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Ballie Ballerson
www.ballieballerson.com/edinburgh/
14 Forrest Rd, EH1 2QN
Venue Description
We are a free entry venue every single night! We have a full bar and homemade pizzas served throughout the shows, as well as our giant glowing ball pit, and massive slide to get you back down to the bar. We have all the free fun under one roof!
What makes this venue special?
We have an 11 metre ceiling height and wrap around 1st floor balcony that overlooks the main stage and floor. It's an amphitheatre! As well as glowing UV artwork throughout the venue, we have a 60 person glowing ball pit and enclosed metal slide to take you from the first floor back to ground! We also have a 20 person karaoke room with a pole.
Venue Programming
The space is so big versatile with the balcony and high ceiling it could host stand up comedy or recitals, up to circus, or cabaret would be great with the balcony table lay out, or mass karaoke. The space could take afternoon shows, but also with the dark decor shows right up until 3 am could be some fun with some cabaret / cheek. After 10 pm the venue is 18+.
- Genres of Interest: Cabaret and Variety, Comedy, Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus, Events, Exhibitions, Music, Musicals and Opera, Spoken Word, Theatre
- Contact Methods: Please contact me [email protected].
Venue Manager Contact Details
Wenny Armstrong
Edinburgh
Telephone: 07812571480
Email: [email protected]
Viewing Details
Viewings are available seven days a week. If you want to see the venue in action you would need to come after 5 pm.
Disabled Access Information
- Wheelchair Accessible Toilet
Venue Facilities
- Front of House Staff
- Technical Staff
- Bar
- Cafe or Catering
Box Office
- Venue runs own Box Office
Press & Marketing
- Venue has a Press Office
- Venue has Press Staff
- Website: www.ballieballerson.com/edinburgh/
Performance spaces
- Main Hall (audience capacity 350)
- Ball Pit (audience capacity 60)
- Cabaret Karaoke Room (audience capacity 12)
Performance Space Details - Main Hall (audience capacity 350)
The main hall has a ceiling height of 11 metres. On the ground floor there is a bar, a stage and pockets of booth seating. The main floor could seat 250. On the first floor there is a wraparound balcony that has 10 tables that seat between 5 and 10 people, and this overlooks the main floor. We also have a bar on the balcony. We are set up to do table service, or people can go to the bar and collect their own drinks. The main hall has a club sound system, PA, stage, DJ and lighting.
Technical Details
- Type of space: Installation Space / Gallery Space / Bar Space / Empty Room
- Stage Dimensions (width x depth x height): 4.00 x 3.00 x 0.50
- Lighting: We have a full club lighting system. We do not have a spotlight however we do have the set up and rigging that would allow it.
- Sound: Funktion One.
- Storage: We have storage on the second floor.
- Dressing Space: We have dressing room space on the second floor.
Performance Space Licensing
- This performance space does not have an age limit.
Hire Details
- Deal Types: Box Office Split / Box Office Split with guarantee / Negotiable / Straight Hire
Performance Space Details - Ball Pit (audience capacity 60)
The ultimate weird and wonderful Fringe venue. This is on the first floor inside the venue Ballie Ballerson which can be accessed without walking through the main hall. This is a glowing ball pit! We have laid powerful LED lights in the floor and with wrapped the room and mirrors, then added 100,000 clear balls into the room. The LED can pulse in time to the music or behave in anyway you choose. The room has gym specification air-conditioning and the balls are taken out of the pit and cleaned every single week. To get back to the exit, customers can use a giant metal enclosed slide to get back to the first floor.
Technical Details
- Type of space: Black Box / Installation Space / Empty Room
- Lighting: Just the powerful LEDs in the floor.
- Sound: Funktion One. It can go loud.
- Storage: We have storage on the second floor.
- Dressing Space: We have dressing room space on the second floor.
Performance Space Licensing
- This performance space does not have an age limit.
Hire Details
- Deal Types: Box Office Split / Box Office Split with guarantee / Negotiable / Straight Hire
Performance Space Details - Cabaret Karaoke Room (audience capacity 12)
Inside Ballie Ballerson on the 1st floor there is a small, intimate room with booth seating, a mic and a pole! The lighting and vibe it's very much cabaret. We normally allow bookings of 20 in at one time, however for a performance we envisage 12 to be a good number.
Technical Details
- Type of space: Black Box / Installation Space / Empty Room
- Stage Dimensions (width x depth x height): 1.00 x 1.00 x 0.20
- Type of stage: End on
- Lighting: Changeable LEDs both in terms of colour and brightness.
- Sound: Speakers and a karaoke system.
- Storage: We have storage on the second floor
- Dressing Space: We have storage on the second floor
Performance Space Licensing
- This performance space does not have an age limit.
Hire Details
- Deal Types: Box Office Split / Box Office Split with guarantee / Free / Negotiable / Straight Hire