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Edinburgh Festival Theatre
 Street address: 13/29 Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9FT, Scotland, United Kingdom
Telephone: 44 (0) 131 662 1112
Fax: 44 (0) 131 667 0744
E-mail: enquiries@eft.co.uk
Website: http://www.eft.co.uk
Proprietor: Festival City Theatres Trust
Contact: John Stalker General Manager
E-mail: john.stalker@eft.co.uk
Contact: Jimmy Beacham Box Office Manager
E-mail: jimmy.beacham@eft.co.uk
Contact: Caroline Brophy Theatre Manager
E-mail: caroline.brophy@eft.co.uk
Contact: Jim Clark Technical Manager
E-mail: jim.clark@eft.co.uk
Accessibility: Wheelchair access FOH, assistance available, induction loop, audio guide, large print material, provision for guide dogs, 19 wheelchair spaces in auditorium
There has been a theatre on this site for over 100 years, but the present Festival Theatre was virtually rebuilt during the 1990s and opened in its current incarnation in 1994. The theatre is said to be haunted by the ghost of the 'Great Lafayette', who died when part of the Empire Palace Theatre, which stood on the current site, burned down in 1911. Modern facilities include a licensed bar, café and private function suites.
Auditorium Type of venue: National touring house
Main use: Drama, dance, opera, ballet, variety, ice shows
Seating: 1,915 seats total on three levels, 19 wheelchair spaces
Proscenium opening: 13.4m W x 9m H
Performing area: 18.18m W x 18.6m D x 22.5m H to grid, flat stage floor hardboard over plywood suitable for dance, understage crossover, stage heated, several 13A sockets, get-in via scene dock US, 20m x 10m, to 2 large doors at tailgate height, room for 6 trucks in yard; safety curtain; scale stage and lighting plans available
Forestage: Forestage as first two sections of orchestra pit, on lift
Orchestra pit: Optional forestage/orchestra pit accommodating 20, 80 or 120 musicians on three lifts c 19m x 9.5m in front of proscenium
Suspension equipment: 75 single-purchase counterweight lines, hemp sets
Soft hangings: Red house tabs, black legs, borders and tabs, white filled cloth cyclorama
Lighting: Strand 550i board, 518 channels, operated from rear of dress circle or rear of stalls, 163A and 125A 3-phase supplies available; 306 spots, 43 fresnels, 64 PCs, 46 pars, 10 floods, 10 beamlights, 3 Xenon Longthrow 2kW followspots
Sound: Soundcraft Delta 200 24:4:2 mixer, operated from rear of dress circle or rear of stalls, various amps and speakers, 2 x Revox PR99 reel-to-reel decks, Tascam cassette deck, DAT machine, Denon CD player, acoustics suitable for music and spoken word
Stage equipment: Genie aerial platform, upright and grand pianos, SM desk at rear of dress circle, DSL or DSR, cue lights, 20 outstations, intercom to all technical areas, show relay to dressing rooms
Backstage: 5 principal dressing rooms for 1 or 2 persons, 2 group dressing rooms for 4 persons, 2 group dressing rooms for 8 persons, 4 chorus rooms for up to 16 persons each, green room, conductor's room, 3 band rooms, wardrobe and laundry, prop worshop and armoury; technical staff include 4 stage/electrics, casuals available, most backstage facilities accessible to disabled performers and staff |
