Balivanich Hall, Benbecula | Touring Venue

BALIVANICH HALL, BENBECULA

March 2013 Mick Andrew

General Information

Address: New Hall, Slighe Winfield, Balivanich, Isle of Benbecula HS7 5LH

Venue at end of Slighe Winfield (Winfield Way), pass Hospital and Filling Station and turn left, past Spar, as approaching from North on B892. Small car park.
Built 2008
Capacity approx 150 padded stacking chairs.
Bank, petrol, café, shops and other services in Balivanich. Hotels at Creagorry (4 miles).

Hall Details

Hall Dimensions: 12.22M (40’1”) wide x 17.37M (56’11”) long. Height of side wall 5.5M (18’) rising to approx 7M (23’) at apex.
Staging available: 20 sections of 1.22M sq (4’sq) rostra frames & tops @ 0.63M (25”) high. Treads available.
Décor: Polished wood floor, breezeblock walls with acoustic panelling, pink/brown lower, cream upper. Roof white with grey steel truss supports.
Get-in: good, through hall fire exit – double doors 1.56M (5’1”) wide x 1.98M (6’6”) high, flat, straight. Approx 10M to stage area.
Acoustics reasonable, Hall walls have acoustic panels.
Blackout good, windows have blinds.
Heating underfloor with ground heat exchange system.
No Piano. Hall has one smoke detector (high up), possible to isolate but need manual.

– Step ladder (7 steps) and straight ladder available.

Technical

Power: 100amp 3-phase incomer in plant room off corridor. 13 amp sockets in hall on 40amp ring main.
No Stage lighting. Roof has structural weight bearing steel girders that truss points could be rigged from. Need separate access system.
Small Concert PA system available – Allen & Heath PA20 (20 input mixer), limited microphones, stands etc. Speakers JBL wall mounted.
Houselights are switched/dimmable fluorescents, 3 switches in corridor by hall entrance.

Backstage