The Lighthorne Festival of One Act Plays

Technical document

Stage

The stage with side extensions is approximately 4m deep by 7.6m wide by 57cm high.

  • Front curtains are operated from front stage left using a crank handle. This will be operated by the backstage manager
  • There are two black fly curtains to each side.
  • There is a rear curtain rail for back scenes which will have an optional black curtain hung which can be requested to be drawn for performance
  • During the Festival, the sides of the stage have additional inserts so that entrances from the wings are on the level

Lighting

  • QTX 512 Channel Advanced DMX/RDM Controller
  • Range of LED PARs, LD PAR Zooms, LED Bars and Strand incandescent white profiles. See diagram for more details including DMX addressing and channel settings.
  • MyDMX3 compatible device to interface to a computer.
  • The lighting board can have configuration loaded from USB, but should be returned to its default state after your performance. If you have your own board you are welcome to use it for your performance, subject to not interfering with any other group. If you prefer MyDMX then bring your own laptop with MyDMX3 installed, again subject to not interfering with any other group.

Sound

  • Crown XLS DriveCore amplifier.
  • Behringer XENYX 802 Analog Mixer.
  • Twin speakers either side of stage.

You can plug directly into the amplifier although you are advised to plug into the mixing desk and use that with the amplifier. 6.35mm jack leads are supplied to connect mixer to amplifier, and a 3.5mm stereo jack to twin phono adapter is available. If your sound source outputs to twin mono 6.35mm jacks please bring your own jacks.

Projector

1080p capable projector ceiling mounted under main lighting bar. There is no projector screen but the back of the stage is white and will present a reasonable image, with shadows from any objects or cast on stage. An HDMI cable serving the projector is in place.  The projector is focused to cast on the back wall and cannot be refocused during the festival.

Connections

All of the above equipment, apart from the projector, is stored in a locked white cupboard where the control desk will be placed. Power leads, DMX, speaker and HDMI leads emerge from this cupboard. Your Festival contact will unlock and help set up the equipment.

Operation

Operation during your performance is your responsibility. Please leave the control desk as you found it