Drama Studios

The practical work of the Drama, Performance and Theatre Arts takes place in The Performance Centre and in the adjoining Studio One building.

Studio One is a 70 seat adaptable performance and teaching space with professional stage-management, communications and lighting and sound facilities. It has a full internally-wired overhead lighting grid. The studio has a sprung floor and can be configured in a traditional proscenium-like arrangement, as a theatre-in-the-round, as a traverse theatre and in a thrust or end-stage arrangement. There is a foyer area, a separate stage-door entrance, dressing-rooms and technical workshop / storage rooms.

The Performance Centre contains;-

• Studio Two is a 30 seat adaptable performance space with professional lighting, Sound and communications systems. It has a sprung floor and an internally-wired overhead lighting grid. This smaller studio can be arranged in an end-stage or theatre-in-the-round configuration.
  
• Studios Three and Four are rehearsal rooms with sprung floors, overhead lighting facilities and power supplies for stage lighting. Both spaces can be used for public performances.
  
• Foyer area with public toilets.
  
• Green-room with a kitchen, dining tables and lounge area.
  
• Production-meeting / seminar room with a DVD/ VCR and TV monitor.
  
• Construction and painting workshop with dust extract systems and spray cupboards and a range of carpentry and metalworking tools and painting facilities.
  
• Costume-making workshop with a cutting table, mirrors, sewing machines and a fitting / dressing room.
  
• Furniture and timber stores.
  
• Costume and props stores.
  
• Computer room containing lighting and sound design software.

Also -

• Studio Five is an additional offsite rehearsal room with its own kitchen area and toilet facilities (Not suitable for public performances, due to public-access restrictions.)