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Artscape Opera House
- Street:
- DF Malan Street
- City:
- Cape Town
- State:
- Foreshore
Description
Auditorium
The auditorium seats 1187 with space for two wheelchairs.
The stalls hold 23 rows of seats and the balcony seven.
The distance from curtain to back rows are respectively 26.10m and 29.70m
Stage
The Opera house stage consists of the main stage, rear stage and two side stages.
The main stage is 26.1m wide and 16.25m deep and has three identical stage lifts.
Each lift has six traps which can move separately or be joined to form one continuous trap.
The rear stage has a wagon with double revolve
The wagon can move forward and be sunk via lifts to provide turntable facility on main stage.
The stage floor is wood covered and each lift can tilt ten degrees.
Pit
When lowered the pit can accommodate 75 to 80 musicians. It has three individual lifts.
The lifts can be set at three standard levels namely: Orchestra pit level, auditorium floor level and stage level to form an apron or thrust stage.
Technical
Fly tower of 37m houses 66 electrically driven décor battens including three two cyclorama battens.
Stage managers control desk in portal tower stage right.
Electrically operated curtains which travel vertically and horizontally.
Independent three phase power supply of 120 amps per phase on available.
Emergency back-up for emergency lighting only within eight seconds of general power failure.
Fully computerised lighting rig operated from room at the back of auditorium using a Compulite Vecta control desk.
State of the art sound equipment Meyer system with a Midas Heritage control desk..
The auditorium seats 1187 with space for two wheelchairs.
The stalls hold 23 rows of seats and the balcony seven.
The distance from curtain to back rows are respectively 26.10m and 29.70m
Stage
The Opera house stage consists of the main stage, rear stage and two side stages.
The main stage is 26.1m wide and 16.25m deep and has three identical stage lifts.
Each lift has six traps which can move separately or be joined to form one continuous trap.
The rear stage has a wagon with double revolve
The wagon can move forward and be sunk via lifts to provide turntable facility on main stage.
The stage floor is wood covered and each lift can tilt ten degrees.
Pit
When lowered the pit can accommodate 75 to 80 musicians. It has three individual lifts.
The lifts can be set at three standard levels namely: Orchestra pit level, auditorium floor level and stage level to form an apron or thrust stage.
Technical
Fly tower of 37m houses 66 electrically driven décor battens including three two cyclorama battens.
Stage managers control desk in portal tower stage right.
Electrically operated curtains which travel vertically and horizontally.
Independent three phase power supply of 120 amps per phase on available.
Emergency back-up for emergency lighting only within eight seconds of general power failure.
Fully computerised lighting rig operated from room at the back of auditorium using a Compulite Vecta control desk.
State of the art sound equipment Meyer system with a Midas Heritage control desk..
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