Hare Hole (Hares & Hyenas)

Capacity

80 people
Ceiling height

High (3m - 4m)

Space overview

Hare Hole, the performance venue of Hares & Hyenas, operates as a bookshop, bar and cafe during business hours with a liquor licence from 10am to 11pm daily. At night it makes for an ideal and affordable venue. All of its central bookshelves and furniture are on wheels and it converts to a boutique performance space with seating for 75 patrons in much less than an hour. It also has a courtyard garden that holds 12. It has an excellent sound system, eight LED theatre lights, mixing desk, several handheld microphones, a radio handheld a microphone and mic stands, foldback speaker, data projector, free standing 2 metre screen and various cords, DI, compressed recording facilities direct from amplifiers, mirror ball etc. The space has excellent acoustics. It has a platform stage approximately 5.2 x 3 metres \. It is ideal for cabaret, music performance (amplified and acoustic), small theatre productions, solo performances, multimedia , spoken word, forums, etc. There is also a portable wheelchair ramp for the stage and the space is fully wheelchair accessible. Dimensions inside the shop are approximately 57 square metres of usable space. There are also two walls above the bookshelves for visual arts exhibitions. The venue is fully wheelchair accessible with a wheelchair accessible toilet and ramp for disabled performers.

$50 per hour (ex GST)
$164 per half-day (ex GST)

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Availability

Available now
Short term hire

Features and facilities

Accessibility features

Flexible environment in dressing room
Performer disabled toilet
Performer ramps
Suitable emergency exits
Suitable lighting
Suitable signage

Reachable door handles
Accessible stage door
Suitable telephone/communication
Ramps on/off stage

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Location, location

Address

63 Johnston Street
Fitzroy, 3065

Getting here

Transport options

Bus
Tram

Parking

Coles Car Park in Argyle Street provides cheap parking till midnight each day. Street parking generally available for free at night.

Pricing terms

$180 plus GST per night or 25% of ticket sales (whichever is the higher) is the current standard venue usage cost, however, prices are negotiable depending on usage and heavily discounted for community and not-for-profit organisations and groups. Launches, parties, fundraisers and special events are usually free of hire fees. Ticket sales splits are also negotiated.

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