The wood-panelled and traditionally black painted stage has a curved apron, and the Main Tabs are claret velvet and are mechanised. They are able to open horizontally or vertically at the touch of a button at the Stage Manager's Desk. There are 7 additional counterweighted flybars for the hanging of scenery, and permanently hung legs and borders. At the back of the stage is a concrete white wall (cyclorama) and a black traverse cloth which may be winched closed to create a black cyc.
Other facilities include paging to the foyers and backstage, communication headsets in all technical areas, staircases on each side of the stage down to the dressing rooms, and a greenroom. If a production requires that the stage is painted anything other than black, then the onus is on the lessee of the theatre to arrange and pay for the stage to be re-painted black at the end of the show. The roll-up loading bay door is located in the wings on the OP side of the stage. For further information, please contact Production Managers Wesley Maherry (
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Stage Dimensions
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Width
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12 metres
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Height
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5.45 m
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Depth
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9 m (cyclorama to pros. arch)
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Thrust (Orchestra pit located beneath)
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3 m (trapped)
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Side Wings
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8.5 m
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Floor
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Re-paintable black sprung floor
Grey/Black Dance Mats may be hired subject to availability. Contact Lliane Loots on (031) 260 1142.
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Paging Facilities
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Intercom to all areas
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Comms/Headsets
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Wireless comms and cable headset packs
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Stage Manager's Desk
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Located prompt side
Run of play visual and audio monitor
Main tabs, paging and houselights control
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Loading Bay
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Accessible via stage
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Dressing Rooms
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Situated beneath the stage in the basement
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2 x large dressing rooms with shower and ablutions
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Capacity of approx. 10 people each
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2 x small dressing rooms
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Capacity of approx. 5 people each
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Green Room with kitchen and outside courtyard
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Fridge, microwave, kettle
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Counterweight Flying System
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7 x Counterweight bars
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3 x Sets of permanent Legs & Borders
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4 x 1ton chain blocks
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Moveable
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Main Tab rising vertically
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Electrically operated from SM desk
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Main Tabs opening horizontally
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Electrically operated from SM desk
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Black Traverse
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600mm clear of Cyc.
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Cyclorama
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Painted white wall or black traverse
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