Venue Hire Renfrew Street
Positioned in the heart of Glasgow, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s campus at 100 Renfrew Street is home to five major performance venues. We provide a dedicated event service to clients who are looking to book a range of events from conferences, meetings and workshops to concerts, masterclasses, movement and music rehearsal facilities.
If you’re looking for dance facilities, see our dance facilities at the Wallace Studios at Speirs Locks.
The New Athenaeum Theatre
Seating Capacity: 344
Stevenson Hall
Seating Capacity: 355
The Chandler Studio Theatre
Seating Capacity: 98 (in Theatre Style)
The Ledger Recital Room
Seating Capacity: 108
The Alexander Gibson Opera Studio
Seating Capacity: 154
The Boardroom
Seating Capacity: 25
Fyfe Lecture Theatre
Seating Capacity: 70
Recording Studio
The studio consists of a 70 square metre live room, a vocal booth and a separate control room. All rooms are linked via video and talkback, and the studio has a full size Steinway concert grand piano. The control room is equipped with a ProTools HD Accel 2 and a D-Command desk, with Microphones by Neumann, AEA, AKG, Schoeps, B&K and many others. Mic pre’s are by Neve, DACS, DAV, AEA & LA Audio. Reverbs are by Lexicon and TC Electronic, and many plugins are available including Autotune and Melodyne. The in-house engineer has many years experience, having previously worked at EMI Abbey Road Studios and Sony Music Studios, London. Please contact Bob Whitney on +44 (0)141 270 8249 or b.whitney@rcs.ac.uk for rates and availability
Additional facilities
In addition to our five performance venues, other facilities include:
Exhibition space
Dressing Rooms
Drama rehearsal room
Music rehearsals room
Small music practice rooms for coaching and one to one teaching
Cafe/Bar
Stage Management
Our stage management department can provide technical equipment and expertise to enhance your event.
Our events manager will be able to arrange meetings with the stage management team and advise on the costing of these during the planning stage of your event.
Box Office
Our box office can provide a ticket management service on your behalf. We have a convenient onsite location and tickets are available to purchase in person via the telephone or online. Costs available on request.
Availability
During the academic year, availability is restricted to evenings and weekends however during the spring vacation and from July through until the end of September annually there are a full range of facilities available for hire.
Hospitality
Our onsite catering contractor, Where the Monkey Sleeps, can cater for a wide range for requirements from a buffet lunch to a champagne reception. Prices and menus on application.
Local Accommodation
We have negotiated various rates for visitors to the Conservatoire in local hotels. If you are attending a meeting, conference or an audition at the Conservatoire, please access our Local Hotels Listings.
Contact Us
To obtain further information on the services we provide or to arrange a site visit and or quotation please contact our Space Planning department.
Direct Tel:+ 44 (0) 141 270 8226/8305
Switchboard: + 44 (0) 141 332 4101
Email: venuehires@rcs.ac.uk