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Robe fixtures installed at Pretoria’s Sun Arena

The new 8,500 capacity Sun Arena in Pretoria, South Africa features a house moving light rig of 90 dynamic Robe fixtures, which are at the disposal of all events utilising the multipurpose venue, part of Sun International’s Time Square development and entertainment complex.

The Robes are integral to a complete turnkey technical package specified and supplied to the venue by Robe’s South African distributor DWR to operators Sun International. This encompassed a lighting system, trussing, rigging, follow spots and power distribution.

The Sun Arena’s capacity expands to 10,000 with a standing audience. The Time Square complex also includes full conferencing facilities. The backbone of the lighting rig is 12 x BMFL Spots, 6 x BMFL Blades, 24 x Spiider LED wash beams, 24 x Pointes and 24 x LEDBeam 100s.

This was proposed by DWR’s Duncan Riley and Johnny Scholtz, and supplied as a fully flight-cased touring-ready system, so it can be de-rigged and stored after each show. This gives individual LD’s the latitude to have lights wherever they want over and around the stage and auditorium, they are not restricted to having certain units in fixed positions.

Apart from the Robe moving lights, there are six Robe ColorStrobes available and 74 x LED Par cans, complete with a GrandMA system for control. Large amounts of Prolyte trussing and motors mean that trussing can be configured and rigged in numerous ways throughout the arena.

The lighting is being looked after day-to-day and gig-to-gig by Johannesburg based production and rental specialists MGG, who won a tender to supply full venue technical facilities management. They have a team based on site which co-ordinates the requirements for each incoming show and event.

The first Sun Arena gig to utilise the new house system was the ‘Unison Celebration Show’ featuring a diverse line-up of multi-cultural African artists, reflecting Time Square’s commitment to supporting South Africa’s thriving performing arts industry. Lighting for this event was designed by Francois van de Merwe from MGG.

(Photos: KiefKreativ/Duncan Riley/EFC)

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