7.30pm or 8.00pm Curtain Up

The Subi Arts Centre is generally 8.00pm for its mainhouse shows. Times can often differ for the Studio shows. Like the Blue Room venues, sometimes this is to relieve the congestion at the ticket office and bar area. Front of House Staff might find it easier with a staggered start, rather than several shows starting at once. However, the staff note that whenever tickets vary from the standard 8.00pm start, they inevitably have to deal with latecomers arriving who didn't realise the show started earlier...which ties up FOH staff after all. As well as length or type of production, you should also add type of audience. Evening shows by Barking Gecko are often at 6.30 or 7.00, given that families with young children are the target audience. And there was a notable decline in popularity of early shows over summer - particularly with daylight saving. People didn't tend to attend when it was still daylight in the evening. Cheers, Craig ~<8>-/====\---------