Edinburgh 2010

Spotlites @ The Merchants' Hall
Venue 278. 22 Hanover Street. EH2 2EP

We are currently looking for companies / shows for 2010.

Current slots available

Studio Theatre (seats 45)

Sat 28th & Sun 29th - 10.00am - 4.00pm




2009 quick facts

***** 5 complete run TOTAL sell-out shows *****
***** Every show was reviewed at least twice *****
***** Every show was reviewed on our opening day *****
***** Three 5 star reviews and countless 4 star reviews at our venue last year *****
***** One award nomination *****

2010 NEWS

We have increased the size of the Main Theatre stage to 5.3 metres deep by 8.6 meters wide
We have also increased the seating capacity to 150 seats



Please contact us by email at office@spotlites.co.uk or phone Rachel King for a chat on 01634 403737.

Click here for Multimap of the venue

We have 2 spaces available for hire within the Merchants' Hall

Main Theatre
Stage acting area is 8.6 metres wide by 5.3 metres deep
Wings both sides
Backcloth is a black starcloth
(stars start about 2 meters up - when it is not lit it looks the same as a normal black backcloth)
Raked seating
150 very comfortable seats
Disabled access / disabled loos
General lighting rig with Mac 500 moving lights and RGB colour changers
(fully computerised lighting desk - offline editor available)
Superb 6 speaker sound system (main pa, vocal cluster and rears)
Black dance floor throughout space
Dressing rooms (with access 30 mins before your show start time)
Venue Technician always on duty in tech gallery during your show
(just in case something went wrong!)
Beautiful building with excellent location - Princes Street about 40 meters away
Flexible scheduling
Very friendly and helpful staff
Several sell out shows in 2008 and five complete festival sell outs in 2009
Managed by Spotlites Theatre Productions, a full time professional theatre company
Top selling children's show for last 4 years
We run a professional 2 venue theatre all year round
Full box office facilities with card and phone booking
You get expert marketing advice and backup on how to actually shift tickets
We are most competitively priced



Please note the pictures below are from 2009 and the layout has now changed to provide more seats and a bigger stage

To view a plan of this space click here

To see photos of the Lighting, Technical Gallery and Wings click here




Studio Theatre

Exciting 45 seat flexible studio theatre
7.4 metres by 3.4 metres of "stage acting" area (in-the-round style)
or 5.8 metres by 3.8 metres of "stage acting" area (end-on style)
In the most beautiful of rooms (air conditioned)
Storage space
Disabled access / disabled loos
(fully computerised lighting desk - offline editor available)
General stage lighting rig with led rgb colour changers
General sound system with CD player
Dressing rooms (with access 30 mins before your show start time)
Venue Technician always on duty during your show
Would suit comedy or small cast drama style shows
Extremely competitively priced


To view plans of the studio in in-the-round style click here

To view plans of the studio in end-on style click here



For a virtual tour of the Venue (not set up as the theatre) click here

We would like to thank The Merchants' Hall for the use of their virtual tour website

Photos of the studio in "in-the-round" format

Photos of the studio in "end-on" format

Tech area with Yamaha Sound desk, Fat Frog lighting desk and CD player

The beautiful ceiling and chandeliers

The Lighting Rig

Click here to go to our Edinburgh technical links / advice page

Spotlites @ The Merchants' Hall
22 Hanover Street. Edinburgh. EH2 2EP