QLab Showcases

From graduation ceremonies to submarine bunkers to Broadway musicals to the West End to museums to churches to the Edinburgh Fringe, QLab gets around.

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One Year at the Cobb Energy Centre

"A full opera season, two ballets, three performing arts celebrations, a full year of concerts, plays, corporate shows and everything in-between as the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre comes up on its one year anniversary. No surprise that QLab has not let me down yet!"

The Royal Danish Playhouse Picks QLab

When the Royal Danish Theatre built their beautiful, brand new, three-stage playhouse, they were faced with a decision: run the new facility using their old show control software, or choose something new? As Jonas Vest reports: "The change to QLab is just such a relief for us. The workflow, the interface, the "live-preview-fades"...it simply just works!"

Trade Show A/V - 12 Days of Non-stop Playback for the Booth

Thomas Gass needed to keep five displays running for twelve straight days—and his customer had never used a Mac before. Not only did he succeed using QLab, but he saved thousands of dollars off the cost of a rental system. "The only thing I can say about QLab is: Great job, Figure 53! Thank you for a real masterpiece of software and for your fast and reliable support whenever needed!"

The Game of Ur at the Cathy Sharp Dance Ensemble

"In all performances we never had any issue with QLab—it simply ran "like a Swiss watch". It was right after the last performance that I decided to never ever use CD players again for theatre performances."

HereAfterHere: A Modest Budget, a Major Challenge, and no Time to Lose

Imagine programming a complex three-projector show on an expensive playback platform, only to have your access to that platform disappear just before you tech the show. Ben Jaffe had only a few days to come up with a solution: "With the help of QLab (and the chocolate chip cookies), I got through it all with nary a scratch."

Heist: "This is something you simply can't do with CD players."

On a tight schedule, Peter Landers discovered that "QLab was a real trooper, never so much as hiccuping. It's clear that QLab has been designed by and for theatre folks."

The SITI Company takes BOB to Prague

Remounting the SITI Company's award-winning show, Darron West found QLab gave him flexibility he had only dreamed of the first time around. It even made the trip a little easier too: "I didn't have to drag a cart of equipment with me; I could simply throw my Mac and an UltraLite in my backpack and head to the airport."

Cary from the Cock : "That's a lot for one space bar to do."

A single GO in QLab crossfades the lighting, starts the music, lowers the screen, opens the douser, unmutes the mic, and plays a video with lyrics.

The Cherry Orchard at the Royal Danish Theatre

For the production of "Kirsebærhaven" (The Cherry Orchard) at The Royal Danish Theatre, Sebastian Lund decided that this was the time to give QLab a try.

Video Cue gets early workout at the Amsterdam High School of the Arts Graduation Ceremony

Enterprising student Tom Rijndorp quickly builds a special graduation ceremony with a handful of borrowed laptops, five projectors, and QLab.

When Drilling a Hole is Not an Option: The German Submarine Bunker

Seven stages inside the DORA 1 submarine bunker were separated by three meters of concrete, but Lars Årdal needed every one of them synchronized.