Technical Specifications
This is only a summary of our technical facilities, and is subject to change. Please call 020 7679 1361 or use our contact form.
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Please note that our get-in is through the front doors of the theatre (4' x 7')
Stage Width
- Wall to Wall 79'3" 24.16m
- Stage Left wing 21'7" 6.6m
- Stage Right wing 26'72 8.1m
Proscenium
- Width 29'11" 9.12m
- Height 23' 7.03m
Stage Depth
- Main Stage 30'8" 9.35m
- +First Forestage 39'3" 11.97m (Max width 8'7" 2.63m)
- +Second Forestage 49'2" 14.98m (Max width 9'9" 2.97m)
Stage Height
- Stage Floor to Top Flying Dead 60' 18.29m
- Stage Floor to Underside Flying Gallery Stage Left 22'8" 6.9m
- Stage Floor to Underside Stage Right and Upstage 23' 7.01m
- Maximum flying width 39'4" 12m
- Stage Rake NONE
Machinery
- 23 double purchase counterweight sets.
- Cyclorama on hemp set plus three more Hemp Sets.
- Separate double purchase set for housetabs.
- Houseborder on single purchase set.
- All operated from flyfloor stage-left.
Cinema Screen
- On counter weights 6 and 7 (Set 5 does not fly)
- Actual size of screen 9m x 4.4m to 6m x 3m (top and side masking moves)
Dressing Rooms (Ideal Capacity.)
- DR 1 (4 Artists)
- DR2 (4 Artists)
- DR3 (9 Artists)
- DR4 (14 Artists)
Facilities
- Green Room, Laundry Room (washing machine, tumble dryer).
Prompt Corner
- Stage Manager's desk stage-left or stage-right.
- Safety curtain control situated down stage right.
Get-In
- Access through Front Doors off Gordon Street
- Door Height 6'8" 2.05m
- Door Width 3'11" 1.11m
- Access through Rear of Theatre (See Technicians for details of entry difficulties)
- Door Height 7'6" 2.3m
- Door Width 7'9" 2.38m
Miscellaneous Stage Equipment
- Black Serge Drop 40' x 24'
- Black Serge Drop 40' x 24' (In two halves)
- 1 x Black House Border 36' x 10'
- 4 x Black Serge Legs 24' x 8'
- 3 x Black Serge Legs 23' x 8'
- 2 x Black Borders 36' x 6'
- 2 x Black Borders 36' x 8'
- 8 x Black masking Flats 20' x 6'
- 2 x Black "Book" Flats
- On-Stage Half 23' x 6'
- Off-Stage Half 20' x 6'
- 1 x White Cyclorama 37' x 29'
Audio Visual
1 x Panasonic PTD3500E data projector (3500 ANSI lumens) (extra cost)
1 x Laser Pointer
(other AV equipment is sometimes available. Please contact the Technical Manager for details and costs)
Piano
A Baby Grand Piano is available. Please contact the Technical Department for information and costs.
Lx Equipment List
Lantern Stock
- 12 x ETC Source 4 - 19 Degree 575W Profile
- 10 x Freedom 18/32 - 600w Profile
- 18 x Sil 30 - 1kw Profile
- 8 x ETC Source 4 Zoom - 575w Profile
- 10 x Starlette PC - 1kw
- 14 x Alto - 2kw
- 32 x Cantata F - 1kw
- 2 x Starlette - 2kw Fresnel
- 27 x Parcan - (CP61 or CP62 heads)
- 2 x Parcans - (short nose)
- 6 x Berkey Cyc Battens 650w - 4 compartment
- 2 x Followspot - Pani 1202 , 1200w HMI, long throw
Rigging
- Internally wired bars 3 x 18 Way I.W.Bs
- Advance Bars - 2 x 12 Way I.W.B.
- 6 x Shin Stands
- 4 x Stands (Max height 8')
- 6 x Ballet booms (Max height 8') (20 x Boom arms approx.)
- 8 x Ladders 3 Rung.
Control
- Strand 520i 250 channel Lighting board
- 136 ways of dimming. 128 x 2.5kw , 8 x 5kw. (Hard wired. Strand LD90)
Power
- 1x 63A 3 Phase Supply Ceeform outlet in Workshop.
- 1 x 63A single phase supply RCD Protected Ceeform outlet. (Situated Stage Left)
Sound Equipment List
Amps
- 4 x Yamaha P2500
- 1 x ARX SX1500
- 1 x Yamaha P2350
Speakers
- F.O.H
- 2 x Martin Bass Bins
- 4 x Martin W3s
- 2 x Martin EM56
- Onstage
- 4 x RCF 312-a Active Monitor
- 3 x JBL EON 15
Microphones
- 5 x Shure SM58
- 2 x Shure SM57
- 4 x AKG 747
- 1 x Sennheiser e825s
- 1 x Sennheiser e815s
- 1 x AKG d65s
- 1 x AKG D112 mic
- 2 x Sure Radio Microphones (Handheld or Lapel)
Stands
- 15 x Boom Stands
- 6 x Short Boom Stands
- 4 x Table Stands
Desk
- 1 x Allen and Heath GL2800 (32:8:2) (permanent position at rear of Stalls)
Playback
- 1 x Dennon DN - D4000 Dual CD Player
- 1 x Sony DVP NS300 DVD Player
- 1 x Tascam CD-401 mk2 CD Player
- 1 x Tascam MD301 mk2 Minidisc Player / Recorder
A small ammount of other playback equipment is sometimes available, please contact the Technical Department.
Auxiliary Equipment
- 4 x EMO DI Box (passive)
- 1 x MTR stereo DI box (active)
- 1 x 32 send 8 return 50m Multicore and stagebox (permanently installed stage left)
Processing
- 2 x DBX 231 Graphic Equaliser
- 1 x Yamaha Q2031 Graphic Equaliser
- 2 x DBX 266XL dual channel Compressor/Gate
- 1 x T.C.Electronic D.TWO Multitap Delay unit
- 1 x Alesis Akira Digital multi effects unit
- 1 x Yamaha SPX 990 Digital multi effects unit
Cable
- A quantity of XLR cable
- A quantity of interconnection cable, adapters etc.
Communications
- Tecpro Masterstation
- 6 x Tecpro Beltpacks and Headsets
- Prompt Desk with 6 cuelights, FOH paging, Backstage paging, and built in headset.

