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Outline Technical Specifications as of 1 May 2007.
At Mermaid we are regularly upgrading our inventory.
Please
ensure you have a current version of this document.
Note: Please check with the technical team before your get-in
to make sure all your requirements are met. This specs list is
not a guarantee of availability of equipment.
The intimate auditorium is an end-on proscenium theatre with 242
seats on a retractable rake comprising 11 rows. With the
seating retracted an open hall is created which may be
configured to suit other formats. Configurations other than
end-on, however, require the hire of extra seating.
There is a red oak sprung floor throughout the auditorium which
may not be painted or fixed into in any way. The stage
comprises a removable black plywood deck @ 40mm above fixed
floor. Stage floor and walls should not be painted any other
colour than black. Screw fixings up to 30mm or staples only are
permitted - NO Nails.
If using full
stage depth there is NO BACKSTAGE CROSSOVER. Access from Stage
Right only. If required, a crossover is normally created by
hanging cloths on Bar #11 (see flying system).
An ORCHESTRA PIT with removable cover is sunk into the floor
downstage of the pros. line. Use of the pit reduces stage depth
by 1 metre.
| Total floor area (seating
retracted): |
19,875 x 14,150mm |
| Total width (wall to
wall) |
14,150mm |
| Proscenium opening (removable
flats) |
11,150 x 6,000mm |
| Wings - SR & SL |
1,500mm (Each side) |
| Stage depth (Removable floor) DS of Pros. to back
wall |
7,900mm |
| “ With Stage extension (Orch. pit must be
closed) |
8,900mm (NORMAL CONFIGURATION) |
| Height of Stage floor |
40mm |
| Height of grid (RSJ's
throughout) |
7,070mm |
| Max. Height of winch bars |
(Approx.) 6,200mm (Lx Bars 6,000mm) |
| Dimensions of
opening: |
8,250 x 2,360mm |
| Internal
dimensions: |
7,950
x 2,060mm @ 1,500mm below floor level |
| Working
area: |
7,150
x 2,060mm with access stairs. |
NOTE: The DS edge of the stage floor overlaps the pit. The pit covers
are extremely heavy. Opening and closing of the pit is both
time & labour intensive, requiring a clear forestage, a minimum
of 4 strong crew and approximately 90 minutes for each
operation. Companies using the pit are normally required to
close it as part of their get-out. For Health & Safety reasons Mermaid reserves the
right to insist on using house crew at the visiting companies’
expense
(€120.- per open or close).
12m (40 ft) trailers can now be accommodated by arrangement.
Load-in at stage level @ 1.2 m above street level. 6 metre push
to upstage right. Trucks up to 6m. (20') may reverse up to
dock, longer vehicles must park parallel to building. A
tail-lift and/or ramp is recommended.
Mermaid is
located at the back of a very busy public offices complex.
Please let us know your requirements so space can be reserved.
Long vehicles may need to arrive early morning.
| Load-in doors |
3m (H) x
2.25m (W) |
| Scene Dock |
5.8m (L) -
to stage x 5.0m (W) x 5.5m (H) VERY LIMITED STORAGE SPACE! |
| Dock door (onto stage). |
5.0m (H) x 2.35 m
(W) |
Scene dock & dressing rooms located Stage Right. No access SL.
Pile-wind motorised winch system - Total 14 no. bars for hanging
scenery, lighting etc. Bars may only move in one direction at
a time @ 4 metres / min., so this is NOT a flying system for
quick scene changes.
| HEIGHT TO GRID |
7070mm |
| S.W.L. (per bar) |
500kg.
Evenly distributed. |
| FRONT OF HOUSE: |
2 no. Bars (12500 x
48mm) |
| |
Bar #13 @ 5m downstage of pros. (FOH Lx bar) |
| |
Bar #14 @ 9m downstage of pros. |
| |
Max.
