On the stageToo shy to ever appear on stage myself, I still hung around theatres like a bad smell when I was younger - lighting and set design were what I was good at.
Backstage we'd attempt to sabotage every production - us lighting geeks would wind up the sound man by putting the remote "pause" button for his reel-to-reel tape machine on his chair, so when he sat down it'd start running, ruining his cues. Actors would do scenes out of order to make our lives hell. It was great and I don't know why I don't still do it.
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School production of a schlock-horror vampire thingRight at the end the vampire was supposed to open some curtains and fall down some stairs as he decomposed into mist.
As we weren't allowed any dry ice until the actual performance, the vampire had no idea what was coming as he fell shriveling to the stage.
A huge cloud of dry ice fog enveloped him, making it appear he'd disappeared. Dramatic final music, pause, lights fade, applause from the audience.
It was only afterwards that the vampire comes up to us screaming, "you bastards, you nearly killed me. I couldn't breathe at all." Which is understandable as dry ice is just solid carbon-dioxide and sticking your head into it isn't really to be recommended.
He's since gone on to star in various TV sitcoms and won awards. Quite glad we didn't kill him back then.
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