The Besen Centre is ideally located to service the eastern suburbs at Station Street in Burwood and is serviced by public transport. The venue seats up to 999 in traditional fixed theatre seating across two levels. The stage utilises a full fly tower and orchestra pit with generous wing space and loading dock facilities. Two chorus dressing rooms and one smaller Principals dressing room, a full size rehearsal room, two hirer’s offices and a green room, along with wardrobe storage facilities complete the back of house facilities. The Besen Centre is ideally located to service the eastern suburbs at Station Street in Burwood and is serviced by public transport. The venue seats up to 999 in traditional fixed theatre seating on two levels. The stage utilises a full fly tower and orchestra pit with generous wing space and loading dock facilities. Two chorus dressing rooms and one smaller Principals dressing room, a full size rehearsal room, two hirer’s offices and a green room, along with wardrobe storage facilities complete the back of house. Foyers, Bars and Box Office The foyers are split onto two levels and is serviced by a licensed bar. A box office is located in the stalls foyer adjacent to the main entrance. The foyers are equipped with a lighting grid and are of a size to accommodate small performance pieces or musical items pre show. Seating The auditorium may be arranged in several ways to yield differing sizes. In its smaller configuration the venue can seat 437, the next available size is 690 through to its maximum auditorium capacity of 999. When the orchestra pit is used as a pit or thrust stage the maximum number is reduced from 999 to 957. Auditorium configurations Area With Pit as Stalls Without Pit as Stalls Front Stalls 479 437 Rear Stalls 253 253 Balcony 267 267 Totals 999 957 All seating carries discrete numbering for ticketing purposes. A full width curtain for the smallest configuration of Front Stalls can divide the two areas of stalls seating. The Management reserves the right to retain 10 house seats for it’s exclusive use in any configuration. The Physically Disabled Seating in the stalls of the venue caters for the physically impaired. From this location same level access is possible to all stalls foyer services where a dedicated toilet for the physically impaired is located and access to the car park where spaces for the physically impaired are adjacent to the front doors. Back stage is all on one level with a toilet for the physically impaired and a physically impaired shower. Seating for the physically impaired is printed on the ticket returns of tickets supplied by the Management. Hearing impaired The venue has 100% coverage of the proprietary hearing aid loop system that may be accessed via channel ‘Z’ on the hearing aid control switch.