trim @ 5.9m. |
| ONSTAGE: |
12 no. Bars
(12500 x 48mm) |
| |
Max. trim @ 6.3m. |
| DETAIL: |
|
| |
|
| BAR |
POSITION |
MOST
COMMON USE – (May Var) |
| Bar #12 |
@ 400mm from u.s. wall |
Cyc
Cloth or Full Blacks |
| Bar #11 |
@ 980mm
“ |
Legs / Cyc Cloth or Full Blacks with Crossover |
| Bar #10 |
@ 1540mm “ |
Lx
4 |
| Bar #9 |
@ 2150mm “ |
Masking Border / Lx 4 with Cyc on Bar 11 |
| Bar #8 |
@ 2745mm
“ |
Split Black Tabs or Legs |
| Bar #7 |
@ 3325mm
“ |
Lx 3 |
| Bar #6 |
@ 3915mm
“ |
Masking Border |
| Bar #5 |
@ 4485mm
“ |
Masking Legs |
| Bar #4 |
@ 5065mm
“ |
Lx 2 |
| Bar #3 |
@ 5645mm
“ |
Masking Border |
| Bar #2 |
@ 6235mm
“ |
Masking Legs |
| Bar #1 |
@ 6815mm
“ |
Lx 1 |
| Advance Truss |
12m x 30.5cm square truss @ 2m DS of Pros. Flown on Lodestar
chain hoists. |
| |
Max. trim @ 5.9m |
| S.W.L. |
350kg Evenly
distributed. |
| 1 no. |
Pair House Tabs (Blue Velure) @ 340mm US of
proscenium. Manually operated from DSR corner. |
|
| 1 no. |
House Border (Blue Velure) |
14m x
1m |
| 2 no. |
Borders (Black Wool Serge) |
12.5m x 1m |
| 1 no. |
Border (BWS)
|
12.5m x 2m |
| 1 no. |
PAIR Black Travellers (BWS) on moveable 12.5m
tab-track |
6.6m x 6m (each) |
| 2 no. |
Drapes
(BWS) |
6m x 6m |
| 6 no. |
Masking legs (BWS) on swivel
bars |
2m x 6m |
| 2 no. |
Masking legs (BWS) on swivel
bars |
1.5m x 6m |
| 1 no. |
White filled Cyclorama
cloth |
12m x 6m |
| 12 no. |
Stage weights |
| 12 no. |
Stage braces (2m – 4m) |
| 1 no. |
Zarges (12 rung) 3-way ladder |
| 1 no. |
3.6m (12') A-frame ladder |
| 1 no. |
2.4m (8') A-frame ladder |
| 2 no. |
Step-ladders @ 0.8m & 2.0m |
| 1 no |
Tallescope (Max. Platform Height @
5.9m) |
| 1 no. |
7.8m (26') extension ladder |
| 4 no. |
Trestle tables (6' x 2') |
| 4 no. |
Small Desks |
| CONTROL |
ETC - Express 125 console
(max. 125 channels) + riggers remote. |
| |
Channels
120-125 reserved for house lights! |
| |
|
| DMX |
2 x 10 way active DMX
splitter (in control room) patchable to 18 outputs throughout
auditorium. |
| |
|
| HOUSE LIGHTS |
six channels on lx desk, cf.
above; independent dimmer, alternatively,
an analogue controller is available |
| |
|
| DIMMING |
96 CHANNELS @ 16 amp (3kw) |
| |
1 – 72 72 no. Robert Juliat "Tivoli". In
dimmer room. |
| |
73 – 96 24 (4 no. 6 channel – 16A cee-form)
Robert Juliat "Digipack" portable dimmer packs. |
| |
|
| PATCH |
Total 174 circuits throughout auditorium
terminating at patch panel in dimmer room. These may be patched
to dimmers 1 – 72 only. NOTE; only 1 patch output per dimmer
channel. |
| |
84 circuits permanently distributed to 16A cee-form sockets on pre-wired bars. (See below) |
| |
30 circuits via socapex at high level (6 onstage & 24 FOH) |
| |
48 circuits at low level onstage (24 x socapex & 24 x 16A cee-form). |
| |
12 circuits at low level in auditorium available if seating rig
is retracted. |
| |
|
| Pre-wired bars layout: |
Lx 4
Circuits 97 - 108 |
| |
Lx 3 Circuits 85 - 96 |
| |
Lx 2 Circuits 73 - 84 |
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Lx 1 Circuits 61 - 72 |
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FOH Booms Circuits 49 - 60 |
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Advance Truss Circuits 37 - 48 |
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FOH Circuits 25 - 36 |
| |
|
SIDE LIGHTING/
BRAILING BARS |
3 no. 48mm horizontal bars on both side-stage
walls @ 2.25m, 4.0m & 6.0m above floor. |
| |
|
| FOH Booms |
2 no. 4 metre long located
2.5m DS of pros. Bottom at 3.0m above floor level. |
| |
|
| LANTERNS |
18 no. Selecon "Acclaim"
18-34°
600w Axial profile spots |
| |
8 no. ETC
Source Four 15-30°
750w profile spots |
| |
4 no. ETC
Source Four 25-50°
750w profile spots |
| |
18 no. Robert Juliat 310H - 1200w fresnel spots |
| |
12 no.
