Falkirk Council: Improvements made at Grangemouth and Bo'ness Town Halls
Council chiefs have spent £90,000 upgrading Grangemouth and Bo’ness Town Halls to improve them as arts venues.
It follows the closure of Falkirk Town Hall earlier this year with much of the equipment being transferred from the West Bridge Street venue and reused. Lighting desks, lights, seating and sound systems were relocated from FTH and can be used by both local and professional touring productions.
New truss systems have been installed at both venues – a motorised system in Grangemouth and a manual hoist in Bo’ness. The work at Grangemouth now allows better and safer access in the roof space to allow access to the motors for maintenance and functionality.
The work will also allow for companies to use aerial flying within the halls, already used in the recent production of Pretty in Pink and Project Theatre’s production of Matilda last week.
The improvements mean that Grangemouth now has a venue capacity of 490 seats theatre style and is the largest venue in the Council area. Capacity at Bo’ness will increase to 420 seats.
Councillor Paul Garner, spokesperson for economic development, said: “The benefits of the work are two-fold – firstly, the variety of productions we can stage will be far more varied bring a better selection of performances to local audiences and secondly, we can meet more expectations of both local groups and touring companies in terms of what they need.
“The public will notice the improvements that have been made by reusing equipment from FTH and the capital investment in these two venues.”