Founders Theatre Specifications

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Theatre Details

12.64m	41'6''	wide proscenium opening
6.67m	21'10''	high proscenium opening
19.74m	64’9”	wide stage wall to wall
14.94m	49'	width between fly floors
6.10m	20'	height below fly floors
15.44m	50'6''	height from grid to stage
16.76m	55'	from front edge of apron to back wall
11.58m	38'	from setting line to back wall (setting line behind fire curtain)
5.18m	17'	from front of apron to setting line
1.30m	4'4''	from front of main stage to setting line
12.22mx5m	loading dock
12.22mx5.8m	workshop/scenery store

24 counter weight sets. Large weights 13kg, small weights 4.5kg
22 hemp hand lines
3 tab tracks (fixed winch position)
5 spot bars (fixed winch position)

Door between Dock and Stage:

5.5m high wooden sliding door
2.5m wide

Outside door into Loading Dock:

4.55m high electric roller door
2.90m wide
1.05m above ground level
The apron stage lowers to form an orchestra pit approximately 12m x 5m. It cannot be extended. The apron can be positioned at any level below stage.

Seating Capacity : 1249

Stalls (Front section) 554 - 12 “House” seats will be reserved.
Circle (Back section) 695
Saleable Seating therefore 1237

Dressing Rooms

There are 11 numbered dressing rooms available, 1 and 2 located directly behind the stage, 3 and 4 off OP side of stage and the balance on the first floor on O.P.

The Guest Room (rehearsal/seminar space)

A rehearsal/seminar room is also available within the theatre accessible from the stage door on the ground floor. This room may be hired separately for functions or rehearsals and workshops or in conjunction with theatre hire as a dressing/warm-up room. Max. 50 persons.

Other

The venue has two Steinway Model D 9’ Grand Pianos and a Bluthner upright piano.

The following equipment is generally available, to ensure the appropriate equipment is available please forward the appropriate lighting, sound and rigging schedules well in advance of the booking.

A Genie GS-1930 electric self propelled scissors hoist is usually available for focusing and rigging, maximum working height 7.6m, 227kg lift capacity.

Intercoms

There is a full dial up system available throughout the building. There are 5 talk back/clearcom packs available for use by production staff in addition to the stage managers master station.

Temporary Power

Available from stage level switchboard on prompt side of stage. All supplies are individually fused at their full rating. Total supply from this switchboard is 600 amps per phase.

1 x 400 amp 3 phase Powerlocks
1 x 63 amp 3 phase Ceeform sockets
3 x 32 amp 3 phase PDL56 sockets
12 x 10 amp 1 phase power points

Standard Lighting Equipment Available

12 Robert Juliet Zoomspot 2.5Kw narrow
6 Selecon 5-15 Pacific 1.0Kw
22 Selecon 23-50 Pacific 1.0Kw
12 Selecon 14-35 Pacific 1.0Kw
60 Selecon Rama HP Fresnel 1.2Kw
24 Selecon Arena HP Fresnel 2.0Kw
6 Selecon Linear Cyc Floods 4 compartment 1.25Kw / lamp
2 Selecon MSR 1400 Rua Follow Spot

Dimmers & Ancillary Equipment

240 channels of Theatrelight 2.4Kw dimmers (serial input only) 4x DMX to T/L transceivers installed.
Strand 530 Lighting desk with Genius+ Pro software.

It should be noted that the dimmer racks can only be dialed to a multiple of ten ie. they dial up in groups of ten and must start on an address which is a multiple of ten (eg. 000, 020 etc.).

Front of House Lighting Positions

FOH 1:

3.4m in front of pit edge / apron stage
9.9m stage level to bar
Channels 31 to 72 are available at the FOH 1 patching panel.
Four contactor-controlled points are available at this bar.

FOH 2:

9.8m in front of pit edge / apron stage
9.5m stage level to bar
Channels 1 to 30 are available at the FOH 2 patching panel.
Two contactor-controlled points are available at this bar.

FOH Perches:

4.5m in front of pit edge / apron stage
3.0m above stage to bottom of perch
5.7m useable height in perch
The perches are split into two levels; each level will hold four of our CCT Profiles and has patch points available. They patch at the FOH 1 patching panel.

Apron Perches:

0.9m in front of main stage edge
2.7m behind pit edge
3.0m above stage to bottom of perch
5.0m useable height in perch
The onstage perches each have eight patching points available. They patch at the Stage Platform patching panel.

Onstage Lighting Positions

General Notes:

There are five spot bars on stage, all double hung. Spot bars one to three all have x-ray battens on their higher level and a lower pipe for general rigging. Three of the patching circuits (A, B & C) on each of these bars is normally dedicated to the x-ray battens. Spot bar five is the cyc lighting bar. See grid plan for positions.

Box Booms:

1.1m behind the proscenium arch
3.0m above the stage
2.9m useable height in the boom
Each box boom has six patching points and patch at the stage platform patching panel.

Patching

Onstage Patching:

There are nine cable dips on stage. The PS and OP side dips each contain six patching sockets and the upstage dips each have three patching sockets. There is a single cable dip in front of the proscenium arch on PS with six patching sockets; all sockets patch at the platform patching panel.

There are three patching lines available at stage level on each side of the proscenium arch. These patch at the stage platform patching panel.
The stage platform patching panel has channels 73 to 120 with four contactor controlled points available.
There are five panels available on the OP fly floor each in line with a spot bar position. Each panel has available 12 waylines to the dimmer floor (not yet completed) and one contactor controlled point.
The contactor points are all rated at 10 amps and are switched from a panel in the stage managers corner, P.S.

Gel Types and Colours

We use Chris James gel in all our luminaires.
We keep a good stock of the Chris James range of gels.

