The Great Hall

The Great Hall, which is also managed by the Performing Arts Administration seats up to 1035, has a rich heritage that dates back to the world premiere of the SA musical, King Kong and beyond. In 1993 we hosted the St. Petersburg Ballet Company.

In 1979 the Great Hall was refurbished - it was given a new acoustic treatment, an inner stage and a wide forestage with an hydraulic orchestra lift.

For many decades the Johannesburg Musical Society has presented its splendid recitals, featuring the best artists from this country and all over the world, here. 

The venue seats 1035. 

Venue Plan (44Kb) Stage from Auditorium (53Kb) Auditorium from Stage (54Kb) The Wits Great Hall Technical Specifications AUDITORIUM Seating Capacity: 1040/450 (When the auditorium is halved) Wheelchair friendly, Under cover parking STAGE Proscenium: Opening: 12m Performance Area: 8m in front of stage of accoustic wall Orchestra Pit: 4m x 10m Dressing Rooms: 2 LIGHTING Control Desk: 2 way preset 24 way board Dimmers/Circuits: 24 - 2Kw circuits Bars/Batterns: FOH: 1 ONSTAGE: 1 Luminaires: Type Number Wattage Globe Type Suggested Use/Position T84 5 1000w T11/19 FOH slots Harmony PC 1 1000w T11/19 Orchestra bar JLS Fresnel 2 1000w T11/19 Stage Parcans 10 1000w CP62/63 Orchestra bar Source Four 6 575w HPL575 FOH Flood nocturnes 2 1000w P2/12 Stage Patt 264 1 650w T13 Stage SOUND Mixer: Allen & Heath GL3 Yamaha MG Amplifiers and Controllers: 5 x EV 7000A 3 x P/S Peak limiter 1 x Signal Processor 3 x Graphic Equalizer EQ-10 1 x Graphoc Equlizer - EQ 2710 FOH Speakers: 2 x EV Bass speakers 1 x EV HF 940 1 x EV HFT 420 1 x EV HFT 94 2 x EV B12/2a Stage Speakers: 2 x EV Sx100 2 x EV FM-ER-1202 Micellaneous: 2 x CD players 1 x Tape deck 4 x AKG microphones 6 x Crown LM-300A