Y-Theatre is a traditional proscenium theatre designed and equipped for staging Drama, Dance, Musicals, and Musical Performances. It can also be used for Opera, Film and Variety Performances. In addition, the stage can be used for acoustic shell layout. Seating 643 in total, these are disposed with 449 in the stalls level (including 4 wheelchair seats), 194 in the balcony level (including 2 wheelchair seats). Seating start at row A, and 109 seats of stalls level row A to row E will be lost for setting the orchestra pit. Production desk can be set on stalls level row Q & R center to accommodate control panel and related production needs. Directions MTR: Hong Kong Line, Chai Wan station Bus: The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd.: 106, 106P, 118, 606, 606X, 802, N118 Citybus and New World First Bus 8S, 8X, 19, 81, 81A, 82, 82S, 106, 314, 682, 694, 698R, 780, 802, A12, N118 Nearby Public Car Parks: Hing Wah Estate Public Car Parks. Parking Permit required General Setup Youth Square Y-Theatre operates on a bare-walls touring policy. That is, all equipment is normally setup and struck within the booking period. Hirers are reminded to allow sufficient preparation time to hang theatre masking, rig all overhead stage lighting and setup sound. P. 1
Auditorium Max. Total Seating: 643 Stalls: 449 Balcony: 194 Removable Seating: Small Pit (Seats): 19 Large Pit (Seats): 109 Proscenium Adjustable Proscenium Width Adjustable Proscenium Height 11.00 m 13.00 m 5.50 m 7.50 m Stage Width Center line to stage right Center line to stage left 10.46 m 18.00 m Stage Depth Rear of proscenium to back-wall Rear of proscenium to cyclorama (bar 39) Rear of proscenium to stage edge Rear of proscenium to small orchestra pit Rear of proscenium to large orchestra pit 10.80 m 8.50 m 0.88 m 4.25 m 8.15 m Stage Height Clear under fly floors Clear under grid Maximum counterweight bar flying height Above auditorium 5.43 m 13.80 m 11.20 m 0.95 m Loading Chain-block hoisted cargo cage Dimensions: 2.37 m (W) x 3.00 m (D) x 2.20 m (H) P. 2
Stage Floor Flat black surface hardboard Troughs present on stage to store the movie screen and wirings. Extend to both sides of the stage Side Stage Rear stage Crossover Limited space at Stage Left None Rear of Cyclorama The stage fire shutter is treated as a safety curtain by FSD and cannot be obstructed by scenery or equipment. Under certain fire-alert situations, the shutter will automatically be driven down. Rigging System Front curtain (blue) Festoon curtain (black) Single-purchase counterweight sets 31 Fixed speed electric sets 13 Bar distance (in general) Capacity (safe weight load) Bar length Side bar Side bar length (bar 41 to 44) Front projection movie screen located at bar 8 Adjustable speed electric Adjustable speed electric 0.20 m 300 Kg 16.00 m 2 per side 7.50 m Lighting bar Bar no. 4, 10, 18, 27, 34 Orchestra Pit (Additional Charge required) Small Curved pit lift (with a loss of 19 seats of Row B) Depth on CL 3.39m Large Curved pit lift (with a loss of 109 seats from Row B to Row F) Depth on CL 7.39m Both Pit platforms can be raised to stage level to form a forestage Pit setup provision with chairs, stools, one/two steps conductor riser, conductor music stand, music stands, and music lights P. 3
Stage Equipment Masking Leg x 6 2.00 x 8.20 m (W x H) Border curtain x 5 Down-stage border Mid-stage border Blue House Curtain (Electrical driven) by 2 half tabs Blue Mid Curtain (Manual control) by 2 half tabs Festoon curtain Cyclorama Black rear curtain Front projection movie screen Acoustic Shell Extra session required for setup and dismantles (Additional Charge required) JLG Aerial Working Platform 1 set 16.00 x 3.00 m 16.00 x 1.50 m 16.00 x 1.50 m 8.50 x 8.20 m 8.50 x 8.20 m 16.00 x 8.50 m 16.00 x 8.00 m 16.00 x 11.00 m 11.00 x 6.10 m 1 set *Operated by competent person & prior approved by venue management only/ Modular Stage Platform (6 x 4 x 8 ) 12 Dance Tiles (Black) (For Dance Performance use only) 4 *Please allow time to lay the ties during your booking time 3 or 4 tiers Choir Riser 5 Musician chairs 60 Music stands 80 Cello chairs 4 Ensemble stools 8 Podium 1 A Shape Ladder (Different Height) 2 Musical Instruments 7 Steinway & Sons Grand Piano 1 (Additional Charge required) YAMAHA Electronic Piano CB300 1 Changing Room 1 male & 1 female changing room Each room has capacity of 20 persons P. 4
