Bats Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand

BATS THEATRE

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BATS Theatre 1 Kent Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand. Bookings (04) 802 4175
Administration (04) 802 7146. Fax (04) 802 4010
www.bats.co.nz

BATS Theatre is an intimate venue located in the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes building at 1 Kent Terrace.

The venue has had a long and varied life, starting originally in the 1930's as The Savage Club, a dance hall and venue for amateur theatre.

In the late 60's until 1975 Unity Theatre was in residence, a society with a tradition of left-wing political affiliations and a strong core membership which went on and contributed to the growth and success of Downstage and later Circa theatres.

From 1979 to 1988 the theatre was administered by the BATS Incorporated Society. BATS is short for the Bain and Austin Touring Society, (named after Rodney Bain and David Austin, the founding members of BATS). BATS Inc began as a prolific amateur theatre company, producing school tours and shows.

In the early 80's however, commitment waned and BATS Theatre simply became a venue for hire, administered by BATS Inc.

The theatre reopened as a professional venue on 1 April 1989 under management of Simon Bennett and Simon Elson. Since 1991 it has been managed by a small team with the help of a broad base of contract workers and volunteers.

The theatre now receives ongoing funding from Creative New Zealand, and is currently New Zealand's strongest developmental theatre, with an annual program of between 50 to 60 shows; at least thirty of those shows being New Zealand premieres.

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BATS Theatre - Revision date: 08/10

Company

Venue Name

BATS Theatre

Street address:

1 Kent Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand

Postal address:

1 Kent Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand

Web Site:

E-mail:

Bookings: book@bats.co.nz
Administration: bats@bats.co.nz
Technical: techmanager@bats.co.nz

Telephones:

Administration: (04) 802 7146
Bookings Ph: (04) 802 4175
Fax: 04 802 4010

Physical Venue Description:

Approaching BATS from its street frontage one enters a small 1930's building via marble steps and a pair of old wooden doors. Stepping through the doors you enter into the foyer which houses the ticket booth just beyond a circular archway. Continuing through the second set of double doors one enters the bar area, and directly off here one enters the theatre proper - a "black box" venue seating 91 on steeply raked seating.
Backstage houses a workshop, a hanging room for lights and a small storage space for props and set. The dressing rooms with toilet and shower facilities are upstairs.

Operating Structure:

BATS is a presenting venue reliant on cooperatives wanting to produce works at the venue.. These cooperatives are driven by artists, producers and already established theatre companies who submit scripts or proposals to be considered for programming. Fundamental to BATS is the maintenance of low ticket prices and a share/risk policy between the theatre & cooperatives
The program is made up of: Festivals (Wellington Fringe Festival and Laugh Comedy Festival); Seasons (Young & Hungry & STAB); main bill shows; early and late night shows as well. The program is aimed at developing new works from Aotearoa/New Zealand and presenting experimental shows from around this country and overseas. BATS premiers up to thirty New Zealand works a year - more than any other theatre in New Zealand.

Key Personnel:

Martin Wood: Program Manager
Sarah Rooney: Business Manager
Anneliese Mudge : Technical and Facilities Manager
Jackson Coe:Front of House Manager

Public Areas:

Small Foyer & Candy Bar and The Pit Bar

Catering:

n/a

Ticketing:

Box Office on ground floor. - Prices average around: $14 to $20 for waged persons, and; $10 to $14 for concessions.

Disabled access:

Please notify staff pre show of your requirements. Wheelchair spaces in auditorium available.

History:

See top of page.

Other:

n/a

Technical

Auditorium Description:

Steeply raked seating block (91 seats) which allows all audience members an excellent view of the stage. The stage (floor level) has a sprung floor and covers an area of 6.75 metres deep by 8.75 metres wide. The lighting grid is set into the ceiling 4.45 metres above the floor. There is single door exit right, a single door exit left, double doors exit centre stage and a fire exit door front stage right. There is a trap door in the lighting box which exits into the foyer/bar area and another positioned in the audience which exits into the bar/service area. There are two doors on the second level through the dressing rooms onto the stage which can be boarded off or made available for use.

The theatre has a small lighting and sound box built into the back wall at the top of the seating block

Stage:

See above

Hanging Plot:

n/a

Getin:

Directly through the main theatre double doors off the street, and into theatre via removable seating block step section. Max size 2.15m high by 1m wide

Dressing Rooms:

The dressing rooms with toilet and shower facilities are backstage & upstairs.

Stage manager:

n/a

Misc

1 x 3.6 metre high A-frame ladder
1 x 3 metre high A-frame ladder
1 x 2 metre high A-frame ladder
2 x 12 x 6 metre purple curtains

Other:

2 Projector Cradles

Lighting

Lx Control:

Theatrelight 48 way cuemaster

Dimmers:

4 x Theatrelight 12 Ch Digital Rackpack

Luminaires:

A selection of older Luminaires as follows:

9

500 w Strand 23 + 12 x 23N tubes (dodgy shutters on many)

10

1000w Strand 223 (+4 x barn door)

3

2000w Strand 2k Fresnel (+ 3x barn door)

18

500w MiniFresnel (+ 9 x barn doors)

12

500w Selecon SF500 Fresnel (+ 8 x barn door)

4

650w Selecon zoomspots

6

600w Selecon Axial Zoomspots with 5 irises

3

300w Par56 (colour punch)

4

1200w Selecon Rama Fresnel

5

1000w Selecon Pacific 23/50

Sound

Control:

Mackie CFX 12, 8x mono, 2x stereo channel mixer

Output:

Pulse Series C Audio 2 x 650w amplifier
1 Bose 802c controller
2 Bose 802 loudspeakers

Accessories:

Sound equipment as follows:

2

Denon Professional CD players DN-C620

2

Audix OM-2 Dynamic mic

1

Boom Arm Mic Stand various clips

1

8 way audio loom running from Backstage to Op Box

Effects Units

n/a

Hanging Plot:

n/a

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