The Anvil Technical Specifications The Anvil, Churchill Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 7QR Technical Services Administrator: T: 01256 819797 Ext 164 (Avail 08:00 16:00 Mon-Fri) E: kate.weston@anvilarts.org.uk Technical Manager: T: 01256 819797 Ext 118 E: ruairi.mcnulty@anvilarts.org.uk UPDATED Jan 2013
MAIN HOUSE STAGE/FLYING. Stage plan: See Appendix A General: De-mountable proscenium 10m x 7m Opening Stage front to setting line 1.4m Setting line to rear wall 10.3m Width at setting line 18.4m Width at rear wall 10m Front of stage to rear wall 11.7m Flying: Flying height Downstage 18.3m Centre/upstage 19.5m Motor bars (250kg SWL) 7 Motor bars (500kg SWL) 5 Hemp sets 14 FOH Truss rigging points (500kg SWL) 2 (2 more if Rigger is involved) Stage rigging points Various Bar lengths Downstage 16m Upstage 10m 8 x 1 Tonne Beam Clamps available Please note that there are flying restrictions due to overhead bridges. Please see appendix A for Stage plan and Section with Hanging Plot. POWER SUPPLIES Visiting lighting supply: 200A 3Phase USL Bus bars / CEE Form. Powerlocks Available Visiting sound supply: Visiting OB Supply: 100A 3Phase DSL Bus bars. 4 x 32A single phase Ceeform sockets. 1 x 63A single phase Ceeform socket 1 x 125A 3 phase Ceeform socket 300A, single phase Bus bars. 2 x 63A single phase Ceeform sockets 4 x 13A Tour Bus Power Motor supply: Stage Locals: 32A 3Phase Ceeform, situated in grid. A mixture of 13A and 15A sockets situated around the stage, fly gallery and FOH bridges. Catering: 2x 32A single phase located in Dressing Room 6, next to Coffee Point. *PLEASE NOTE: Cooking is only permitted within Dressing Room 6. *TOASTERS: Must not be used anywhere backstage other than Dressing Room 6 - These areas are not isolated from the fire detection system and will trigger a pre-alarm.
Stage Manager s desk situated DSL comprising. COMMUNICATIONS Cue Lights Low light stage video monitor Intercom FOH and Backstage Paging Two ring intercom comprising. Additional communications including. 11x 1 channel Techpro belt packs 1x 1 channel Techpro Loudspeaker station. 9x Single muff headsets 2x Dual muff headsets (situated at followspot positions) 2 channel infra red audio descriptive system Video show relay Twisted pair data tie lines Stage Ethernet ring Stage Video patch system Video Link to OB room Video, audio and data patch running to various points round the building. GET IN The get in is at stage level via a loading bay and corridor (Approx 18m) Width 2.3m Height 2.2m DRESSING ROOM FACILITIES Stage level: First floor: Dressing rooms 1, 2 and 3 en-suite, 1 & 2 have a lockable link door. 4, 5, 6 and 7 with sinks, toilets and showers opposite Visiting managers office with metered telephone upon request Dressing rooms 8,9, and 11, Laundry room, shower and toilets.
AUDITORIUM The auditorium has a variety of layouts including Proscenium, Flat floor, 7 Row Extension, Open stage and Orchestral. Contact technical staff for more details. Mixer position: See appendix C for position in auditorium. Position A: Looses up to 18 seats, affects 6 house seats behind. ORCHESTRA PIT An orchestra pit is available in some formats but please be aware that this requires the removal of some seating. Please see Appendix B for Format Plans. Music stands 59 x RAT stands 6 x RAT stands which can be illuminated 1 x RAT Conductors stand (Can be illuminated). 1 x Conductors Podium Chairs 96 x Orchestral chairs 2 x Double Base Stools STAGE EQUIPMENT AND MASKING 1 Set of full black tabs (27 drop) (only appropriate to be flown on motorized bars) 5 Black borders (8 drop) 3 Black legs (6 wide, 27 drop) House Tabs. (Can only be flown not wiped) Please note that these are only wide enough for our proscenium format. Please see appendix B for format plans Assorted stage weights.
LIGHTING The Anvil has a standard rig which will cover most situations (Plan under revision Please contact Technical Manager). If this rig does not meet your requirements please contact the technical department to discuss alternatives. Control: 1 x GrandMA 2 Ultra Light Dimmers: ETC Sensor 2 168x 2.5Kw 12x 5Kw Lanterns: 20 x Selecon RAMA 1.2K Fresnel 14 x ADB 1.2K PC 78 x Par 64 (Various angles) 6 x Par 64 silver floor cans 20 x Source 4 Zoom 15-30 (12 permanently rigged on bridge 2) 8 x Source 4, 10 degree lens (permanently rigged on bridge 3) 4 x Source 4, 14 degree lens (permanently rigged on bridge 2) 16 x Source 4, Interchangeable lenses (19/26/36 degree lenses) 4 x Coda 500w flood 2 x Coda 1000w flood 8 x ADB 1K cyc flood (2 Cell) Followspots: 2 x Robert Juliat Super Korrigan HMI 1200 Follow Spots. Moving Lights: 13 x ClayPaky Aleda K10 LED Wash Units 8 x ClayPaky AlphaSpot 300 HPE 4 x Robe 575XT Spots (Mode 2) Please contact technical department for advice on availability.
