The Caudan Arts Centre

Opened in 2018, the Caudan Arts Centre is a privately owned theatre and cultural hub in Port Louis, Mauritius. It seats 431 and hosts an average of 135 shows a year over 300 days, from jazz, musicals, dance and plays to Sega, Indian and Chinese folk music and corporate events.

It describes itself as the country's first international-standard arts and conference venue. Besides the main auditorium it has a series of modular conference spaces.

The centre is a multipurpose facility. The auditorium and conference rooms had to work as one, with sound, projection and control that suit concerts and meetings alike.

By 2025 its Yamaha CL1 and CL3 consoles had served for more than six years. Technical Manager Kooshal Dwarka wanted more control over mixes and more routing flexibility, and the venue wanted to be ready for more international artists.

In 2018 we delivered complete system integration. The auditorium has a d&b T-Series line array system with V-SUBs and a V Series centre cluster, supported by ArrayProcessing (d&b software that shapes how the speakers cover the seats). Yamaha CL1 and CL3 digital consoles handle front of house and monitoring.

The modular conference spaces have Christie projectors, Dalite screens, QSC loudspeakers and amplifiers, Sennheiser microphones and Atlona switchers. Q-SYS (QSC's control platform) ties them together.

In 2025 we advised on the console upgrade and supplied a Yamaha DM7, chosen for its feature set, compact size and flexible customisation. It has 120 inputs and 48 outputs, and a split mode that runs front of house and monitoring from one desk.

The Caudan Arts Centre is the first venue in Mauritius to own a DM7. Dwarka says: "The DM7 meets our creative and technical demands, and gives us the high level of confidence we need when running back-to-back shows." The centre has also noticed a difference in audience satisfaction at performances since the upgrade.