Box office: 01722 321744
Admin office: 01722 343020
Email: info@salisburyarts.co.uk
www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk
direct line: 01722 343023
fax: 01722 343030
e-mail: anthony@salisburyarts.co.uk
michael@salisburyarts.co.uk
UPDATED 09.01.2012
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Salisbury Arts Centre is housed in a church dating back to medieval times. It is a large, flexible,
reversible space. For theatre, dance and lectures, the Main Space can be treated as a black box
studio theatre with retractable seating. For smaller events, the Cafe Stage and the White Room
are available. For larger music, cabaret and comedy events, the Main Space is reversed with a
stage built in front of the retractable seating, usually opening out into the café/bar area.
Travelling and parking
Travelling to the Arts Centre is fairly straightforward. Follow the ring road to St. Marks roundabout,
and turn into Estcourt Road. This road leads into Bedwin Street and the Arts Centre is in St.
Edmunds church building on the right hand side. Parking is in the staff car park, behind the Arts
Centre, and accessible from Bedwin Street. If travelling with tour buses or articulated lorries (30’
plus) please contact the Arts Centre 2 weeks prior to arrival.
Get-in
Get-in is via the Arts Centre car park at the back of the building. Access is via a ramp (1.30m wide
– due to handrails for steps next to ramp.) Get In doors open to 1.90m wide. There is a level floor
until a ramp or steps to backstage and SR (Box theatre) or SL (raised stage)
Performance Spaces
Main space – reversible space enclosed by purple drapes. There is no hard surface separating
the auditorium/stage from the Front of House areas. For music performances, one end of curtains
can be opened into the café/bar area.
Café Stage – This stage is in what used to be the altar of the church and faces the café/bar area.
It has white exhibition/display walls to SR, SL and UPS.
White Room – Flexible space with manual retractable seating and lilac curtains at either end.
Dimensions – guidelines only, please contact the technical department for detailed measurements.
Main Space – Black Box Theatre –
8m depth, 8m width
Stage -
Café Stage White Room -
built in modular sections measuring 2m x 1m,
max dimensions 6m x 8m, variable height.
4.5m depth, 8m width
5.5m depth, 7.5m width
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St Edmunds Arts Trust Ltd is a company limited by guarantee
Registration Number 1412263, incorporated in Wales, and a Registered Charity, Number 1023945
Lighting
Main Space – 48 way fixed circuits ETC Smartpack Dimmers (2.5kW), 32 way jumper circuits, ETC
Express 48/96 control desk
Café Stage – 24 way jumper circuits, 18 way portable ETC Smartpack Dimmers (2.5kW), ETC
Express 48/96
White Room – 24 way jumper circuits, 24 way Zero 88 Betapacks (2.5kW), Zero 88 Sirius 48
control desk
Lanterns
Par Cans
30x Par64 (black pleas specify CP Lens (62 as standard a sur-charge for other lens’)
4x SN Par 64 Floor Cans
Fresnels
15 x Strand Electric Patt 743 Fresnel 1kW (9 barndoors available)
6 x Selecon Compact Fresnel 1 kW
10 x Selecon Acclaim Fresnel 650W
PC’s
6 x LDR Nota PC 1KW
Profiles
6 x ETC Source 4 15-30 750W
6 x ETC Source 4 25-50 750W
6 x ETC Source 4 Jr 25-50 575W Floods
4 x Strand Coda 500W
10 x Selecon HUI 800W
Please note,
The Arts Centre does NOT have a cyc.
Fresnels and PCs all have barndoors unless otherwise stated,
ETC Express control desk shared between Café Stage and Main Space.
Portable ETC dimmers are shared between Café Stage and Main Space
Iris’ and gobo holders are not available for all profiles,
All lanterns are shared between all three performance spaces.
Cables, colours, gobos are normally available.
A 125A 3 phase supply and a 32A single phase supply is available for
touring systems.
To avoid disappointment with your show, please ensure that you send us a lighting plan as
soon as feasibly possible.
