How many hemp houses??

[tatty_head]

hey

 

 

im doing a project on harrogate theatre and was wondering if you guys could let me know of any other hemp houses in the uk. as my tutor is bound to ask how many other theatres use hemp flying.

cheers

[Ben Langfeld]

Southport Arts Centre (Cambridge Theatre) and Crosby Civic Hall both use hemp sets, although Southport don't have a full fly tower. Hope this helps

[Glyn Edwards]

Darlington Civic was primarily a hemp house, although it did have powered winches for the Lx. That was last time I was there (2003?)

HTH

[Freddie]

[sUBTLE WIKI PLUG] If anyone would like to create a wiki article for any venues they have knowledge of, adding

[[Category:Venues]]

and

[[Category:Hemp Houses]]

tags into the article, this sort of research would be much easier[/sUBTLE WIKI PLUG]

[Kendo]

Hi

The Whitley Bay Playhouse, Tyne and Wear is still a fully hemp house, with the exception of 3 lighting bars which are on manual winches but there are other lighting bars which are hemp.

Ken

[robloxley]

Have a look at the ABTT Theatres Technical Information (on their website), or the British Performing Arts Yearbook or possibly the Theatres' Trust book.

[thelxbloke]

The Alexandria Cinema, yes it is a theatre. It's a council owned theatre rented by Scott cinemas but NADMCS (NEWTON ABBOT & DISTRICT MUSICAL COMEDY SOCIETY) have the right to use it twice a year as they've been using it since the dawn of time, it's even in the cinema's contract .

 

Completely hemp apart from the cinema screen on hand winches (weighs a flimmin ton!) which was an addition when they made it a cinema obviously.

 

Some photos Here, not brilliant but may help.

 

HTH

 

Steve

[gareth]

I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Brighton Theatre Royal - possibly the best-known hemp house in the country (at least to those of us who regularly work around the touring circuit).

[thcousins]

There was an artile, I think in the stage, about the Theatre Royal, Brighton. It has recently switched to synthetic hemp for (I believe) the first time!

[LeeStoddart]

Kings Theatre Southsea is basically hemp.

 

Last summer we installed 6 powered bars - these are the first stage of what should eventually become 23 powered sets. There will then be about one third of all sets on power with about two thirds still hemp.

[Seano]

I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Brighton Theatre Royal

Isn't there still a (disused) chinaman in the grid there?

 

A couple more hemp houses for the mix:

Opera House, Buxton. (Until fairly recently their safety curtain was on a hand winch, that was a workout.)

(not terribly) Grand Opera House, York.

 

Sean

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[Wilko]

hey kings theatre Southsea has 49 fully working hemp sets, Nuffield theatre Southampton has 22 fully working hemp sets, Electric theatre Guildford has 10 hemp sets although no fly tower, the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford is a hemp house( not sure how many sets)

[timpman19]

Robert Martin theatre in Loughbrough uni is hemp. No fly tower though.

[Neil Frazer]

Both the Haymarket and the Anvil in Basingstoke are hemp houses although the Anvil has a few motor bars as well.

 

Out of interest the Anvil was built less that ten years ago but hemp was used as it was cheaper.

[Tom]

Theatre Royal, Margate is all hemp.

It claims to be the

second oldest theatre operating in Great Britain and is also the oldest un-restored theatre in the country, its splendid auditorium dating from the 1874 designs by J T Robinson

and having done some work there I can believe it.

source

Thankfully, the hemp sets have been renewed!