Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins | Repentigny

2021/09/22

Théâtre Alphonse-Desjardins | Repentigny

North Shore’s most awaited

Project description

Go Multimedia was mandated by the City of Repentigny to design a hybrid performance hall within its Cultural Space. Its three configurations, fixed seats (Italian style), cabaret or standing, allow the holding of popular amplified shows, corporate events with reception tables, musical productions, but also classical music concerts. After having been awaited for several decades in its community, the hall was finally able to open in the spring of 2021. Its design and construction, as well as its acoustic shell, give it a rare acoustic quality, among the most exceptional in the country. We are happy that the result is up to par.

Photo credit : Les architectes fabg

Informations

CLIENT: Ville de Repentigny
DATE : April 2021
OVERALL CONSTRUCTION : 19 M$

Our implication

Involved from the start of the project, our team provided complete scenographic work, affecting the hall as well as the foyer, dressing rooms and technical spaces. We provided cutting-edge technical assistance to professionals, to the broadcaster and its technical team, and of course to the City of Repentigny. After having designed and specified the lifting and covering system, the acoustic shell and the multimedia systems, we ensured the proper completion of the project and the implementation of our prescriptions, until the opening show.

Photo credit : Patrick Beaudry, SNAPePHOTO

Some highlights

Retractable bleacher system
Motorized forwarders
Touch control of the motorization
Movable acoustic shell
A network of digital multimedia connections
Fully LED scenographic lighting
DCI cinema projector

Photo credit : Patrick Beaudry, SNAPePHOTO

Théâtre Gilles Vigneault | St-Jérôme

2019/03/26

Théâtre Gilles-Vigneault | St-Jérôme

Let the show begin !!!

Project description

Well established in the Laurentians, Diffusion En Scène Rivière-du-Nord recently welcomed its loyal audience to a brand new theatre, Théâtre Gilles-Vigneault.

The latter, with a capacity of 860 seats, was built according to the highest standards of the entertainment industry in Quebec. It welcomes its visitors in an undulating wood decor and in the heart of a warm volume where the proximity with the artist has been carefully calculated and optimized.

In addition to the auditorium, a large foyer upstairs is equipped with facilities for small events such as press conferences, exhibitions, launches, etc.

Informations

CLIENT: Diffusion En Scène
DATE : Octobre 2017
OVERALL CONSTRUCTION : 25 M$

Théâtre Gilles Vigneault - Go multimédia

Our implication

Go multimedia has been involved in this project from the very beginning. We participated in the production of the construction program that led to the architectural competition and continued through the design, execution, construction and final delivery phases. We assisted professionals in defining the layout of the hall and stage as well as the electrical infrastructure. We also designed and specified the lifting and stage dressing systems and multimedia systems. We also accompanied the professionals in the application of acoustic solutions for the room and its related spaces.

Some highlights

A lifting system of 25 motorized battens.
A tactile control system of the motorization.
A stage cage over 70 feet high and a technical grill.
A set of stage curtains.
A 40,000 watt sound system.
An Ethernet multiplex network.

Vidéotron Centre | Québec

2019/03/23

Vidéotron Centre | Québec

Everything’s ready

Project description

There it’s done. Quebec has finally its amphitheater to be able to compete with the Bell Centre in Montreal. And no, despite this introduction, we are talking here of a multifunctional place for up to 20 000 spectators and not a competition between Bell and Videotron call centers. Videotron Centre is an amphitheater with a high-performance technology infrastructure and a multifunctional structural environment allowing it to easily change volume to adapt to different programs (music, sports, theater, television). Whether it’s technical premises, access to technical spaces above the ice, public circulation areas and reception areas of the spectators, all these volumes, and many more, have been thought to offer what is best in the entertainment and cultural industry.

Read the article published on the Le journal de Québec website (press article in French)

Informations :

CLIENT : Ville de Québec
DATE : September 2015
OVERALL CONSTRUCTION COST : 400 m$

Our implication

The challenge of this project was enormous and, to soak up the philosophy and technological characteristics necessary for a multifunctional arena of this size, we visited various famous amphitheatres; Pittsburgh’s Consol Energy Center, Montreal’s Bell Centre and Saputo Stadium and Amsterdam’s ArenA. Our work started immediately upon completion of Technical and Functional Programme with responsibility, as a consultant in scenography and multimedia, to identify the needs of this new place. So we wrote prescriptions for a main PA system, the main scoreboard, the power rings display, a large rigging system and a video broadcast system.

Some hightlights

27 capture points
HD broadcast and video editing
Motorized LED display scoreboard
40 zero fleet electric motors for all the scenic dressing
8 clusters of loudspeakers
2 LED rings for advertising
Centralized automation system
Large outdoor LED screen
Multi-viewer display system
Fiber optic distribution and connection solution
Sound systems in all the public circulation areas
Unique audio and video control room in Quebec province

We have faced several different types of challenges during the project; the technical ceiling and the motorization of different equipment above the technical grid, achieving a video production facility used as much for the scoreboard as for the broadcasters and integration of mechanical ventilation in the structure of the scoreboard. This ballet of integration and complementarity between the different types of equipment have increased the complexity of the design.