Sound
Main Space – 1x Roland M300 Digital Desk (with 16 in 8 out digital snake)
1x Sabine Stereo 31 band graphic EQ
1x Yamaha SPX 2000 effects processor
2x Denon DMD 1000 minidisc
2x Denon DCD 635 compact disc
Registered office: Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3UT
St Edmunds Arts Trust Ltd is a company limited by guarantee
Registration Number 1412263, incorporated in Wales, and a Registered Charity, Number 1023945
1x Symetrix Symnet 8x8 digital signal processor
2x Martin Audio EMX 2A system controller
4x Tannoy TA 1000 amplifiers (main speakers)
2x Tannoy TA 600 amplifiers (monitors)
4x Martin Audio EM 186 speakers (flown)
4x EV SX 300 monitors
Also available
on request: 2 x 3200W HK active speaker stacks
4 x powered monitors (this will incur a surplus charge)
Café Stage – 2x RCF ART 312Ai self powered speakers
White Room – 2x RCF ART 312Ai self powered speakers
1x Spirit NotePad Sound Desk
1x Denon CD Player
Loose equipment (DIs, Microphones, etc)
3x Behringer Active DI
2x EMO E520 DI
5x Shure SM58
3x Shure SM57
1x Shure 568B
3x Sennheiser e 609
2x Sennheiser e 835
11x Microphone stands (including 2 small mic stands)
Also available
on request: 1 x Drum mike kit
3 x SM57
2 x SM58
all necessary cables for above.
 We also have available radio microphones listed below, but please request prior to your
performance.
2x Trantec S3500 DDDTX radio mics and receivers
1x Sennheiser EW112G2 Lavalier Lapel Radio Microphone
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Larger systems (up to 8K) are available (hired in), but it is essential that you contact the Arts
Centre 10 weeks in advance. A 32A single phase supply is available for use of larger systems.
Audio Visual
1x HD Automatic Screen Surface 6mx5m (From May 2011)
1x Panasonic PT-D5000E DLP projector (5000 lumens) Main Space ONLY
2x Optoma DW318 HDMI Projector (2700 lumens) 1 in White Space & 1 in Media
Space
3x Sony BDP-310 BluRay Players
2x Samsung HDMI DVD Players
2x HDMI two-way Switcher boxs
1x JVC Monitor
1x 3M OHP 1700 series
(Please note if you you are using a MacBook please bring to correct connections for wither VGA or
Registered office: Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3UT
St Edmunds Arts Trust Ltd is a company limited by guarantee
Registration Number 1412263, incorporated in Wales, and a Registered Charity, Number 1023945
HDMI)
Access Equipment
1x Zarges 8 rung ladder maximum working height full extension – 5.8m
A-frame – 4.1m
1x Zarges 12 rung ladder maximum working height full extension – 8.6m
A-frame – 6.1m
1x Zarges mobile tower maximum working height – 7.5m
1x Tallescope 50518- max. working height: 7.9m
Staff
The Arts Centre has a small number of fulltime staff, so please contact the Arts Centre if you
require extra technical staff.
Other
The Arts Centre does not own a cyc.
No flying facilities.
No screws or nails into either Main Space floor or White Room floor.
Registered office: Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3UT
St Edmunds Arts Trust Ltd is a company limited by guarantee
Registration Number 1412263, incorporated in Wales, and a Registered Charity, Number 1023945
Essential Notes
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In order to maintain our good relationship with local residents, the venue is subject to a
102dba limit at the FOH desk, and this must be strictly adhered to.
Real flame, smoke and pyrotechnics can only be used with written permission of the Local
Authority. An application must be made by Salisbury Arts Centre one month prior to the
performance.
We are better able to help you if you send technical details in advance. Details of special
effects e.g. pyrotechnics, strobes, smoke, use of liquids, breaking glass and use of animals
must be notified one month in advance. Contracting companies are requested to send us a
tour schedule to help us keep in touch.
Any Arts Centre technician (fulltime or voluntary) present during an event may have to
attend to other duties and may not be available to operate shows unless by prior
arrangement
All electrical equipment brought in by any visiting company must be tested to Health and
Safety and Electrical requirements, with appropriate certificates.
All flammable items – set, costumes, etc, should be adequately fire proofed by the visiting
company prior to their arrival at the Arts Centre.
Any queries regarding the facilities offered should be made before signing any contract or hire
applications. If facilities in addition to those provided by the Arts Centre are required, we might be
able to provide them, but if hired in, they will be charged against the artist’s / promoter’s fee. The
Arts Centre will not accept any responsibility for failure or non-suitability of any equipment hired or
brought in or of any equipment that does not comply with present Health and Safety and Electrical
regulations.
For further queries, please don’t hesitate to contact either Anthony Aston (Technical Manager) or
Michael Scott (Technician) on 01722 343021/343023.
Alternatively, contact via email:
anthony@salisburyarts.co.uk
michael@salisburyarts.co.uk
Technical Manager
Technician
Registered office: Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3UT
St Edmunds Arts Trust Ltd is a company limited by guarantee
Registration Number 1412263, incorporated in Wales, and a Registered Charity, Number 1023945