Performers are usually positioned within the semi-circular Chancel or immediately in front of it in the Nave.
There is a maximum seating capacity of 398 using both the downstairs space and the upstairs gallery.
Modern chairs are available for providing informal cafe style seating at tables and/or for providing additional seating capacity downstairs.
Downstairs - 182 linked cushioned seats in the Nave, plus the use of 116 additional chairs in the side aisles – facing sideways and usually for choral singers when not singing – and other locations, up to a maximum of 314.
Upstairs gallery - Wooden benches on three sides (36 by window alcoves each side, 12 at west end by organ console) seat a maximum 84 audience/performers.
Please note that access to the gallery on either side is by steep stairs; some seating downstairs has restricted views.
Music for all @ SMSG interior layout April 2016
Music for All @ SMSG Venue brochure March 2016
