Panto is one of the most fun and also one of the most demanding genres of performance to light, requiring busy cueing, lots of bold and fast moving multiple scene and location changes and several touches of pure visual magic to help the action flow, all with simultaneous split-second timing … a challenge that Lighting Designer Andy Webb fully embraced for the Qdos production of “Dick Whittington” at the Swan Theatre in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK, where he chose Robe for all the moving and LED elements of his design.

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Theatre

Investment

4.3.2026

Estonian National Theatre Vanemuine invests in new Robe LED technology

Vanemuine is Estonia’s oldest, largest, and most visited theatre. Based in the country’s culturally vibrant and picturesque second city of Tartu, it has recently invested in more Robe moving lights as part of Estonia’s ‘Green Turn’ sustainability initiative, whereby all major theatres and performing arts centres are transitioning to LED stage lighting.

Architecture

19.2.2026

Anolis Assists Award-Winning Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Lighting Renovation

The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, located near Paris’s famous Avenue des Champs-Élysées, has had the lighting in its main 1900-capacity auditorium completely reimagined.

Investment

11.2.2026

Robe at the Romanian National Opera

The Romanian National Opera in Bucharest (Opera Națională București), Romania’s leading national opera and ballet company, has invested in Robe moving and LED lights, which were delivered at the start of the year via Robe’s Romanian distributor, Senia Music.

Venue

22.1.2026

Albany Entertainment Centre Chooses Anolis

Albany Entertainment Centre (AEC) is a contemporary performing arts and events venue famous for its stunningly cool architectural design, located on the waterfront in Albany, about 420 km south east of Perth in Western Australia, which has upgraded the auditorium lighting of its main theatre space – Princess Royal Theatre – from incandescent sources to LED, utilising over 100 Anolis luminaires picked from different Ambiane ranges.