Brighton
Designed for sound…hear the difference
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Brighton Concert Hall is an “acoustically treated” live performance venue with a total area of 660m2 and an auditorium capacity of 364 fixed seats with room for a further 36 removable chairs bringing the capacity to 400. This facility has been built specifically with music and orchestral performances in mind.
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Brighton Concert Hall auditorium and foyer provide a professional multi-purpose environment whilst incorporating a flexible workspace. The main auditorium is suited to musical performances, corporate events, presentations and group meetings, whilst the foyer lends itself as an ideal space for more intimate style events such as cocktail functions or corporate business meetings. Audio Visual systems have been installed in both areas.
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Well-appointed with technology, Brighton Concert Hall is also proud of its environmentally friendly design and function. Brighton Concert Hall is the perfect venue for memorable performances and functions:
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Overview
AUDITORIUM GENERAL
- Semi-gloss black floor with finished beech wood walls,
- HD LCD Data projector - connected via HDMI,
- 275” projection screen - 5925mm (W) x 3705mm (H),
- Steinway & Sons grand piano,
- Professional line array, multifaceted audio system,
- Standard lighting rig - stage wash and moving profiles,
- Rigging system for added lighting equipment if required,
- Lectern with microphone,
- Bio Box - located at the rear of the audience (lower level) with control for Audio, Video and Lighting,
- Wired intercom system between bio-box and back stage areas,
- EWP - VL class (vertical personnel lifter).
AUDITORIUM CAPACITY
AUDITORIUM AREA
STAGE DIMENSIONS
STAGE SURFACE
STAGE MASKING
STAGE ACCESS
BACK STAGE
- 364 fixed seats with the capabilities of an additional 36 removable seats to bring the capacity to 400 - see SA-Gov website for current capacities under COVID restrictions
- Ground Floor: 84 seats, 80m2,
- Mezzanine Floor: 280 seats, 245m2,
AUDITORIUM AREA
- Ground Floor (including seating and stage): 165m2,
- Mezzanine Floor (includes seating and stairs): 245m2,
- Total: 410m2.
STAGE DIMENSIONS
- Stage Area: 85m2,
- Open space, cathedral style, concert hall auditorium (no curtains).
STAGE SURFACE
- Ply floor covered with 4.8mm masonite, painted semi-gloss black.
STAGE MASKING
- None.
STAGE ACCESS
- The stage can be accessed from both sides through large stage doors,
- Stage can be crossed from side-to-side behind the back wall, separating Brighton Concert Hall from the back stage area.
BACK STAGE
- 80m2 located directly behind the rear wall of the auditorium.
BIO BOX
The Bio Box is 11m2 and located at the back of the audience and can be accessed through the main foyer. It incorporates standard controls for the sound, lighting and vision systems. The window can be opened. All equipment, including radio and lectern microphones can also be controlled from stage right via the integrated touch panel system.
SYSTEM CONTROL
Brighton Concert Hall is equipped with RTI system animation control. With a 3.5" touch panel located on stage (stage right wall) and a 7" touch panel located in the control room. This automation system allows for ease of control of all technology within the auditorium when the system is in basic mode ('Presentation Mode'). When the system is placed in 'Concert Mode', all control is sent to individual Audio, Visual and Lighting control systems.
The Bio Box is 11m2 and located at the back of the audience and can be accessed through the main foyer. It incorporates standard controls for the sound, lighting and vision systems. The window can be opened. All equipment, including radio and lectern microphones can also be controlled from stage right via the integrated touch panel system.
SYSTEM CONTROL
Brighton Concert Hall is equipped with RTI system animation control. With a 3.5" touch panel located on stage (stage right wall) and a 7" touch panel located in the control room. This automation system allows for ease of control of all technology within the auditorium when the system is in basic mode ('Presentation Mode'). When the system is placed in 'Concert Mode', all control is sent to individual Audio, Visual and Lighting control systems.
FOYER
ACCESS:
DELIVERY ACCESS
Deliveries to the workshop for the Brighton Concert Hall and the Brighton Theatre, via the 4m x 3.5m roller door accessible from King George Avenue.
- Foyer area: 252m2
- Two 55” (139cm) full HD LED LCD Smart TVs
- Show start chimes
- Foyer PA system for live audio feed or background music
- 11m2 dedicated box office
- 13m2 kitchenette with ample serving space with refrigeration for food and beverage service
- Male, female & accessible toilets
- Soft furnishings and cocktail round tables
- Yamaha grand piano
ACCESS:
- Car parking is available via Ilfracombe Avenue (89 spaces) or King George Avenue (110 spaces). Additional on-street parking is available around Brighton Performing Arts Centre's location in surrounding streets. Please make note of the Holdfast Council's parking signage/regulations.
