2015-09-15 Infrastructure and Services Committee Att 2 to Item 4 The J Service Review 2014-15

                                                                        Service Review 2014-15
                                                                                                    The J

Acoustically, a low reverberation is dull and better for the spoken voice and reinforced sound and a
higher reverberation is brighter and better for singing and live unamplified music.

This is an over simplification, but it basically holds true for all spaces.

Multipurpose halls are notoriously unsuccessful, but a diversity of performance is often required to
make venues more viable.

It is easier to lower the reverberation than to increase it (in broad terms). Consequently, a venue with
a bright acoustic can accommodate live music and singing without reinforcement, and can, with the
introduction of variable noise absorption, create a tolerable acoustic for theatre, the spoken voice and
reinforced sound.

To increase the reverberation in The J Theatre economically, it is necessary to increase the volume of
the space.

This could be achieved by removing the existing roof and constructing a new, uniform pitched roof as
shown in drawing A02 sections 1 and 2.

A good example of a successful live music venue of this profile is the Maltings at Snape (details
attached).




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