19 Hill Street is the building of the oldest Masonic Lodge. We adapt it for theatrical purposes during the Fringe while retaining the essence of its history and site of 100 years of Masonic activity.
The foyer of the building provides ample space for displaying publicity material. The Box Office is on the ground floor. Comfortable club/waiting area on the first floor, with our famous Hill Street Bar situated on the second floor, is a laid back place to have coffee or hair of the dog by day and a lively drinking den by night.
We provide all the basic theatre facilities: - staging, seating, basic lighting and sound. Please remember that these spaces are temporary theatres so plans may slightly vary from year to year and are subject to licensing modifications. More detailed information is available upon request.
Situated on the third floor of Edinburgh’s oldest Masonic Temple this is a comfortable intimate performance space for small to medium scale productions with up to 100 partly raked seating. It is ideal for all types of theatrical productions with end on stage 5 m by 5.5 m and with 4m clearance. The changing room is next to the stage.
Situated on the second floor it is a flexible black box space measuring 9m x 6m with up to 60 seats. In this space you can set up seating and stage according to your needs. The changing room is next to the room via a short corridor.
Situated on the first floor it is a flexible space measuring – 5.5m x 4m with up to 30 seats. In this space you can set up seating and stage according to your needs.
Storage is a problem in all Fringe venues and we have limited storage space. Remember you will share stages with 7 to 10 companies. Some pieces of scenery can be kept in the rooms behind the curtains if they don’t obstruct stage entrances for other perfromances, Please design your festival set taking this into consideration. It will be also beneficial for your future touring!
Hill Street Theatre operates an internet ticketing system, constantly connected to the Fringe Box Office and customers can buy tickets on-line 24/7. We also take credit card telephone bookings as well as walk-up sales. All companies receive a report showing the number of tickets sold and the amount of money taken and a summary of complimentary and press tickets, detailing to whom these tickets were issued. For this full box office service we charge 4% + VAT of gross tickets sales from our box office. The Fringe Box Office charges 6% + VAT
– we can sell your merchandise through our box-office system. We charge a commission of 15% + VAT for this service.
Each company is allocated a 4 hour technical get-in/rehearsal as a part of the standard rental fee. We are happy to arrange for any lighting and sound equipment you may require over and above the equipment provided in each space. We can arrange hires for you, which will be charged back to you at cost and pre-rigged before your rehearsal/technical get-in. As mentioned above, if you need an operator to run your show this can be provided for an extra cost. An operator costs £30 plus VAT per show.
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