative forum for experimentalism, drama, humour, music, dance and all things performance.

Stage

9/20/2024

Robe Shines with the Stars for Toby Keith American Icon

The stars gathered onstage, backstage and at the stage right artists bar in Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena packed with music fans and anticipation for a special concert … “Toby Keith: American Icon”, a heartfelt tribute to late singer-songwriter Toby Keith, who in addition to being an outstanding musician and performer, was a dedicated philanthropist and supporter of those who served their countries in the military.

Investment

9/19/2024

EventCom invests in Robe

EventCom is a specialist in the provision and rental of audiovisual equipment based in Gembloux, in French-speaking Belgium, managed with passion and energy by director Thomas Richard.

Cruise Ship

9/17/2024

Robe & Anolis for Icon of the Seas

Icon of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International’s new game-changing ship, is setting new jaw-dropping standards and records in the world of vacations.

Exhibition

9/13/2024

Robe Bounces into Fifth Dimension at Brilliant PLASA 2024 Expo

Robe lighting enjoyed a brilliant PLASA 2024 expo in London Olympia, tapping into the hustle and energy of the show which is again a vibrant landmark on the UK production technology industry calendar.

Investment

9/10/2024

CT Middle East invests in Robe

Creative Technology Middle East (CTME) is based in the UAE, KSA, & Qatar, and delivers technical design, planning and production for some of the most ambitious and dynamic live events and system integration projects in the region.

Investment

9/6/2024

LD Systems invests in Robe FORTES

Houston and San Antonio, Texas-based rental and event production solutions company LD Systems has invested in 32 x new Robe iFORTE LTX moving lights, purchased specifically to pair with their existing 14 x RoboSpot remote follow spotting control systems.

Announcements

9/1/2024

LSC & Avolites Announce Partnership for Australia & New Zealand

Two of the best-known brands in the global entertainment lighting technology industry have announced an exciting new partnership destined to change the landscape of the market in Australia & New Zealand. With effect from 1 September, Melbourne-based manufacturer LSC Control Systems will become the Australia & New Zealand distributor for UK-based lighting controls and visual systems manufacturer, Avolites.

Exhibition

8/29/2024

Robe at PLASA 2024

Robe is using the buzz and hustle of the 2024 PLASA London expo to launch four new important and super-cool products – the iFORTE Fresnel, the PAINTE Fresnel, the SVOPATT and the SVB1.

Announcements

8/23/2024

Kyle Evans Joins Robe’s Creative Team

Kyle Evans has joined Robe’s creative team which is led by Nathan Wan and known for ensuring style and flair are at the forefront of all Robe’s exhibition stands and live show spectaculars in addition to producing a host of other imaginative multimedia, video and live performance assets, promotional activities and training.

Venue

8/21/2024

Patronaat Invests in Robe TetraX Luminaires

Patronaat is a live music venue in Haarlem, just outside capital city Amsterdam, and one of the music hotspots of the northern Netherlands, with two busy live performance halls and a small stage/club operating over weekend nights. Music fans can enjoy a lively mix of rock and pop shows, plus banging club nights as well as more diverse music-based festival events.

Investment

8/14/2024

Perfect Ovation for Robe

Perfect Ovation is a successful family-run company with a busy Dubai dry hire facility and a full production operation in Oman supplying lighting, sound, and LED screens to a diverse mix of shows and events.

Cruise Ship

8/9/2024

Princess Cruises Selects Robe TE Fixtures for Immersive LED Lighting and Sustainability Enhancement

Princess Cruises, a leader in worldwide cruising, has taken a major step toward sustainability and delivering outstanding live performances by upgrading the lighting rig in their 1000-seat Princess Theatre on the Crown, Emerald, and Ruby Princess ships. In a project completed in 2023, Princess Cruises Fleet Lighting Supervisor Matt DeJong and the Princess Entertainment Technical team selected Robe Lighting TE (TRANSFERABLE ENGINE) fixtures, ushering in a new era of LED lighting technology to enhance the cruise line's entertainment offerings.

Events

8/8/2024

Avolites Diamond 9 Controls Arcadia Dragonfly Lighting & Video

The power and flexibility of Avolites’ D9 lighting console and an Avolites AI Qgen media server (with another for hot backup) running Avo’s proprietary Synergy protocol – which works with all third-party NDIs – were at the heart of lighting and video control for Arcadia Spectacular’s amazing new live music / performance experience launching their Dragonfly conceptual art installation which debuted at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival (Glasto) in Pilton, Somerset, UK.

Announcements

8/7/2024

Jean-Marc Farré joins Robe Lighting France

Robe Lighting France announces that Jean-Marc Farré has joined their team as the regional manager for the vast southern area of France, encompassing Bordeaux in the east to Lyon in the west and everything south of that.

Venue

8/6/2024

Robe Has BEEN There Done That!

A team from Netherlands-based creative studio Live Legends headed by project director Serge Patist and lighting designers Thomas de Vries and Bas Knappers completed a bold and modern interior design and technical – set, video, lighting and audio – scheme for the SIR.TEEN Group and their new Club BEEN, a brand-new venue and entertainment concept that has burst onto the highly competitive nightlife scene in Beijing, China.

Investment

8/2/2024

PAINTE-ING GIGANT Robe Style

Gigant is an arts and performance complex in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, comprising two theatre spaces, a movie house, recording studios, a music venue (popzaal) and a café, an invigorating creative space where people can soak up multiple types of performance, expression, live entertainment and storytelling.

Events

7/30/2024

Monumental Live Event Launch for Robe iBOLTS in France

Robe’s new iBOLT made its French debut in grand style at a recent ‘Monumental’ event at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Laon Aisne in the Hauts-de-France.

Announcements

7/29/2024

Rebbecca Cadd re-joins Avolites to spearhead UK’s Titan training programme

Avolites ltd, London UK – is delighted to welcome back an Avolites original employee - Rebbecca Cadd - as one of its Titan trainers and training co-ordinator for the UK.

Events

7/26/2024

Robe iBOLT makes Impression at Inauguration

Designer Chris de Lancey from Immersive Show Technology was asked to create a stunning architectural lighting scheme for the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, to help celebrate the recent South African presidential inauguration.

