Edinburgh 2011

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


2010 Quick Facts:

***** 6 complete run TOTAL sell-out shows *****
***** Six 5 star shows and countless 4 star shows reviewed at our venue *****
***** 28 companies from around the globe joined us *****
***** Every show was reviewed at least twice *****
***** Every show was reviewed on our opening day *****

We have now increased the size of the studio to 50 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 3 spaces available for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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)
You can add lights to the rig if you wish
We can supply addition equipment or you can hire / bring it yourself
Bright wide 2500 lumens projector with dedicated laptop for video / images (no extra charge)
Superb 6 speaker sound system (main pa, vocal cluster and rears)
Black dance floor throughout space
Dressing rooms (with up to 30 mins access 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
Numerous sell out runs
Managed by Spotlites Theatre Productions, a full time professional theatre company
Top selling children's show for last 5 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




Workshop Theatre

New 30 seat theatre, end on style
Black box design
Storage space
General lighting and sound system (12 channel sound desk) with cd player
Would suit experimental pieces, small cast shows, singing, magic, comedy, drama, poetry, music, Shakespeare
Extremely competitively priced

4.5 metres wide by 2.5 metres deep of acting area


To view a plan of the Workshop Theatre click here








Studio Theatre

Exciting 50 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)

Our venue staff change the layout for you if the previous show is setout different
In the most beautiful of rooms (air conditioned)
wing / storage space
Disabled access / disabled loos
(fully computerised lighting desk - offline editor available)
General stage lighting rig with state of the art led rgb colour changers
You can refocus the lighting rig if you wish
You can add a few lights / projector to the rig subject to power
General sound system (12 channel desk) with CD player
Speaker systems - a different stereo set for each layout
Dressing rooms (with up to 30 mins access before your show start time)
Venue Technician always on duty during your show
Would suit comedy or small cast drama style shows. Or experimental musicals
Extremely competitively priced
The room is not a black box - it is the most atmospheric space with original paintings


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

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

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


The space can be laid out in either of the three ways for your show.
Our technical staff will change the layout for you in under 3 minutes!!
You can refocus the lighting rig if you wish



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 'window' 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