The Norwegian Theatre Academy (Akademi for Scenekunst, Høgskolen i Østfold) has recently completed construction of a new black box theatre.  The theatre is unique in having a professional system of fly bars distributed over the entire room.  The flying system has all capabilities typically found in more expensive systems such as variable speed and accurate positioning, synchronous motion, and unlimited programming capacity.

Mechanical drawing of the Visual act Touring Desk. Photo by Visual act 2010.

The fly bar system was installed together with a compact version of the Visual act Stage Control System. The stage design allows for up to 34 fly bars. 20 of these fly bars were delivered at the installation in November – December 2010.

The delivery includes 4 electrical cabinets with 5 drives each. Connectors on the cabinets allow for the connection of a backup control or exchange of drives in the event of component failure.

Each fly bar is built as a double pipe with line adjustment situated between the pipes. This allows for maximum stroke with respect to the limited height in the theatre.  A visual act touring desk is connected to a central control computer placed one of the electrical cabinets.

The main contractor for this project was NCC Construction AS