Stage

7/23/2024

KARTA SVITU Finds Space for Important Things Like Robe moving lights!

Popular Ukrainian rock band KARTA SVITU launched their new album The Space of Important Things with a high-profile, hi-energy showcase gig at the Bel Etage venue in Kyiv, Ukraine, which was recorded for subsequent broadcast.

Stage

7/19/2024

Definitely Robe for AJR’s Maybe Man Tour

AJR – Adam, Jack & Ryan Met – are singer-songwriters known collectively as a tuneful, quirky, intelligent and highly entertaining band with witty lyrics, massive energy and skyrocketing popularity! They are a joy to work with for lighting designer Ezra Donellan of Moon Bolt Designs, who considers himself very lucky.

Events

7/17/2024

Robe for the 2024 Metro FM Awards

2024 was the second year that South African lighting designer Renaldo van den Berg has lit the prestigious Metro FM Awards, which is a leading celebration of African musical talent and creativity.

Events

7/10/2024

Arcadia Lights Up Glasto 2024 with Dragonfly and Robe iBOLTS

Flames, lasers and lights fired up the night sky at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in the UK as Arcadia launched its amazing new “Dragonfly” spectacular concept – a sculptural installation, performance arena, a live show and a complete world of visual, aural and sensory experience, taking the art of imagining recycled industrial and military scrap metal to new and different levels.

Theatre

7/9/2024

Royal Theater Carré is illuminated by ANOLIS

The Royal Theater Carré (Koninklijk Theater Carré) is an attractive Neo-Renaissance style theatre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands located on the banks of the river Amstel. Founded in 1887, it was originally built as a permanent venue for the Carré circus family and their popular ‘horse-play’ circus-theatre shows, but was later repurposed to also stage a variety of performances, revue theatre and operettas. Currently, the impressive circular design 1700-capacity auditorium is used for a mix of musicals, pop and music concerts and cabaret shows.

Stage

7/5/2024

The Robe Songbook So Far with Calum Scott

Popular UK singer and former Britain’s Got Talent contestant Calum Scott is back on the road in 2024 with a new campaign, “The Songbook So Far” a world tour, which is playing larger venues than before for headliner shows, together with a run of high-profile festival slots reflecting his ever-growing fanbase.

Investment

7/4/2024

Robe Makes a Positive Impression at the Baltic Opera Gdansk

The award-winning Opera Baltycka (Baltic Opera) in Gdansk, on Poland’s stunning north coast, has invested in new Robe lighting fixtures with the purchase of 18 x TX1 PosiProfiles and four PAINTES which have been installed into its current building.

Investment

7/2/2024

NW Group Invests in More Robe

NW Group is New Zealand’s largest live event technology and full production – lighting, audio, and video – specialist in New Zealand, where it’s represented by the Oceania and Spyglass brands with bases in Auckland and Wellington on the North Island.

Investment

6/28/2024

ShowTech Productions Bahrain Invests in Robe iFORTE

ShowTech Productions – based in Riffa, Bahrain – has recently added to its extensive Robe moving light stock with the purchase of 12 x iFORTE LTX luminaires. Currently Robe’s most powerful hard-edged LED moving light, these were delivered by Robe Middle East in Dubai.

Events

6/25/2024

Robe Gets Thirty, Rough & Dirty with Scooter

Lighting designer Andre Beekmans from design studio The Art of Light buckled up for some hardcore techno rave action with legendary band Scooter on their “Thirty Rough & Dirty” tour celebrating 30 years of success, innovation, energy and larging it at the cutting edge of dance music!

Stage

6/21/2024

311 Day celebrates 34 Years of Underground Cool

In 2024, rockers 311 from Omaha, Nebraska, celebrate 34 years at the cutting edge of underground cool as one of America’s most acclaimed and popular indie bands with a massive ‘cult following’, a phenom celebrated biennially with a ‘311 Day’ concert event … 2 nights of unapologetic 311-core music! Since 2018, this has been staged at The Park Theater at Park MGM, Las Vegas.

Exhibition

6/18/2024

Robe ABTT 2024

Robe UK enjoyed a busy, successful, and positive ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) expo, staged at Alexandra Palace in London, where the company presented two dynamic exhibition areas – a stand upstairs in the main hall, together with a large demo area located downstairs in the venue’s Palace Suite.

Theatre

6/14/2024

The Royal Opera of Versailles Invests in Robe

The Royal Opera of Versailles is part of the famous Palace of Versailles commissioned by King Louis XIV and has its own iconic place in French history. Inaugurated in 1770, it was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel and is also known as the Théâtre Gabriel. The interior decoration by Augustin Pajou is constructed almost entirely of wood – for enviable acoustics – and painted with a faux marble technique.

Investment

6/13/2024

The Arto of Robe

Arto Company is a rental and full technical production company – lighting, sound, video, rigging etc. – based in Wavre, the French-speaking region of Belgium – and working vigorously across the concert touring, festival, live event, and corporate sectors.

Announcements

6/11/2024

Craig Burross (1962-2024) - A Celebration of his Life & Legacy

Craig Burross – legend of the professional entertainment lighting industry – sadly passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on 23rd May 2024.

Theatre

6/6/2024

Robe T1s go “Upstream” for National Ballet of Portugal Production

Groundbreaking choreographer and contemporary dance innovator Andrew McNicol presented the world premiere of “Upstream” his first collaboration with the Companhia Nacional de Bailado (CNB) – the National Ballet of Portugal – for which he asked acclaimed lighting designer Yaron Abulafia to create scenography and lighting for the performance which was staged at the São Carlos Opera House, Lisbon, Portugal.

Stage

6/4/2024

The National Works with Robe in New Zealand

Cincinnati rock band The National’s touring lighting crew appreciated using a mix of Robe BMFL Blade and Spiider wash beam moving lights for their show at Auckland, New Zealand’s Spark Arena venue, for which equipment was supplied by rental company NW Group / Oceania, and used to great effect to realise a touring version of Michael Brown’s production lighting design.

Events

5/31/2024

Robe is Key to Eurovision 2024

The 2024 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) was staged in Malmo Arena, Sweden, and was memorable for many elements including a superlative technical presentation which took the show production aspect of one of the largest and most-watched live music broadcasts in the world to new levels of excellence.

