Kristoffer Nielsen is a lighting designer based in Herning, central Denmark who also
runs his own rental company, Lystek.dk as well as being the proud owner of around
50 Robe moving lights, which help ensure that his creative work stays fresh,
dynamic and interesting.

His design-based approach has gained him a lot of work in the genres of theatre,
musicals and opera – from runs at specific venues to touring productions – an active
and buzzing scene in a country with a performance-loving population. Many
productions circling the country will have a semi-professional cast and a
professional technical crew and a typical touring run lasts around 6 weeks and visits
a series of theatres and arts centres with capacities between 300 and 1600.

“So scalability is fundamental to any touring lighting design’ explains Kristoffer, and
a parameter that led him to invest in the 8 x Robe MMX Spots, 12 x LEDWash 600s,
24 x LEDBeam 100s and 8 x CycFX 8s.

It’s a large purchase for a one person owner / operator, but a decision that is
definitely paying off for Kristoffer.

His first Robe purchase was around 9 years ago, shortly after starting Lystek.dk,
which comprised 22 x ColorSpot 700E ATs and ColorWash 250s, and this was made
after his first meeting with Robe’s CEO Josef Valchar when Light Partner – for whom
he was working at the time – became the exclusive Danish distributor.

In fact he has followed Robe right from the start, initially when they were a quality
OEM manufacturer for other well-known marques, before launching the “Robe’ brand
back in 2002.

Ten years later, it has been confirmed repeatedly that he made the right decision,
especially with Robe developing its latest DL range of products for theatre
applications.

Having a selection of “smaller-lighter-brighter’ and LED fixtures to hand has become
very important for touring shows where the advantages of small size, less weight
and general portability – coupled with lower power consumption – have become
issues.

“Robe has stayed ahead of the game in its LED development and I believe the
colour quality of these is the best on the market right now. The colour matching
between different types of Robe LED products is also excellent’.

He programmes and runs his lightshows – which also include some concerts and
band events – on a grandMA2 light console.

In spring 2016 Kristoffer will be touring with the “Fra Waterloo til Duvemala’
theatre-concert tour, a successful performance concept taking the music of a band,
threaded with a loose storyline encompassing a collection of their best loved songs
and hits. He wound up 2015 lighting Romeo & Juliet, a theatre-concert tour featuring
1980’s music produced by Firserne Live.

He’s also looking at Robe’s refined and powerful DL series of luminaires which are
built for theatre … as well as the Pointe … so 2016 is looking like another exciting
year.