FACILITIES/RENTALS

Artists or arts and cultural groups are welcome to rent our space for rehearsals, performances, workshops, community festivals, special events, concerts, conferences, etc. The space has a professionally sprung dance floor, fold out theatre seating, a modest lighting grid and experienced technicians. The building is wheelchair accessible (including accessible washrooms), with kitchen facilities and a green room.

MACC FACILITY FEATURES

• 1600 sq. ft. rehearsal hall with sprung floor. Has additional 280 sq.ft. adjacent lounge area which can be opened or sealed off with fold out panels. There are two, double doors off the main hall into the parking lot for easy loading.
• Meeting Room/Studio located downstairs is 600 sq.ft., with large windows facing south, separate access door and sink.
• All rooms can be equipped with long fold out tables on wheels, 3 tables are 10′ long and 30″ wide 8 tables are 8′ long and 30″ wide. There are 120 stackable chairs.
• Fully licensed and equipped kitchen with industrial sanitizer.
• Some equipment that may be made available for an extra fee include: projector and screen, marley dance floor, sound system, theatre seating (52 seats) and acoustic piano. Professional stage lighting and theatre seating requires the hiring of a trained lighting technician.

MORE ABOUT RENTING MACC

• Capacity: 120 standing room, 105 seated with bleacher system (including staff, children, caterers, and technicians). One of our staff must be on site for your rental, while a second staff member is required for gatherings with alcohol present.
• Serving liquor: the rental group is responsible for obtaining a valid “Liquor License” for any liquor service or consumption as well as a “Serving it Right” certificate.
• Serving food: food can be cooked and served on premises.

RENTAL INQUIRIES

• To make a booking request and view availability, please use the park board facility reserve tool here or contact sunsetrentals@vancouver.ca
• For any questions about our space, please contact the Community Arts Programmer at moberly@vancouver.ca. Please note that you must book the space through the options listed above.

RENTAL COSTS

• To review the rental costs related to room rental and staffing, please read the full Moberly Staff and Rental Descriptions here.

Moberly Theatre Technical specifications and Equipment List

Theatre dimensions:                          Seating Area:
Width: 32′                                                Width: 3′ x 4′
Length: 50′                                              Length 3″ x 8″

When extended, protrudes 11′ into theatre & leaves 4′ 6” on each side of the width of the theatre. There are 9 risers in total.

Lighting grid height:                               Loading Doors:  3
West Ceiling: 11′                                         Width: 5″ 10″
East Ceiling: 10′

Dancefloor:
Sprung floor by default, though a Marley type dance floor is available upon request (and requires a technician)-for dance only

Lighting instruments:
6 ETC Source 4 ellipsoidal reflector spotlights, 575-750W
6 ETC PARNEL , 575-750W
Shutters and some gobos
5 floor stands
1 Leprecon LP 612 lighting console
3 Dimmers for a maximum of 12 lighting instruments

Sound:
Yorkville MM6 6 channel Powered Mixer, 200W
4 Yorkville Performance Series Speakers, 150 Watt each and mounted at 8′ height in each corner of the theater
1 Technics SL- PD9 5 Disc CD changer w. Digital optical output
11 Music stands
1 Boom mic stand
1 round base-straight mic stand
1 15′ XLR cable
1 5′ XLR cable
4 APEX 850 Dynamic microphones
16 Channel Mackie Sound Console CR1G04-VL2