JChenault
Well-Known Member
My theatre is considering converting a storage room into a new smallish thrust stage ( About 100 seats). Over most of the seating area, the ceiling is 10-6 above finished floor. Our plan is to have the audience enter the space on built in platforms 2-0 above the floor ( leaving 8-6 from platform to ceiling ). We need to have four rows of seats in the new space.
First question - what would you pick for riser heights. Would you rather have 6 inch risers for your seating, and have the lowest row of seats be distinct from the stage, or would you rather go for 8 inch risers and have the last row of audience sitting on the same level as the stage floor. ( or some other idea given the ceiling height and the need for four rows)
My artistic director likes the idea of doing some cabaret in the space. To do this we would either
Second question. What experiences have you had with these kinds of solutions for converting spaces, and what would you recommend.
Thanks in advance.
John
First question - what would you pick for riser heights. Would you rather have 6 inch risers for your seating, and have the lowest row of seats be distinct from the stage, or would you rather go for 8 inch risers and have the last row of audience sitting on the same level as the stage floor. ( or some other idea given the ceiling height and the need for four rows)
My artistic director likes the idea of doing some cabaret in the space. To do this we would either
- Make the seats removable, bring in filler platforms to give us wider table areas. IE instead of two 3 foot wide platforms with a 6 inch rise, we would create a 6 foot side platform with a 12 inch rise.
- Build the risers as movable units that we could roll into the scene shop - chairs and all.
Second question. What experiences have you had with these kinds of solutions for converting spaces, and what would you recommend.
Thanks in advance.
John