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Technical specifications
Decky is a site-specific production for outdoor
performance in swing/play parks, public gardens or school/college
grounds. We can perform both in the daytime and, as we have exterior
lighting, in the evening.
We create 'natural amphitheatres' around our own
swing structure, which we shape according to the geography of
the sites. These tend to be in-the-round but we do not attempt
to turn the sites into theatres, rather we realise each site in
the most total way with the maximum possible quality of sight
lines from playing area to audience.
The set consists of a large, specially constructed
set of swings (4.5m high), built by sculptor Allan Ross, which
are pegged and guyed to the ground. They are extremely secure,
having been built to engineering specification and will not damage
the grass. The audience is seated on stools, which we supply.
They do not promenade during the performance but should be advised
to dress for the outdoors.
Performance Area:
We need a 15m x 15m flat, grassy area - preferably close to a
play area (but not necessarily). Grass, or a soft surface, is
the most important thing. The performance area should be far enough
away from roads, tennis courts, sports pitches and flight paths
to ensure little interference from extraneous noise.
Audience Area:
The audience are placed in the round, 1.1m beyond the boundary
of the performance area. Four passageways are left clear for actors'
exits/entrances, one of which is made suitable for an actor to
enter on a bicycle. The performance boundary area is clearly marked
by the positioning of lighting/sound equipment in 4 corners with
all cables encased in/covered by ramping. The audience is seated.
We bring up to 300 small stools.
Power Supply:
4000w generator (or access to two 13-amp domestic power supplies)
Lighting Equipment:
8 exterior 400w sodium floods plus floor stands (run throuygh
RCD)
Cabling and cable ramping
Sound Equipment:
1 x Mackie CR1604 16-channel mixer
4 x d&b E3 speaker cabinets
1 x d&b E-sub bass cabinet
2 x d&b E-pac amplifier
8 x Sennheiser Evolution 100-series radio systems with lapel microphones
& belt-packs
2 x spare lapel mics
1 x Tascam MD-301 minidisk recorder
1 x Behringer Ultracurve Graphic/Parametric EQ with feedback eliminator
8 x noise gates
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