Opened in February 2006, Drum Theatre is a 521 seat state-of-the-art, purpose built performing arts theatre within the heritage facade of the former Dandenong Town Hall, and situated in the heart of the Dandenong CBD.
When the time came to replace their Strand lighting consoles Stuart McKellar, Technical Operations Coordinator, had a thorough look at what was available on today’s market.
“We had a look at the ETC Gio and Ion consoles but we felt that the Martin M1 console was an easier console to transition to from the Strand consoles,” commented Stuart. “Also, the M1 offered us a few more features than some of the other consoles and was a lot simpler to program as well as create effects.
“I like the fact that we can stack multiple cue lists and the colour picker is great. The pan and tilt cross screen where you just drag it with your finger to where you want the lights to go is excellent. Patching is really easy.”
The only difficulty Stuart and his team have had is in writing their own fixtures but Stuart reports that Martin have been fabulous in their swift response.
“Back up is very important and the team from Show Technology have also been really helpful in getting us up and running,” added Stuart.