Investment

5/28/2024

Robe ESPRITES for TES Christchurch

TES (Technical Event Solutions) is a full production service and rental company based in Christchurch, the leafy and relaxed capital of New Zealand’s South Island, and they were the first such enterprise to invest in Robe ESPRITE moving lights.

Events

5/24/2024

Robe ESPRITES Rock Melbourne Fashion Festival

The 2024 PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival celebrated some of the best of Australian fashion design, imagination, style and flair, with a main showspace at the Royal Exhibition Buildings in Melbourne – recognised by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee as a prime example of 19th century international exhibition architecture.

Theatre

5/21/2024

Robe Gets Magical for Mat Franco Las Vegas Residency

Amazing, popular, charismatic, and award-winning American magician Mat Franco’s current Las Vegas residency – “MAGIC REINVENTED NIGHTLY” – is staged at the Mat Franco Arena at the LINQ Hotel+Experience, and is every bit THE hot-ticket in town – a fast-and-furious, thrilling show-stopper full of cool tricks and humor … immersing and delighting fans!

Stage

5/16/2024

Simple Minds Goes Global with Robe

Simple Minds, iconic Scottish rock band of the 1980s and 90s whose string of anthemic hits include “Don’t You Forget About Me”, “Waterfront”, “I Promised You A Miracle” and many, many more, are back on the road for their 2024 “Global Tour”, playing arenas and proving perennially popular to both old and new generations of music fans.

Investment

5/15/2024

Progressing to LEDBeam 350s

Audio Progress is a busy and inventive audio, lighting and staging company based in Palmerston North tucked into the beautiful southern rural heartlands of New Zealand’s North Island, about 150km from capital city Wellington.

Stage

5/14/2024

Robe Catches the Action for Nina Pušlar Show

Talented Slovenian singer-songwriter Nina Pušlar played a major sold-out show in Ljubljana’s 14,400-capacity Stožice Arena which was recorded for broadcast on national TV and celebrated the dropping of some exciting new music from Nina, for which her team including creative director Anže Škrube wanted a spectacular production.

Theatre

5/10/2024

Robe Flies with Hatupatu / Kurungaituku Production

Lighting designer Jo Kilgour created edgy and graceful lighting for Hatupatu / Kurungaituku: a forbidden love, a breathtaking new aerial dance work produced by Aotearoa’s boundary-pushing kaupapa Māori theatre company, Taki Rua Productions. The work, written by creative director Tānemahuta Gray and Kapa Haka by Wētini Mītai-Ngātai, premiered at the Tãwhiri Warehouse in Wellington as part of the 2024 Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts.

Events

5/7/2024

Robe Enjoys the Buzz at 2024 Scena Jutra

Robe was proud to support the 2024 “Scena Jutra” (Stage of Tomorrow) two-day symposium in Warsaw, Poland, which this year changed up to a new venue inside the city’s famous Palace of Culture & Science in downtown, one of Europe’s tallest buildings.

Investment

5/2/2024

Metropool Hengelo Boosts Robe Moving Light Stock

Metropool Poppodia van Twente is a music, pop and cultural organisation based in the Twente region, of the Overijssel province in east Netherlands. It offers a vibrant programme of live music, dance and club nights and other events, and is adjacent to the train station for excellent public transport access.

Stage

4/30/2024

Robe Calls Back Noah Kahan in Perth

Talented Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan – a rapidly rising star, master communicator and TikTok algorithmist – played a vibrant, sold-out show at Perth’s Red Hill Auditorium in Western Australia, delighting 5000 lucky fans with his presence and very personal, intimate performance style.

Venue

4/25/2024

Robe Spiiders for TPAC

The spectacular Taipei Performing Arts Centre (TPAC), which contains three world class performance spaces – The Grand Theatre, the Globe Playhouse, and the Blue Box, has recently invested in 40 x Robe Spiider LED wash beam luminaires, which will help light an array different of productions staged at the venue.

Architecture

4/24/2024

Anolis Calumma LEDs Highlight Famous CNIT Building Ceiling in Paris

The famous and distinctive folded concrete triangular-shaped vaulted ceiling of the CNIT (National Centre for Industry and Technology) building at the La Défense CBD in Paris … has been newly, beautifully, and subtly illuminated with Anolis Calumma XL SC LED luminaires.

Cruise Ship

4/23/2024

Robe PAINTES and LEDBeam 350s Add More Carnival Magic at Sea

The action-packed 1500-capacity Showtime Theatre show lounge and central entertainment hub of the 306-metre long Carnival Magic cruise ship has been recently upgraded with the installation of 30 x new Robe PAINTE, 30 x LEDBeam 350 and 12 x miniPointe moving lights, which were installed while the ship was still in operation around Miami.

Announcements

4/19/2024

Gonzalo Herranz Gutierrez joins Avolites as Senior Product Specialist

The growing Avolites team is delighted to welcome aboard Gonzalo Herranz Gutierrez as a senior product specialist, who will be based in Madrid, Spain, and will be providing comprehensive support related services to Avolites customers and distributors focusing on Europe and Latin America including training new users and their own sales and support staff.

Events

4/19/2024

Robe has A Laugh with Lado Bizovicar at Slovenska Muska Event

Slovenian writer, actor and TV personality Lado Bizovicar presented the 2024 “Slovenska Muska” extravaganza event, staged at Ljubljana’s Stožice arena, the first time in the venue’s history that a 360-degree show had been presented, which bumped up the capacity to 13,000, with every seat sold.

Announcements

4/16/2024

Robe Announces New Norwegian Distributor

Robe announces Oslo-based Prostage as its new exclusive distributor for Norway!

Product News

4/12/2024

Avolites D7 Lighting Console Makes an Impression

All eyes were on the new Avolites Diamond 7 (D7) lighting console at the recent Prolight+Sound expo in Frankfurt – a powerful, flexible, and highly portable control solution for lighting at shows, concerts, and live events.

Television

4/11/2024

Robe for Brigada Tech TV series

Brigada Tech is a new Spanish TV series presented by Luján Argüelles, directed by Eva Castillejo, and lit by Manuel Ricoy, broadcast on prime time LA1 the first TVE (Spanish Television) channel of RTVE (Radio y Televisión Española, S.A.). The format sees ‘digital mentors’ and popular SoMe influencers assisting people with limited access to the information superhighway in tackling assorted digital challenges that can benefit their day-to-day living.

