Royal Opera House London – The Renewal of the Lighting Battens by HOF

MISSION: ROYAL STAGE. NAILED IT!
When construction turns into performance, HOF shows its strongest side: everything planned, designed, and implemented in-house — every detail precisely tailored to the requirements of the Royal Ballet & Opera House London.

Five completely renewed lighting battens, each 21 metres long and engineered for maximum performance and flexibility above the stage.
A customised lightweight aluminium construction reduces the overall weight of the batten by around one third (!), while delivering maximum modularity and flexibility for fast scene changes.

Fact Check:
– Modified MLT FOUR Pre Rig Truss used as the Mother Truss, installed “upside down” and carrying around 70% of the energy-chain storage
– Modified MLT THREE Pre Rig Truss and HOFFORK 350-5 systems used as a modular Bottom Truss, fully detachable without complete disassembly
– Lightweight aluminium design: around one third (!) lighter than the previous construction
– Reduced construction height from 4.7 metres to 4 metres
– The entire truss construction can be moved vertically over 25 metres in height
– Over 9 tons of energy chains, with a total length of more than one kilometre (!)
– Full HOF engineering and construction — designed for maximum stability, flexibility and performance

The film captures the entire process: engineering, prototype construction at the HOF Headquarter in Mettingen, integration work at the RBO site in Aberdare, and the final installation in Covent Garden — completed in just two weeks.

The full story: Engineering. Teamwork.
The Royal Ballet & Opera House London.
Holy Shit, this is performance.
Film on – watch now!

More about the project:
www.h-of.de/en/references/royal-ballet-opera-house-london