Black Coffee is a bustling technical production company based in Durban, South Africa, founded in 2000 by Brandon Bunyan and his wife Jenny. They started in a garage supplying creative staging and lighting to theatre shows, and now have 25 full-time employees and occupy four warehouse / office units in Berea, close to central Durban.

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10.4.2026

De Leest Rolls with Large Robe Investment

Theater De Leest in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, is a contemporary cultural centrepiece of the city and its surrounding region, which opened in 1996. A major refurbishment 10 years ago saw the addition of the ‘new’ 200 capacity black box theatre hall complete with a retractable seating system, making it a flexible space, which, together with the existing 520-seater main auditorium, offers a vibrant programme of musicals, concerts, cabaret, family shows, opera, dance, youth theatre, and film screenings.

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2.4.2026

Endla Theatre Re-Energises with Robe

Endla Theatre in Pärnu, Estonia, has reinvested in Robe LED products across its two performance halls as part of a wider conversion to LED lighting, related to the Estonian “Green Turn” initiative. This has seen 16 of the country’s major theatres – a mix of local government and private performing arts institutions – convert lighting stock from tungsten-halogen to LED over the last 12 months.

Investment

20.3.2026

Chameleon Touring Systems Invests in Robe iFORTE LTXs

Chameleon Touring Systems, based in Sydney, Australia, has invested in 15 new Robe iFORTE LTXs and iFORTE LTX FSs (Follow Spots with integrated camera), which have been delivered over the past six months.

Investment

4.3.2026

Estonian National Theatre Vanemuine invests in new Robe LED technology

Vanemuine is Estonia’s oldest, largest, and most visited theatre. Based in the country’s culturally vibrant and picturesque second city of Tartu, it has recently invested in more Robe moving lights as part of Estonia’s ‘Green Turn’ sustainability initiative, whereby all major theatres and performing arts centres are transitioning to LED stage lighting.