DELIVERY ACCESS
Deliveries to the workshop for the Brighton Concert Hall and the Brighton Theatre, via the 4m x 3.5m roller door accessible from King George Avenue.
Audio
OVERVIEW
Allen & Heath Digital Mixer with digital stage box or, touch panel remote network will allow routing for different modes of operation of the professional audio system. Basic presentation mode or full concert mode is available with BGM music, chimes and predetermined room tuning. Configurable signal digital audio network makes this system accessible via USB and compatible with .MP3, .MPV and .WAV formats.
FRONT OF HOUSE PA SYSTEM
JBL 8” 2-way Line-Array System, coupled to a JBL 15” Compact, Flying Subwoofer both with differential drive, is suspended on a small array frame flying setup and powered by Crown power amplifiers.
FOLDBACK MONITORS
Four powered fold-back monitors are connected to the existing Roland stage box outputs on stage. JBL passive loudspeaker FOH wedges, 2-way 300mm low frequency one inch compression driver system with a high frequency on a constant curvature waveguide and are run by Crown power amplifiers.
Allen & Heath Digital Mixer with digital stage box or, touch panel remote network will allow routing for different modes of operation of the professional audio system. Basic presentation mode or full concert mode is available with BGM music, chimes and predetermined room tuning. Configurable signal digital audio network makes this system accessible via USB and compatible with .MP3, .MPV and .WAV formats.
FRONT OF HOUSE PA SYSTEM
JBL 8” 2-way Line-Array System, coupled to a JBL 15” Compact, Flying Subwoofer both with differential drive, is suspended on a small array frame flying setup and powered by Crown power amplifiers.
FOLDBACK MONITORS
Four powered fold-back monitors are connected to the existing Roland stage box outputs on stage. JBL passive loudspeaker FOH wedges, 2-way 300mm low frequency one inch compression driver system with a high frequency on a constant curvature waveguide and are run by Crown power amplifiers.
MIXING CONSOLE
- 1 x Allen & Heath SQ6 Digital Mixer
- 1 x Allen & Heath DX168 stage unit, 16 inputs, 8 outputs
- 1 x BSS BLU-100 The Sound-web London BLU-100 fixed configuration
- 8 x JBL VRX928LA 8” 2-way Line-Array System with 1 x 2168H-1 Differential Drive®
- 2 x JBL VRX915S 15” Compact, Flying Subwoofer; 2265G-1 Differential Drive®
- 2 x JBL VRX-SMAF VRX small array frame
- 3 x CRN-XTI6002 Crown power amplifiers
- 4 x JBL PRX412M powered fold-back monitors x 4 sends
- 2 x CRN XTi2002 Crown power amplifiers
- Tri-truss lectern with perspex top and Shure SM418 microphone
- 4 x Sennheiser eW300 G3 true diversity radio receivers
- 4 x Sennheiser e845 radio microphones as handheld or headset
- 4 x Shure SM58 dynamic microphones
- Cordial/ Neutrik microphone cables
- König & Meyer (K&M) microphone stands
- Radial passive, active, USB and PC audio DIs
INTERCOM SYSTEM
- 1 x JND E401 EZICOM 401 master station 1RU 4 channel
- 4 x JND E101 EZICOM 101 beltpack
- 4 x JND EHS1 Jands EZI-EHS1 headsets
FOYER SYSTEM
- 4 x JBL CTRL25AVWH, loudspeaker foyer audio system for background music and call chimes
- 1 x CRN-1160A, slave amplifier 160W output
- 2 x SAM ME55C, Samsung ME55C Ultra Slim LED display monitor
Lighting
HOUSE LIGHTING
Brighton Concert Hall auditorium lighting is controlled through a CBUS system accessed via the touch screen panel located in the Bio-Box.
STAGE LIGHTING
The front-of-house bar (#1) consists of 6x ETC Lustra D60 fixtures for stage colour, 4x 2k LED fresnels for stage wash and 2 PR XR LED 500 moving profiles for lectern spots and gobo. Stage bar (#2) consists of 10x ProShop Quad 18 LED fixtures for full-stage colour and 3x PR XLED 3007 Wash fixtures.
