The Palladium, the Middle East’s newest and most flexible independent event venue has invested in the very latest in Meyer sound technology. Their signature top-of-the-range Micra speaker system is designed to provide the ultimate in sound reproduction and reinforcement as well as saving technicians valuable time staging events.
Raymond Gaspar, General Manager of The Palladium said, “This system is versatile and highly adaptable. It covers our entire auditorium, preserving sightlines, whilst giving us a clean and crisp coverage.”
According to Gaspar, in addition to sound quality, the system will save production teams and event organisers valuable time and money during their build up and rehearsals.
“The benefits of using an in-house system are that it saves technicians time, as it is already installed and it is not only perfectly tuned to our auditorium, our engineers are completely familiar with the system and its capabilities,” he added.
The system which was installed by highly trained technicians approved by Meyer and was put into operation for the first time during the live performance of the ‘Merchants of Bollywood’ musical production that took place at the Palladium earlier this month.
The spectacular high energy production was put together by an internationally acclaimed Australian producer, a Scottish director and an Indian cast of 40. Held for the first time in the Middle East, the extravagant mix of musical and theatre, had already enjoyed a sell-out tour of London, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Munich, Geneva, Kuala Lumpur and Paris and received rave reviews with The Times of London describing it as ‘high octane pleasure.’
Malcolm Giles of Dubai-based staging services company Eclipse, a leading technical supplier to the event production industry in the UAE, was upbeat about the overall acoustic experience.
“Naturally the highest international standards had already been set. The new Meyer Speaker system worked very well for the Merchants of Bollywood show in the Palladium. The touring engineer even said to me, “I heard things on tracks that I had not heard before,” he said.
“Meyer has for a long time now produced a top end product with the Milo and Mica Speaker Systems. We have enjoyed touring and working with the systems on Prince @ London O2, Metallica… and numerous other tours and festivals over the years and look forward to working on more shows at the Palladium,” added Giles.
Built at a cost of over AED250 million (US$68 million), the multi-purpose auditorium is equipped with a retractable seating system which can accommodate a conference for up to 3,000 delegates, host a banquet for 1,200 guests or provide standing room for nearly 5,500 revelers at a concert.
Having opened in late April 2009, besides numerous corporate events, the venue has also successfully hosted the prestigious What’s On Awards, The Twelve Tenors, Backstreet Boys and the extremely popular Akon concert.
