Providing acting classes through out Medway in our Chatham based theatre for nearly 30 years!
HIRE OUR SPACE
Programming
We are interested in any art form. Our Main Theatre is usually used for comedy, musicals, live music, recitals, magic, spoken word, cabaret and theatre performances.
Press and marketing
We’ll be pleased to support your production by displaying your publicity on our outside display boards, and in our foyer.
Hire includes a listing on our website and you’ll get expert marketing advice and back up on how to actually shift tickets.
Additionally, you may like to add your flyers in our monthly publicity distribution to over 150 local pick-up points, including your information in our next mailing to over 1,000 active theatre goers, your press release sent to our National and Regional Press List, in-house DTP (flyer, poster and programme design etc), please contact us if you want this added on for an additional fee.
Box office
Ticket printing included in hire. Online booking, Credit card facility and phone sales, as well as counter sales.
The Box Office is manned half an hour before a show starts.
1 technician and 1 front-of-house staff member included in performances hire.
Accessibility
Studio Theatre is on the ground floor and fully accessible to wheelchairs – there are no steps.
The toilet is not a disabled toilet, but is quite spacious.
Main Theatre is up 17 steps therefore regrettably is not wheelchair accessible.
STUDIO
Available for ... meetings, clubs, fashion shoots, photography, fashion shows, band practices, as a performance space, as a rehearsal space.
Days or Evenings.
Regular slots or one offs.
Studio Theatre Hire Charges:
Performances : £95/hr
Rehearsals with use of Lights and Sound: £70/hr
Rehearsals: £40/hr
Meetings / other uses: £30/hr
Capacity: 50 flexible
Width (metres):7m
Depth (metres): 6m
Height (to roof): 3m
Type of stage: flat floor
Space info: black box with in-the-round seating 1 or 2 rows deep.
This is a flexible space and can be set up as you require, for example in-the-round or end on style or cabaret
Lighting details:
Memory Lighting Desk
12 x 500w fresnels / profiles, 2 x 1kw fresnels, lots of led lights
3000 lumen projector (narrow)
2500 lumen projector (extra wide)
Sound details:
1 x 12:4:2 Yamaha Sound Desk
With connectors for ipod or laptop
1 x Mini Disk Recorder / Player
1 x Cd Players
4 x JBL 5 Speakers (in the round)
MAIN THEATRE
Available for ... meetings, clubs, fashion shoots, photography, fashion shows, band practices, as a performance space, as a rehearsal space. Days or Evenings. Regular slots or one offs.
Main Theatre Hire Charges:
Performances : £150/hr
Rehearsals with use of Lights and Sound: £125/hr
Rehearsals: £60/hr
Meetings / other uses: £50/hr
Main Theatre
Capacity: 110 fixed seats
Width (metres): 9.7m
Depth (metres): 7.5m
Height (to roof): 6.5m (note: we have two horizontal roof beams at 2.7m high)
Type of stage: Black Dance Floor (the stage floor underneath is wooden)
Space info: black box with raked seating.
Lighting details:
1 x Fat Frog Computerised Lighting Desk
4 x moving lights - 575w Mac 500s
Lots of led lights – giving full colour mixing
3000 lumen projector (narrow)
2500 lumen projector (extra wide)
Numerous 2kw, 1kw and 500w profiles, fresnels, floods, par64s and par 16s
Sound details:
1 x 12 channel Yamaha Sound Desk
With connectors for ipod or laptop
Numerous mics with stands
2 x Bose 802 Main PA Speakers with Sub Bass
2 x Bose 802 Vocal Reinforcement Center Cluster Speakers
2 x Bose 402 Rear Speakers