About Us
( Photo by Stan Wiebe )
The William Glesby Centre
11-2nd Street,
Northeast
Portage la Prairie Manitoba R1N 1R8
Phone:
(204) 239-5591; Fax: (204) 239-7059
How to find us
We're located in Heritage Square in the heart of Portage la Prairie, directly north of the Royal Bank building. School tours can be booked by appointment. If you have recently moved to our city and would like to get more information as to what the Glesby Centre is all about, please drop by and we would be happy to give you a tour and tell you about our programming.Get our e-mail newsletter
We publish a monthly e-mail newsletter of upcoming events. We also offer you an opportunity to win free tickets to upcoming events and CD's of some of our performers. To join our subscriber list e-mail us at theglesby@mts.netBox Office
Our box office hours are Monday-Friday 11am-5pm and noon until show times on performance days. Call (204) 239-4848 for ticketsRental Information
The William Glesby Centre is available for business meeting rentals, small trade shows, special events and weddings. Please call our Executive Director, Jerry Maksymyk at (204) 239-5591 for booking availability & rates.
Professional Traveling Venues
The William Glesby Centre has had the privilege of hosting some of Canada's finest performers over the years. We are a 456 seat venue with state of the art sound system, performance lighting and a large stage suitable for dance troupes, theatre companies and other performers. We are conveniently located on the Trans-Canada highway, only one hour west of Winnipeg. If your group is looking for an additional venue rental please contact us.
Performers
The William Glesby Centre hosts a five concert MainStage Series with Canadian performers, a four concert CoffeeHouse Series where we book "Manitoba only" performers, a Childrens Series, The "Hot Stars of Country Series" with top name country performers as well as a number of "one of" shows. If you would like to be considered for a possible booking please send a copy of a current CD and Bio to us at the above address. Our programming committee reviews submissions on an ongoing basis. We are also a strong supporter of the Manitoba Arts Network and try to book a number of performers thru their directory of artists. We keep all information on file for future use. We'd love to hear from you and have you on our performer contact list.
Please call our Executive Director Jerry Maksymyk if you require further information.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION-PERFORMANCE EQUIPMENT
Please contact our centre for rates on equipment and in-house technical staff
Soundboard
Allen & Heath GL2200 32 Channel mixing board
Microphones
5-Shure SM 57 instrument
2-EV N/D 367 voice
2 AKG C535EB instrument
2-AKG hand held cardioid mics
6 Shure SM 58 Voice
1 SPECO ML Voice
2-Wireless AKG-HT 81 mics & 2TCSQ-SR81 receivers
DI Boxes
2 Radial J48 MK2- Active Phantom
3 Radial JDI MK3 Passive.
Microphone Stands
12 K&M Black Mic Stands
1 K&M Chrome Mic Stand
2- Generic Chrome Pedestal Mic Stands
4 Apex Chrome Drum Stands
Music Stands
5 Generic Music Stands
Speaker Stands
2 Quick Lock Aluminum Speaker Stands
Snakes
2- RAPCO with 20 XLR inputs per snake
Monitors
4- Mackie, SRM 350 2-way powered loudspeakers
2- MACKIE, SRM 450 active loudspeakers
Ceiling Array Sound System
4 SWA 1501 powered subwoofers
3 MACKIE SRM 450 powered sound reinforcement monitors
Effects
1 TC electronic M-one XL Dual Effects Signal Processor
Drive Rack System
Dbx 480 r drive rack
Dbx 480 p drive rack
Dbx 442 drive rack
Dbx 482 drive rack
Lighting
19-Source Four Jr. Tungsten Halogen Lamps and light board
Projection Equipment
Draper Rollermatic series electric roll down projection screen with matte white surface-10'6"x14'
Hitachi CP-X300 projector-2600 ANSI Lumens
PERFORMANCE SPACE
456 seats in-house, consisting of a tiered seating section containing 246 seats. And an additional 210 seats are located on the floor level.
A number of seating options are available where tiered seating can be located closer to the stage for more intimate concerts.
If our venues performance sound console is placed on the floor area we lose 6 seats of the above number.
5 concrete floor
Our theatre audience area is multi-functional and the riser seating can be folded to allow for multiple table set-up. The room can accommodate up to thirty, 5' round tables with chairs for a seating capacity of up to 240 people.
STAGE
With front curtains open stage measures 36' across and 20' deep
With front curtains closed stage area measures 36' across and 14' deep within the curtained area
Wheelchair access on one side and stair access on the other
Sprung stage is floored with a masonite covering on a 1.5 plywood base
Masking is provided by 8x12 hard flats
Black theatre curtains, three flys on either side and motorized front curtains
LOADING AREA
A loading ramp to accommodate truck/trailer back-up is accessed through an overhead door into a load room. Access to the stage is through an 8 wide overhead door. Easy, one level load-in area.
DRESSING ROOMS
Two dressing rooms on the second level backstage with a separate common washroom. The dressing rooms have 7 make-up positions with mirrors and surround lighting at each position, as well as one hairdresser chair in one of the dressing rooms.
Hanging garment/costume storage, ironing boards, iron, and a sink in each room.
BOARD ROOM/"GREEN ROOM"
Our dual function Board Room/ Green Room located directly behind the stage has seating for 16 people, with a large boardroom table for 12 people, comfortable chairs, fridge, and its own washroom.
Glesby Centre Box Office (204) 239-4848
