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| Mareel is Shetland's forthcoming Music & Cinema Venue, due to open in late 2010. This multi purpose music, cinema, arts and education space will include a performance auditorium, cinema, recording studio, rehearsal rooms, multi media production suite, lecture theatre, education facilities and a cafe bar.
Music, cinema, arts and education are vital to Shetland's future and sustainability; for now and for generations to come....
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| | | | Hometown | | | Lerwick | | | | Mareel's URL | | http://www.bebo.com/MareelShetland | | | Member Since | | | February 2008 | |
| | Main auditorium | | Capacity of around 700 standing without stage extended, 600 standing with stage, 250 seated, balcony with space for a further 85 people seated. This flexibility will make it ideal for a range of performances inc bands, DJs, dance and drama. A powerful PA and comprehensive lighting rig will be built in. Acoustics have been a prime design consideration | | | Cinema | | Seated capacity of around 160 with space for wheelchairs, featuring digital projectors and surround sound. The cinema will also act as a multi media performance area | | | Recording studio | | Live rooms suitable for recording a variety of groups and bands; a control room kitted out with the latest digital recording equipment | | | Rehearsal areas | | Rooms for range of rehearsal uses inc bands, DJs and drama groups. Sprung floors will make it suitable for dance groups too | | | Multi media production suite | | Film, TV, web design, animation, digital arts and music production suites | | | Education facilities | | Mareel is designed with education in mind: the cinema doubles as a lecture theatre, the recording studio has a large control room to accommodate students, the PA and lighting rig can be used to train students in situ, the multi media suite is suitable for training and there is a dedicated 30 seat teaching room/ 2nd cinema screen. Mareel will be one of the few facilities in the UK to offer 'on the job' training in a working venue | | | Cafe bar | | The split level cafe bar will offer a range of food and drink, with free Internet access and Wi Fi | |
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Sorry to hear about your job Joe, but the forthcoming cafe/bar in Mareel isn't the reason for the Clickimin cafe closure. Here's a link to a recent article on the subject http://tinyurl.com/qogd2r
ok, so im out of a job at clickimin because the cafes closing. lots of cafes in shetland have to be funded for. why why why why do we need a cafe in here? its ridiculous!!! its putting other cafes like islesburgh under more competition and thats such a bad thing. lerwick doesnt need another place to eat!!?
who wouldant want mareel to open? ashley leaper .... am gonna talk to you at skl
Not long now!
I think That This is a GREAT idea ,,,
When they get it up and running we should get taylor swift "!!!!
Bye !
Hi Ashley; in response to your points
The cinema doesn't have to operate at near capacity to cover its costs. The business plan takes into account a large number of screenings with a relatively small number of attendees
There aren't any extra dates available in the Garrison diary. It's a busy theatre and transferring screenings to Mareel will free up much needed dates for the Garrison's intended uses such as drama and dance
Shetland Arts, who will operate Mareel, is a charity. Years have been spent raising funding for Mareel, around 50% of which comes from sources outside Shetland. We can't just 'donate' the funding to another charity
Hope that helps
Bryan Peterson (Shetland Arts)
I dont think this is a good idea - yes i think we need a better music venue, But we dont need the rest of it. We dont need a cinema, u go down south and see all these cinemas u go in and there is lyk 10 ppl scattered around one huge big room, if there is a bigger demand for films couldnt they do more viewings in the garrison???
This is a BIG waste of money, and could go towards something alot more NEEDING and MEANINGFUL.
Cant u donate some of it to charity or something and just build a better music venue that has a recording studio and whatnot?????
I'm still not convinced that this is a good idea, fair enough, it's going to create and safeguard jobs in the building trade for at least the next 2 years. But what about after that?
The way I see it is that if a cinema/music venue was ever going to be a success in Shetland then the North Star would still be open and we all know when the cinema side of the business had to be closed down.
I honestly can't see it working what with the current financial climate when people and families are tightening the purse strings to try and save cash.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see it be a success but I just can't see it happening.
Along with the new Anderson High School, I think it's going to be a collossal waste of money.
Shabba
we realy need this its somthing to give entertainment to shetland unless your up for looking through the same old shops of our great old highstreet or to our same old pubs we go to waste our money every weekend .
if you think this is going to be a waste of money then tell me what the councel is going to spend their money on . i hear they are planning to spend over 100,000 on garden alotments ... so tell me wich is more benificial for shetland. a garden alotment for like 9 people
or a music/cinema venue with full facilities for different events
so thecouncel should spend the money son somthing for the majority of the people and not waste it.
Shetland caters very well for sports, but for music and drama there is nowhere consistent.. Halls out in the middle of the country with very limited bus services and not great sound quality, and the old Garrison Theatre - for a population of over 23,000 more is needed than a stage with a removable screen.
I don't get why all these opponents are getting high and mighty about this - halls will still be used, but perhaps for what they are meant for: small, local events. And the Garrison won't be abandoned anyway, if it's not making the money once Mareel's in place I'm sure another use will be easily found.
Shetland makes the majority of its collective income from tourism, but at the moment it may be seen to be outdated for young travellers so seems to be limited to older tourists. The introduction of facilities that are common of this century would change that.
To AC/DC guy below, Hayseed Dixie have played in Shetland before - wouldn't you like good sound quality if you saw them?
what a complete waste of money, as usual the tax payer will foot the bill for a total white elephant, only the " select chosen few" will have accses to it and the recording studio will be a hang out for all shetlands "elite" music stars and why do we need a cinema, no body goes to the garrison so who is going to pay to go to this disaster, total crap from start to finish, a hang out for all shetlands arts and music, which means i suppose they wont be anywhere else, which is a good thing.
About time!!! Well needed!!
S'happnin' Mareel?...
Pure fantasy.
Load of rubbish, complete wast of money. The SIC needs to wise up and start watching their pennies. Why do we need this when Shetland has several top class village halls and I was recently at the garrison watching a film and it was splendid.
If it must be bulit why not scale it down and spend less. Where is Shetland going to be in several years time when all the money is gone?
Congratulations! Well done to all those involved.
Great, smashing, super
