Technical Information

Company Office Telephone Number: 01438 242628

Technical contact email: backstage@stevenage-leisure.co.uk

Drapes and Masking

• Standard Black Leg and Borders and Hard Masking Flats.
• Additional Black Masking available on request.
• House Tabs motorised (Drop or Draw) operated from Prompt Desk SL.
• 2 Pairs of Black Tabs
• 1 Black Fibre Optic Star Cloth
• 1 White Seamless Cyclorama
• 1 Pale blue Festoon Drape
• 1 Pale blue Festoon Border
• 2 Pairs of Silver Swag Legs
• 1 Silver Swag border
• 1 Black Shark tooth Gauze's
• 1 White Shark tooth Gauze
• 6 White decorative Gauze Legs

Stage Management

• Prompt Desk / Corner situated SL.
• Full headset and cue light (Twelve out stations) communication to all operational areas.
• Motorised House Tabs (Drop or Draw) and Safety Curtain rise.
• Show and Conductor View colour monitors.
• Infra-Red Show Relay Monitor
• Show relay and tannoy call to all dressing rooms and backstage areas.
• Orchestra Pit Lift control, Stage Working light and 'Blues' circuit control.
• Clock and Stopwatch, two 10A Independents.
• Two-ring headset communications (RTS Telex System)
• Steel Deck Staging 20 - 8' x 4' and 8 - 4' x 4' with 1, 2 and 3 foot legs.
  
  (Large quantity may be charged for and need prior arrangement)

Scenery

• To conform to Theatre Licensing Regulations.
  
  The Theatre’s Duty Stage Manager may Fire Test any Scenery brought into the Theatre.
  
  Please speak to any of the Theatres Technical Staff if you have any queries.

Special Effects

• Pyrotechnics, smoke, firearms, strobe lighting etc.
  
  Theatre needs 28 days written notice for permission to use effects.

Orchestra Pit

• Motorised Orchestra Pit and or Apron (operated from Prompt Desk).
• Accommodates maximum twenty musicians (this includes the conductor).
• Twenty RAT illuminated music stands.

Backstage and Dressing Rooms

• Fourteen Dressing Rooms accommodating 70 people on two floors.
• Company Office situated on first floor dressing room 8. Direct line 01438 242628
• Wardrobe Room with sink, automatic washing machine and tumble dryer situated on second floor. (No lift to this floor)
• Green Room on ground floor with fridge, kettle, eating area, TV. Video Show Relay to this room.
• Rehearsal Room with mirrors to one wall, practice bars.
• Steinway Concert Grand, Kwai Baby Grand and Kwai Upright Piano.
• Technics sx-PX 55 /M Digital Piano.
• 35mm Film projector with two-sided film tower and projection screen.
• Christie Ten Rank, Three Manual Theatre Organ.

DMX Outputs 5 pin XLR

FOH Bridge, LX 1, LX 2, LX 3, DSL Dips and DSR Dips.

All on stage bar are supplied via socapex.

Various Socapex cable, 6 and 12 way IWB's, 15A Extension cables, Grelcos, 12 x Par Can Half Hats, 6 x Par Can Top Hats, 7 x Tank traps stands, Booms, T- Bars, Gobos and holders.

Full range of LEE Filters Colours 101 - 206 available.

Additional lighting equipment maybe hired by arrangement with the Theatre staff.

All Theatre Lanterns subject to availability.

Sound Equipment

Microphones

• 6 x Crown PCC 160
• 5 x Shure SM 58
• 5 x Shure SM 57
• 4 x Sennheiser ME 66 shotgun

Radio Mic Kit UHF

• 16 x Sennheiser EM500 G2 Receivers (Using Site Specific Frequencies)
• 16 x Sennheiser SK500 G2 Packs using MKE 2 mic head
• 8 x Sennheiser EM500 G1 Receivers 
• 8 x Sennheiser SK500 G1 Transmitters using MKE 2 mic head
• 4 x Sennheiser SKM 1072-U hand held transmitter
  
  There is a hire charge for the radio mics and shotgun mics please phone to discuss your requirements.

Direct Injection Boxes

• 4 x Canford Audio Active D.I. Boxes
• 2 x Behringer 4-Way Active D.I. Boxes

Playback Equipment

• 2 x Tascam MD-CD1 Combined MiniDisc and CD Player
• 1 x Tascam MD-CD1 MkII Combined MiniDisc and CD Player
• 2 x Tascam MD350 MiniDisc Players

Effects / Processing

• 1 x Lexicon MPX 550 Effects Processor
• 1 x Yamaha SPX 990 Effects Processor
• 2 x Yamaha Q2031 31 Band Stereo Graphic EQ
• 1 x EMO Systems Dual Graphic

ACS

• ACS - Acoustic Control System
  
  Electro-Acoustic System that by using a series of microphones and speakers, each connected to each. That through simulation produces the appropriate reflection pattern without changing the physical attributes of the auditorium and therefore produces optimal acoustics.

Please speak to a member of the theatre staff who will be able to advise you if this system would enhance you performance.

Additional Sound equipment maybe hired by arrangement with the Theatre staff. All Sound Equipment subject to availability.