Lossiemouth Town Hall | Touring Venue

LOSSIEMOUTH TOWN HALL

May 2010 Mick Andrew

General Information

Address: High St, Lossiemouth, Moray IV31 6PF

Venue in town centre. Parking on street.
Built late Victorian era
Capacity: If stage used 234, if performing on floor approx 130, loose stacking chairs & 54 fixed seats on balcony.
Lossiemouth has banks/cash-point, petrol, shops, mini-markets, hotels, cafes.

Hall Details

Hall Dimensions: 9.91M (32’6”) wide x 14.33M (47’) from stage front to balcony overhang; balcony depth 3.2M (10’6”). Height above approx 9.14M (30’). Roof is flat.
Stage: Pros arch with wings, slight rake, stage has bowed front. Pros opening 6.78M (22’3) wide x 4.87M (16’) depth to back grey tabs; 6.91M (22’8”) depth to back wall from centre of bowed stage front. Height to LX battens 3.05M (10’); height of stage 1.1M (3’7”); wings 1.57M (5’2”) SR, 1.34M (4’5”) SL.

Access to stage by stairs either side from hall.

Décor: Floor dark wood with no markings; walls cream lower, mustard brown upper; roof light brown. Stage FOH tabs gold, legs & back drape light grey, borders black.
Get-in: Reasonable – through Hall FOH, ramped access, 2 sets double doors into hall from street, not straight (doors offset from each other), approx 20M from FOH door to stage. 1.04M (3’5”) wide x 2.23M (7’4”) high.
Acoustics slightly reverberant.
Blackout reasonable, windows have roller blinds.
Heating by quartz red-glow wall mounted heaters.
Upright piano, 6 smoke detectors in hall and 2 above stage.
Small A-frame steps and 2-part extending ladder available.

Technical

Power: 100amp 3-phase incomer in SL wing c/w 63amp single-phase cee-form socket in cupboard below dist. board. No 13amp sockets on stage.
No stage lighting equipment.
Sound: small rig with 2 speakers & TOA 6 channel mixer amp.
Houselights are switched fluorescents (switches in SL wing).

Backstage