MONTREAL – To celebrate the 60th birthday of Montreal’s most famous mobile theater, La Roulotte, the city turned to Stageline to design and manufacture a new mobile theater. The 2012 version had to answer specific criteria: It had to be easy and fast to install and dismantle and require minimal physical effort; it had to have enough storage space for the production equipment; and it had to be safe.
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MONTREAL – To celebrate the 60th birthday of Montreal’s famous mobile theater, La Roulotte, the city decided it was time to get some experts to build a much needed modernized version. They turned to Stageline to design and manufacture a new mobile theater. The 2012 version had to answer specific criteria.
“We had specific requirements,” says Paul Langlois, head of the cultural division for the City of Montreal. ”The theater had to be easy and fast to install and dismantle and require minimal physical effort as it was to be done by a team of actors before and after each performance. The unit takes only 30 minutes to install so that’s mission accomplished right there,” he continued.
“From a practical stand point, the unit had to have enough storage space for the entire stage scenery along with all the sound, light and staging gear. Stageline also prewired the unit for us. The last but most important aspect was to have a safe staging solution, especially since our actors use both the stage and the theater roof as performing space. Stageline could deliver on all our requirements and more.”
“Stageline’s after-sale service was really outstanding,” says Langlois. “Really fast and efficient, a fine example of great collaborative work. What a slick looking trailer we have now.”
The city’s mobile theater La Roulotte has been initiating citizens of all ages to the pleasure of live theater for nearly 60 years. As the oldest children’s theater in Quebec, La Roulotte has sailed through various parks of the city every summer since its creation in 1953.
