Edinburgh 2012

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


2011 Quick Facts:

***** 6 complete run TOTAL sell-out shows *****
***** Six 5 star shows and 4 star shows for almost every show reviewed at our venue *****
***** 21 companies from around the globe joined us *****
***** 2 Award Nominations *****
***** 1 Award Win *****




Please contact us by email at office@spotlites.co.uk or phone Rachel King for a chat on 01634 829468.

Click here for Multimap of the venue

We have 2 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
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 6 years
We run a professional 2 venue theatre all year round
Full computerised box office facilities with phone & online card bookings
You get expert marketing advice and backup on how to actually shift tickets
We are most competitively priced

To view a plan of this space 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







Studio Theatre

Exciting 52 seat studio theatre
Stage acting area is 5.8 metres wide by 3.8 metres deep

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
Stereo Speaker systems
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 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

The Lighting of the space










The Auditorium






The Tech Area






The Stage






The Lighting Positions

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