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, telescopic (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

• Main Hall. 1600 sq. ft. performance space / rehearsal hall with sprung floor, telescopic theatre seating, projector and large projector screen. There are two, double doors off the main hall into the parking lot for easy loading.
• Lower Hall. Meeting room/studio located downstairs is 600 sq.ft. with large south-facing windows, 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: marley dance floor, sound system, and upright piano. Professional stage lighting and musical equipment set-up and support requires the hiring of a trained technician.

MORE ABOUT RENTING MACC

• Capacity: 120 standing room, 105 seated with telescopic theatre seating extended (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, theatre seating protrudes approx. 13 ft. into theatre & leaves approx. 5 ft. of space on its left and right sides.

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