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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In the PitI play Trombone (im quite good i might add) and at the beginning of the year was asked to play in the orcestra for a Amature dramatic Society who were doing 'Annie' at our local Concert Hall with a good friend who also plays the trombone, anyhoo me and my friend(Yay Timmy!) have the ability/gift to make anything funny. We were told that we were not to draw attention to ourselves as it would distract from the show going on above us so no sudden movements etc, well first night comes and we havent practiced with the cast because of time limits my Mum came to watch me as it was my first time playing for a show(bless). There are three scenes i will never forget, the lass playing Annie had a bad lisp and would sing 'Tomowwow, tomowwow i'll love ya tomowwow' that made me and Tim laugh so much we had to hold it in all the audiece could clearly see were mine and my mates shoulders going up and down as we stifled our laughter as my Mum informed the pair of us, the next one the good guy says as he is walking in downtown New York he takes a big Sniff in and says 'Smell That' we again set of our bobbing shoulders as we laughed and the same dude, were adamount he said this' I need my smoking jacket and brown velvet underpants' to his butler i laughed so much i nearly died
Anyway aplogise for length,width,amount of smeg etc
(, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 16:52, Reply)
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