Sound Systems

Mixer:

The mixer is a Allen & Heath ML3000, 32 Ch , 8x VCA , LCR. There are 8 auxiliary sends.

Speaker System:

The Speaker system is a Meyer system consisting of LCR flown line array. Left and Right consist of 8 x M1D and 2 x M1D-sub each. The Centre cluster consists of 10 x M1D. The speakers are fed via a BSS Soundweb DSP. The DSP settings are not adjustable by the user.

Two additional 400w amplifiers are available in the rack to drive foldback or auxiliary speakers. There are 4 x Turbosound 12” + horn wedges available with 4 x monitor sends prewired.

Playback Equipment available : (confirm requirements)

1 x dual cassette recorder
1x CD Player
1 x Minidisc Player

Microphones:

Requirements to be specified

Waylines:

There are a total of 98 waylines to the sound desk, 12 return waylines to the stage managers corner and 31 foldback speaker waylines from the amp rack.

FOH PA rigging positions are available over the Apron forward of the Proscenium arch on either side of stage. Note these are independent of the House PA rigging points

Standard Cloths Available

6 x pairs of black wool serge legs
5 x black wool serge borders
3 x tabbed black wool serge curtains
1 x full white PVC cyclorama

Flying

There are 48 sets of lines available: 24 of these are counter weighed, the remaining 24 being hand lines. They are all controlled from the OP fly floor.

The tab tracks and spot bars are on hand winches on the PS fly floor. All winch lines rise a maximum of 8.6m above the stage floor. The head battens are 13.5m long.

Sound Shell wall (ply on timber frame) is flown on C/W W with a triple cradle – please advise if this is required for the performance or to be removed if C/W W is required.

See grid plan for details.

Grid Plan

Note: All spot bars and tab tracks are at permanently fixed winched positions. (“Normal” rig given) (All measurements from proscenium arch)

0.275		Fire Curtain
0.500		House curtain		6.025	No. 5	Handline
0.625	No.1	House border H/L		6.150	No.6	Hand line
0.750	No. 2	House legs H/L		6.350	No.7	Handline
0.925	No.1	Spot bar (winch)				No.3 Border
1.175	No.3	Hand line		6.475	No.8	Hand line
1.300		Counter weight	A	6.600	No.9	Hand line
1.475		Counter weight	B	6.725	No.10	Hand line
1.775		Counter weight	C			No3 Legs
1.800	No.1	Tabs (winch)		7.000	No.4	Spot bar (winch)
2.105		Counter weight	D	7.300	No.11	Hand line
2.300		Counter weight	E	7.450	No.12	Hand line
2.450		Counter weight	F	7.600	No.13	Hand line
	No.1	Border		7.750	No.14	Hand line
2.625		Counter weight	G			No.4 Border
	No.1	Legs		7.950	No.3	Tabs (winch)
2.950	No.2	Spot bar (winch)		8.150	No.15	Hand line
3.125		Counter weight	H	8.275	No.16	Hand line
3.300		Counter weight	J			No.4 Legs
3.450		Counter weight	K	8.375	No.17	Hand line
3.525		Counter weight	L	8.550	No.18	Hand line
3.700		Counter weight	M	8.750	No.19	Hand line
3.900	No.2	Tabs (winch)		9.000	No.5	Spot bar (winch)
4.105		Counter weight	N	9.500		Counter weight	W
4.325		Counter weight	P			Gate batten
4.475		Counter weight	Q			Triple cradle
		No2 Border		9.650	No.20	Hand line
4.725		Counter weight	R	9.800	No.21	Hand line
		No2 Legs		10.100	No.22	Hand line
4.950	No3	Spot bar (winch)		10.250	No.23	Hand line
5.200		Counter weight	S			No.5 Legs
5.375		Counter weight	T	10.425		Counter weight	X
5.500		Counter weight	U	10.600		Counter weight	Y
5.650		Counter weight	V	10.900		Counter weight	Z
		Gate batten				Cyclorama
5.800	No.4	Hand line		11.150	No.24	Hand line

Additional Extra Equipment

The following equipment may be available if required dependent on demand within Hamilton City Theatres and at additional cost. Please advise your requirements as early as possible.

Hamilton City Theatres also operate an Equipment Brokerage service. If the equipment you require is not listed we are happy to source it for you.

Lighting Equipment

8 Par 64 cans black CP61, CP62 1.0Kw
2 Selecon ZS wide 0.65Kw
6 Selecon ZS medium 1.2Kw
3 Selecon ZS narrow 1.2Kw
1 Strand SL600 28o Fixed profile 1Kw
1 Strand SL600 24o – 50o zoomspot 1Kw
4 Floodlights 0.5Kw
1 TL Digital dimmer pack
1 36 Channel DMX Dimmers roadcased with a patch field

Floor Stands

We have available twelve floor stands capable of holding a 2.5 - 3.5m alloy boom pole. These have a footing area of approximately 600mm x 450mm.

Radio Microphone Systems

A variety of radio systems are available including Toa, Shure and Sennheiser with Handheld, lapel or body mics

Microphones
(Note; Up to 4 mics are supplied free with the ½ Sound system, up to eight with the full system). A variety of Mics are available including condenser, lectern, PZM and vocal

Drapes

2 x fully flown Wool serge cloths (split in centre)
1 x gold artificial suede curtain

Risers

A variety of sizes and heights are available, please advise your requirements.

A Black false floor is available, similar to dance flooring, called polyfloor.
6x 2m rolls x 14m long
Hazer Swefog 300
Dry Ice Machine 1 large capacity
Strobe 3000w Atomic
Mirror balls, large and small
Black light UV tubes 4ft
Lecterns
2 x Hitachi CP995X Video Projectors 6000 ansi lumens
2 x Da Lite Rear Projection Screen 3m x 4m