Documentation
Help and user guide
Everything you need to book a venue, and everything Playhouse staff need to manage bookings, payments and schedules.
Booking a venue: customer guide
- 1.Open Venues and choose the space you need. Rates are fixed and VAT inclusive.
- 2.Pick a date. Rehearsal rooms and the studio are booked by the hour; theatres and function venues are booked per day.
- 3.Unavailable slots are struck through and cannot be selected, which is how double-bookings are prevented.
- 4.Add your selection to the booking cart. You can combine several venues, dates and hours in one booking.
- 5.At checkout, confirm your contact and event details and choose a payment gateway.
- 6.Complete payment. Your booking confirms automatically and the venue schedule updates immediately.
- 7.Download the calendar file from your booking page to add the dates to Outlook.
Administrator guide
- 1.Sign in with a staff or administrator account and open Admin.
- 2.The Bookings tab lists every booking with status, customer, venue and amount, and lets you confirm or cancel.
- 3.The Calendar tab shows the central schedule in day, week and month views, exportable to CSV.
- 4.The Reports tab covers bookings by venue, revenue by venue, outstanding payments, cancellations and utilisation.
- 5.The Venues tab lets you edit rates, descriptions and availability without a developer.
Frequently asked questions
Support
Venue hire office: (031) 369 9507, weekdays 08:00–16:30.
Email: accountant2@playhousecompany.com
Incidents are logged, acknowledged within one working hour and resolved according to the agreed service levels.