SOUND Designed as an orchestral concert hall, the Anvil has a very live acoustic and as such places heavy demand on amplified sound. The EM Acoustics system installed in the main auditorium has been specifically designed with this in mind to ensure clarity and full coverage. The system is based around EM Acoustics HALO compact line array system. The system is built around a massive ribbon transducer, aligned with variable diffraction manifold to ensure HALO produces a consistent 90-degree horizontal coverage pattern. Line Array Separate Left & Right flown Line array hangs. Two processing feeds for each array, which allows independent control of the top four boxes in the array and the bottom eight boxes. All delay and EQ settings are factory supplied, adjusted for the venue by EM Acoustics using an FFT analyser. Six FFA- 6000 power amplifiers are utilised to drive the arrays, four enclosures per amplifier. The FFA-6000 delivers 3000W RMS per channel into a 2-ohm load. In addition to the main left & right hangs of the HALO array, the system is completed by several other products from EM Acoustics. Subwoofers System subwoofers are driven in mono, fed from an auxiliary input. Two processing outputs are used, each feeding an FFA-6000 power amplifier. One amplifier drives the i-12 subwoofers (one per channel) and one amplifier drives the EMS-215 subwoofers (two per channel). Front fills The front fills are separated as left & right, and are driven from the master system inputs that feed the HALO arrays. A single FFA-3600 (2 x 1800W RMS into 2 ohms) drives all six front fills. Rear Delays The various delays around the venue are also in mono. The side circle delays comprise of an EMS-81 loudspeaker covering the area into the auditorium, and a rear-facing i-2 loudspeaker (which can be independently switched on or off is used to cover the sections of the choir stalls farthest down-stage. Two additional i-2 loudspeakers cover areas right at the back of the auditorium, outside of the coverage area of the main arrays. These are again driven from a single processing output, fed from the main inputs. Choir Stalls The six EMS-61 loudspeakers are driven from an FFA-3600 power amplifier, and are fed from the main inputs on the system. The entire system is powered by amplifiers from Full Fat Audio (FFA) from the UK, and has a pair of XTA Electronics DP448 4-in 8-out loudspeaker management processors handling all system processing, EQ and delay. The use of the XTA 4-Series processors allows for maximum flexibility in use. The entire system can be running with only three outputs from the mixing console left/right and an auxiliary for subwoofers. For touring companies, who may not want to use the main array system but wish to use the delays, simply muting the relevant processing channels on the XTA units will allow normal system wiring to still be used, but only the desired system elements to be functioning. Full specification of individual Cabinets available on request.
Mixing Desks Midas Verona 320-32 mic inputs Width 1327mm (52.24 ) Depth 782mm Weights are approximate and out of flight case Frames: 240, 320, 400, 480 and 560 EQ: 4 band Channel Inserts: front panel switchable SIS panning 8 Audio subgroups 8 Aux outputs 4 Mute groups 8 Multi function channels 12 x 4 matrix 2 X Internal PSUs Audient Aztec 32 Mono 2 Stereo 8 VCA Groups 12 Sub Groups 8 Aux Parametric EQ Allen & Heath MixWizard WZ 3 12:2 8 Mono mic/line inputs with balanced XLR/TRS jack, and direct output 2 dual stereo inputs 4-band EQ 6 auxiliary sends - 2 pre, 2 switched, 2 post fade 2 stereo returns - on TRS jack Dedicated mono output fader with innovative mode for control of aux fed subs Onboard FX - 16 FX programs Outboard 2 Denon Rack Mounted CD Players 5 BSS FCS 966 Graphic EQ 1 Klark Technik Quad Compresser 1 Rack Mounted Mini Disk Yamaha SPX 990 Multi Effects Unit Speakers and amps Radio Mic System: 6x M-10 10 x 1 passive floor monitor 2x M-12 12 x 1.4 passive/biamp floor monitor 3x Amcron MA1201 Amps (portable) 3x Amcron MA2400 Amps (fixed) 2x four way Sennheiser G3 500Series System, each incl: 4x Sennheiser EM500 G3 Receivers 4x SK500 G3 Beltpack Transmitter 4x MKE2 Mic (beige) 2x SMK-500 935 HandHeld 1x ASA1 Antenna Splitter 2x A1031-U Directional Antenna 1x Power con- 13amp power 1x Four way XLR Loom Assorted microphones and stands, cables and clips are also available including: SM58 s / SM57 s / CK 98 s & 91 s / PZM s / AKG D112 Please check with Technical Services for specific requests and availability.
Appendix A Stage Plan and Hanging Plots
Other plans currently under revision. Please contact the Technical Manager for further information or leave a message with the Technical Administrator.
Appendix B Auditorium Format Plans
Format: 1150
Format: Orchestral With Risers
Format: Orchestral With Risers & 7 Row Extension
Format: Proscenium
Format: Proscenium with Pit
Format: Orchestral with Stage Extension
Appendix C Mixer Position