If you would like to put on a show or event at the Station Theatre, then please contact our visiting events organiser - the email address can be found on the contacts page..
For information on the theatre in general, the please visit the facilities page.
For technical information on the stage, sound and lighting, please see the technical specifications page which has a downloadable pdf.
As a visiting group, any advertising requirements that you have will be discussed and agreed with our visiting events organisers.
Generally posters and hand out flyers will be the responsibility of the visiting group to design, print and distribute, and the Station Theatre will be happy to display posters and provide space for flyers.
The Station Theatre has the following methods to advertise events:
The Station Theatre provides the following facilities to visiting groups.
For the What's On page and Foyer display, a visiting company should provide an electronic version of their poster and some sales blurb for the show, as soon as possibly after the performance agreement has been made. Any advertising requirements as prescribed by the script author/distributor should also be included.
The poster should be provided at A4 print quality and in pdf format if possible or in any standard image format (e.g. jpg, tiff, png, etc. - at least 2480 pixels wide, 3508 pixels high). If the artwork is known at the time of booking, but the final layout of the poster has not been finalised then a copy of the artwork would at least allow us to start advertising with a visually stimulating and relevant image.
We also display a slide on the website for each show. The slides are 600x400 pixels and should contain the name of the show, the performing group, and the dates. Other info such as pricing/concessions and description are dependent on space available. There is no need to advertise the theatre or box office since this slide will be shown on the theatres websites. For use on facebook, etc it is recommended that the actual size of the artwork be supplied at at least 1200x800 pixels. If not supplied we use the poster and reformat using photoshop as best we can to the correct proportions.
For those that use Adobe software, the poster can also be supplied in an adobe format (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) which can be useful to help with reformatting for the slide and the flyer - described below.
We have a roadside display cabinet for 2 A1 posters or eight A3 posters. Space priority is given to the current and next show.
We produce flyers as a tri fold A4 sheet which are distributed at the theatre and also distributed about the Island. An example of one of our flyers is included here. These 8 printed page DL sized pamphlets are sized to fit into tourist information leaflet dispensers and provide a limited amount of space for each event.
In order for your event to be included in the flyer, we usually have to use your poster artwork and rework it to fit the available space as best we can. If artwork is provided in formats which allow us to move and resize elements independently that would help in the production of the flyer.
Currently we only use 2 locations on the Island. The locations are 1. Station Theatre, 2. Eastoke Railway Station. Visiting groups who wish to use the Eastoke Railway should obtain permission from the Railway first..
Note: Previously Wilson-Wakefield in Mengham generously provided space on their fence, but they have had to withdraw that "service" so no posting is allowed there from 2025 onwards.
Our banners are printed on banner material with eyelets. Banners are 2m wide by 0.914m tall.
An Adobe InDesign template is provided as a zip file if you right-click here and save to your computer. The text on this template is the standard information we use for our shows although the colours and content varies depending upon the colour of the show artwork. You can of course ignore the text on the template if you so wish and use whatever you think appropriate.
For a quick and easy way to get all the relevant info on your poster or banner, you can use the following .png image file with standardised information for the Station Theatre:
It is preferred that this image is placed at the bottom centre of any artwork.
If this image doesn't suit your artwork, then when designing your poster for a Station Theatre Event, we recommend that the following information should be included:
Station Theatre, West Town, Hayling Island for the location.
Note: You can use also the appropriate (dark or light) of these logos for "station theatre" (click for PDF):
0333 666 3636 for tickets by phone.
stationtheatre.co.uk for online tickets - we have a few web addresses but this is most memorable.
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HIADS Station Theatre
Station Road
Hayling Island
PO11 0EH
Hampshire,
UK
A South Coast Theatre for
Hayling Island,
Portsmouth, Havant,
Emsworth and
Chichester