For the creation of video production infrastructure, Videotron Centre needs to accommodate a range of broadcasters for a wide variety of events. We therefore oriented toward an innervation 100% digital on fiber covering all the levels of the amphitheater and defined by two separate systems. A system associated with production management for the scoreboard and a system for broadcasters. The use of digital and fiber has quickly emerged to respond perfectly to the use of capture points required by the customer, the NHL and HD television broadcast in real time.

Place des Arts – Hanger system | Montreal

2019/02/21

Place des Arts | Hanger System

Project Description

As part of the major construction site at Place des Arts, the main objective was to energize and rejuvenate the stage infrastructure of the three main theatres: Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Théâtre Maisonneuve and Théâtre Jean-Duceppe.

These works were necessary to meet safety standards and to keep pace with the scenic evolution of theatrical and musical productions, which require appropriate equipment for stage plays that are almost always in motion. The rejuvenation of the stage infrastructures also made it possible to improve the assembly and dismantling phases of the various productions while reinforcing the safety of the technicians’ work.

Information

CLIENT: Place des Arts
DATE : Avril 2018
OVERALL CONSTRUCTION : 4,5 M$

Place des Arts - Wilfrid Pelletier - Go multimédia

Our commitment

This project was a compilation of different challenges that have been done in the past. Place des Arts being a major showcase of Montreal culture, we had a month, by one day, for the final delivery of the three theatres.

The main part of the work was to replace and improve the original equipment, to make it safer to use while ensuring that the lifting systems used by the technicians of these theatres for over 40 years remained as flexible as ever. This included replacing and modernizing all the control panels of the motorized systems in the three halls, ensuring the protection of the technicians on the side of the counterweight chimney by integrating lighting ramps on dimmable switches at each of the catwalks and fixed screen panels at each level to prevent the counterweights from falling onto the catwalks and onto the stage.

Some highlights

Sustainability of existing counterweight lifting systems;
Replacement of all loft blocks, head blocks, cables and double battens;
Upgrading of the scenic electric infrastructure of Maisonneuve and Wilfrid Pelletier;
Fully motorized side battens for the Maisonneuve Theater;
Three variable speed battens (0 to 360ft / min) with custom control system for the Wilfrid Pelletier hall;
New LED lighting system for all circulation and work areas of scenic spaces;

The Wilfrid Pelletier room is equipped with a custom-built variable speed batten control module, designed on the basis of a very simple observation. It should be very handy and easy to use. This led us to opt for the joint use of joysticks, each assigned to its own carrier and associated with dedicated selectors. Selectors allowing the use of a single joystick when it is necessary to operate two or three carriers at the same time. This choice of control system allows us to greatly reduce handling and operating errors while offering maximum precision in the handling of the battens.

The entire surface of the technical grids of the three theatres was completely cleaned, emptied of all unused or obsolete stock, and then rearranged for the needs of each of the theatres (colour-coded floor markings for circulation corridors, identification of storage areas, areas for the installation of temporary stage equipment, the various permissible loads that the technical grids can support, etc.).

Le Carré 150 | Victoriaville

2016/08/14

Le Carré 150 | Victoriaville

Culturally Victoriaville

Project description

This Carré 150 is a brand new building that is part of the rehabilitation plan for Victoriaville’s downtown. It includes theaters, a rehearsal room and exhibition space for visual arts. The main venue, with its two balconies, offer various audience capabilities, the second venue is a geometrically variable space that can receive about 400 people and, finally, the showroom promotes the presentation of works by various artists. This balance in the relation between the various areas demanded to have a great understanding of the spaces functionalities and the ongoing operations of the various disciplines to ensure a perfect flow of personnel and the public between the three main halls without hindering their operation.

Informations

CLIENT: Momentum
DATE : September 2015
OVERALL CONSTRUCTION : 25 M$

Our implication

To preserve the intimacy of the theater, we conceptualized a play area including a high stage house equipped with a technical grid accessible from a series of walkways and stairs safe for stage technicians. To complete this intimacy without denaturing it with a big scenic structure, we have a motorized rigging system completed by a computer and a controller able to manage several pre-recorded scenic configurations. This scenic infrastructure is completed by a fully digital frame for the entire connectivity dedicated to the transportation of audio and video signals.

Some highlights

High stage house with technical grid, walkways and stairs
Motorized and automated rigging system
Controller with several pre-recorded scenic configurations
Scenic rigging controlled through wired touchscreen operator console
Multiple configurations for the main venue: 500, 700 or 900 seats
Geometrically variable venue with trampoline
Audio and video signals over IP and DANTE protocol

The ideation of the geometrically variable room routed our choices to design a trampoline kind of technical ceiling, framed by walkways thus offering a very sage circulation and work area for the implementation of lighting and rigging equipment for multiple configurations.

This choice allowed also to use to its advantage the bearing structure of the trampoline for the installation of overhead cranes to facilitate the maneuvers of stage curtains. This whole stage structure allows technicians to reduce their installation time with ease.