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Royal Lyceum Theatre
Street address: 30B Grindlay Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AX, Scotland, United Kingdom
Telephone: 44 (0) 131 248 4800
Fax: 44 (0) 131 228 3955
E-mail: info@lyceum.org.uk
Website: http://www.lyceum.org.uk
Proprietor: City of Edinburgh Council
Contact: Mark Thomson Artistic Director and Chief Executive
Accessibility: Full disabled access, lift, disabled toilet, infra-red system, audio descriptions available, induction loop
Built in 1883, the Royal Lyceum Theatre is owned by the City of Edinburgh Council. It is home to the acclaimed Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Lyceum Youth Theatre (LyT) and Stellar Quines Theatre Company. It hosts the annual National Theatre Connections Scottish Showcase and is a key venue for the Bank of Scotland Children's International Theatre Festival in May and the Edinburgh International Festival in August. It also presents performances by a range of visiting companies throughout the year.
The Royal Lyceum Theatre receives core funding from the Scottish Arts Council and is a Revenue Funded Client of the City of Edinburgh Council.
The Theatre welcomes approaches from overseas artists, but in terms of accommodating visiting companies has an extremely limited availability outwith the producing season.
Theatre Type of venue: Producing theatre
Main use: Drama seasons of world classics and new Scottish writing
Seating: 658 seats total, 11 wheelchair spaces
Proscenium opening: 8.46m W x 7.16m H
Performing area: 13m W x 17m D x 20m H to grid, flat stage floor suitable for dance (not barefoot), understafe crossover, stage heated, safety curtain, get-in via rear stage 4.46m above street level, dock doors 2.7m x 3m, scenery lift 2.9m x 6.8m x 3.07m H, max load 5,000kg
Wing spaces: 2.44m W SR, 112.78m² (including scene dock) SL
Suspension equipment: 53 single purchase counterweight sets, 0.23m apart, 2 US to DS side bars, 11m long, spot hemps as required, 2 tab tracks, max load 450kg per bar
Soft hangings: Red/gold house curtain, flown, black tabs, traverse curtain, legs and borders, cyclorama
Lighting: Strand 550 board, 224 circuits, 214 x 2.5kw dimmers, 10 x 5kW dimmers, operated from gallery, 100A 3-phase supply available for temporary board, 211 spots, 76 fresnels, 20PCs, 40 pars, 15 floods, 10 birdies, 8 battens
Sound: Soundcraft 200B 24:4:2 desk operated from gallery, 12 Shermann, 6 Bose 802 monitors, 4 Bose 101 monitors, SM58, AKG mics, 3 Revox B77 reel-to-reel decks, Pioneer cassette deck, Denon CD player, Tascam minidisc player
Stage equipment: SM desk at prompt cormer SL, headsets, 10 outstations, show relay/tannoy to dressing rooms; 2 Tallescopes
Backstage: 10 dressing rooms accommodating 24, green room, wardrobe, resident staff include 2 stage, 3 lighting, casuals available, advice given on accommodation |
