Friendship Theatre

Friendship Theatre

Located on Renmin North Road, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Art Center friendship theatre is a modern multi-functional entertainment place close to China Export Commodities Fair, Liuhua Hotel, Telecom Building and Guangzhou railway station.

Introduction to theatre

The theatre was opened on August 16, 1965, rebuilt in the winter of 1987, and resumed operation on July 13, 1988

. Over the past 20 years, he has received art groups from nearly 100 countries and regions, such as the Royal Ballet, as well as thousands of Chinese central and provincial troupes. He has received many heads of state and leaders of our party, government and army to watch performances. He has made contributions to strengthening international cultural exchanges and prospering socialist cultural undertakings, and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. Premier Zhou Enlai visited the friendship theatre several times before his death and highly appreciated the garden layout of the theatre.

Theatre facilities

Friendship Theater ranks in the forefront of the first-class cinemas in China, with elegant environment and luxurious decoration. There are 1524 seats in the auditorium, with spacious stage and excellent sound and light effects. It can arrange all kinds of performances, show all kinds of films, and receive large-scale meetings. A computer color fountain is designed in the theater square, which is eye-catching, and the picturesque garden on the south side is available for the audience to rest. The theater also has exhibition hall, video hall, troupe guest house, VIP reception room and audience canteen to provide quality services for various forms of cultural activities and the audience. The theater is equipped with advanced and practical equipment. The stage lighting system is imported from 160 circuit computer dimmer in the United States. The stage music adopts 32 channel mixer in UK, computer equalizer in USA and "EV" series advanced speakers, with a total output power of kW. The movie audio system introduces the American kintek super vertical surround sound equipment. The theatre is equipped with a closed-circuit television system and remote-controlled cameras. The live performance can be watched in VIP room, auditorium, dressing room and studios. 42 electric suspenders are installed on the stage, which provides convenience for the troupe to install and change scenes. The music pool can be divided into three parts to expand or narrow the performance area. The theater also introduced a set of internal intercom wireless communication equipment for the stage supervisor to transfer information with the staff. The central air conditioner adopts Daikin Air conditioning equipment with a cooling capacity of 600000 kcal / h. The theatre also has a world-class Austria "bossendorf" grand piano for pianists to play. In addition, advanced fire-fighting equipment is also installed on the stage. In case of fire, the fire-fighting water is immediately sprayed from the ceiling to form a "water curtain" isolated from the audience, so as to ensure the safety of the venue and the audience.

Surrounding scenic spots

Located on Renmin North Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong Art Center Friendship Theater is close to China Export Commodities Fair, China Grand Hotel, Oriental Hotel, telecommunication building, Guangzhou railway station, provincial and municipal long distance bus station, and CAAC ticketing building. It is the most developed center of transportation, commerce, communication and tourism in Guangzhou.

Theatre development

With a history of 40 years, friendship theatre is a multi-functional modern entertainment place. Over the past few decades, it has received performances from hundreds of national and regional art groups, including the Royal Ballet, as well as thousands of Chinese central and provincial troupes. The theater has introduced the most advanced sound and lighting series from the United States and Britain, with complete facilities such as performance monitoring and communication, which can meet the needs of various types of performances.

In recent years, friendship theatre has been actively exploring the performance market, taking the lead in implementing the performance line system in the Pearl River Delta, establishing and expanding the performance network, actively introducing the plays of well-known performing groups at home and abroad, and putting high-grade art products into the market, which has achieved remarkable social and economic benefits.

Theatre stage

The frame is 14 meters wide and 7.60 meters high

Stage width

The total length is 26.7 meters

Stage depth

16.86m from the big screen line to the sky screen (pole 39)

The depth from the big screen line to the stage is 17.70m

The depth from the front edge to the stage is 19.90 meters

orchestra pit

The orchestra is divided into three parts

The length of the orchestra pit (measured by the middle of the orchestra pit) is 3.86M

The total width of the three parts of the orchestra pool (measured by the center of the orchestra pool) is 15m

The height from the music pool to the entrance (bottom) is 1.65m

The music pool rises to the second floor and the height to the platform is 1.03m

The total width of the music pool rising to the platform is 19.95m

Stage height

The height from stage floor to stage roof is 17.10m

The height from the stage floor to the front axle of pole 1 is 8.35m

The height from the stage floor to the bottom of the left and right bridges is 6.35m

Stage suspension system

Total number of electric suspenders (No.3 suspender for movie screen) 39

The suspender is raised to the maximum height of 15.6m

The first pole rises to a height of 7.78 meters

Boom length 24m

The carrying capacity of suspender is about 300 kg

Grey screen (split)

The screen is operated by hand, 9.5m long and 4.60m wide

There are 10 dark green edge curtains on one side, 5 along the curtain, 24 meters long and 3 meters wide

The two black curtains are 8 meters long and 9 meters wide

Fu Tai

The area of beifutai is 11.60m × 10.50m

The area of nanfutai is 10.38m × 5.60m

Entrance and exit of props

The entrance and exit of props are located in the North corridor of the theater, which is 3.55 meters wide, 10.95 meters deep and 4 meters high. After entering the corridor, they go to the backstage gate, which is 0.90 meters high, 2.84 meters wide and 2.98 meters high

Stage lighting equipment

There are two lights on the stage

The distance from one light to the big screen is 14 meters

The distance between two sides of light and big screen is 19 meters

Dimming console Lanke lbx-125

(the dimming system is located in the back seat of the auditorium downstairs)

125 optical output

72 way single control

24 channel centralized control (can be divided into five pages)

220 channels of SCR lighting circuit

1-128 way load 3kw

129-160 way load 4kw

161-220 way load 6kw

Note: the total circuit load shall not exceed 350kW

Spotlight

2kW 78 branches are set in the first and second surface light, ear light and flow light

2kW 30 branches are set in the first and second surface light, ear light and Bridge light

Soft light

2kW 60 poles are set on pole 1, 6, 13 and 18 of Zhuguang

Cloud lamp

1.25kw 29 branches are set on No. 29 pole and ground row for sky shade

Spotlight

Leelortran colorarc2000 2kW (xenon lamp) 2 sets

Audio equipment system

Tuning console soundcrf 8000

32 channel input and 8-channel marshalling output

Mdsony640 2 sets

Cdgemini cd-9500 output 1 set

Datfostex D-5 1 set

1 set of ldpanasonic lx-k750

2 sets of tascam122mk II

Two revox open cassette recorders

1 video recorder sharp vc-700

One art DRI reverberator

Delayer rane

Four power amplifiers qsc3800

Three power amplifiers qsc3500

6 compressors symetrix501

Symetrix544 (8-way compression limiter) 2 sets

1 symetrix528 (signal processor)

Dachang EQ microaudio 284 sets

Stage monitoring EQ rane ge27 2 sets

Two speakers EV fm1502 (stage monitor)

Evfm1202 (stage monitor) 2 sets

Evdhaia (treble Series) 8 sets

Ev606 (Bass Series) 4 sets

Kintek (subwoofer Series) 2 sets

Evsevrty505 (set in audio room monitoring) 2 sets

other

Guangdong Provincial Art Center has a supporting Friendship Hotel, Art Hotel, shopping mall and restaurant to provide one-stop service for Chinese and foreign performing groups.

Over the years, friendship theatre has established a close and friendly cooperative relationship with various literary and art groups across the country.

Address: No. 696, Renmin North Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou (near Friendship Hotel)

Longitude: 113.25753

Latitude: 23.145115

Tel: 020-86662743; 020-866