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Technical Specifications

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Auditorium
Stage Dimensions
Relay
Backstage
Front of House
Auditorium

Auditorium

The auditorium seats 194 patrons in retractable raked seating.

Wheelchair access is available to the front row only.

An area (3.5m x 3m approx) behind the audience seating is available as an operating point

for the mixing desk during a live music event or for a followspot (or both).

Audience Lighting is controlled from the control room by a Strand Outlook controller and

operates via an independent 6 channel dimmer.

Four discharge flood lights provide working light for the auditorium.

Stage Dimensions

Stage Depth                                                            8.21 m

Proscenium Width                                                    9.04 m

Proscenium Height                                                   5.50 m

SR Wing Width                                                       4.40 m

SL Wing Width                                                        3.14 m

Full Width of Stage (Wall to Wall)                      17.68 m

Max Height to Lighting Grid                                   6.55 m

Onstage

The Stage Floor is flat (no rake).  The surface is 12mm ply painted black.

The Deck may be painted in any other colour by a visiting company on condition that it is

returned to matt black (two coats) prior to their departure.

No screws or fixings may be used on the Deck.

Six discharge flood lights provide working light for the stage area.  A further four fluorescent

tube lights are also available.  Side-stage lighting is provided by four bulkhead lights.

Individually powered directional spots are available for each offstage corner.

A stage crossover, behind the upstage wall, connects the upstage right corner of the stage

to the scene dock, located to SL of stage; access to stage SL is via roller shutter door.

The scene dock is 8.00 m deep x 4.5 m wide at twice-height.

External access to scene dock is via roller shutter door.

12 x Doughty extendable stage braces

8 x 12.5kg moulded stage weights

6 x 13m lengths Black / White reversible PVC Dance Floor 1600mm wide

(this is more than sufficient to cover the playing area of the stage)

Rigging

Front Drapes are permanently mounted on Line “A” immediately inside proscenium arch

Cinema Screen is permanently mounted on Line “B” immediately inside Front Drapes

12 x motorised winch sets on 4 lines.  Winch bars are 10.5m wide.

Winches and motor units are located on SR wall.

Maximum Uniformly Distributed Load per set: 300 kgs

Lines 2,5,8,11 are wired for stage electrics.

Electrics

All stage electrics are 16A.

72 x channels of dimming provided by 3 x Strand LD90 dimming units.

Hard patching available via a 96-way Andolite patch bay next to the control room.

E.T.C. Element 600 subs 500 channels

Front of House LX Bar :                                          1 x 12-way Internally Wired Bar

Front of House Lx Booms :                                      2 x 6-way Internally Wired Bar

Stage LX Bars :                                                      4 x 12-way Internally Wired Bar

Stage Utility Boxes :                                              3 x 16A sockets in each stage corner

Lantern / Cabling / Miscellaneous Stock

18 x 15/30 Strand SL Profile                                 6 x 23/50 Strand SL Profile

12 x Strand Coda Flood                                       12 x Thomas ParCan CP62

24 x Strand 1.2kW Contata Fresnel                       1 x RobertJuliat Foxie follow spot

12 x Gobo Gates (B size)

15 x 10m 16A cables                                           1 x 13A – 16A converter

10 x   5m 16A cables                                           1 x 16A – 15A converter

16 x 16A splitters                                                  1 x 15A – 13A converter

5 x ‘H’ Floor stands                                              1 x cracked oil (haze) machine

Audio & A/V

2 x Ram Audio amplifiers

2 x Martin MA1.6 amplifiers 800w / channel

1 x Dbx controller

4 x JBL VRX 192 Line array

2 x Martin EM201 sub-bass speakers on Auditorium floor (FoH)

4 x JBL speakers available as onstage monitors / fallback etc.

Midas Venice 24-4-2

Symetrix 2 channel Graphics Equaliser (available across FoH speakers only)

Yamaha SPX990 effects unit                                 Lexicon MPX100 effects unit

Tascam CD-150 CD Player with remote control

Tascam MD-301mkII MiniDisc Player with remote control

Tascam 302 Twin Cassette Player

2 x Shure SM58 Microphones                                2 x XLR gender converters (m-m)

2 x Shure SM57Beta Microphones                         2 x XLR gender converters (f-f)

1 x AKG 1000s Condenser Microphone                2 x Behringer DIs

1 x Shure BG 4.1 Condenser Microphone             1 x “home-made” passive DI

4 x beyerdynamic Microphone Stands                  1 x 5m 12way Stage Box

12 x 10m Microphone Cable                                  2 x 6.5mm jack – 6.5mm jack cable

2 x Left & Right phono fly leads – pair XLR (male) for onstage phono sends

2 x Behringer x m8500 microphones

1 x Set T. Bone Drum microphones

Drapes

3 x pair Swivel Arms (6 in total)                            4 x pair Stage Legs (8 in total)

1 x Curtain Track                                                   2 x pair Split Drapes (4 in total)

1 x White Cyclorama Cloth (seamless)                  4 x Stage Border

1 x pair Velour House Drapes (Mauve) on Drum Winched Curtain Track

Stage Dimensions

Stage Depth

8.21m

Proscenium Width

9.04m

Proscenium Width

9.04m

Relay

CCTV camera at back of auditorium – full proscenium view relayed via BNC splitter.

B&W monitor in Control Room

2 DVD Player

Backstage

2 x Dressing Rooms with Showers, Mirrors, Wall-lighting, Washbasins, Show Relay

Large Dressing Room accommodates up to 8 persons comfortably.

Small Dressing Room accommodates up to 6 persons comfortably.

2 x unisex WC’s

Green Room with         Fridge, Microwave, Washer/Dryer,

Kitchen Sink, Kettle, Toaster, 2-Ring Hob,

First Aid Cabinet, Show Relay.

Front of House

The Front of House Area comprises a large accommodation area with occasional seating

and is served directly by the box office desk and theatre bar.  Ticketing is provided by

Databox ticketing system.  A public address system relays to both the foyer area and the

public toilets.

The bar stocks bottled beers, wine, spirits and snacks.

Cinema

Cinemeccanica Victoria 5 B4000 Projector

Cinemeccanica Zenith X4000H Lamphouse

Optical 5.1 Stand Alone Sound System

Roll down perforated screen to picture size 9.00m x 4.40 m

Widescreen 1.66:1 format Schneider Lens

Widescreen 1.85:1 format Schneider Lens

CinemaScope picture format Schneider Lens

CIR Tape Splicer for 35mm film

3 x 4km film spools with fixed hub

3 x 4km film spools with easy hub

Project Space

An open space which is available for use as visiting artist’s studio, Dance / Drama

workshops and rehearsal space. First Aid Box. No Wheelchair access (upstairs).

5.82m x 11.68m

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