Venue

4/4/2024

Over 200 Robe Fixtures for Schouwburg Gouda

De Goudse Schouwburg (Gouda Schouwburg) is a busy municipal theatre and hub of the arts community in the city of Gouda in the Netherlands – also world famous for its cheese!

Theatre

4/3/2024

Robe Footsies Crack It at Orlando Ballet

As the cornerstone of its 50th Anniversary Season, the Orlando Ballet commissioned a spectacular new production of The Nutcracker, one of the world’s most popular and most performed ballets, which debuted last December.

Stage

4/2/2024

Valmar Plays Hard with Robe at Budapest Arena

Máté Lukacsovics and Ale Geszler from Budapest, Hungary-based lighting design studio Highlight Studios created an eye-popping design for a high-profile one-off concert by Hungarian artist and pop-rock band Valmar at the 12,500-capacity Budapest Arena … which was completely sold out.

Exhibition

3/28/2024

30 Years of Rock ‘n’ Robe Celebrated at Prolight+Sound 2024

Czech moving and LED lighting manufacturer Robe celebrated its 30th anniversary in fantastic style in Hall 12.1 at the 2024 Prolight+Sound expo in Frankfurt and looked forward to another 30 years at the forefront of lighting innovation.

Theatre

3/26/2024

Robe Gets Wild in Singapore

Wild Rice @ Funan is part of a modern performing arts complex sitting at the heart of Singapore’s buzzing civic and cultural district. Built in 2019, the main Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre space offers an intimate 358-capacity space with Singapore’s only thrust stage, which was inspired by the Royal Shakespeare Company’s famous Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in the UK.

Announcements

3/19/2024

Avolites reveals its latest technology at Prolight & Sound 2024

Avolites unveils its latest Diamond console, releases a new version of Titan and showcases a soon to be released version of is new media software Prism.

Announcements

3/18/2024

Robe Acquires LSC Control Systems

Robe Lighting s.r.o. has acquired LSC Control Systems PTY in Australia, a move that sees the Czech Republic lighting manufacturer further consolidate its portfolio of leading lighting and control brands.

Theatre

3/18/2024

Robe Rocks the Circus Again

Rock Circus Volume 2 – a completely new version of this exhilarating performance concept – returned to the stage at IFEMA in Madrid, Spain, produced by Productores de Sonrisas, choreographed by Albert Sala and lit by Juanjo Llorens with a set design by Anna Calvo. The show meshed the thrills of extreme circus with a string of the most inspiring and monumental rock anthems!

Exhibition

3/15/2024

A BIG One for Robe at Prolight+Sound 2024

Robe celebrates a BIG birthday at Prolight+Sound 2024 – the Czech manufacturer will be 30 – thirty years of proudly embracing the passion, joys and challenges of the entertainment and performance industry and constantly bringing new technology and ideas to the world of creative lighting and visual design!

Exhibition

3/13/2024

Anolis at Light+Building 2024

Architectural LED lighting manufacturer Anolis – A Robe Business – enjoyed a busy and positive 2024 Light+Building expo in Frankfurt, launching two new product ranges - Lyrae™ and Agame™ plus the new iProMotion, an IP65-rated moving head effects and video projector, as well as showcasing its current flagship ranges of Calumma™, Ambiane® and Eminere®.

Venue

3/12/2024

Robe Helps Perpetuum Celebrate 40 at Ljubljana’s Cankarjev Dom

Popular Slovenian vocal group, Perpetuum Jazzile, celebrated their 40th anniversary with a series of high-profile shows at Ljubljana’s Cankarjev Dom, the country’s biggest theatre venue, asking Crt Birsa from design studio Blackout to create lighting suitable for the occasion.

Venue

3/8/2024

Robe FORTES in Heaven

Lighting designer Mikael Kratt was super happy to be among the first visiting creatives to use the Royal Danish Opera’s new Robe FORTE moving lights in a recent production at the Copenhagen Opera House.

Events

3/5/2024

Robe Lights Up the Room for the TPi Awards 2024

Robe Lighting enjoyed another year as production lighting supplier of the TPi Awards 2024, staged at Evolution in Battersea, London, UK, supplying over 200 lighting fixtures to the event that were used to realise a stunning lighting scheme for TPi Magazine, part of Mondiale Media.

Stage

3/1/2024

Diamond Chance for Robe and Black Pumas

Lighting designer Marc Janowitz from E26 Design loves creative challenges and collaborations, so the current “Chronicles of a Diamond” world tour by Black Pumas energised his imagination and united the talents of an excellent FOH lighting team as programmer Meagan Metcalf and lighting director Alyssa Milione worked closely with him to create a great look for the band.

Events

2/29/2024

Robe Helps Power Red Bull Batalla World Final in Colombia

Bogotá’s Movistar Arena staged the 2023 Red Bull Batalla World Final, celebrating the creativity, importance, and popularity of freestyle rap culture in Spanish-speaking communities. The event was fully loaded with energy and excitement and lit by Madrid, Spain-based lighting designer Edu Valverde from design studio Experiencias Visuales.

Events

2/27/2024

Robe Transmitted to the Netherlands

Renowned trance music festival Transmission transposed to the Gelredome in Arnhem in The Netherlands for the first time, presenting its newest “Elysium” show concept at the end of 2023 and keeping the winning international production and supply teams that have helped make the event such a success in its native Czech Republic and globally.

Venue

2/23/2024

Paris Convention Centre’s Grand Amphitheatre Transitions to LED with Anolis

The 3,723-seat Grand Amphitheatre at Paris Convention Centre, a premium multi-space venue staging a diverse range of national and international events and entertainment, has recently converted its auditorium lighting to Anolis LED with the installation of nearly 400 x Anolis Ambiane range lighting fixtures.

Investment

2/20/2024

Robe PAINTES & TX1 PosiProfiles for Aarhus Musikhuset

Aarhus Musikhuset has recently invested in Robe PAINTE moving lights and TX1 PosiProfiles for three of its halls. The Rhythmic Hall (Rytmisk Sal) also known as the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall has 8 x PAINTES, the Small Hall (Lille Sal) has 7 x TX1, with another 8 x TX1s – four with gobos – for the 1,172-capacity Symphonic Hall (Symfonisk Sal).

