General enquiries
01227 374 188
The Kings Hall
Beacon Hill
Herne Bay
CT6 5BA

Box Office
01227 373 322
Map and directions

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Technical information

You can download a PDF of the Kings Hall floor plan and full technical specifications.

Or select your area of interest from the list below:



 

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Contact telephone number

Administration and booking enquiries     01227 374 188     
Box office 01227 373 322
Technical (mobile) 07940 317 179


 


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Capacity

Seating capacity 500                        
Standing capacity       650
Dining with dance floor 250
Dining without dance floor  350


 


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Technical

Proscenium 7.54 m x 3.9 m (W x H)

Width

9.9 m
Depth     9 m
Floor     Partial rake, partial lino
Access to auditorium From stage left
Flying system No facilities
Prompt corner Stage right
Tech Projects communication system  Dressing rooms and four belt pack outstations
Wing space

stage left: 5 m x 8 m (W x D). Grand piano stored here

Stage right 3 m wide x 8 m deep
Get in stage right  2.3 m x 2.7 m (W x H). Six steps up to stage level


There is no facility for an orchestra pit.


 

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Artists' accommodation

All rooms six steps down from stage left level

Room 1 6 m x 4.4 m. 20 people maximum. Toilet and 2 sinks and 5 mirrors with lights
Room 2 4 m x 3.7 m. 10 people maximum. Toilet and 1 sink and 2 mirrors with lights
Room 3

3.4 m x 3.5 m. 80 people maximum.

Green room No facility
Wardrobe             No facility


 

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Power 1 x 63 amp 3 phase cee form located DSR
1 x 63 amp single phase cee form located DSR
No clean phase for sound
House tabs Red - manual operation wheel to stage right
Tabs on tracks              Hand line operation
Overlap tracks                                                
Tabs 3 sets - 8.6 m x 4.55 m (W x H)
Colours - 1 set each (black/red/gold)
Cyc. bar 25 mm conduit - operated hand winch stage left
48 mm OD stretching barrels to sides
Legs 4 sets - 1.5 m x 4.6 m - black (W X L)
Borders 5 - 9.9 m x 1 m - black (W x D)
Operated hand winch stage left
Ladders A frame
1 x 10 step
1 x 11 step
1 x 16 step
1 x zarges 14 step extendable frame ladder
Piano 1 x Steinway Grand
Portable rostra/riser 750 mm square units, linking plates
13 units 500 mm high, 4 units 300 mm high
3 x wheelchair access ramps
Handrails and blue valence


 



 

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2 x Strand JTM dimmer racks providing 30 ways of dimming, 5 and 10 amp circuits
1 x Strand 200 48 way, manual, sub-master with chase effects lighting board
1 x Cyc. batten bar, fixed
4 x L/X bars on stage. Operated stage left via worm drive hand winches, max 4.5 m high. Patch at grid height stage right
1 x FOH bar 12 circuit 10A - 8 circuits paired
8 x ETC source 4 fixed beam profile (FOH)
8 x ETC source 4 junior zoom profile
1 x Strand cantata 1.2 KW profile
5 x 1000 watt fresnel
8 x Selecon 650 watt fresnel
4 x pat 123 fresnel
4 x PAR 64 floor cans
2 x PAR 64
1 x Strand nocturne 1000 watt flood
6 x Strand coda 3's flood
Note: Dimmer circuits are hard patched, ample time and discussion will be required to achieve a result other than basic.


 



 

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Sound inventory

Front of house (FOH) - tie lines Stage Left: 24 send, 8 returns
Stage Right: 8 send
Leading to panel at rear of auditorium.
Control booth

Raised platform on castors, 500 mm floor height. Mixer and playback on desktop, F/X and EQ mounted under. 20 m trailing multi-core cable.

Mixer Allen and Heath ML 3000. 32 mono + 2 stereo channels. 8 x VCA. 4 group.
Matrix. 8 x aux.
Playback 1 x Denon mini disc recorder
1 x Tascam mini disc recorder
1 x Denon CD player
1 x Cassette deck
F/X rack 1 x Lexicon MPX 1 effects unit
1 x Alesis MIDI-verb effect unit
2 x Samson S gate 4, 4 channel noise gate
1 x Samson S com 4, 4 channel compressor/noise gate
4 x Samson S com plus, stereo compressor/expander
1 x dbx 266xl stereo compressor/noise gate
EQ 1 x Yamaha dual 31 band (FOH)
2 x Behringer DEQ 2496 dual 31 band digital EQ (fold back)
2 x Behringer FBQ 3102 dual 31 band (fold back)
Speakers Apogee based system: 2 x AE-5 + 1 x sub per side at proscenium arch. Total 3.8 KW. QSC RMX amplification (3 way, bass-mid-top)
On stage Fold back
6 Channels from FOH desk
4 x Turbosound TQ 310 monitors
4 x Martin Audio F15 monitors
QSC RMX amplifiers
Microphones and DI 8 x DI Box (Mono) phantom powered
1 x Sennheiser e602 bass/kick drum mic.
1 x Shure beta 91 bass boundary mic.
6 x Sennheiser e604 clip-on drum mic.
1 x Sennheiser e614 h/hat mic.
4 x Beyer Dynamic M201 small dynamic mic
1 x Sennheiser e609 cabinet/percussion mic
6 x Shure SM 57
1 x Shure SM 58 radio mic
1 x Shure SM 58 beta
4 x Shure SM 58
Stands 6 x Rat illuminated orchestra stands
4 x 3 Section speaker stands
10 x boom mic stand
2 x Low boom mic stand
Other equipment and configurations The system can be configured for conference use with speaker delays and meetings use.
Smaller, stand alone systems can also be configured.
1 x Soundcraft F1 16 channel spirit folio mixing desk
Behringer Dual 31 Band EQ
4 x Behringer shark


 


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