Obnoxious Neighbour
Thu, 17 Feb 2005, 08:06 ambruce14 posts in thread
Obnoxious Neighbour
Thu, 17 Feb 2005, 08:06 amI am looking for advice on behalf of the Goldfields Repertory Club, we are facing problems from a neighbour who has made complaints to our City Council about Noise Pollution. Our Theatre has been in its present location since the 1940s or 50s and in 1998 the City Council approved a development of 8 units next door! Our Christmas show saw the Council Enviromental officer pay us two visits and in our current poduction we have had to endure rocks being thrown onto our roof, to celebrate opening night.
The GRC committee has asked me to investigate the options so we can better soundproof our Theatre. The original Theatre burnt down in the mid 70s and the present building started Life as an old Railways Shed I've been told. It has a Corrugated Iron Roof that is supported by large timber trusses and all that is between the stage and the outside world ( other than the Iron) is some dodgy Sisalation. My thoughts are to line with Chipboard and Insulation Batts or a more suitable material but am unsure of what will be best for the Soundproofing and the Acoustics for the auditorium. I dont want to make it soundproof to the outside and then find that the material is also damping the Actors Voices. The Theatre only seats 90 so we aren't talking about huge spaces. As a Community Theatre Group our budgets are also a big consideration.
The GRC committee has asked me to investigate the options so we can better soundproof our Theatre. The original Theatre burnt down in the mid 70s and the present building started Life as an old Railways Shed I've been told. It has a Corrugated Iron Roof that is supported by large timber trusses and all that is between the stage and the outside world ( other than the Iron) is some dodgy Sisalation. My thoughts are to line with Chipboard and Insulation Batts or a more suitable material but am unsure of what will be best for the Soundproofing and the Acoustics for the auditorium. I dont want to make it soundproof to the outside and then find that the material is also damping the Actors Voices. The Theatre only seats 90 so we aren't talking about huge spaces. As a Community Theatre Group our budgets are also a big consideration.
Re: Obnoxious Neighbour - closer to home
Sun, 20 Feb 2005, 08:11 pmLast night of The Bear (and the first part of Real Inspector Hound) was marred by an inordinate amount of noise pollution coming from a Festival of Perth event at the Somerville auditorium. Apparently there was a film event being shown with accompaniment by a live band... whose decibels were CRANKING. Didn't mind so much when it was just an ethereal keyboard permeating the entire space up the hill at St George's, but the drum and bass was a bit hard to justify in a Chekov.
I believe some awareness of the problem was exhibited by the Festival...they scheduled the UWA performance of Black Swan's 'Zastrozzi' to start later, at 9.30pm. But it was unfortunate that they were oblivious to the non-Festival performances.
And honestly, from standing out the front of St Georges (the other side of Stirling Hwy, and a reasonable distance from the Somerville), the noise levels were pretty major. I could not possibly imagine myself standing anywhere in the vicinity of the Somerville Theatre and being able to enjoy a musical performance at that volume.
Shame for the performers of The Bear, who I imagine were really distracted. And for the capacity crowd on our final night...if you were distracted I suggest you let the Perth Festival organisers know.
Cheers
Craig
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