Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1981

The Sir Run Run Shaw Ha l l The Sir Run Run Shaw Hall is a multi-purpose audi­ torium designed for holding ceremonies, general meetings, lectures ， exhibitions and possibly examina­ tions, and for staging concerts, plays and cinema shows. A Management Committee representing the interests of both students and faculty has been appointed to run the auditorium. This wen-equipped Hall of modern professional standards is expected to become a cultural centre of the University and, in due course, of Hong Kong. The Audi tor i um The auditorium measures 27 metres x 28 metres and the total seating capacity is 1,453. The seats on the frontal multi-usage flat floor area on the ground floor are removable while those on the rear raked area and the raked gallery are fixed. The area at the back of the ground floor can accommodate a further 40 seats or 60-100 standing spectators. The Foyer The foyer of 150 sq. metres opens onto a terrace, which has a raised slate floor overlooking a garden. This foyer may also serve as an exhibition area for works in the plastic and visual arts. The Stage The performance stage is about 22 metres wide by 8,5 metres deep with a front stage of 28 square metres. The surface of the stage is slightly raked. The small orchestra pit can accommodate 12-15 musicians. The prompt comer or stage manager's station with house light controls, equipment for per­ formance monitoring and stage manager's paging system is at stage right. The scene dock is at stage left, directly accessible to vehicles, which can back right to the entrance of the dock or side stage. Other facilities include dressing rooms, costume room ， ante room, control room and a 65-square-metre rehearsal ro om . Stage L i gh t i ng The stage lighting system is so designed as to allow optimum use o f available resources. The control console is situated in the elevated lighting and sound control room overlooking the stage. It offers two basic control systems which can 'pile on' to each other and function simultaneously. The manual system is capable of presetting of cues for recording in the memory and, where repeat performances are not required, of rehearsal control. The memory system provides control of up to 200 channels with 200 cues each. Options for the system include manual and automatic time faders, and a houselight non-dim module. There are five kinds of lighting apparatus: Fresnel, parallipsphere, parhead, border lights and follow spots, all complete with colour frame and 12