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Julie Witt (Head of Events), BT
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"Just a quick note to say thanks so much for all your help before and during our annual event. Everything went really well and everyone from our end seems to be very happy. Your flexibility and willingness to meet our ever changing requirements really helped me a great deal and made my life much easier! Thanks again and look forward to coming back to the Mermaid soon."
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venue description
The Mermaid (formerly theatre) is located on the north bank of the Thames at Blackfriars and is located a minutes’ walk away from the tube and mainline station. At the heart of The Mermaid is the main Auditorium which has tiered seating, great sightlines, plenty of leg room and can hold up to 600 persons. There is an impressive stage which is flexible enough to hold any kind of set whether it is formal or informal and is suitable for back projection. There is direct access to the stage from street level via a ramp The Mermaid has is an in house technical team on site and a full range of audio visual equipment that is available to hire. The venue is also fitted with Wi-Fi which means the client can be offered up to 100Mb of Internet bandwidth. The Auditorium is suitable for AGM's, conferences, product launches, fashion shows, presentations, comedy nights as well as music and dance events.
On the first floor there is an exhibition space which can hold up to 40 stands, 3m x 2m in shell scheme format, this space can also be broken down into 4 smaller meeting rooms which can hold 14 - 220 delegates with the use of moveable walls. Dinners for up to 300 can also be served in this area. This room can be used in conjunction with the Auditorium or as a standalone space; there are an additional 2 meeting rooms which hold 50 up to 120. All of these rooms have natural daylight and air conditioning and some of them have blackout capabilities.
The River Room suite has its own access and compromises of two rooms that have fabulous views across the Thames of the Tate Modern, Shakespeare’s Globe, Millennium bridge and The Shard. The lower room can hold up to 180 for a drinks reception and 80 for a seated dinner and the upper room can hold up to 400 for a drinks reception and 150 for dinner. These rooms are ideal for Christmas parties, dinners and drinks receptions.
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