Enormous Room Technical Rider & General Lighting Plan The following information is a description of the production requirements for the UK and International Tour of Enormous Room by Stopgap Dance Company. The Enormous Room is a 2 Act dance theatre performance, combining movement and text. Act 1 is set in a small bed-sit, the design allows dancers to climb and hide on the set. Act 2 is a bare stage with the set parked up stage left. The set is struck in view of the audience while actors continue to dance. The performance is performed by 6 dancers, 3 female and 3 male. In The Enormous Room, the past is still present and memories collide with reality. Combining exquisite detail in movement with evocative text and design, the production takes the audience somewhere in between this world and the next. Dave's wife Jackie is gone, but her husband Dave still sees her everywhere. She is lying in his bed, sitting at the kitchen table and laughing with their daughter Sam. Dave is not going anywhere and has withdrawn into the living room. He has built the walls up high and is refusing to let the future in. But going is all that Sam can think about. CONTACT DETAILS Stopgap Dance Company Executive Producer Assistant Producer Tour Administrator Production Stage Manager Technical Manager Farnham Maltings Bridge Square Farnham Surrey GU9 7QR United Kingdom +44(0)1252 745443 admin@stopgapdance.com Sho Shibata Email: sho@stopgapdance.com Phone: +44 (0) 7729 978278 Charlotte Mackie Email: charlotte@stopgapdance.com Phone: +44 (0) 7729291296 Joy Ralph Email: joy@stopgapdance.com Phone: +44(0)1252 745443 Alexandra Anzemberger Email: a.anzemberger@gmail.com Phone: +44 (0) 7850 448149 Francois Langton Email: francoislangton@hotmail.com Phone: +44 (0) 7960 049121
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CREW CALL / Schedule We require the venue to supply us with the following crew at 9.00 am on the first day of the engagement. Schedule will be adapted to performance time. Time Activity In House Crew Requirements 0900 1300 Get In / Set Build / Focus 2 to 4 Multi-skilled Technicians 1300 1400 Lunch for crew/cast warm up 1400 1600 Focus part 2 / Plot / Sound set up 1 LX and 1 Sound Technicians 1500 1530 Stage swipe and mop 1600 1615 Radio Mic check with dancer 1 Sound Technician 1615 1740 Technical run through *1 Sound Technician and 1 to 2 Stage Crew 1740 1840 Cast and crew Break / Pre-Set 1840 ½ Hour Call 1 Sound Technician 1915 House opens / Cast on stage 1930 2100 Performance *1 Sound Technician and 1 to 2 Stage Crew 2100 2300 Strike / Get Out 2 to 4 Multi-skilled Technicians * We require the presence of a Sound Technician to monitor the radio microphone level during the tech run and performances; and 1 or 2 Stage Crew to help with a scene change in front of the audience they will need to be the same person for all runs and performances and will receive induction before the technical run. Please note that we require a completed pre-rig prior to the arrival of our technical team. Please notify us how many technical staff you are able to provide. UNLOADING / LOADING We require a passage as straight and wide as possible, without steps. The largest piece of our set is 1215mm x 2320mm The company tours with a dolly. When possible, it would be helpful to have an extra dolly and an A-frame trolley for flats. A lift or a slope is required if the stage is on a different level to the venue/loading entrance. STAGE & SET Stage: Masking: Minimum Stage size 8000mm Depth x 8000 mm Width leg to leg, but ideally 10000mm x 10000m where possible. Please note that proscenium arch may hinder visibility. Black Dance Floor (Marley / Harlequin or equivalent) to cover entire stage area. Wooden Sprung Stage Floor. Clear Stage on arrival. Stage must be swept and mopped prior to technical run through. Black Box configuration. 4 x Sets of Black Legs (need to be soft) and Borders. The 2 nd half of the performance requires to open the space. Please notify us of your masking system. A clear path from the dressing rooms to the stage that is step free and accessible for wheelchair performers (a clear door width of 65cm). A cross over either behind the stage or created using a full black cloth (at least 65cm) if possible. An opening / access behind the set USC where possible. The space to be warm (at least 20 Degrees Celsius). We cannot perform on a raked stage. Disable access to all areas where possible.
LIGHTING Presenter to provide Full rig as per plan attached. Production will require the lighting rig to be rigged and patched prior to arrival of day 1. The production does not carry any lighting equipment apart from set practical s and LED sources within set. We require a DMX feed USC, SL and SR to control the inbuilt set lighting and 3 hot power sources SR, SL and USC. LX, Sound and AV are all operated by the Technical Manager. Please allow a space for a MacBook by the lighting desk and all connections to reach this position. First class sound system. Sound system must be rigged and working on arrival. SOUND Stereo left and right from your mixing desk to your Main Front of House PA. 2 monitors on stage. 1 SL (Aux 1), 1 SR (Aux 2). Mini Jack input from the missing desk to our MacBook. Needs to be by the LX desk. Radio License to operate 1 x Radio Mic. We will require the support of a Sound Technician to EQ the Radio Mic and to monitor the levels during the tech run and performances. Production will provide: All music and sound effects triggered via MacBook Pro using QLab Software. 1 x Radio Microphone - Sennheiser EW 322 Presentation System and D:Fine 66 Dual Ear Omni headset. 1 x MacBook Pro running Qlab. Will need to be set by the lighting desk. AV / SURTITLES The company is committed to offer accessible performances to its audience. The piece contains spoken words. We project surtitles onto the set for hearing impaired and for language translation, using QLab. 1 x video projector to cover the full surface of our set - approximately 5m wide by 4.5m high at about 6.5m from the stage edge. The connection will need to run to a position by the lighting desk. We tour with a multiple adaptor to connect to our MacBook. 1 x projector shutter or the possibility to switch off the projector when not needed anymore.
TRANSPORT & PARKING This production will require loading access and parking for the duration of our stay: 1 x Luton Van (For UK and Western Europe Only). We might need to park the van the day before if traveling ahead of the company. 2 x Disabled Parking spots as close to the dressing rooms as possible. (For UK Only) Parking permits and/or parking spaces must be reserved for 2 vehicles for wheelchair users. (For UK Only) COMPANY / STAGE MANAGEMENT Touring Company: 6 Performers (3 Female / 3 Male), including 1 female dancer with Down s Syndrome and 2 male wheelchair dancers. 1 Production Stage Manager. 1 Technical Manager. 1 x Access Officer / ASM. For international performances we require 2 additional staff to support our disabled dancers. Access to an office with desk and Internet connection. Access to internet on stage. Supply of drinking water for Touring Company and Cast at all times. Dressing Rooms: 2 dressing rooms to accommodate 3 female performers and 3 male performers where possible. Furnished with mirrors, lights and clothes rack. Wheelchair access to 1 dressing room, showers and toilets where possible. Cleaned and furnished with drinking water. LAUNDRY We will require access to a washing machine, dryer and ironing board before and after the show, please let us know if there are time restrictions into the building. FRONT OF HOUSE Performance running times: Act One 50 mins. Act Two 25 mins. Interval will consist of set strike in front of audience with performers (approx. 5 mins). Audience is welcome to go out although not encouraged to. Total of 80 mins