Community Theatre design
Sat, 22 Jan 2000, 11:14 amWalter Plinge3 posts in thread
Community Theatre design
Sat, 22 Jan 2000, 11:14 amWe are converting a flat floor community hall into raked seating auditorium for plays, drama, dance etc. The hall has a raised stage .900 high and will have a lower thrust stage or performance at floor level in front. Open hall is 17m deep by 13m wide. Our pro bono architect has designed some raked seating first three rows 200mm intervals high (all by 950deep). The next three rows are 300 high. I don't believe that gives us good sightlines so that you can see something happening to a body on the floor of the stage, and certainly on the area in front of the stage. Are there any printed guidelines for community theatre design I can present to the meetings?
RE: Community Theatre design
Tue, 9 May 2000, 03:10 pmIt's great to have an architect to 'IT' for free, however, even paid ones tend to get 'IT' wrong. Unfortunetly, unless they have worked in theatre or have venue experiance they cannot grasp the flexibility of it. If the community hall is an open space at present, set up a mock thrust on rostra and a step ladder - check it out, use some warm props as 'walkers' and move the ladder to various locations, take measurement and create your own 'side view' and include behind the 'pro-arch' as well. If you utalise graph paper, for you drawing, it is easier to transpose and modify.
I realy don't know any sites who can give a forumula for this type of venue - if you can call in a local freindly theatre designer or technicain this could help.
If you were in W.A. - I could help for 'free'
Joe mccabe
I realy don't know any sites who can give a forumula for this type of venue - if you can call in a local freindly theatre designer or technicain this could help.
If you were in W.A. - I could help for 'free'
Joe mccabe