FOH wall hung bars over the mezzanine floor contain 4x ShowPro eProfiles FC's.
LIGHTING BARS AND ACCESS
Two lighting bars over the stage can be lowered via electronic hoist. Bars can be added to at ground level. Each of these bars has 12 LED, DMX and Ethernet patch points. Power for each bar is run to one single phase 20amp power supply per bar. Lights can then be focused with the use of the centre's vertical personnel lifter.
10 fixed 2.4 metre bars are located on wall around the auditorium venue with power and DMX over ethernet on each. Access via Vertical Lift
Brighton Concert Hall auditorium lighting is controlled through a CBUS system accessed via the touch screen panel located in the Bio-Box.
STAGE LIGHTING
The front-of-house bar (#1) consists of 6x ETC Lustra D60 fixtures for stage colour, 4x 2k LED fresnels for stage wash and 2 PR XR LED 500 moving profiles for lectern spots and gobo. Stage bar (#2) consists of 10x ProShop Quad 18 LED fixtures for full-stage colour and 3x PR XLED 3007 Wash fixtures.
FOH wall hung bars over the mezzanine floor contain 4x ShowPro eProfiles FC's.
LIGHTING BARS AND ACCESS
Two lighting bars over the stage can be lowered via electronic hoist. Bars can be added to at ground level. Each of these bars has 12 LED, DMX and Ethernet patch points. Power for each bar is run to one single phase 20amp power supply per bar. Lights can then be focused with the use of the centre's vertical personnel lifter.
10 fixed 2.4 metre bars are located on wall around the auditorium venue with power and DMX over ethernet on each. Access via Vertical Lift
LIGHTING CONTROL
LAMP FIXTURES IN RIG
ADDITIONAL LAMP STOCK
This standard rig can be altered and added to, but must be reinstated to the standard configuration at the end of the hire. Charges will be included for technician time for any alterations of the lighting rig.
- High End Systems 'Hedgehog 4' lighting desk
LAMP FIXTURES IN RIG
- 6x ETC Lustra D60 LED RGBAW UV fixtures
- 2x PR XR LED 500 Spot (PR-8160)
- 4x LED Fresnels
- 10x ProShop Quad 18 LED RGBA
- 4x ShowPro eProfiles FC
- 3x PR XLED 3007 Wash
ADDITIONAL LAMP STOCK
- 8x ProShop Quad18 RGBW LED wash lights
This standard rig can be altered and added to, but must be reinstated to the standard configuration at the end of the hire. Charges will be included for technician time for any alterations of the lighting rig.
Vision
PROJECTION
An Epson WUXGA 1920x1200, 4K, 12,000 Lumen projector is installed in the Brighton Concert Hall. HDMI inputs for the projector are located stage right as well as in the 2 in the Bio Box. Vision switching is capable using the Extron 1606 Vision presentation switcher. This switcher is located in the Audio Visual rack and is not movable. The Extron is controlled via the RTI interface control system and iPad functionality.
Additional switching can be achieved using the venue's Blackmagic Design ATEM Production Studio 4k switcher (subject to availability). 4x HDMI inputs and 4x SDI inputs. Additionally, 2x SDI to HDMI adaptors are available making 6 HDMI inputs.
Vision is displayed on a Screen Technics 275” 5925mm (W) x 3705mm (H) motorised projection screen.
CAMERA & BACKSTAGE VIEWING
A High Definition Visual Communications Camera (PTZ) is located in the auditorium. Camera feeds are available back stage, on both stage left and stage right as well as displayed on the 55" screens in the foyer. Using iPad or RTI control, the camera can be controlled via pan/tilt and zoom.
An Epson WUXGA 1920x1200, 4K, 12,000 Lumen projector is installed in the Brighton Concert Hall. HDMI inputs for the projector are located stage right as well as in the 2 in the Bio Box. Vision switching is capable using the Extron 1606 Vision presentation switcher. This switcher is located in the Audio Visual rack and is not movable. The Extron is controlled via the RTI interface control system and iPad functionality.
Additional switching can be achieved using the venue's Blackmagic Design ATEM Production Studio 4k switcher (subject to availability). 4x HDMI inputs and 4x SDI inputs. Additionally, 2x SDI to HDMI adaptors are available making 6 HDMI inputs.
Vision is displayed on a Screen Technics 275” 5925mm (W) x 3705mm (H) motorised projection screen.
