Kings Theatre for hire
Available for ... meetings, clubs, fashion shoots, photography, fashion shows, band practices,
as a performance space, as a rehearsal space. Days or Evenings. Regular slots or one offs.
Two space venue – Main Theatre upstairs has 110 raked seats, Studio Theatre on ground floor is a flexible space seating 50 (usually in the round). Managed by Spotlites Theatre
Productions (top selling children’s show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for 3 years running). Programming We are interested in any art form. We suggest using the Studio Theatre in-the-round for comedy, live music, spoken word, cabaret, new writing and small-scale theatre, and the Main Theatre for comedy, musicals, live music, recitals, spoken word, cabaret and theatre performances. Press and marketing Box office 1 technician and 1 front-of-house staff member included in hire.
Refreshment sales including ice-creams in auditorium and foyer. Performance space details Studio Theatre Please note: this must be hired separately from the Main Theatre Phone
01634 829468 / 403737
We’ll be pleased to support your production by displaying your publicity on our outside display boards, and in our foyer.
Hire includes a basic listing on our website and you’ll get expert marketing advice and back up on how to actually shift tickets.
Additionally, you may like to purchase:-
Adding your flyers in our monthly publicity distribution to over 150 local pick-up points,
including your information in our next mailing to over 1,000 active theatre goers,
your press release sent to our National and Regional Press List,
in-house DTP (flyer, poster and programme design etc)
Ticket printing included in hire. Credit card facility and phone sales, as well as counter sales. Our Box Office is open 5 ½ days a week with a 24 hour answer phone.
The Box Office is manned half an hour before a show starts.
Main Theatre
Capacity: 110
Width (metres):9.7m
Depth (metres): 7.5m
Height (to roof): 6.5m (note: we have two horizontal roof beams at 2.7m high)
Type of stage: flat floor (the stage floor is wooden)
Space info: black box with raked seating.
Lighting details:
1 x Fat Frog Computerised Lighting Desk
2 x Mac 500 moving lights
4 x RGB colour changers – giving full colour mixing
Numerous 2kw, 1kw and 500w profiles, fresnels, floods, par64s and par 16s
Sound details:
1 x 16 channel Yamaha PM1200 Sound Desk
1 x Mini Disk Recorder / Player
2 x Cd Players
Numerous mics
2 x Bose 802 Main PA Speakers with Sub Bass
2 x Bose 802 Vocal Reinforcement Center Cluster Speakers
2 x Bose 402 Rear Speakers
Main Theatre Hire Charges:
Performances:
One hire slot comprises a 4 hour period which includes get-in, performance and get-out.
Monday - Thursday:
The rental fee for a slot is a guarantee of £300 or 40% of gross box office receipts, whichever is the greater.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday:
The rental fee for a slot is a guarantee of £400 or 40% of gross box office receipts, whichever is the greater.
Other uses:
Hourly (for conferences, meetings, lectures etc):
£75 per hour (no technician / front-of-house staff included)
Capacity: 50
Width (metres):7m
Depth (metres): 6m
Height (to roof): 3m
Type of stage: flat floor
Space info: black box with in-the-round seating 1 or 2 rows deep.
This is a flexible space and can be set up as you require.
Lighting details:
12 x 500w fresnels / profiles
2 x 1kw fresnels
1 x Fat Frog computerised Lighting Desk
Sound details:
1 x 12:4:2 Yamaha Sound Desk
1 x Mini Disk Recorder / Player
2 x Cd Players
2 x Speakers
Studio Theatre Hire Charges:
Performances:
One hire slot comprises a 3 hour period which includes get-in, performance and get-out.
Monday - Thursday:
The rental fee for a slot is a guarantee of £100 or 40% of gross box office receipts, whichever is the greater.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday:
The rental fee for a slot is a guarantee of £150 or 40% of gross box office receipts, whichever is the greater.
Other uses:
Hourly (for groups, meetings etc):
£25 per hour (no technician / front-of-house staff included)
Accessibility:
Studio Theatre is on the ground floor and fully accessible to wheelchairs – there are no steps.
The toilet is not a disabled toilet, but is quite spacious.
Main Theatre is up 17 steps therefore regrettably is not wheelchair accessible.
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