Strand “Cantata” 1200w fresnel spots |
| |
24 no. Thomas Par-64 1000w cans |
| |
8 no. Selecon "Aurora" 1000w cyc floods |
| |
8 no. Selecon 650W fresnel spots |
| |
|
| CABLING |
2 no. 10m Socapex c/w
plug & socket ends (16A) |
| |
Ample 16A
extension cables and splitters for most rigs. |
| |
Small assortment
of 16-15 adapters etc. |
| |
|
| GOBOS |
10 no. M-size gobo
holders for Acclaims |
| |
6 no. B-size gobo holders for Source Fours (Inc. 2 only to take Glass
gobos) |
| |
|
| RIGGING BITS |
12 no. boom arms |
| |
4 no. 3m x
48mm scaffold tubes |
| |
2 no. 6m x
48mm scaffold tubes |
| |
12 no. Spanset slings & shackles (assorted sizes) |
| |
Assorted short
scaf. bars & couplers |
| |
|
| AUX. POWER |
2 no. 3-phase 125amp supplies. (1 x cee-form socket & 1 x tails) Also several 3-phase 32amp cee-forms throughout auditorium –
Note; Fused at 3 x 20A. |
| |
|
| CONSUMABLES |
Please ensure you have sufficient gel, PVC & Gaffa tape etc. for
your requirements. WE DO NOT STOCK COLOUR FILTER, BLACKTACK
AND OTHER CONSUMABLES. |
| MIX-POSITIONS |
1 Normally from Control Room
for theatre / playback. |
| |
2 From in the auditorium (Lose 8 seats) |
| |
|
| CONSOLE |
Allen & Heath GL 3300 24 - 8 - 2 (8 x Auxiliary/Groups) |
| |
|
| PATCH |
24 no. XLR
sends, 8 no. returns onstage. (12 + 4 DSR ,12 + 4 DSL) |
| |
18 no.
loudspeaker outlets (Speakon & XLR) throughout auditorium,
patched from control room. Diagram available on request. |
| |
|
| LOUDSPEAKERS (MARTIN AUDIO) |
4 no. EM 76 (12" + 80 x 40
deg. horn) Flown @ 50cm DS of Pros. (2 Left / 2 Right) |
| |
2 no. AQ 8 (8” + 90 x 50
deg. Horn) Flown @ 50cm DS of Pros.
(Mono Sum Centre Cluster) |
| |
2 no. EM
201 Sub-Bass cabinets (MONO) |
| |
4 no. EM
26 (8” + horn) Fills / monitors |
| |
|
| AMPLIFIERS |
4 no. Martin Audio 1.6
(1 x Sub-bass + Centre, 1 x FOH L & R, 2 x Auxiliary) |
| |
|
| CONTROL |
1 no. BSS 3088
“Soundweb Lite” signal processor (8 in – 8 out) |
| |
Graphic & Parametric Eq. / Compression & Delay.
Controlled from laptop PC |
| |
|
| OUTBOARD |
1 no. Symetrix 553E -
Graphic Eq. (31-band / 2 chan. - (Spare) |
| |
2 no. DBX
266XL – 2 Channel Compressor / Gates |
| |
1 no. Yamaha SPX 990 - Digital effects processor |
| |
1 no. Tascam CD 150 - CD player |
| |
2 no. Tascam MD 301 - Minidisc player / recorder |
| |
1 no. Tascam 130 - cassette player / recorder |
| |
|
| MICS. ETC. |
4 no. Shure SM58 –
Dynamic Vocal mics |
| |
2 no.
