Technical & Venue information for agents, promoters & bands
Technical Co-Ordinator – Rosie Arnold
Telephone 01603 697667 or email rosie@norwichartscentre.co.uk
Crowd Control Barrier – For Hire
£100 deposit
£50 per day hire fee
Auditorium Information
Download NAC Auditorium Plan.pdf
For hirings:
* Standing – music – 290
* Seated – music – 120 seats (plus standing room for 90)
* Seated -Comedy – 130 seats (plus standing room for 90)
* Cafe / Bar – 78 standing
STAGE
19′ wide by 15′ deep / 5.8m x 4.6m
LIGHTING
* 8 x 1K CCT Fresnels
* 10 x 1KW Parcans
* 4 x 500W Source Four Profiles
* 4 x 500W CCT Profiles
* 4 x Robe 250 Spot Moving Lights
* Zero 88 – Fat Frog 48 (48 Channels of digital dimming)
* Various 15Amp TRS + we stock the majority of Lee colour filters
LIGHTING GRID
Fixed height of 22 ft and runs from the back wall behind the stage for 40 ft. Width 19 ft between church columns.
VISUALS
High quality 4m x 3m white front projection screen at the rear of the stage – not movable.
Sanyo PLC XU78 Projector 3000 ANSI lumens – Composite in, S-video in, 2 VGA in.
A number of DVD players with composite/s-video outputs.
POWER
4 x 63A 1ph Ceeform outlets on lighting deck (powering 3 analogue Pulsar dimmers)
SOUND
* 4 x Nexo Alpha E B1 Subs and 4 x Nexo Alpha E M3 Tops
* Nexo Crossover TD MKII Controller
* 2x Yamaha PC5901N Power Amplifier (FOH)
* 4x AB Audio 1590B Power Amplifier (Monitors)
MONITORS
* 4 x Martin LE 1500 Wedges
* 1 Martin 300w Drum Fill
FRONT OF HOUSE
* 1 Allen & Heath GL3800 48 Channel mono plus 2 stereo channels (pre/post selectable), 8 Audio groups with pan and routing to LR and M ,10 Auxes including a dedicated stereo send ,2 full stereo channels each with mic and stereo line inputs
* 4 way monitor mix installed, operated from FoH
* 3x Klark Teknik DN 360 dual channel 30 Band E.Q
* Yamaha SPX 900
* Lexicon MPX 550 Dual Effects Processor
* Drawmer SP2120 Sound Limiter (NB: Set to SPL 105db Peak)
* 3x DBX 166 XL Stereo Compressor
* 2x DBX 266 Stereo Compressor
* Behringer 4 Way Gate
* CD Player
MULTI
22 mic. Lines from stage + 6 returns (Includes L+R)
NB. There is no split for separate monitor desk. Monitors are configured for a four way mix from front of house. A separate monitor desk can be hired in if needed, but it must be arranged in advance.
MICS
* 8 Shure SM58.
* 5 Shure SM57
* 1 Shure Beta 57
* 1 Shure Beta 52
* 1 Shure Beta 91
* 1 Sennheiser MD504 clip on drum mics
* 3 x Sennheiser MD604
* 1 Sennheiser E906
* 3 x Audio Technica 33a Condensor
* 10 ACTIVE DI BOX
* Mic. Leads and stands
Dressing Rooms
1 lockable dressing room.
Standard get-in is 4pm, with soundcheck at 5pm. Please note that this is the earliest time that soundchecks can take place due to sound curfews on amplified noise. Gigs finish at 11pm due to sound curfew.
Parking
We do not have any on site parking at NAC, due to the nature of the site (listed church and grounds). Unloading for cars, vans and minibuses is via the auditorium back doors, on St. Swithins Alley (first right turn on the St Swithins Road one-way loop that runs from St Benedicts Street to Westwick Street). Please announce your arrival at the Box Office and a staff member will unlock the church doors for you.
You will need to park in St. Benedicts or one of the surrounding car parks after unloading – please see Find Us for parking locations and directions to NAC. Please note that the car park at the end of St. Swithins Alley does not belong to NAC and we strongly advise against parking here – the gates may be locked without warning, leaving your vehicle stranded inside.
For tour vans, artists often park up on the hatched area on St. Swithins Road. Please note that this is not a parking space and that the area is frequented by traffic wardens – parking here is at your own risk. Part of this stretch is, however, single yellow line, and so may be used at certain times. We can provide a ‘playing at Norwich Arts Centre’ sign in case your tour manager/driver needs to be contacted.
For larger buses, please see http://www.visitnorwich.co.uk/coaches.aspx for official coach parks.
Get-in / soundcheck times etc
Get-in time varies from day to day, as we run a daytime programme of events as well as evening gigs / shows. To check the get-in time for your show, or to arrange an earlier get-in, please contact Ian at norwichartscentre.co.uk.