Lighting Equipment Dimmers 350 dimmers, Dimmer room located at LG1 next to the loading bay Control Board Houselights Circuits Additional Power ETC ION control panel with 40 faders ring, with full back up control facilities, controllable of maximum 1024 circuits, Located in control room at rear of circle. Dimmer controlled. Take-control available in Lighting Control Room and Down Stage Lift SM Desk 30 x non-dimmable 2.5kW and 350 x 2.5kW to twin 15A 3-pin ample s/o, are terminated to 15A socket outlets to UK standard respectively on the production lighting boxes, distributed at various locations throughout the stage and lighting bridges. 63A x 3 phase socket, located at DS Left and Right wall boxes. The hirer may bring-in electrical equipment and connect to the additional power source at side stage subject to the required electrical works must be conducted by the local registered electrical workers. The hirer shall supply adequate circuit protective devices for your own electrical installation. 13A wall-mounted socket outlets to UK standard are provided on the stage. Hirer will be provided with simple 4-color lighting only from available hung equipment, if only booking 2 hours for light focus and plotting sessions. Pre-rigged lighting equipment (amount inclusive in overall equipment count) Profile 750W ETC Source 4 15/30 o 36 2/2.5kW 711 SX Range 8/16 o 16 Fresnel 2/2.5kW Selecon Arena high performance 28 1/1.2kW Selecon RAMA 175 7/56 o 54 Par 1kW ETC Source 4 Par 15 Cyclorama Light 2kW Leviton Far Cyc, 4 Cells (preset 6 Ground Row Leviton CYC Strip 8 Follow-spot 2.5kW IVANHOE 9/21 2 P. 5
Side Light Tower (pre-rigged with 2 Source 4 Par and 3 Source 4 15/30) 8 (Need to be setup before use) Effect projector 2.5kW White Light VSFX Optical Effect System 2 (Additional Charge required) Effect Disc Fire 2 Storm Cloud 2 Fleecy Cloud 2 Thunder Cloud 2 Running Water 2 Rain 2 Smoke 2 Snow 2 Pooled Lighting Equipment List (For Productions with a Lighting Designer) Equipment availability varies according to repair and maintenance, etc. Please check with the theatrical manager/supervisor for any changes. Supply of below equipment subject to availability on receipt of a lighting plan. The set-up and usage of all lighting equipment are subject to the approval of the theatrical manager/supervisor, and has to be setup by appropriate qualified persons. Profile 750W ETC Source 4 15/30 10 750W ETC Source 4 25/50 10 Fresnel 1/1.2kW Selecon RAMA 175 7/56 10 2/2.5kW Selecon ARENA high performance 10 Color changer Macostar XPRESS 250CE 10 XPRESS 180CE 12 UV flood light 400W Wildfire VSFX Optical Effect System 2 Gobo rotator Rosco Vortex 360 Dual Rotator 2 Infinity Gobo Animation 2 Smoke machine 1800W Martin JEM ZR44 HI-MASS 3 Gobo holder (B size) 30 P. 6
Sound Speaker system Each side of proscenium front EAW AS-490e 3 way AS-660e 1 (on each) EAW AS-625e subwoofer Main central cluster EAW AS-490e 2 way 2 Balcony speaker EV Zx1i-90 3 Processor XTA DP226 1 QSC Amplifier Stage Monitor Mackie HD 1521 speaker 4 Main Control Console Effect Processors JBL SRX 712 monitor 4 Yamaha LS9 1 (on each) 1 set Mono inputs 32 Stereo inputs 4 Matrix Outputs 8 Auxiliary Outputs 16 Digital Effects Processor Yamaha SPX 2000 1 Graphic Equalizer BDX 2231 1 Microphones Shure Beta 58A 6 Shure MX185 2 Neumman KM 184 2 AKG C414 (Condenser) 3 Wireless Microphones Sennheiser UHF ULXS wireless mic system 8 Sennheiser ew 512 G3 (clip-on) 8 Sennheiser SKM 500-935 G3 (Handheld) 8 DPA 4088 head-worm microphone 8 Maximum 12 wireless mics are available. We can provide up to 8 wireless mics for free. Additional charge incurred if more than 8 wireless mics are needed. CD Player / Recorder Tascam CD-RW901 1 MD Player / Recorder Tascam MD-350 1 Dual CD Player (portable) Numark N11CDN22Mk5 1 Recording system Avid Protools 11 1 Operation system MS Windows 7 P. 7
Communications system Stage Manager Desk at stage left 2-channel intercom system for stage, control room and other technical positions Closed circuit TV system (2 sets) Show relay system Production desk can be set at the rear of the stall Video Equipment DVD Player Pioneer DV-600 1 Projector Panasonic PTD10000 1 Pooled Sound Equipment List Microphones PCC 160 4 AKG CK91/98 + SE300B 4 AKG D5 (Dynamic) 1 AKG D7 (Dynamic) 8 Shure SM57 (Dynamic) 4 Wireless Microphones Sennheiser UHF ULXS wireless mic system 4 Sennheiser ew 512 G3 (clip-on) 4 Sennheiser SKM 500-935 G3 (Handheld) 4 DPA 4088 head-worm microphone 4 Accessories Direct Boxes 9 Microphone Stands Sub Snakes Cables and Adapters Projector Sanyo PLC XU105 2 Projection Screen Dalite 84 x 84 Matte Surface Tripod Screen 3 (Additional charge required) Dalite 6 x 8 ft Fast-fold screen 2 Dalite 10.5 x 14 ft Fast-fold screen 2 42 HD Plasma TV 2 The above equipment is non-fix-installed, their availability has to be checked prior to booking period. All required equipment will be setup during the booking sections, please allow extra time for equipment setup before performance or rehearsal. P. 8