CAMERA & BACKSTAGE VIEWING
A High Definition Visual Communications Camera (PTZ) is located in the auditorium. Camera feeds are available back stage, on both stage left and stage right as well as displayed on the 55" screens in the foyer. Using iPad or RTI control, the camera can be controlled via pan/tilt and zoom.
VISION SYSTEM
VISION ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT
- 1 x Epson WUXGA 1920x1200 4K 12,000 Lumen projector
- 1x Extron IN1606, Six Input HDCP-Compliant Scaling presentation switcher
- 1 x Screen Technics, 275” 16:10 5925mm(W) x3705mm (H) electric screen
- 2 x SAM ME32C, LCD monitor for back-stage display
- 1 x PAN HE60S, HD Visual Communications Camera (PTZ)
VISION ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT
- 1x Blackmagic ATEM 4k production studio switcher
- 2x Blackmagic Micro converter (HDMI to SDI)
- 2x Decimator MD-HX converter
- 1x Epson EB-2665U (5500 Lumens) WUXGA projector
- 1x Sony XGA projector
- 4x 50m Cat6 ethernet
Staging
STAGING - Available on request, subject to availability.
- 4x Sico stage decks (1.8m x 2.4m @ 400mm or 600mm)
- 2x 2 tread stairs
- 10x Global Truss F31 2m with baseplates and connecting spigot
- 4x Global Truss F34 2m with baseplates and connecting spigot
- 4x Global Truss Top plates (mac toppers)
- 1x 25m Socapex 6-way cable with header and tail
VERTICAL PERSONNEL LIFTER
Brighton Concert Hall and Brighton Theatre share a rechargeable one person lifter available for hire. Hirers require appropriate licenses (EWP 'VL' Class, Yellow card sighting is required) and supervision from our Duty Technician while in use.
BACKSTAGE & DRESSING ROOMS
Brighton Concert Hall is situated along side Brighton Theatre and share a common rear wall as well as having access between the two venues. Back stage area for Brighton Concert Hall consists of an approximate area of 80m2. There are no dressing rooms or a green room at the rear of Brighton Concert Hall.
The design of Brighton Performing Arts Centre does however allow for access to the workshop and dressing rooms as part of Brighton Theatre. This is only possible:
More information about the workshop and dressing rooms within Brighton Theatre can be found here.
Brighton Concert Hall and Brighton Theatre share a rechargeable one person lifter available for hire. Hirers require appropriate licenses (EWP 'VL' Class, Yellow card sighting is required) and supervision from our Duty Technician while in use.
BACKSTAGE & DRESSING ROOMS
Brighton Concert Hall is situated along side Brighton Theatre and share a common rear wall as well as having access between the two venues. Back stage area for Brighton Concert Hall consists of an approximate area of 80m2. There are no dressing rooms or a green room at the rear of Brighton Concert Hall.
The design of Brighton Performing Arts Centre does however allow for access to the workshop and dressing rooms as part of Brighton Theatre. This is only possible:
- By negotiation when booking Brighton Concert Hall
- When these dressing rooms are not in use by Brighton Theatre
- Completely subject to availability
- When provided in writing by the venue manager
More information about the workshop and dressing rooms within Brighton Theatre can be found here.
Foyer
OVERVIEW
The foyer has an area of 250m2 (excluding the Box Office, Servery, Bio Box, male, female and accessible toilets). Two 55” (139cm) Full HD LED/LCD Smart TVs and foyer speakers with auditorium picture and sound relay.
The foyer has an area of 250m2 (excluding the Box Office, Servery, Bio Box, male, female and accessible toilets). Two 55” (139cm) Full HD LED/LCD Smart TVs and foyer speakers with auditorium picture and sound relay.
BOX OFFICE
The box office has computer and data access points, PC and screen with stage sound and vision relay.
The box office has computer and data access points, PC and screen with stage sound and vision relay.
KITCHENETTE
The Kitchenette is supplied with refrigeration for food and beverage service, basic kitchen facilities, hot water urn and secured glass sliding window.
PIANO
A Yamaha grand piano is located in Brighton Concert Hall's foyer and is available for use when the venue is hired. Tuning on request (charges apply for tuning outside of the venue's tuning calendar).
The Kitchenette is supplied with refrigeration for food and beverage service, basic kitchen facilities, hot water urn and secured glass sliding window.
PIANO
A Yamaha grand piano is located in Brighton Concert Hall's foyer and is available for use when the venue is hired. Tuning on request (charges apply for tuning outside of the venue's tuning calendar).
