Technical Specs — Teatro Circo Apolo

General

Venue type

Indoor theatre

Audience/stage relationship

Fixed, "Italian-style" layout

Address

Plaza Teatro Apolo, s/n · 30336 El Algar — Cartagena (Murcia)

Activities

Theatre, music, musicals, dance and events

Built

1904–1906 · Architect: Pedro Cerdán Martínez

Last renovation

2009 · Architects Antonio Jiménez Flores and José Montoro Guillén

Restoration contractor

AZUCHE, S.L.

Load-in access

8 m truck · 2.5 × 2.5 m door · unloads directly to the wings

Capacity and auditorium

496

Total seats

Stalls: 162 Stalls boxes: 84 Circle: 80 Gallery: 170

Maximum auditorium width

1,470 cm

Depth from the proscenium

1,220 cm

Maximum height

2,070 cm

Floor heights

1st floor: 271 cm · 2nd floor: 544 cm

Stalls access points

3

Stage

Proscenium opening (width)

800 cm / 800 cm

Wing space, right / left

151 cm / 151 cm

Orchestra pit (width)

900 cm

Depth from proscenium

900 cm

Proscenium height

600 cm

Stage to grid

900 cm

Grid to ceiling

Max. 300 cm · Min. 298 cm

Stage rake

0%

Stage floor

Sprung platform, can be nailed into

Trap area

100 m²

Grid

Metal structure · 1000 × 900 cm

Installed flying lines

4 hand-operated · 5 sets

Curtains

Motorised metal fire safety curtain (guillotine) · Listed heritage house curtain (manual) · House tabs (motorised)

Masking

2 black backdrops (8×8 m) · 8 black legs (1.5×8 m) · 4 black borders (2.5×10 m)

Dressing rooms and control positions

Dressing rooms

1 shared dressing room on the ground floor (8 places, full toilets and showers) · 6 individual dressing rooms backstage (3 per wing)

Control positions

1 stage management position, stage left · 1 lighting and sound position in the booth (2nd floor) · 1 house manager position

Lighting

Total installed power

180 kW

Company power supply

50 kW

Stage / house circuits

24 / 12

Dimming

Patch bay in the wings · 36 circuits · DMX 512

Lighting desk

LT Hydra Spirit (1 DMX output universe)

Fixtures

6 ETC Junior Zoom profiles (575w) · 6 ETC Source Four profiles (575w) · 6 WORK fixed house profiles (1000w) · 6 gobo holders · 6 iris units · 14 Griven Arco fresnels (1kW) · 10 WORK fresnels (1kW) · 24 PAR 64 CP60 (1kW) · 18 LEDsrl asymmetric floods (1kW) · 1 HMI 1,200 followspot on stand

Accessories and dimmers

6 x 3 m lighting bars · 24 stands · 3 multicore cables, 8 circuits · 12 x 3 m jumpers · 3 x 25 m cables · 3 Strand 12-channel 2.5kW dimmer racks (DMX 512)

Sound

Sources

Sony MiniDisc with autopause · Numark dual CD player · Denon dual cassette deck

Mixing console

WORK, 24 channels + 6 auxiliary

Speakers

1st-floor proscenium box: 2 mid-high + 2 low + 2 mid (WORK) · Under stage: 2 WORK subwoofers · Onstage monitors: 2 WORK cabinets

Processing and amplification

1 DBX 480 processor · 3 Crown XLS602A amplifiers · 2 Crown XLS402A amplifiers · 1 Crown XS1200 amplifier

Audio patch

2nd-floor booth · 12-channel + 1 aux multicore · onstage stage box: 24 channels + 8 returns

Intercom

ALTAIR WMS-202 wireless base station (dual channel + 2 wired) · 3 stations (stage right, stage left, booth)

Other equipment and climate control

Other equipment

1 front-projection PVC screen (8×5 m, CL1 fire-rated) · 16 orchestra music stands with lamps

Services and accessibility

Step-free access and accessible toilet · Bar · Advance online sales and computerised box office · Internal telephone system · Cue/call bell system

Climate control

Air renewal, heating and cooling