When marketing your event, you should consider a number of different advertising outlets including local newspapers and listings, radio stations, posters and social media.
Revelstoke Review – purchase an ad in the weekly printed paper and online. Consider buying in bulk to save money.
Both newspapers have free ‘What’s On’ listings, just be sure to get them the details of your event a couple of weeks ahead of when it is happening.
Radio:
EZ Rock (Astral radio) – It is very effective to do a week of ads with 4 or 5 a day right before your event. Consider going on their morning show to help promote your event.
Stoke FM – Revelstoke’s local radio station offers reasonable rates for advertising packages. Consider going on their morning show to help promote your event.
Stoke FM also send out info bulletins about what is happening in the community, again be sure to get them your event info well ahead of time.
Posters:
Posters – you can have posters in town from Lakeside Printing. We suggest you print size: 8.5” x 11” (standard letter size) so that they can easily be put up on the notice boards around town.
Poster Distribution – we offer poster distribution for $35 for approximately 30 posters. Contact revelstoketheatre@gmail.com for more information.
Social Media:
The Stoke List – a local classifieds listing which also hosts discussions and event info.
Facebook, Twitter, Other Local Websites
Email blasts – City of Revelstoke, Chamber of Commerce, Stoke FM and many other organisations send out email blasts, contact them directly for this service.
The Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre is a new state-of-the-art facility in the mountain community of Revelstoke, BC.
Theatre:
It is a proscenium arch theatre with a sprung stage, orchestra pit and a full lighting rig. The theatre has comfortable continental seating and is stylishly decorated with locally-milled wood. The house has been designed for top quality acoustics that are well suited to a wide range of performances. It also has a convenient loading dock located behind stage left.
Lobby and backstage:
The theatre’s lobby space boasts a vaulted roof, floor-to-ceiling windows, and wide staircases overlooking the lobby and entranceway. The theatre has large dressing rooms, modern audience washrooms, a box office/concession booth.
Services:
Box Office (both online and outlets), HD projection, conference presentation set-up, sound and lighting assistance, marketing advice and front-of-house operation.
Booking:
We offer competitive rental rates.
Other charges include 10% of total ticket revenue, custodial charges and hourly front-of-house and technical service charges.
Equipment List
Stage Information
Auditorium:
Seating capacity – 275 plus 4 wheel chair positions in back row house R and L
Continental seating
Stage dimensions:
Hard Proscenium opening: Width – 39’2” Height – 18’8”
Soft Proscenium Valance opening: Height – 17’-2”
Total stage width (including wings, proscenium NOT centered) – 76’ 6”
SR wing – 15’8”
SL wing – 20’8”
US side of Pros to DS edge of pit – 13’4”
US side of Pros to DS edge of apron – 4’11”
US side of Pros to CYC – 21’6”
Floor:
Plywood, non-working deck with black painted hardboard cover and rubber feet.
* Do not screw into the stage floor, Do not paint the stage floor.
