20th Sep 2004 - Fat Frog chosen for Singapore's first independent arts centre.

Founded in 1990 by the late Kuo Pao Kun, The Substation is Singapore's first independent contemporary arts center. Its facilities include a black box – the 110-seat Guinness Theatre, a gallery, a dance studio, the Blue Room and two multi-function classrooms.

The Substation presents and co-presents a wide range of artists and programmes, from traditionally trained dancers to local rock bands, established visual artists to young poets, experimental theatre and seminal conferences on Singapore arts and culture.

Over the years, The Substation has worked with some of Singapore's most critically acclaimed artists, writers and intellectuals.

As part of an ongoing strategy to improve services to hirers, The Substation recently upgraded the black box’s lighting console and dimmers.

With the support of O’Connor’s Singapore, the Technical Department at The Substation chose the Zero 88 Fat Frog lighting console as the best available solution for their 110-seat black box theatre.

So what made the Technical Coordinator V.Anand Pillai at The Substation Ltd choose the Zero 88 Fat Frog lighting console?

“ We were using a Strand MX48 console for a very long time, and we realized that with the MX48, we were unable to achieve the increasing challenges Lighting Designers posed to us to execute and create their designs and concepts.

So, with that in mind, we wanted a console that would be user friendly, fit the criteria for both the technicians and the venue and, at the same time,
improve our services to our hirers.

A lighting console that was up to par in today’s standards in protocols and technology would be beneficial to us, and so we made a sound choice to go with the Fat Frog series.”

Currently, the Fat Frog is being used for all theatrical productions and gigs in The Substation Guinness Theatre.

The response to new lighting console has been very positive and The Substation is currently seeking sponsorship to obtain moving light fixtures to continue improving their facilities.