Award-winning designer Lucy Osborne, internationally acclaimed lighting designer
Emma Chapman and lighting specialist and designer Howard Eaton are officially
launching their innovative new venue design company Studio Three Sixty at the
ABTT Theatre Show.
Studio Three Sixty designs and builds a new kind of temporary venue, using the
latest technology to create beautiful spaces bursting with versatility.
The story began life with Roundabout – a very special commission from new writing
theatre company Paines Plough to design and build the world’s first Plug and Play
Theatre. Roundabout went on to win The Stage Awards “Theatre Building of the
Year 2015”.
Studio Three Sixty was founded by Osborne, Chapman and Eaton to design more
temporary venues using the ideas and technology developed for Roundabout.
The team’s next venue, ‘Studio 360’, is designed to stand-out in an urban
environment, as well as on green field sites. Self-contained and fully weather-proof,
Studio 360 has a unique heating and ventilation system which means it can be used
all year round.
“It is up and running in a day, and our plug and play technology means shows can
be replicated anywhere without the need to refocus or replot,” explains Chapman.
“Seating can be reconfigured quickly and easily to create a versatile space able to
accommodate a variety of programming throughout a day.”
The venue is available to hire for arts, corporate and private events from May 2016.
Howard Eaton comments: “We have also developed special lighting nits for the
Roundabout, which we’re now offering for other venues. These used RGBW and
tuneable white LEDs in custom fixtures developed by Howard Eaton Lighting Ltd
(HELL).
“The 591 fixtures used for the stage lighting used a narrow angle collimator and a
16 bit dimming engine by HELL. The vomitories to the Roundabout were lit with a
fitting using an ellipsoidal collimator and the installation was completed by the
houselights which used the tuneable white LEDs and a medium angle collimator.”
Find Studio Three Sixty at the ABTT Theatre Show on stand F17 at Alexandra Palace,
London, on Wednesday 24th to Thursday 25th June.
