Cyprus’ largest theater, the Municipality Théâtre in Nicosia, now houses an advanced and very modern theatrical lighting system made up entirely of 150 CHAUVET Professional LED fixtures.
Nicosia-base V Hypersound & Light, installed the lighting and audio systems in the building, which reopened on June 18 after being closed for more than a decade. “This was a very big remodeling project, the biggest one ever relating to theatre in our market,” said the company’s Kypros Shekkeri.
“We successfully won the project by offering a complete solution of compact and cost-efficient LED CHAUVET Professional fixtures,” continued Shekkeri. “However, these lights were more than just affordable, they also offered the performance, versatility and output that were needed to handle the many different types of shows that take place here.”
The new lighting system includes 10 Ovation E-160WW and 10 Ovation E-910FC ellipsoidals as well as four Rogue R2 Wash and four Maverick MK2 Spot fixtures on the first bridge. Hung from the second bridge are 10 Ovation E-160WW and 10 Ovation E-910FC ellipsoidal units.
A collection of six Ovation E-260WW and eight Ovation E-910FC as well as four Rogue R2 Wash fixtures are also positioned on motorized counter weights in front of Stage. Other fixtures include: 10 Ovation E-260WW, six COLORado 2-Quad Zoom and four Rogue R2 Wash units on the in-stage manual counter weight 1; four Rogue R2 Wash, four Maverick MK2 Spot and eight COLORado 2-Quad Zoom units on the in-stage manual counterweight 2; 18 Ovation B-565FC cyclorama fixtures, and two 2 Ovation SP-300CW follow spot units.
For side lighting, Shekkeri and his associate Vasos Mouzouras relied on eight Ovation E-260WW ellipsoidal and eight Ovation F-265WW Fresnel units divided evenly between stage left and stage right.
“Visiting designers and the house LDs can do so many different creative things now,” said Shekkeri. “The Ovation E-910FCs with their lime LEDs and the Rogue washes really open up so many possibilities to create color on stage. The Mavericks give LDs the perfect focus and zoom control, as well as cool color temperatures. We put together the rig not just for live productions, but also for broadcast, since many of the shows are aired on Cyprus television.”
