bio box?

While I tend to agree with some of your comments. I have reservations, especially when it comes to theatre audio & the ideal position. In my experience - once you have EQÂ’d the venue for a performance & adjusted for the size of the house [BOSÂ’s] - itÂ’s a set & forget - only riding & monitoring for subtle adjustments as required. In which case you ensure there is a decent monitoring system fitted in the biobox &/or bring your own. In most instance where the audio operator requests to be located in the house, to my mind, it is just to satisfy their ego - especially for rock n roll performances. To the point where I have had requests from them, to be lit as well, in order to be seen while they are twiddling about. But thatÂ’s another story!
When lighting equipment became smaller, compact & more portable, it made it better to operate from the biobox. Unfortunately audio equipment became more technically sophisticated much later, so the box was the obvious place for it to go.
Maybe you should start a push to have it relocated as a pulpit built out from the centre of the balcony into the house - in fact some of the very old theatres still have ‘Limes’ Pulpits off the God’s balcony,that could be used!
IÂ’m afraid I have never as yet been convinced of the necessity to have the audio operator in the middle of the auditorium along side the bums on seats!
But IÂ’m still open to a persuasive argument!
Chookas Mate
Joe