Recovering form severe damage sustained World War II and an extensive fire in the mid 1990s, the Polish Theatre in Wrocław remains a mainstay of the Polland’s arts community. The venue continues to stage live music, theatre and other live performances, and has recently saw The M.Ostrowski Company install a Renkus-Heinz ST Series loudspeaker system.
According to Technical Director Łukasz Toboła, the project involved ‘not just audio, but also lighting and staging infrastructure. The venue operators were determined that the new installation continue the Polish Theatre’s long tradition for excellence’.
Supplied after a competitive tender, the loudspeaker system itself is compact but powerful: ‘We have double Renkus-Heinz self-powered ST4R94 active loudspeakers for the LR proscenium arch clusters; a double active ST4R44 for the central cluster; and STR4L and STR5L units,’ Toboła says. ‘The ST4L loudspeakers on the rear walls are for effects on the orchestral level, first balcony and second balcony.’
The integrated amplification and digital processing of the ST4R speakers, meanwhile, suit the theatre’s the space-sensitive, multi-purpose requirements: ‘The advanced transducer design and sophisticated multichannel networking also helped to confirm their suitability for the project,’ says Toboła.
In all, nearly 50 compact speakers from the PN Series – ranging from stage monitors and active cabinets to passive speakers – were also specified for the upgrade. Now complete, the project has pleased both theatre patrons and staff. ‘They have a very busy programme of events, covering lots of different styles, and the Renkus-Heinz system has proven to be entirely capable of handling all of them. It has provided precisely the combination of robust performance and quality output that was required for this venue,’ Toboła reports.
