Rent the Playhouse
The Playhouse is home to a wide range of professional and amateur events from near and far throughout the year. This 146-seat venue is a fully equipped theatre with light, sound, projection systems and is known for its versatility and superb acoustics. The GLHS constantly work to upgrade its capabilities while keeping it affordable.
Your success is important to us!
Once a booking is confirmed we offer all performance rentals:
- exposure through a full page on our website events calendar
- your poster on our website home page
- email blasts to our lists
- announcement on our voice mail
- your event on our roadside sign
- posters / handbills in our lobby and in our windows
- newsfeed to our facebook page to help promote your event.
Private rentals
Yes, we offer private rentals as well. The stage and auditorium are the perfect space for rehearsals, workshops, photo shoots, meetings, classes, lectures plus more…. Tell us what you have in mind. Contact us for more information.
Stage Dimensions and Drapery
The full stage area is 40’ wide by 16′ deep without legs and 14’3″ high (to light bar). There are 3, 8′ wide legs each side which are moveable and can be angled independently of each other. The stage is equipped with right, left and centre entrances and exits. There is a large Green Room below the stage.
Playhouse equipment
The following Playhouse equipment is also available:
Knabe 9ft. concert grand Piano
Portable Marlee Dance Floor
2 – 6ft. wide by 8in. off the ground risers.
Film/presentation equipment
Mainstage
Screen: Motorized drop from the ceiling, mid-stage. 16’ diagonal, HD (16:9) aspect ratio.
Projector: BenQ digital HD 1080p projector, 4,000 lumens.
Input options: HDMI from booth, or stage.
Rear projection
Projector: Panasonic PT-MZ570 LCD laser projector laser, 6000 lumens.
Input devices
- OPPO UDP-203 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc player
- Numark MP103USB USB and MP3 CD player
- Apple Mac mini (M1, 2020) desktop computer running QLab 4.7
Lighting equipment
Five-batten grid plus sides, two-universe DMX installation with Ethernet drops to all battens
Element 2 lighting console
House hang includes a mix of incandescent and LED instruments
- 2 × ETC Source Four 36°
- 2 × ETC Source Four 50°
- 5 × ETC Source Four 26°
- 10 × ETC ColorSource Spot 36°
- 10 × Generic ERS (Leko) 6×9
- 13 × ETC ColorSource PAR
- 16 × ETC Source Four PAR
- 18 × Generic Fresnel ETC
Sound System and equipment
- Behringer X32 compact digital mixer – (up to 6 monitor mixes possible)
- QSC K12 active loudspeakers (stereo pair – house front speakers)
- Yorkville YXL-10P active stage monitors (6)
Microphones and DI Boxes
- Shure SM58 microphones (6 mics)
- Shure SM57 microphones (2 mics)
- Shure BLX288/SM58 – Wireless handheld microphones (2)
- Shure BLX14/P31 –
- Wireless headset microphone (1)
- AKG D112 Mk II – Bass Drum microphone
- Rode M5 Stereo pair pencil condenser microphones
- Hewitt LCT-440 Pure large cap condenser microphone
- 4 Passive DI boxes