Stage

2/19/2024

Robe Assists Kontrafakt to Enter New Era

Show designer and director Martin Hruska wanted to create an ambitious, breathtakingly visual and memorable performance space for Slovak rap group Kontrafakt to deliver their highly anticipated “New Era” concerts at Prague’s O2 Arena in the Czech capital, a challenge achieved with the assistance of nearly 200 Robe moving lights and a spectacular automated stage set.

Stage

2/15/2024

Robe works up a Sweat for Nathaniel Rateliff show

Popular Americana and R ‘n B singer songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff and his band The Night Sweats played their show-stopping, sold-out annual homecoming holiday concert at the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, in December.

Exhibition

2/12/2024

Robe Imbibes the ISE Vibes

Robe lighting enjoyed the great vibes, brisk business, lively atmos and fantastic visitor numbers checking out the 2024 Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) expo at FIRA Barcelona, Spain.

Investment

2/8/2024

Harpa Invests in Robe FORTES

Harpa – Iceland’s premier concert hall and conference centre, located in capital city Reykjavik – has invested in 48 x new Robe FORTE moving lights which will be utilised in their 1600-capacity Grand Hall, home of the Icelandic Opera and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.

Theatre

2/7/2024

Panto Time for Robe

Lighting designer Andy Webb didn’t have any hesitation about which additional production lighting he wanted on the rig for two high-profile UK 2023-24 pantomime seasons … and that was Robe!

Announcements

2/6/2024

Robe iFORTE Brings Home a 2024 Parnelli Award

The Robe Lighting iFORTE® luminaire – currently its most powerful LED innovation – has won a coveted Parnelli Award for Indispensable Lighting Technology.

Investment

1/30/2024

Roundhouse Rounds off All Robe Moving Light Rig with new ESPRITES

London’s famous Roundhouse concert and performing arts venue in Camden now has an all Robe moving light rig with a recent investment in 20 x ESPRITE luminaires, fitted with the HP (High Performance) LED engine for the highest output and strongest colours. The order was overseen for Robe UK by Curtis Lewis, their business development manager for the London area.

Exhibition

1/25/2024

Robe at ISE 2024

Robe Lighting will exhibit on booths 1C700 and 1D700 in Hall 1 at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) expo 30th January to 2nd Feb February 2024 at Fira Barcelona in Spain, where it and sister businesses – Anolis, Avolites and Artistic Licence – will share a dynamic space and present an interesting array of new and popular products.

Stage

1/23/2024

Robe for Spectacular Belters Only Gig

A team from Dublin-based Spectrum Productions led by David Lawless and Jack Quirke supplied a large quantity of Robe moving lights rig for a rumbunctious, sold-out electro-extravaganza gig by popular Irish mixmasters, Belters Only, at Dublin’s 3Arena.

Announcements

1/22/2024

Midwich Portugal to Distribute Robe

Midwich Portugal, part of the Midwich Group, is thrilled to announce the addition world-leading moving light manufacturer Robe Lighting to its exclusive distribution portfolio for the Portuguese market.

Stage

1/19/2024

All You Need for Goosemas is Robe

Popular American jam band Goose grooved their way into the 2023 festive season with four special concerts staged over two days at the Hampton Coliseum in Virginia, all completely sold out.

Theatre

1/18/2024

Full Frontal assault for Robe Tetra2s at Dutch National Ballet

Stark, raw and provocative, “Full Frontal” is an uncompromising new dance piece by choreographer Juanjo Arqués billed as ‘a ballet about real people and actual feelings’ set to “Weather One” a musical score by Michael Gordon. It was presented by the Dutch National Ballet and staged at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam. It explores the stresses and tensions of our fractured and often polarised society as it faces physical obstacles that swap – ironically – with psychological projections of challenging conditions.

Stage

1/16/2024

Perpetuum Jazzile Entertains Robe

Crt Birsa from Slovenian design studio Blackout recently utilised Robe moving lights to realise the raw and edgy lighting aesthetic wanted by Slovenian vocal orchestra Perpetuum Jazzile for a video shoot in Ljubljana.

Theatre

1/11/2024

Robe Helps De Tocht Production Look Icy Cool

De Tocht is an exciting new ice-based musical production staged in the purpose-built 1475-capacity Friso Theater in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. Directed by Eddy Habbema and choreographed by Marc Forno, the production design was created by Luc Peumans, artistic director of Painting with Light (PWL), whose brief encompassed lighting, video and scenography, an ambitious collage of visual disciplines to capture all the skating action presented in “spectacular” style.

Investment

1/9/2024

Soweto Theatre Invests in Robe ESPRITES

The colourful, funky, eye-catching architecture of the Soweto Theatre stands at the centre of Jabulani, an area fast developing into a bustling future CBD. For the last 10 years, the venue, designed by Afritects, has provided a buzzing performing arts hub and forum for creative expression reaching into the heart of the local community.

Announcements

1/4/2024

Jeroen van Aalst Joins Robe International Team as Key Account Manager

Popular Dutch pro lighting sales and technical specialist Jeroen van Aalst has joined the Robe International sales team as key account manager where he will be energising and coordinating sales in several important markets including The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Slovenia, Malta, Turkey, Israel, and South Africa.

Venue

12/19/2023

GR-Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre Boosts Robe Inventory

GR-Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre (GR) is a bustling 23-hall venue operating in the middle of the Slovenian capital, hosting a variety of national and international expos and trade fairs. It is also used for television productions, special live events, and some music concerts.

Venue

12/18/2023

Robe PAINTES the Globe

The Globe is a 2,200 square metre multipurpose event venue at the heart of Durban’s award-winning Suncoast entertainment and leisure complex in South Africa. It’s one of KZN’s and the country’s most popular event spaces … and recently took delivery of new Robe PAINTE and LEDWash 600+ moving lights.

Stage

12/14/2023

Joker Out for Robe

Slovenian indie rockers Joker Out are the hottest musical act of the moment in this lively, beautiful, and dynamic European country! Formed in 2016, 2023 has been a mega-busy year with lots of touring shows, representing Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest in the UK, and recently playing a show-stopping sold-out performance at Ljubljana’s biggest arena venue, Stožice … which was lit by Klemen Krajnc, part of the Blackout design studio.

