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C ARTS | C venues | C cubed
Celtic Lodge, Brodie's Close, Lawnmarket, Royal Mile, EH1 2PS
Venue Description
Unleash your imagination at our unique sixteenth-century Royal Mile venue. Captivating children’s shows. Energetic ensemble theatre. Dazzling dance. Masterful musicals. Powerful physical performance. Spellbinding storytelling. Part of the vibrant, vivacious variety of C ARTS: a curated programme of international, independent work taking place at multiple city-centre locations, and online, in our 34th year at the Fringe. It’s a festival all of its own. Make sure you see it all.
What makes this venue special?
C cubed has a unique setting at the sixteenth-century Celtic Lodge at Brodie's Close, one of the original Fringe venues on the Royal Mile. The atmospheric mid-sized theatre has a choice of in-the-round, traverse, thrust and cabaret layouts, with an end-on studio option. The venue is ideal for mid-sized and smaller-scale theatre, musical theatre, dance, physical theatre, music, cabaret, comedy, spoken word and storytelling. C venues offers performance spaces of all shapes and sizes from less than 20 to more than 200 seats, from installation and found spaces to fully-fitted studios and theatres. In 2021 we launched C digital, our year-round digital online programme, which offers companies and artists the opportunity to take part in fringes, festivals and arts markets around the world. We provide support and advice with marketing, media, and arts industry. We can assist you to help plan the onward development and showing of your work. Winner of the Infallibles Award for Theatrical Excellence for Best Venue, Edinburgh Fringe 2021. Part of C ARTS, a vibrant and original programme at multiple city-centre venue locations, and online year-round, showcasing creativity, celebrating diversity.
Venue Programming
C ARTS is a home for international independent arts, at the Edinburgh Fringe and online. We programme across all artforms with an emphasis on new and dynamic work. Our curated season at C venues, showcasing new and classic theatre, physical theatre, musicals, opera, dance, circus, cabaret, spoken word, children's and family shows, film and video, visual and performance art, makes us one of the most vibrant and eclectic venue programmes on the Fringe. We have a track record programming site-specific, immersive, installation, interdisciplinary and multimedia work. Our in-person programme is mostly ticketed, with some pay-what-you-think shows and free events. Running alongside our main season, our events programme offers artists from across the Fringe opportunities to highlight their work and perform outside the box. Our year-round digital online programme, C digital, offers companies and artists the chance to make connections and build their international reach.
- Genres of Interest: Cabaret and Variety, Children's Shows, Comedy, Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus, Events, Exhibitions, Music, Musicals and Opera, Spoken Word, Theatre
- Contact Methods: Visit www.cvenues.com to download application pack. Apply online at www.cvenues.com. Send supporting information including company background, biographies, reviews, staging and publicity ideas, script and audio/video material (where available) by email to
Venue Manager Contact Details
Hartley Kemp / Robert Blackmore
C venues
5 Alexandra Mansions, Chichele Road
London
NW2 3AS
Telephone: 0131 581 5500
Email: [email protected]
Viewing Details
Viewing may be possible year-round by appointment. Please email us at [email protected] or call us on 0131 581 5500. Guided viewing at Edinburgh roadshows available by arrangement.
Venue Facilities
- Front of House Staff
- Technical Staff
- Bar
- Cafe or Catering
- Additional Venue Facility Details: Artist services department for company advice and support, generous company bar discounts, exclusive company standby comps scheme. Copying, printing, scanning, computer and fax facilities at companies' centre.
Box Office
- Venue runs own Box Office
- Accepts Credit Cards
- Computerised Box Office
- Linked with Fringe Box Office
- Phone Sales
- Ticket Printing
- Further Box Office Information: Help and advice with ticket pricing and sales strategies. Strategic use of discount schemes. Regular sales updates available.
Press & Marketing
- Venue has a Press Office
- Venue has Press Staff
- Own Programme Published
- Website: www.CtheArts.com
- Other Marketing Support: Help and advice with campaign planning, Fringe Programme entry, print and press release design and content. Venue brochure, website, press pack and launch. Progress meetings, promoter liaison, cross-marketing promotions.
Performance spaces
- main space (audience capacity 79)
- studio (audience capacity 52)
Performance Space Details - main space (audience capacity 79)
Intimate thrust format theatre space with optional traverse, in-the-round and cabaret layouts and full black box. Raked auditorium, upholstered seating 6-8 rows deep, level black vinyl dancefloor stage floor. Especially suited for mid-scale theatre, physical theatre, dance, comedy, cabaret and children's shows.
Technical Details
- Type of space: Black Box
- Type of stage: Thrust / In the round / Traverse / Cabaret Style
- Lighting: Comprehensive general lighting rig with 24 ways of control, ETC Nomad computer lighting control system, some LED colour-changing lights. Projector/haze machine/smoke machine/extras by arrangement.
- Sound: Theatre sound system with mixer, input for company playback device, corded microphone and stand, DI box, amplification, speakers. Extras by arrangement.
- Storage: Limited shared storage space.
- Dressing Space: Dressing room space shared between companies.
Performance Space Licensing
- This performance space does not have an age limit.
Hire Details
- Deal Types: Box Office Split with guarantee
- Proposed Charges and Charge Details: Our standard rental fee is 40% of box office or guarantee, whichever is greater. The guarantee is payable in advance in instalments.In our mid-size spaces seating 70-120, for a 1-hour slot performing in the afternoon or evening, you can expect to pay a gu
- Usual slot duration: Variable in 5 minute increments - typically 1 hour to 1 hour 30 mins, but can be longer or shorter. Installation or found spaces used by only one company may be able to have a set or installation left in situ.
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Performance Space Details - studio (audience capacity 52)
Intimate end-on format studio space with theatre and cabaret formats. Capacity variable between 36, 44, 52 59 and 66 seats, depending on stage depth. Semi-raked auditorium, upholstered seating (5 to 9 rows deep), level black vinyl dancefloor stage floor. Professionally equipped to high standard. Especially suited for smaller-scale theatre, physical theatre, dance, comedy, cabaret, spoken word and children's shows.
Technical Details
- Type of space: Black Box
- Type of stage: End on / Cabaret Style
- Lighting: Comprehensive general lighting rig with 18 ways of control, ETC Nomad computer lighting control system, some LED colour-changing lights. Projector/haze machine/smoke machine/extras by arrangement.
- Sound: Theatre sound system with mixer, input for company playback device, corded microphone and stand, DI box, amplification, speakers. Extras by arrangement.
- Storage: Limited shared storage space by arrangement.
- Dressing Space: Dressing room space shared between companies.
Performance Space Licensing
- This performance space does not have an age limit.
Hire Details
- Deal Types: Box Office Split with guarantee
- Proposed Charges and Charge Details: Our standard rental fee is 40% of box office or guarantee, whichever is greater. The guarantee is payable in advance in instalments. In our studios seating 30-60, for a 1-hour slot performing in the afternoon or evening, you can expect to pay a guarantee
- Usual slot duration: Variable in 5 minute increments - typically 1 hour to 1 hour 30 mins, but can be longer or shorter.