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Dundee Repertory Theatre
 Street address: Tay Square, Dundee DD1 1PB, Scotland, United Kingdom
Telephone: 44 (0) 1382 227684
Fax: 44 (0) 1382 228609
E-mail: info@dundeereptheatre.co.uk
Website: http://www.dundeereptheatre.co.uk
Proprietor: separate but funded by DCC
Contact: James Brining Associate Director
E-mail: jbrining@dundeereptheatre.co.uk
Contact: Dominic Hill Associate Director
E-mail: dhill@dundeereptheatre.co.uk
Contact: Lorna Duguid Executive Director
E-mail: lduguid@dundeereptheatre.co.uk
Contact: Joyce Sowden Box Office Manager
E-mail: jsowden@dundeereptheatre.co.uk
Contact: John Miller Technical Manager
E-mail: jmiller@dundeereptheatre.co.uk
Accessibility: Wheelchair access FOH and backstage, assistance available, induction loop, audio guide, provision for guide dogs
Opened in 1982, Dundee Repertory Theatre is mainly a producing venue, staging six shows each year by the resident Dundee Rep Ensemble. It is also the home of Scottish Dance Theatre (sdt), whose work the theatre premieres. Visiting work usually consists of a variety of drama, dance, opera and comedy, either for a week’s run or one night stands.
Auditorium
Type of venue: Producing theatre
Main use: Drama, dance
Seating: 455 raked seats, 10 wheelchair spaces
Proscenium opening: Adjustable, 11-13m W x 5-8m H
Performing area: 11-13m W x 9.6m D x 15m H to grid, raked wooden floor suitable for dance, black lino available, understage crossover, stage heated, get-in via 3.5m x 5.5m door at rear of stage
Forestage: 5.8m W x 1.75m D apron in front of proscenium
Orchestra pit: 30m² orchestra pit accommodating 24 created by removing front three rows of seats
Side stage SR: 2m W x 9.6m D x 6m H
Side stage SL: 2m W x 9.6m D x 6m H
Wing spaces: 3.5m W x 8m D x 6m H SR
Suspension equipment: 39 double purchase counterweight lines, max load 200kg each, 2 lighting bridges over auditorium, 4 box booms
Soft hangings: Black, blue/purple house curtain, black tabs, legs and borders, white cyclorama
Lighting: Strand 520i 400-channel computerised desk,192 LD90 dimmers, luminaires include 24 Strand SL26, 9 Strand SL10 FOH, 36 Silhouette 30, 6 Strand SL 15/32, 24 Cantata, 40 Starlette 1kW, 10 ALto 2kW, 3 Starlette 2kW, 50 various par cans, 8 16 frame scrollers, 15 Nocturne 1LW, 5 Minuette 500W, 6 Coda, 3 battens, 2 Selecon follow spots
Sound: Soundcraft K2 32:8:2 mixer, Soundtracs Solo Live 16:4:2 mixer, D&B, QSC and Denon power amplifiers, D&B speakers, Fostex 280 multitracker, BSS Soundweb system controller, Shure DFR11 feedback destroyer, Lexicon MPX1 multi-effects processor, Alesis quadraverb, 3 BSS FCS960 2-channel Yamaha graphic equalisers, Behringer Composer 2-channel compressor; wide range of mics, 2 x Revox B77 reel-to-reel tape deck, Denon, Sony cassette decks, Denon, Sony CD players, Tascam, Denon minidisc players, Tascam portable DAT machine
Stage equipment: SM desk at prompt corner DSL with cue lights, headsets, 12 oustations, show relay/tannoy to dressing rooms; Tallescope, smoke machines, FX projectors
Backstage: 8 dressing rooms accommodating 26 persons total, wardrobe available on request, green room, laundry, accessible by wheelchair; accessible toilet
Climate control: Air conditioned and heated
Other facilities
Rehearsal Studio 140m², Dance Studio ², workshop, paint shop, Het Theatercafé and auditorium/conference facilities |
