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Krizanke Summer Theatre invests in Robe

The Krizanke Summer Theatre (Poletno gledalisce Krizanke) in Ljubljana is utilised by the Ljubljana Festival in summer, as well as for a variety of concerts and shared with the school of Design and Photography. The 3400 standing/1400 seated capacity arena is located inside the courtyard of the former Holy Cross Monastery, right at the heart of Slovenia’s capital.

During the pandemic, a new load-bearing tensile fabric roof was installed, which facilitates production elements like lighting and sound as well as providing year-round weather protection. New Robe moving lights were purchased as part of an upgrade to the house lighting system and an investment by the municipality.

Krizanke did have house lights previously, explains technical manager Adam Muzafirovic, but not movers. If they wanted moving lights or other more complex technology for a specific show, this would be sourced via rental, and the with 4-month long 2022 summer season approaching, a decision was made to purchase rather than rent, both to cover this event and the venue’s ongoing technical requirements.

Robe’s Slovenian distributor MK Light Sound supplied twelve BMFL Blades, twelve Spiider LED wash beams and six of the larger Tarrantula LED wash beams, specified by the venue technical team. It is the first venue in the city to have Robe’s Tarrantula.

Muzafirovic, who has worked with Robe fixtures a lot, mainly through rentals at the venue, lights some shows himself if they don’t have an LD, and before working at Krizanke, he worked extensively in the theatre world.

A typical summer season will see 90/100 different productions pass through the venue; the first one to use the new Robe lights was a performance by the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. Lighting control is a GrandMA3 compact.

Pitured (left to right): Krizanke’s technical manager Adam Muzafirovic and MK Light Sound’s Dean Karov. (Photo: Louise Stickland)

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