Exhibition

12/12/2023

A Powerful & Imaginative LDI for Robe

Robe enjoyed the buoyance of a busy year in North America at the 2023 LDI Conference and Tradeshow inside the new West Hall at Las Vegas Convention Center.

Television

12/8/2023

Deal for Robe ESPRITES at Atlantic Studios in Cape Town

Atlantic Studios, Cape Town, South Africa, is a cutting-edge multi-stage film and television production facility and a bustling hub of creative activity serving the Western Cape and far beyond.

Exhibition

12/7/2023

LiGHT23 A Big Success for Anolis

The LiGHT23 expo, staged in London for the second year, stepped up several levels according to the team from specialist architectural LED lighting brand Anolis, which showcased its three current main product lines – Calumma, Ambiane and Eminere – at the lively and buzzing two-day event in Islington’s Business Design Centre.

Exhibition

11/29/2023

Seriously Magical New Tech for Robe at LDI!

Robe launches four outstanding new products on Booth 911A at the 2023 LDI expo in Las Vegas next week – the iT12 Profile™, the T32 Cyc™, and two new variants of the cool and successful PATT series of scenic illumination, the HolyPATT™ and the MolyPATT™.

Events

11/28/2023

The Need for Robe Speed at iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina

‘The Need for Speed’ – the ability to work fast and sometimes furiously – “is imperative” explains lighting designer Tom Kenny referring to the 2023 iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina event staged at the Kaseya Arena in Miami, Florida, in conjunction with LPS Production.

Events

11/21/2023

Robe Has Big Presence at Lollapalooza Berlin

The 2023 Lollapalooza Berlin event at Olympiapark in the heart of the city was notable for a sizzling artist lineup as well as being a major Robe moving light installation, with almost 500 Robe fixtures – over 75 on the Alternative Stage, over 125 on Main Stage North and over 250 on Main Stage South, plus some on Perry’s stage.

Announcements

11/20/2023

Robe Lighting France to Distribute Avolites in France

As previously announced, Robe Lighting s.r.o. has now acquired lighting and digital media control brand Avolites.

Events

11/20/2023

Robe is Hot at Medusa Festival

Spain’s Medusa festival offers a sizzling DJ line up from all around the world embracing a lively mix of dance genres in a fantastic seaside location at Cullera beach in Valencia by the mouth of the Jucar River. The 2023 event was enjoyed by over 250,000 people across 6 days of sun, smiles and superlative music.

Events

11/17/2023

Robe for St Stephen’s Day Spectacle in Budapest

Robe moving lights were used in three major locations for the massive 2023 St. Stephen's Day celebrations in Budapest, Hungary, a public holiday celebrating the foundation of the Hungarian state more than 1000 years ago, which this year attracted over 1.5 million spectators to the banks of the Danube River watch the main large format projection and drone show.

Investment

11/14/2023

Royal Danish Opera Invests in Robe FORTES

The Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen has invested in 80 new Robe FORTE luminaires in a package featuring 32 x FORTE Profiles, 34 x FORTE Fresnels, 4 FORTE FollowSpots and 10 x iFORTE (IP rated) moving lights, as part of a technical upgrade to ensure that this high- profile venue can offer its productions and creative teams the most appropriate and sustainable technologies to create and craft their art.

Announcements

11/13/2023

Vectorworks, Inc., MA Lighting and Robe Lighting Announce DIN SPEC 15801 Recognition for MVR

DIN Spec Validates MVR as the Standard for Streamlining Data Information & 3D Model Exchange in the Entertainment Industry.

Events

11/10/2023

Robe Lights up Sentech Tower for Brixton Light Festival

The fabulous 2023 Brixton Light Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivered its third – and largest to date – event filled with the magic, mystery and imagination evoked by light. It started during the covid lockdowns as a community-led and driven art-based lighting experience to unite the already tight-knit, lively and diverse neighbourhood of Brixton. The goal is to celebrate the spirit and importance of community, and the power of art and empathy.

11/9/2023

Robe Deutschland GmbH is distributing Avolites in Germany

Robe Deutschland GmbH has taken over exclusive responsibility for sales and service of all Avolites products on the German market as of November 1st, 2023.

Stage

11/7/2023

Tedeschi Trucks Band reaches the Moon with Robe

Tedeschi Trucks Band (TTB) is a popular contemporary blues band, known for superlative musicianship and gripping live performances, so Nashville based lighting designer Tony Caporale of design studio InfinitusVox was delighted to be asked to design a new lighting scheme for their live shows.

Announcements

11/3/2023

Robe North America is Distributing Avolites in the USA

As of November 1st, Robe North America (RNA) is the exclusive distributor for Avolites in the United States of America.

Venue

11/2/2023

Robe for Ljubljana Academy of Music

Ljubljana University’s Academy of Music faculty has consolidated itself in one ‘new’ central location in the city instead of occupying two different premises as the result of a complete renovation project at the Kazina Palace building.

10/31/2023

New Leoland Space opens in Lviv Ukraine with Robe Lighting Installation

Some great news from war-torn Ukraine comes from Leoland, a 300,000 square meter state-of-the-art sports, educational entertainment & leisure complex for the whole family in Lviv, in the west of the country, which has just opened a new multipurpose conference concert space.

Stage

10/27/2023

This is Why Robe Shines Bright for Paramore Tour

Popular rock band Paramore are engaged in a world tour supporting their acclaimed sixth studio album, This is Why, which dropped in February. The live show features an eye-catching and interesting stage and lighting production design crafted by Sooner Routhier of Sooner Rae Creative and Trevor Ahlstrand of Ahlstrand Productions.

Stage

10/26/2023

Celebrating 10 Years of Sunrise

Popular trance festival Sunrise celebrated its 10th anniversary in style with more stages, artists, and production values at its beautiful waterside site of De Lilse Bergen near Lille, Belgium. Upping the ante on lighting was a brief that lighting designers Kristof Blancquaert and Mattijs van Looy Kristof of design studio KB Lighting were happy to deliver … lighting all six stages with the help of some Robe moving lights.

