Technical Specifications

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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 2.12m
    • Door Width 1.23m (with doors), 1.31m (doors removed)
    • Diagonal clearance 2.39m (with doors), 2.47m (doors removed)
  • 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

Please note. The Bloomsbury Theatre operates a basic lighting rig. If a visiting company requires us to alter this rig, the work must be done within the companies contracted hours and the rig must be returned at the end of the day. If this requires the technical dept. to work beyond contracted hours, overtime will be charged to the visiting company.

Lantern Stock

  • 11 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

  • ETC Ion control desk
  • OR
  • 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
  • 1 x Sennheiser e825s
  • 1 x Sennheiser e815s
  • 1 x AKG d65s
  • 1 x AKG D112 mic
  • 1 x Sure Radio Microphones (Handheld or Lapel)
  • A selection of table microphones sutable for conferences are available

Stands

  • 15 x Boom Stands
  • 6 x Short Boom Stands
  • 4 x Table Stands

Desk

  • Roland M-400 digital live mixing console
  • OR
  • 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.