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.
Tell us your stories of life on the stage.
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chthonic, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 11:02)
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Levi!I was playing Levi in our primary schools' production of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour dreamcoat (we got the real coat from the west end show!). Our 'stage' was the back of our school hall, which had stairs leading down from class rooms on both sides, which met in the middle. The first 4 brothers (I was 3rd, according to the song) had to leap from behind the draped bannister.
Anyway - opening night. I jumped off stage right on cue, shouting 'my' name as I was supposed to. Just as I finished, the next brother (who was actually this little-on-the-large-side girl from my year) jumped from the other side of the stairs - right onto my foot.
Managed to keep on going, my thespian integrity remained intact. I was limping a little though.
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