Shure SM57 - Dynamic Instrument mics |
| |
2 no.
Crown CM 700 - cardioid condenser mics |
| |
1 no. AKG
D-1000 - condenser mic. (Not available if Show Relay is
required.) |
| |
2 no. Behringer DI 100 - Active DI boxes |
| |
2 no. BSS
AR-133 Active DI boxes |
| |
|
| CABLING |
1 no. 12m. 12-way
sub-multi & stage box (XLR) |
| |
1 no.
20m. 4-way sub-multi (XLR) |
| |
10 no. 10m Mic. Leads |
| |
4 no. 8m
Mic. Leads |
| |
10 no. 5m
Mic. Leads |
| |
4 no. 2m
Mic. leads (includes comms. - see below) |
| |
8 no. Speakon speaker cables (8m). |
| |
4 no. Speakon speaker cables (5m). |
| |
8 no. Speakon speaker cables (1m). |
| |
6 no. Speakon back to back connectors |
| |
|
| STANDS |
2 no. Speaker stands |
| |
8 no. Boom
microphone stands (Tall) |
| |
4 no. Boom
microphone stands (Short) |
| |
|
| CONSUMABLES |
Please ensure you have sufficient PVC, Gaffa tape for
your requirements. |
2 no. Metro Audio Master
stations (1 normally used for show-relay)
4 no. Metro Audio headsets & beltpacks
The centre is wired for 2 separate channels of headset
communication with outlets throughout the stage & backstage
area.
Microphone on proscenium relayed to outlets throughout
building. 5 x relay speakers available. Currently 1 in each
dressing room, 1 in Green Room and 1 in control room.
Camera relays activity on stage to various outlets throughout
the building. 2 monitors available, usually located 1 onstage
and 1 in the Green room.
Dressing Room #1 located Stage right can accommodate 7-8
people. Includes mirror-lights and shower room.
Dressing Room #2 located upstairs adjacent to the Multi-Use
Space (see below) can accommodate 6-7 people. Also includes
mirror-lights, shower & wc facilities.
The Multi-Use Space (see below) is large enough to accommodate
several people, and may be used as a chorus room. There are no
mirrors in this room.
Washing machine, tumble dryer, iron & (cheap) ironing board
available in Green Room.
The Green Room is comfortable for 8 - 10 people. Includes
microwave, kettle and refrigerator.
A disabled hoist in the foyer may be used to bring goods
upstairs.
| Max. load: |
400kg |
| Internal dimensions: |
1.48m (D) x 1.05m (W) x 2.6m (H). |
| Door
opening: |
0.9m x 2.0m |
A second room on the first floor is available for wardrobe,
workshops, meetings, rehearsals, recording etc. 30 chairs
available. Also 2 paint sinks and shower & wc facilities. Please advise on your requirements so we can reserve this room
for you.
| Dimensions: |
9.1m (L) x 4.75m (W) x 3.0m (H) |
The screen is located on a motorised drum directly behind the
proscenium and rolls into place. The projector and audio rack
are located in the control room.
| Screen dimensions; |
8.8 x 3.8m |
| Projector (35mm only); |
Cinemeccanica
“Victoria 5” with ZX4000H lamp housing (2.5kw Xenon) |
| Picture formats supported; |
Cinemascope /
Widescreen 1.85 / Widescreen 1.66 / Academy |
| Audio formats (analog only); |
Dolby A / Dolby SR /
Mono |
| Loudspeakers; |
Krix Audio -
Left / Centre / Right / + 10 no. surround speakers (5 left / 5
right) |
| 1 no. |
Sharp PG-C45X Video projector (2500 Ansi-lumens)
Currently unavailable. |
| 1 no. |
Pioneer DV-360-S DVD player |
Mermaid
normally provides 1 house technician for up to 12 hours to
assist with get-in, and 1 technician for the get-out. Additional technical cover will be charged for. We do not
provide sound engineers, lighting operators or stage management
for the running of shows. A member of our technical staff is
however on standby at all times.
Please advise if you wish us to engage lighting
riggers/operators, sound technicians or any stage crew on your
behalf.
Eoin Fegan
Technical Manager
Tel: +353 (0)1 272 4303
Fax: +353 (0)1 272 4031
Email: tech@mermaidartscentre.ie |
