Reykjavik City Theatre Invests in More Robe T2 Profiles

	Moulin Rouge at the Reykjavik City Theatre. Photo: Iris Dogg Einarsdottir

Reykjavik City Theatre, Iceland, has invested in more Robe T2 Profile moving lights, following a first batch, purchased in 2023.

The first 16 T2 Profiles, supplied via Robe's Icelandic distributor Luxor, replaced the venue's 15-year-old front lights, says head of AV, Steinar Snaebjornsson. They were installed on the front bar and the other 19 on the bridges.

The theatre has three performance halls with capacities of 549, 240 and 180 respectively; the T2 profiles are in the main auditorium.

Snaebjornsson has a full-time technical crew of seven -- three on audio and four on lighting --- plus regular freelancers.

In 2024 and 2025, following the installation of the T2s in the main house, the front lights on the smaller stages were also updated with 18 Robe T1 Profiles. Ten were deployed on the New Stage and eight on the Small Stage.

At the start of 2026, another shootout was conducted, seeking a fixture to replace the old moving lights on LX bars 1 and 2, and the Robe T2 Profiles proved the best option.

Snaebjornsson arrived at the City Theatre in 2020, and during COVID, he and his colleagues used their time to start overhauling and modernizing various elements of the theatre's technical infrastructure. The initial T2 Profile purchase was part of this; they were the first Robe products in the house.

This decision was preceded by an extensive shootout with all relevant technical staff involved in the decision: "It's important that the crew using the kit day to day are part of this process," Snaebjornsson says

"Being front light, color temperature, and color mixing were important features," he stresses. "The fixtures in these positions have to light people, costumes and scenery, so there is plenty of finessing with the color," he says, adding that Robe's MSL (Multi-Spectral Light) LED engine, made the T2 the best option when considering this criterion.

He notes the unit's brightness, smooth dimming and the precision shuttering, all essential for theatre lighting.

Reykjavik City Theatre's main hall stages around four shows a week, with the musical Moulin Rouge currently being the main long-running production.