Uig Community & Heritage Centre, Lewis | Touring Venue

UIG COMMUNITY & HERITAGE CENTRE, LEWIS

Nov 2000 Mick Andrew

General Information

Address: Uig Community Centre, Timsgarry, Uig, Isle of Lewis HS2 9JG

Venue is on side road off end of B8011 road as approaching from Stornoway – follow sign to right for Aird, Uig and Community Centre & then keep left at next junction and centre is 200M beyond here on right hand side with fire station adjoining. Car park at venue.
Built 1998 with museum and school in same complex.
Capacity up to 250 if staging used, approx 150 if performing on floor. Interlocking, stacking, metal-framed, padded chairs.
Mobile reception limited. Payphone in hall foyer 01851 672481.
Uig has a general store, post office, ‘no charge’ cashpoint and petrol. Banks, cafes, hotels and other services at Stornoway (35 miles).

Hall Details

Hall Dimensions: 11.71M (38’5”) wide x 19.8M (65’) long. Height above 5.44M (17’10”) flat roof.
Staging available: 36 units of 1M sq Topdeck rostra top & frame system @ 2 heights. Can make a 6M sq stage or 8M x 4M. No crossover. Access treads available.
Décor: floor sprung wood laminate with Badminton Court and other sports markings; walls white lower, wood panelled upper; roof white.
Get-in: through hall fire exit, straight, flat, 1 set double doors. Approx 10M from van loading area to performing area. 1.17M (3’10”) wide x 1.93M (6’4”) high.
Acoustics good – hall has been acoustically treated.
Blackout good.
Heating by wall radiators.
No piano. No smoke detectors.
Small A-frame stepladder available.

Technical

Power: 125amp 3-phase incomer in switch room by hall entrance.
Small stage lighting rig – ADB desk and 2 ADB patchable dimmers, 4 FOH wall mounted LX bars (2 each side) with 24 outlets, 8 x 650w fresnels, 8 x 650w PC’s. Also LED LX fixtures.
Sound equipment – not seen and no details.
Houselights are dimmable fluorescents or switched sodium’s, controls on left of hall entrance.

Backstage