Having completed demolition of their existing building in December 2003, the Association has been working since to complete a new headquarters incorporating a custom-designed performance space for their performing arts programme. The new space is of a proscenium arch design with a balcony on three sides of the auditorium, and with a retractable main seating bank to allow the creation of a flat floor area when required. With its seating in place, the auditorium can accommodate around 250 people.

White Light's Projects team, led by Roger Hennigan, became involved with the project through White Light's regular collaborator, Lighting Designer Mike Robertson, who was working with the team at the Federation to specify the equipment that the new venue would require. This has seen White Light supply and install a new lighting installation made up of three Strand LD90 dimmer racks feeding seven internally wired lighting bars, with the dimmers controlled by a Strand 300-series lighting console. The lighting installation was undertaken by Mark Bradbrook over a period of approximately two months, working around the rest of the building programme.

White Light's Sales team then equipped the theatre with a new lighting rig consisting of a mixture of ETC and Selecon equipment, including six Source Four Zoom 15/30 degree profiles, six Source Four Zoom 25/50 degree profiles, six Source Four 26 degree profiles, fourteen Source Four Pars, twelve Selecon 1200W Fresnels and four Selecon Hui 500W four-colour cyc battens. All of the lanterns were supplied 'ready to go' by White Light, complete with lamps, plugs and safety bonds in times for the theatre's first performance on June 24th.

Further information about Patidar House can be found at its website, www.patidars.org. Patidar House is just one of the many projects with which White Light is involved across the entire spectrum of entertainment lighting, from supplying West End shows such as Billy Elliot to lighting events, parties and conferences. Further information about White Light and its full range of products and services can be found elsewhere on this website.