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Bridgewater Hall


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Contact Information

Address
Lower Moseley Street
Town
Manchester
County
Manchester
Postcode
M2 3WS
Email
admin@bridgewater-hall.co.uk
Main Contact
01619500000
Company Manager
 
Box Office
01619079000
General Admin
 
Stage Door
 
Fax
01619500001
Website
www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk
Website Technical Page
 

Theatre Staff

Technical Manager
 
Chief Electrician
 
Sound Technician
 
Stage Manager
 
Stage Carpenter
 
Flyman
 
Wardrobe Contact
 
FOH Contact/Manager
Sandra Beedie
Accomodation list is available from
Yvonne Eddy
Events Co-ordinator
Georgina Williamson
Assistant Events Co-ordinator

Stage Details (all dimensions are in metres.)

Type of stage (pros, thrust etc)
Concert Platform
Rake
No
Surface
 
Is drilling or other fixing allowed?
Lino or Double-sided (Yellow) Tape only
Type of flying system
57 x 2-Ton Rigging Points
Total number of lines
8 x 1-Ton Lodestar Chain Hoists
Barrel (pipe) diameter
 
Barrel length
90' of A-Type truss available (10x8' 2x5
Max load rating per set
1-Ton
Maximum out dead
50'
Overall load rating
N/A
Spacing between lines
See Plans
Distance of first available set of lines from US side of pros
See Plans
Apron Width
N/A
Apron Depth
N/A
Traps/Size
 
Weight Restrictions
 
Are stage plans available? If so, where from?
Chris McLean
Technical Manager

Stage Management facilities

Prompt corner pos.
Either side
FOH call facilities?
Yes
Q-Lights?
Yes
Bar Bells?
Yes
Q-Lights Movable?
10' from socket
First aid box?
Yes

Overall Dimensions

Size of Prosc:

Width
62' 6
Height
N/A

Wing Space:

Stage Left
N/A
Height of Grid
55'
Stage Right
N/A
Setting line to rear of prosc
N/A
Setting line to front edge of stage
N/A
Setting line rear wall
42'

Are these available?

House tabs
None
Cyc.
None

Blacks:

Borders
All drapes are plum coloured
Legs
8 @ 10' x 40'
Tabs
2 @ 40' x 10'

Unusual or unexpected features

eg) Get in - height, drop, ramp etc...
13'6" heigh 3' to platform level

LX & Sound Details

Power available and location:

Lighting
4 x 125A Three-phase sockets SL wing
Sound
125A, 63A, 32A single phase

LX & Sound Details

Additional power supplies available:
 
Lighting Control
Strand 550 - 1024 circuits

Number of dimmers and ratings:

On stage
108
FOH
132
Any patching/twinning
Fixed, but some appear twice in differen

Lanterns available in fixed location:

Profiles
28 x Alto 8/16
Fresnels
56 x Longnose Parcans
Cyc Floods
 
Follow Spots
2 x Teatro 2.5Kw HMI
Movable lanterns list
8 x Alto PC
32 x Longnose Parcans
8 x Shortnose Parcans
6 x Coda 4
12 @ SL 15-32
Rigging (Tallescope/ladder etc)
Genie, 2 x steel-wire ladders

Sound

Indication of tie lines
XLR, Speakon, Fibre Optic, OB Tie-lines
Mixer position
Rear Aud SR, can be put middle stalls
Equipment available
5 x AKG Blueline mics
4 x Shure SM58
6 x Community Wedge speakers
8 x Community Box Speakers
Midas Heritage 2000
Headset/comms details
4-channel Clearcom
10 x single-muff 4 x double-muff headpho

Accomodation

Dressing rooms
4 x orchestra rooms, 5 x artist rooms
Showers & toilets
In all above rooms
Access to stage
Orchestra rooms same level, artist rooms 1 level up
Wardobe facilities
 
 
Wig room & facilities
 

Orchestra

Pit size (permanent or variable)
None

Equipment Available

Lit music stands
85 lights for music stands
Chairs
110
Net
 
Rostra
3 @ 2m x 1m
Double bass pin boards
10 + 15 @ cello
Sound baffles
2

Orchestra Accomodation

Band Rooms
4 x Orchestra rooms

Other

Any other features
Additional information available from Yvonne Eddy Events Co-ordinator.

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