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Technical Facilities

The Maltings has two principal performance spaces: The Main House Theatre and the Henry Travers Studio. We occasionally present performances in The Stage Door Bar and The Penny Lodging House.

The Main House Theatre

Capacity: 321. (Stalls 253; Circle 44; Boxes 24)

A traditional proscenium arch theatre with raked stalls, circle and boxes. Excellent sightlines and an intimate feel.

The Henry Travers Studio

Capacity: 74 on retractable seating or up to 100 mixing retractable seating and flexible seating or up to 100 using solely flexible seating.

A fully equipped black box studio space with cinema screening facilities including digital projector and retractable screen.

The Stage Door Bar

Capacity: Approx 50 capacity with flexible caberet style seating.

The Stage Door Bar is a beautiful theatre bar, fully licenced, open seven nights a week. A small permanent stage is available for musicians/speakers. Suitable for intimate music performance. PA must be supplied. Very limited theatrical lighting available.

The Penny Lodging House

Capacity: Total 40, including performers and stewards.

A semi derelict Georgian office building comprising around 12 rooms over three floors. Suitable only for site-specific performance. No heating available. Electrics limited. Only available by special arrangement with the theatre, during the summer months.

CONTACT DETAILS

Address:

The Maltings Theatre & Cinema
Eastern Lane
Berwick Upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1AJ


Box Office: 01289 330 999
Administration: 01289 330 661
Technical Department / All technical enquiries: Steven Percy - Technical Manager - 07540 190 293 or 01289 330 661 x6
Please note that due to the nature of their work, our technical team are infrequently at their desk. Please contact them by email in the first instance, or call Steven on his mobile number listed above.


Email: technical@maltingsberwick.co.uk
Website: www.maltingsberwick.co.uk

Theatre Staff:

 

  • Chief Executive / Artistic Director: Matthew Rooke
  • Marketing Manager: Tamiko Mackie
  • Technical Manager: Steven Percy
  • FOH Manager: Shona Hammon

MAIN HOUSE THEATRE 

STAGE DETAILS 

  • Type of Stage: Proscenium. 
  • Surface: Black Painted Hard Board. No Drilling & Fixing
  • Flying System: LX on winch bars all other lines hemp
  • Total No. of Lines: 19
  • Active Hemp Bars: 14
  • IWB LX Bars: 3
  • Barrel Diameter: Standard Scaff
  • Max Load per Line: 250kg per lx bar
  • Max out Dead: 6.40m
  • Space Between Lines: 150mm
  • 1st set from Pros: 0.90m
  • Apron Depth: 1.60m
  • Apron Width: 9.80m
  • Traps: No
  • Weight Restrictions: None

OVERALL DIMENSIONS 

  • Width of Pros: 9.25m
  • Height of Pros: Variable
  • Height of Grid: 6.23m
  • Setting line to rear of pros: 4.20m
  • Setting line to edge of stage: 5.80m
  • Setting Line to rear wall: 1.30m
  • SR Wing: 1.50m x 5.60m
  • SL Wing: 1.30m x 5.60m

GET IN

  • Ramp to 2.5tonne goods lift (2.72 x 1.8m x 6m)

SM FACILITIES

  • Prompt Corner
  • DSL
  • FOH Calls: Yes
  • Bar Bells: Yes
  • Cue Lights: Yes (if necessary)
  • Cans: Yes
  • First Aid Boxes
  • Box Office, Control Room, Admin, Bar, Prompt Desk

AVAILABLE CLOTHS

  • House Tabs: Yes
  • Cyc: Yes
  • Black Borders: Yes
  • Black Legs: Yes
  • Black Tabs: Yes
  • Gauze: Yes
     

LX & SOUND DETAILS

  • All Lighting bars are IWBs
  • Stage Circuits available in all four corners
  • Additional 63amp single phase, 63amp three phase, 32amp single phase USL

Numbers and rating of Dimmers: 

  • 66 2.5kw dimmers
  • 18 5kw dimmers

Patching

  • Stage LX bars are patched from fly floor
  • Lighting Control: Zero 88 Bull Frog

Lantern Stock

  • 18 Prelude 650w Profile Spots
  • 8 Cantata 1kw Profile Spots
  • 20 Prelude 650w Fresnels
  • 2 Prelude 650w PCs
  • 8 Cantata 1kw Fresnels
  • 22 Par 64 
  • 2 Martin Mac 500 Moving Heads ( Additional hire charges apply £40 Each Per Day)
  • 5 650 LED DMX Batterns (normally used as cyc wash)
  • 1 Le Maitre Neutron Star Haze Machine (Additional hire charges apply £30pd)

Any in-house lighting designing will be charged to the client at £150 per design.

