LONDON – Alexandra Palace is no stranger to technological innovation. It was here on 2 November 1936 that the BBC inaugurated the world’s first high-definition television broadcast. About a quarter of a century later, the stately building was involved in the broadcast of the first satellite to pass over London.

The technological tradition continues this June at the iconic site, though not with nearly the same historical significance, at the 2025 ABTT Theatre Show. This will be clearly-evident June 4-5. at the CHAUVET Professional exhibit (Booth C10), where the company will be showcasing its latest lighting innovations for the theatre market.

Created around the concept of “Finally, True Colours Revealed,” the booth showcases the latest products in CHAUVET Professional’s Ovation Rêve family, which features invaluable tools like the Rêve E-3, a full-spectrum LED ERS-style lighting fixture for theatre, film, and broadcast production. With colour-temperatures presets ranging from 2800 to 8000K, the Ovation Rêve E-3 maintains remarkable brightness and high-quality light with emulated redshift for a tungsten feel. Other notable features include several dimming curves, a silent Fan Off mode, and an adjustable low-clearance yoke for difficult installations.

Theatre directors and designers seeking a quiet way to create evocative soft washes are invited to check out the Ovation Rêve F-3 when they visit the booth. This motorized Fresnel incorporates CHAUVET Professional’s full spectrum (RGBAM) Rêve light engine, and features easy on-board control dials, an innovative adjustable yoke, an optical system capable of longer throws with an extended zoom range that can narrow from 60 degrees all the way down to 10 degrees – all in a virtually silent fixture.

Also representing the Rêve family will be the ultra-bright Rêve P-3 IP a IP65-rated multi-colour full-spectrum-white LED PAR. An outdoor fixture with unsurpassed power and quality of light that incorporates all the advancements, the Ovation Rêve RGBAM LED source, and offers the versatility of Narrow, Medium, Wide and Very Wide lenses.

Quiet contributors to the technological wizardry on display at the CHAUVET Professional booth will be the award-winning Maverick Silens series of completely silent fixtures. The compact Maverick Silens 1X is the ideal for smaller theatres looking for outsized performance, thanks to its 430W 96+ CRI LED source, uncompromising design, flawless 16-bit dimming with selectable red shift and dimming curves, precise 4-blade shutter framing, and accurate colour rendering and a host of other features.

Visitors will also want to pay close attention to the Maverick Silens 2X Profile, a silent 760W 94+ CRI LED source fixture that puts power and flexibility in a durable package. It features 16-bit dimming with selectable red shift and dimming curves, precise 4-blade shutter framing, and accurate colour rendering. Completely fanless operation makes this totally silent fixture ideal for the most demanding theatre and studio applications.

Those searching for a powerful cyc light, foot light, or batten with excellent colour rendering prowess don’t have to look any further that the COLORado Solo Bar 4. This 16-cell IP65-rated RGBwWL LED batten produces a full range of colour and perfect whites while offering seamless end-to-end direct view pixel mapping throughout its homogenized squares. A selection of beam shaping filters is included to broaden the choice of projection effects.

During their visit to the booth, showgoers will have the chance to get an up-close, hands-on look at the most advanced technological lighting control solutions from CHAUVET Professional’s sister company, ChamSys. Included in this group is the powerful ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M+ Stadium Console, the versatile QuickQ 20 lighting desk, and GeNetix networking and data distribution hardware displayed on the interactive Theatre Solutions Board.

Technology still thrives at Alexandra Palace – and those who see it at ABTT Booth C10 will discover how it can take their lighting to the next level.