For ticket sales: 0800 328 5334
Student Festival tickets may only be purchased on the door.
For theatre hire enquiries: 01582 743045
The theatre is part of the Division of Performing Arts & English at the University of Bedfordshire.
The University of Bedfordshire
does not guarantee that all or any of these facilities or equipment are
available or suitable for the purposes of the visiting company.
A visiting company should in all cases check with the Production Manager to ensure the information contained herein is up to date and correct. At certain times some equipment detailed in this document may be temporarily unavailable.
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the data presented in this document, critical measurements, quantities and the like must be checked by site visit.
For all enquiries contact: theatre@beds.ac.uk
Like the operator of any venue in the UK, the University of Bedfordshire has a duty of care to ensure the safety of its staff, its visitors and the public. As users of the space, you too have a duty to help ensure the safety of the venue and the activities that occur therein.
You are expected to:
Please note: for reasons of hygiene performers should not enter the canteen / foyer area in bare feet.
The fire muster point for the Campus Centre is the rear car park.
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Maximum audience capacity: 279 seats (plus 3 wheelchairs)
A further 4 wheelchair positions can be created at stage level by the removal of two standard seats per position.
A further 2 wheelchair positions can be created at the rear of the auditorium by the removal of one standard seat per position.
It should be noted that, due to the layout of the seating, some seats offer a restricted view of the stage.
The upper level wheelchair positions, either side of the control room, are often used as camera or follow spot positions, requiring the removal of one standard seat per position.
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The stage surface is 6mm MDF, laid on top of 22mm hardboard supported by “resilient batons” on 300mm centres. As a result the stage does have some give in it, but it is not sprung. For this reason it is not advised that bare-footed dance be performed without the addition of dance flooring.
Maximum stage loading Please call for data
Maximum stage point loading Please call for data
On no account may anything be stuck, screwed, nailed or glued to the stage without the prior, written, consent of the Production Manager.
The stage may be painted for the purposes of a production, but must in all cases the entire stage must be painted black upon the completion of the production – to a level deemed acceptable by the production manager. To ensure consistency or colour, the paint used must be as specified by the Production Manager. At time of writing the house paint is Flints Theatre Black (available from www.flints.co.uk). It is the responsibility of the visiting company to source all necessary materials and tools.
At the rear of the stage is a permanently rigged, projection screen grade, cyclorama. It must not be lent against or touched in any way – on either side. Any damage caused to it will be charged in full to the responsible company up to the full cost of replacing the entire cyc where a repair is not financially or aesthetically viable.
Paint cannot be removed from the cyc, and so it is important to protect it during any stage painting.
A stage crossover is available behind the cyc – 87cm wide, but narrower at its entrance stage right.
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The outer loading door is of the “rolling panel” type and backs onto a loading bay at ground level. Control is via a panel on the stage side of the door. Vehicles must be moved to the main car park as soon as loading is completed. A pay-and-display system is rigorously enforced Monday to Friday from 08:00 until 17:00. Visitors may be able to obtain a free permit from the Facilities & Estates office.
The inner door is a very big, very heavy, sound proof, two leaf hinged door. Due to the noise involved in opening and closing it, it is not typically desirable to do so during performance.
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For safety reasons, barefooted persons are no allowed into the scene dock.
All off-cuts, debris etc must be swept up immediately and put into the bins provided.
Where small items are painted within the scene dock you are asked to protect the floor from paint.
Major spray painting may not be undertaken inside the scene dock.
Power tools such as jig saws, circular saws and similar equipment may not be used in the scene dock. RCD protected sockets are provided on the stage side of the outer dock door to allow tools to be used outside.
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The Campus Centre Theatre has no flying capabilities. All over-stage bars are set at a fixed height, suspended on steel wire rope.
Maximum Uniform Distributed Load for lighting bars is 150kg.
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Lighting positions above the audience seating are provided by three lighting bridges, accessible via the back stage area on the first floor. Each bridge is fitted with an IWB offering 6 circuits per bridge. A further 6 circuits are shared by the three bridges.
A fourth lighting position is offered by the “Circle Bar”, a non internally wired barrel running the width of the auditorium above the control room, offering preferable lighting angles to the down stage apron. 6 lighting circuits are provided via Socapex from the stage right dimmer rack.
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The main incomer for the Campus Centre is 400A TPNE, shared between the Theatre, the Theatre Studio, teaching spaces, and the canteen.
The theatre has 108 2kw hardwired circuits spread across the three phases. Dimmers are Light-processor Dimension 1810. 10A MCB per circuit, 30mA RCBO.
Theses are distributed as follows:
Additionally, there are currently 23 2kw channels, in the form of 4 x Z88 Betapack 1s wired to 32A single phase, located on the stage right catwalk, fed from a stage level 63A TPNE supply. Normally, six of these circuits are permanently allocated to the Circle Bar (fed via socapex).
Hard power is provided in the form of 16A ceeforms with individual MCBs, distributed as follows:
A 63A TPNE supply is located at stage level in the stage right wing (please note, this is typically occupied by the auxiliary dimmer units on the stage right catwalk, where it is disturbed into 6 x 32A SP ceeform.
A 32A TPNE supply is located on the stage left catwalk, along with a distribution unit to provide 6 x 32A SP ceeform and 2 x 13A outlets.
Three twin13A outlets are available on either side of the stage, which are fed from the building’s general power infrastructure. 13A supplies can also be found on the seating block itself.
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A 100A SP “clean” supply is provided for sound use, distributed as follows:
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Control console Strand 300 series with 600 channels
DMX lines to positions throughout the auditorium.
Two booms consisting of:
Six moveable stands, each compromising of:
Semi-permanent lighting must not be de-rigged or reconfigured without the prior consent of the Production Manager.
Large amounts of 15A, 13A and socapex extension cables are available. Some 32A extensions and various adapters are also available.
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Two large dressing rooms are available, each with a wet-room shower and sink. An adjoining door between the two rooms may be opened, but if closed must not be obstructed as it forms part of the fire escape route.
A back stage lift is provided to allow disabled access to and from stage level. The route from dressing rooms to stage is clearly signed.
The only back stage toilet available is a single Accessible WC next to the back stage lift. Further male and female toilets are around the corner from the dressing rooms, though these are also used by the public.
A
Canford Techpro speaker unit is mounted in each dressing room, connected to
Channel B – normally used as a stage relay via an over-stage microphone. Calls
can also be made on this channel from the control room.
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Due to the nature of the theatre’s fire detection system, the use of smoke, haze, pyrotechnics and similar effects is not permitted. If this effects your production contact the Production Manager as listed above.
Under the laws of the United Kingdom it is illegal to smoke within the theatre building. Under University policy, the only place on the campus where smoking is permitted is the smoking shelter opposite the Londis shop.
Where firearms are to be used on stage the Production Manager must be contacted at least one month before the date of performance in order that the safety of the items used, and the procedures surrounding them, are satisfactory.
Laser emitting devices, of any kind, may not be used within the theatre.
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