All Lanterns can be moved depending on venue Schedule, as generic rig will be supplied, re rigging is not also possible and will require a plan well in advance.

Access Equipment

  • Tallescope: 16 Rung Zarges

Sound Desk

Allan & Heath GL2200
Amps:

  • 2 Crown Pulse 650w
  • 1 Crown Pulse 1100w
  • 1 Crown Pulse 300w
     

Sound System

  • Nexo PS system with 2 LS500 Subs & 6 PS10
  • Speakers with controller unit
  • 4 Yamaha SM15V Wedges
     

Other Equipment

  • 2 Sabine Mono Graphics with FBX & delay
  • 2 BSS Stereo Opal Graphics
  • Denon MD Player 
  • Tascam CD Player
  • Limited Selection of Dynamic and Condenser mics
  • Selection of Boom Mic stands

Mixing Position

  • Control room or adjacent Disabled bay
  • Headsets/Coms
  • 5 Canford Audio cans available on stage and at control positions

ACCOMODATION

  • 1 large dressing room with 10 mirror seats; 1 small dressing room with 3 mirror seats; Green room/principal dressing room.
  • Showers/Toilets: Yes
  • Access to Stage: Yes, via stairs only
  • Wardrobe Facilities: Yes
  • Wig Room: No

ORCHESTRA

  • Pit Size: Variable at auditorium level
  • Lit Music Stands: No
  • Chairs: Yes
  • Net: No
  • Rostra: Yes
  • Double Bass Pin Board: No
  • Sound Baffles: No


OTHER

  • Steinway Grand Piano / Schwarz Baby Grand Piano
  • 35mm and digital Film Projection
  • Panasonic DW6300 DLP Projector 6300 lumens. £50PD

 

Henry Travers Studio

STAGE DETAILS

  • Type of Stage:  Studio Theatre
  • Rake:  No
  • Surface:  Black Harlequin
  • Drilling & Fixing:  No
  • Flying System:  Fixed Grid
  • IWB LX Bars 5
  • Barrel Diameter:  Standard Scaff
  • Max Load per Line:  250kg per lx bar



OVERALL DIMENSIONS

  • Width of Space: 13m Deep x 8.5m Wide
  • Height of Grid:  
  • SR Wing:  2m x 13m (Through Fire Exits + Also used as corridor)
  • SL Wing:  1.50m x 13m

GET IN

  • Ramp to Fire Exits at Ground Level


SM FACILITIES

  • Prompt Corner:  FOH Mix Position
  • FOH Calls:  No
  • Bar Bells:  No
  • Cue Lights:  No
  • Cans:  No
  • First Aid Boxes:  Box Office, Control Room, Admin, Bar


AVAILABLE CLOTHS

  • House Tabs:  No
  • Cyc:  No
  • Black Tabs:  No ( U shaped curtain track around the entire space)

 

LX & SOUND DETAILS

  • All Lighting bars are IWBs
  • Stage Circuits available on back wall (2 x facilities panels with 4 chanels each)
  • Additional 32amp single phase USL

 

  • Numbers and rating of Dimmers 48 2.5kw dimmers

 

  • Patching Stage LX is hard patched 1-1
  • Lighting Control:  Zero 88 Frog / ETC Ion (No Sub Master Wing)

 

Lantern Stock

  • 8 ETC Source 4 JNR
  • 16 Selecon 1.2kw Rama Fresnels
  • 2 Martin Mac 500 Moving Heads (Additional hire charges apply £40each PD)
  • 1 Le Maitre Neutron Star Haze Machine (Additional hire charges apply £30pd)

All Lanterns can be moved depending on venue Schedule, a generic rig will be supplied, re rigging is also possible but will require a plan well in advance.

Access Equipment

  • 16 Rung Zarges
  • A-Frame Ladders

Sound Equipment  

 

  • Amps 1 Nexo AMP/TD Controller 4 channel
  •  2 x Nexo PS10’s (Controlled from the above)
  • 4 Yamaha SM15V Wedges


Other Equipment

  • Tascam CD200 CD Player
  • Limited Selection of Dynamic and Condenser mics
  • Selection of Boom Mic stands
  • Mixing Position Rear of the studio / to the left of the room. (Floating FOH)
  • Sony Blue Ray DVD Player


ACCOMODATION

  • Dressing Rooms: 1 (up to 4 mirrors) + Green Room
  • Showers/Toilets:  Yes
  • Access to Studio:  Yes, via stairs only
  • Wardrobe Facilities:  Yes
  • Wig Room:  No



OTHER

Baby Grand Piano
Film Projection (Panasonic DW6300 XGA 6000 Lumens / Standard Lens) £50PD

The Maltings Theatre & Cinema is operated by The Maltings (Berwick) Trust Registered Charity No: 701194