Investment

10/24/2023

Robe Walks on the Moon with ESPRITES

The Moon Palace is the biggest and busiest hotel and conference centre complex on Mexico’s sought-after eastern coast Riviera Maya region, just south of Cancun.

Investment

10/20/2023

Robe LEDBeam 350s Are a Sound Investment for Audio Engineering

Robe’s LEDBeam 350 moving light continues to be super-hot and in demand worldwide including in South Africa, where distributor DWR keeps seeing this small, powerful, and highly versatile moving light fly off the shelves as fast as they can get hold of them!

Stage

10/17/2023

Robe Hopes for Great Things

Popular rapper and producer ИF just finished a massive US leg of his “HOPE” world tour which featured another impressive lighting and production design created by Chris Denholm (also production manager & musical director) and Clay Joiner (also lighting designer & programmer, as well as operator on the European leg).

Church

10/13/2023

Robe LEDBeam 350s Assist with Transformation

Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has recently had a complete redesign of the lighting rig in its 4000-seat main auditorium, which was created and delivered by 46 Entertainment of Nashville, TN, a team of engineers and technical creatives specializing in event production, design and management.

Television

10/11/2023

Robe Fixtures Plays Key Roles in James the Musical

James the Musical is a new Belgian live broadcast concept – and runaway success – staged at the beautiful NT Theatre in Ghent and produced by Dedsit.

Events

10/10/2023

Robe Helps Spectacular Opening Ceremony for EYOF Maribor

The European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) – the largest multi-sport event for young athletes aged 14 to 18 – came to Maribor, beautiful Slovenia’s second city this year.

Events

10/6/2023

Robe Makes Some Great Moves for 2023 World Gymnaestrada

Production and rental company For Live supplied lighting for multiple stages across five halls of Amsterdam’s RAI for the 2023 World Gymnaestrada – a quadrennial global non-competitive gymnastics extravaganza – organised by TIG Sports, with all-Robe moving lighting rigs installed in Halls 11 and 12 which were also utilised for special shows.

Architecture

10/5/2023

Anolis for Stunning Maiden’s Tower Installation in Istanbul

Istanbul’s famous Maiden’s Tower, which stands on a tiny islet at the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait, 200 metres from the coast of Üsküdar in Istanbul, Turkey, has recently re-opened after restoration, complete with a fabulous new permanent lighting scheme designed by Martin Kuhn and featuring over 75 Anolis LED luminaires supplied by Anolis’ Turkish distributor, Atempo.

Investment

10/3/2023

New Style for Robe PAINTES

Johannesburg, South Africa-based rental and production company Sound Stylists has invested in 24 Robe PAINTE moving lights, the first part of an order that has been delivered via South African Distributor DWR, with more to follow soon.

Stage

9/29/2023

Robe Shines Bright at Sziget 2023

Hungary’s Sziget Festival celebrated 30 years in 2023 earning its place as one of Europe’s largest, most popular and diverse music and cultural festivals which is staged annually in August on Óbudai-sziget ("Old Buda Island"), a fantastic leafy green 108-hectare island on the Danube just a stone’s throw from central Budapest.

Stage

9/26/2023

Robe FORTE RoboSpot in the Pink for Lukas Graham Tour

Danish lighting designer Johnny Thinggaard was asked to create a production design for popular Danish pop / soul artist Lukas Graham’s “The Pink Tour”, for which Johnny presented a clean, modern, and stylish environmental concept, with three striking perspective related scenic walls covered in fabric and with integral LED pixels along the tops, enhancing the depth and dimensions of the performance space.

Stage

9/22/2023

Robe Colours It Up in Ostrava

Colours of Ostrava is the Czech Republic’s largest and most eclectic music festival, currently staged against the imposing backdrop of old blast furnaces, cooling towers, ore cauldrons, casting shops and other enormous industrial relics from the amazing Dolní Oblast Vitkovice (DOV) steelworks in Ostrava, the country’s third biggest city.

Stage

9/22/2023

Robe For Mega-Monsters Tour

"The Mega-Monsters Tour" is a block-busting Spring and Summer co-headliner that is blistering across North America with Grammy Award-winning heavy rockers Mastodon joining forces with French heavy metal phenom, Gojira, for a mind-blowing double bill that enthralls rock and metal music fans everywhere!

Investment

9/19/2023

Bellevue Theatre Chooses Robe TX1 PosiProfiles

Bellevue Teatret (Bellevue Theatre) is located in Klampenborg, a desirable suburb north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Its scenic location is about 100 metres back from the beach, and stunning views from the front of the building overlook the Øresund strait.

Exhibition

9/14/2023

Anolis Enjoys Busy PLASA 2023

LED architectural and architainment lighting manufacturer Anolis Lighting – A Robe Business – enjoyed a busy, productive, and successful PLASA 2023 expo at London’s Olympia, where its stand was prominent in the ‘village’ of parent company, Robe Lighting.

Exhibition

9/13/2023

Another Double Innovation Award Winning PLASA for Robe

Robe received two more PLASA Innovation Awards – for its Footsie and iFORTE LTX products – at the 2023 PLASA entertainment technology expo staged in London last week, capping off another busy and brilliant 3 days for the Czech moving light and LED manufacturer.

Investment

9/11/2023

Unlimited Investment in Robe

Unlimited Vision & Sound is a busy full production and rental company based just outside Den Bosch in the Netherlands, known for its flair, innovation and dedication to quality service. The company has recently invested in Robe T1s and LEDBeam 350s.

Announcements

9/8/2023

Robe Announces LSD as New Serbian Distributor

Belgrade, Serbia-based company Light and Sound Design D.O.O. (LSD) is Robe’s new exclusive distributor for Serbia and Kosovo and will also be a project partner for business in the neighbouring Balkan countries of Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro.

Announcements

9/1/2023

Marketa Fantova Joins Robe to Expand NRG Initiatives

Marketa Fantova joins the team at ROBE lighting s.r.o. as International education programme coordinator and designer, where her role will be co-ordinating ROBE’s existing NRG programme on an international level.

Stage

8/31/2023

Robe Makes a Splash with Dubioza Kolektiv

A largely Robe lighting rig was specified and used by leading Slovenian lighting designer Crt Birsa from design studio Blackout for Dubioza Kolektiv’s closing set of the 2023 Velenje Summer Splash open air festival, staged at the picturesque lakeshore location in Velenje, Slovenia.

