A Maverick Theatre Company production

HENRY V

Lion of England

 
Technical Rider

UK Tour 2008 

Stage Manager:          Louise Turner 07966 401005

                                                or

                                    Patrick Ryan 07804 955159

                                                Or

                          Iain MacDenzie-Humphreys  0770 334 4981

Information in this document is subject to change and update and you are advised to look for a more recent version – 28-Jan-08This rider forms part of the contract with the venue. Problems arising from, or queries about, details herein should be referred to our Technical Manager as early as possible.

Licensing

Smoke and haze are used throughout the performance and smoke detection systems should be configured accordingly. There will be sudden, loud sound and flashing lights but not strobes. There will be no live flame, smoking or firearms. A props sword with blunt edges is used on stage.

 
Vehicles

Only one Merc Sprinter van


Touring Company:

Actor: Edward Morris

Stage Manager: Louise Turner or Patrick Ryan

Touring Electrician: Iain MacDenzie-Humphreys 

Director: Nick Hennegan (at some venues)

Stage

The stage must have a minimum playing area upstage of the prosc of 7m x 7m. Ideally it will be a little larger than this. Minimum grid height is 5.5m. We need the stage floor to be level, clean and tidy.

There are no flown items to the set and we will not be using house tabs.

The set consists of small, toured rostra at various heights, two small flats and a throne.

We need your black masking, legs or flats, with borders only as necessary. We have no objection to lanterns and lx spot bars being in full view. We need full blacks upstage unless your back wall is black.

Lighting

A detailed LX plan and hanging plot will be supplied as soon as possible.

Control positions should have open acoustics and a good view of the whole stage. Lighting will be operated from the sound position.

We need you to supply all generic lanterns, cable and dimmers.

We are touring a lighting desk (one universe of DMX 512) to control your dimmers. It can output D54 instead of DMX but then we’d lose the moving lights.

We are touring two Mac 250 moving lights which must have independent power and be controlled by our lighting desk via DMX lines.

We are touring a small hazer, smoke machine and fan but, if you have something better available, we may ask to use yours.

Anything you can do in the way of pre-rigging would gain our appreciation.
 

Sound

The show sound is largely music and FX playback. The soundtrack is on a toured laptop (running SCS Sound Cue System) that must feed into your PA. We carry leads to phono or 1/4-inch jacks. Please advise if further adaptors will be necessary.

There is also a toured UHF radio mic and receiver, used for occasional vocal FX, which should be fed into your sound desk.

We require a sound mixing position at the rear of the auditorium (never behind glass) with a good view of the stage and with open acoustics.

We require a good quality stereo PA system suitable for the size of venue providing loud, clear sound reproduction, free of hiss and distortion, to every part of the auditorium.

Two monitor speakers in the wings would be nice but not a requirement.

 

Comms & Cue Lights

Comms will be required at the prompt desk (with a long lead) and at both the sound & lighting control positions.

Cue lights are not required.

 

Wardrobe

Wardrobe assistance is not required though access to washing and drying facilities may be. We would appreciate an iron and ironing board.

 

Schedule and Crew Call

 

First show day:            0900–1300      Rig LX, colour and flash out. Get-in and fit-up

1400–1600      Masking. LX Focus. Sound check.

1600–1800      Placing & plotting. AOB. Re-set.

1900–Finish     Performance

Three local staff are needed for the first four hours, reducing to two at lunchtime. Only one member of local staff is needed for the show.

 

Subsequent Days:      1400–1800      Available for technical work or rehearsal as required.

1900–Finish     Performance

One LX staff member to cover in the afternoon

Show call as above.

 

Get-out: Two staff. Get-out will be under two-hours, not including any reinstatement.

 

Staff on showcall should be the same for all performances and should be in blacks. Lights and sound are operated by the touring SM where possible. The show is called from the sound desk. Performance local staff cover general stage management duties and operate haze and smoke as well as being “eyes and ears” on stage.

 

Repertoire & running times



Henry V – Lion of England is nice and short. It runs approximately 75 minutes and there is no interval.