The auditorium of the Grand Theatre is divided into two parts: the pool seat on the first floor and the box seat on the second floor. Audience seats 1 186, including 740 pool seats on the first floor and 386 balcony seats on the second floor. There are two small boxes on the east and west sides behind the billiards hall seats on the first floor, each with 30 seats. The seats in the audience are sofa seats, which are spacious and comfortable. Below the seat is the air outlet of the central air conditioner. This design can not only make every audience get effective air conditioning, but also reduce the noise generated by air conditioning and ensure the quality of the audience watching the performance. In order to facilitate the audience to find their seats accurately in the dark performance environment, the theater installed seating arrangement indicators for each row of seats on the ground at the audience passage, and the numbers on the indicators allowed the audience to find their seats quickly.
In addition, there are two disabled people's galleries at the east and west entrances in the middle of the pool seat on the first floor, which are specially prepared for the disabled. To this end, the Grand Theatre has set up special passages and barrier-free facilities for the disabled. Disabled people can enter the disabled audience in the pool area on the first floor of the theater from the ramp at the entrance by themselves in wheelchairs to watch performances or movies.
Advanced projection and sound equipment
The projection and sound equipment of the Grand Theatre is very advanced, and the audience can get better auditory and visual enjoyment when watching movies and cultural performances. The film screening room of the Grand Theatre is located behind the auditorium on the first floor. There are two projectors and a rewind console in the room. The staff said that these two projectors are the most advanced film projectors in China, and they can automatically switch films when showing movies. The process of watching movies is continuous, and they don't feel that changing movies has any influence on the film screening.
The sound system of the Grand Theatre is also very advanced, which is a ring stereo sound system. The sound control operation room of the theater is located on the west side of the third floor. The operating room is equipped with the most advanced MIDAS brand mixer made in Britain at present, as well as other advanced playback and amplification equipment. At the film screening site, the advanced sound system makes the reporter feel immersive, and the picture displayed on the film screen seems to happen next to the reporter.
Film and television hall and multi-function hall
On the second floor of the theater, a small film and television hall and a multi-function hall are symmetrically arranged on both sides. The small film and television hall is built on the west side of the second floor, 194 auditorium, which can be used for film screening with fewer audiences. The multi-function hall is located on the east side of the second floor. The seats in the hall are not fixed on the ground, but can be adjusted. The distance between seats can be adjusted or moved as needed. The multi-function hall can hold small meetings, video and telephone conferences, small cultural performances or dances.
Fire safety is guaranteed.
As a gathering place for crowds, the Grand Theatre will naturally not relax its fire safety. There is a special fire safety monitoring room in the Grand Theatre, and several monitoring probes are installed in the theatre. In the monitoring room, the staff can observe everything in the theater through the monitor. Smoke detectors are installed in the foyer, auditorium and other areas of the Grand Theatre, and a row of fire emergency lights are installed in the dome of the theater. There are four safe passages in the pool seat on the first floor and the audience area on the second floor of the Grand Theatre. In addition to the main entrance in the south, there are four safe passages in the east, west and north on the first floor. In case of fire, the smoke detector can give an alarm in time. If the lighting system fails in a fire, the emergency lighting of the theater dome can provide light, and the audience can quickly evacuate from the grand theater through the safe passage.