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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chthonic, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 11:02)
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A Scottish soldierPrimary school. I had a song to sing in front of the whole assembly ("There was a Scottish soldier" I believe. Very nervous standing up in front of 800 kids plus teachers. Did what a young lad does in these situations: checked my flies. Standing up in front of the whole assembly. Whole place erupts in laughter. Then I forgot the words midway through the second line. Oh the shame/stage fright. (delete where applicable for QotW).
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calgacus Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynarae, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 13:02,
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