Please note all the requirements outlined below are merely indicative of a typical scenario. We will select a programme suitable for the technical resources of the venue, and will check technical specifications in detail before confirming any performances. Moreover, requirements are subject to change, so please contact us for more information.
(we tour show disks, colour and lighting T-bar but no other equipment)
Space
Performance space should be 9m x 9m (minimum) with fully sprung floor, which must be covered with black dance floor.
White Cyc upstage and full Blacks upstage with capability of flying or opening during a pause to mask or reveal the cyc are needed.
A Black Box is required. Four or five sets of legs will be needed.
The performance area must be kept warm at all times, from 1pm until the end of performance, with a minimum temperature of 22° on every performance day.
Backstage, upstage or substage Crossover are necessary.
Sound
FOH PA with 4 onstage monitors
1 MD and CD Player
A DI box for an ipod on stage for the Company's use during Class.
Green in Blue is performed live by a Jazz Quartet. They will be positioned USR about 1m DS of the Cyc. Below is a list of the four instruments with their basic set up and sound requirements:
Saxophone %u2013 Microphone (e.g. SM57) on a boom stand
Keyboard (with Amp) %u2013 Mono Active DI Box (Linked out of amp)
Double Bass (with Amp) %u2013 Microphone (e.g. Beyer M88) on a small boom stand
5 Piece Drum Kit and Drum Pads (with Amp) %u2013 Mono Active DI Box (Linked out of amp)
2 Overhead mics (e.g. AKG 451/391)
Kick drum microphone (e.g. Beyer M88)
Two Monitors are required with an independent mix in each.
Lighting
10 x 1.8m' booms (5 each side upstage of pros), with three circuits on each
100 ways of 2 Kw dimming, of which 50 ways are needed onstage
8 overhead LX bars (over stage), 6.5m from dance floor, approximately 60 lamps overhead. No FOH LX is required.
Lantern Stock: 6x 2Kw Fresnels (with barn doors); 24 x 1Kw Fresnels (with barn doors); 24 x Par 64s; 20 Zoom Profiles (Narrow); 20 Zoom Profiles (wide)
The Boom configuration will be Shin @ 0.3m - Zoom Profile (Narrow). Mid @ 1m %u2013 1Kw Fresnel. Head @ 1.8m %u2013 Zoom Profile (Narrow)
Cyclorama lit in two colours; typically a minimum of 12 1Kw Asymmetric Floods
5 Floor stands
A (doughty style) A-Frame stand (extendable to 2m) capable of holding 6 PARS is required. We tour a T-Bar
A show disk compatible with ETC and Strand 500 series
Lighting operated by Production Manager
Mini DV player
Video tie-lines from projector to lighting box NB We can if necessary tour all video equipment. Please contact the company for details
Technical support and crew
For the fit-up we need sufficient crew to have all lights and masking rigged in about six hours. Focussing and plotting for all pieces will take two four hour sessions. Typically we are looking at a minimum of two stage, two LX.
For the performance, we need at least one member of crew %u2013 on stage to cue performers, help with colour changes between pieces, and help set up the band%u2019s equipment in an interval.
We will need cans to communicate between lighting, sound and the stage.
We ideally need four dressing rooms.
For more information, please contact Stephen Hawkins
Mobile: 44 (0)7813 673 404
Email: stevehawkins81@hotmail.com