Investment

8/28/2023

Norwood Productions Invests

“It’s all about the people,” states Chris Norwood of Norwood Productions, explaining his people-first management style, and echoing a phrase actively embraced and promoted by Robe’s South African distributor, DWR.

Exhibition

8/25/2023

Robe at PLASA - Preview News Release

Robe looks forward to the buzz and energy of another PLASA expo at Olympia, London, 3rd – 5th September, where it will be launching three fantastic new products and debuting a brand-new live performance concept on stands A70 & C28. Designed to create drama, excitement and anticipation, visitors will be drawn to the booths by Robe putting a real live production at the heart of the event.

Architecture

8/23/2023

76% Energy Saving with Stunning New Anolis LED Lyon Riverbank Installation

Lyon in France, a city famous for its annual Festival of Light, has also successfully reclaimed its two rivers, a project that started in 2002.

Stage

8/21/2023

FORTES for Sam Fender’s Homecoming Shows

British rock singer, songwriter, and musician Sam Fender played two tumultuous homecoming shows at St. James’ Park in Newcastle with lighting designed by Sam Tozer – also the show’s creative director – and equipment supplied by event technology specialists, Adlib, including 11 x Robe FORTES running on five RoboSpot systems.

Investment

8/18/2023

Robe LEDBeam 350s are Ultra Popular in Cape Town

Cape Town based rental and production company Ultra Event Technical Solutions has been extremely busy since the industry re-energised post-covid, a challenging time that nonetheless saw them retain their complete staff through resourcefulness, creative thinking and adapting the facilities and skill base they had to a pandemic economy!

Venue

8/15/2023

Robe T1 Profiles Enjoy the Silence at Bijloke Music Centre’s Concert Hall

The striking and unique Concert Hall venue, which is part of the Music Centre de Bijloke in Ghent, Belgium, was once a 13th century civic hospital and now offers a vibrant and interesting blend of music often embracing additional performance and visual art forms like theatre and film.

Stage

8/11/2023

Marillion Convention in Berlin

UK-based Rock band Marillion has built up a formidable and near cult-like following over a career spanning five decades that has spawned 20 studio albums plus a string of top 40 hits since their formation in 1979. For the last 21 years, they have staged biennial 2 and 3-day summer convention events for fans, which include special live performances plus additional Marillion world activities.

Stage

8/8/2023

Robe Spills onto Backseat Lovers Tour

The Backseat Lovers are on the road with an innovative and interesting production and lighting design created by Meagan Metcalf, who has been working with the super-hot indie rockers from Utah since 2022, with 22 x Robe ESPRITES and 24 x Tetra2 moving lights at the heart of the lighting rig!

Investment

8/7/2023

TRANSCOLOR Invests in First Robe iFORTES for Poland

Poland’s largest lighting rental company, TRANSCOLOR, has invested in Robe iFORTES, currently the highest-powered LED fixture from Robe’s expanding iSeries of IP rated products.

Arena

8/4/2023

Dinos Gives Robe MegaPointes Thumbs Up!

Dynamic French rapper Dinos played a special high-profile one-off gig at Paris’s famous Accor Arena to celebrate the launch of his latest studio album, Hiver à Paris. For his first show at this prestigious venue, lighting designer Damien Dufaitre from BlackMoon Design created a unique environment with 90 x Robe MegaPointes at the core of the concept.

Events

8/1/2023

Robe for Offer Nissim at Pride Tel Aviv

Elad Cohen is a lighting designer based in Tel Aviv, Israel who has a huge zest for music, lights, and creative activities. Since the early days of his career as a club lighting operator, he has always been a big user and fan of Robe moving lights, and when one of his regular clients – renowned DJ Offer Nissim – recently headlined the Tel Aviv Pride Festival, he specified a large Robe rig including MegaPointes, Spiiders and ESPRITES.

Theatre

7/31/2023

Small is Beautiful for Robe Getting Back to its Base

Basement Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand is living proof of how the ‘small is beautiful’ concept can become a hub of creative endeavour, a hot bed of ideas, experimental art, and the instigator of lively political and social discourse as well as an inclusive place for talented live performance imagineers to hone their craft.

Events

7/25/2023

First Robe FOOTSIES in the US on CMA Fest

Lighting designer Mike Swinford of UpLate Design loves new tech as much as he loves the chance to be the first to use it, so he was delighted when everything aligned for rental company Fuse to invest in the first Robe FOOTSIE luminaires to arrive in the USA … which he utilized as a key lighting element for the 2023 CMA Fest.

Investment

7/24/2023

Robe For Live

For Live is a focused, proactive and talented production design and rental company covering technical and scenic aspects for a diversity of live events – sound, lighting, video, rigging, décor and scenic – based in Amersfoort in the province of Utrecht, The Netherlands, with over 200 Robe moving lights in rental stock.

Television

7/21/2023

TVP – Polish National TV Keeps Rolling with Robe

Poland’s national broadcasting organisation Polish National Television (TVP) S.A. broadcasts across 24 TV channels and is a hotbed of news, opinion and diversity with creative production and programming covering every genre of broadcasting from news and sports to drama, soaps, talk shows, documentaries, comedy, debates, political commentary and current affairs, music shows, cultural and educational programmes and many more. It also produces its own series and movies together with an array of festivals.

Arena

7/18/2023

Robe Gets intoxicated with Helene Fischer

It’s been a busy year so far for lighting designer Tim Routledge, including crafting a stunning production lighting design for Helene Fischer’s audacious new ‘LIVE 2023’ arena tour collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, which is playing to sold out audiences across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland until the autumn, presenting an energetic collage of a 360-degree production, seat-edge acrobatics, and superlative musical performance.

Investment

7/17/2023

Murangi Productions Invests in Robe

Murangi Productions started as a family-based technical production and rental company way back in the year 2000. The company is now based in Edenvale, Johannesburg, South Africa and run by Hendrick Nemalili and his wife Rose. The company is named in memory of their late firstborn son, Murangi Nemalili who passed away in 2007 after a car accident. His spirit lives on in the energy, drive and dedication of Hendrick and Rose who ensure that the business stays relevant, successful, and developing as an enterprise, offering the very best service and values to its clients in honour of Murangi.

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