Jura, Craighouse Hall | Touring Venue

JURA, CRAIGHOUSE HALL

Aug 2009 Mick Andrew

General Information

Address: Craighouse, Isle of Jura, Argyll PA60 7XS

Venue in middle of village on east side of A846 road heading north by harbour. Park on street outside.
Built 1915 as TA hall, upgraded and extended in 1989.
Capacity approx 100 if stage used, 60 -70 if performing on floor. Folding non-interlocking chairs, stacked on wheeled frames.
Variable mobile reception, payphone by Spar shop adjacent to hall.
Craighouse has small General Store, Bistro, and Hotel. Banks, Petrol and other services in Bowmore, Islay (17 miles via ferry).

Hall Details

Hall Dimensions: 13.6M (44’7”) long x 7.33M (24’) wide. Height at side walls 2.74M (9’) rising to 3.79M (12’5”) over central area. 4 tie bars to centre in hall.
Stage: 7.33M (24’) wide x 1.68M (5’6”) deep. Height above 1.93M (6’4”) rising to 2.96M (‘8”), height of stage 0.83M (2’9”). Access treads SR, no crossover.
Décor: Floor old wood with Badminton Court markings, walls old mahogony dark T&G panelling, roof white.
Get-in: reasonable, through FOH entrance, 1 step, single door & right angle turn into hall through sliding door. Approx 20M van loading to stage. 0.8M (2’8”) wide x 1.98M (6’6”) high.
Acoustics good.
Blackout reasonable, all windows have unlined curtains.
Heating by low wall panel heaters.
No Piano. No Smoke Detectors.
No Access equipment.

Technical

Power: 100amp 3-phase incomer in kitchen. Only 2 x 13amp sockets in hall on 2 x 15amp trips – 1 at stage, 1 at back of hall. Kitchen sockets on 30amp ring.
No Stage lighting. Dimmable domestic spots on stage.
No Sound equipment.
Houselights are switched flourescents, switches at back of hall + dimmable domestic spots at back of hall.

Backstage