Banqueting furniture is understandably flexible, capable of meeting the needs of different sizes of event and a broad range of different table and seating layouts.
In particular, the same stackable chairs that you might see either side of a long table for a sumptuous meal can work equally well placed in rows to create an audience.
Many venues use banqueting furniture in this way, allowing them to cater for seminars and presentations, before being easily rearranged for a follow-up meal.
One option some venues might not have considered, but which many are probably already well equipped for, is the possibility of joining the 'event cinema' trend.
This is a growing market, according to the latest IHS Screen Digest Cinema Intelligence Report, and one that the UK is leading in Europe.
"[In 2012] the UK was the most advanced cinema event market in Europe, with 131 shows screened in UK cinemas last year, up from 109 events in 2011," IHS reports.
"Estimated gross revenues for the events amounted in 2012 to £12.5 million."
Event cinema technically relates to events broadcast on cinema screens in theatres that would otherwise show films - allowing them to show live or recorded pop concerts, operas, ballets and so on as an extra revenue stream.
However, with access to participating venues limited in some regions, there is no reason why other establishments might not be able to join in.
In fact, if you only have space for a fairly small audience, you could actually serve the trend even better, as IHS notes the fundamental nature of an 'event' is that it is shared by a group of people, but wider access is not available.
"Live events fit into the whole notion of an 'event', a one-off special driven by scarcity and a shared temporal experience," the analyst points out.
Many venues, from pubs to social clubs, already operate one kind of event cinema, by showing major sporting events like the World Cup on big screens.
With digital projectors and screens already in place in many establishments, it is therefore not a huge leap to extend the list of broadcasts to include the arts, and not just sport.