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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ummm...being on stage is fun and i do it regularly and whenever i act i always end up wearing something that involves a fur coat.
Once i did charlie and the chocolate factory and i was augustus gloops mum and me and my 'husband' had to go around being german and the like, and then we had a massive argument and he slapped me.. well and truly!
nothing too embarrasing happened to me though...
I quite enjoyed taking my LAMDA gold medal this year, i did a bit from cat on a hot tin roof. My american accent is appalling, i got a merit though..(this counts because i did this exam on a stage)
Erm... im thinking of joining the local theatre group once i get kicked out of the orchestra for being too OLD!
Im also planning a mass charliechaplin slapstick dance when we play 'i got rhythmn' and the xmas concert next week.. i simply cannot resist..
Once i did something for my house drama at school by john godber, on the day of performing the play we didnt really know our lines and also the set fell down in the dress rehearsal. Come the night, we decided to just let rip and completely exaggerate everything and make it really silly to cover up our lack of line knowing and made the crowd giggle all the way through! we won all prizes and i won best actress! so there.. then we ran around screaming we are the champions!!
My personal favourite part though was mary mooney in once a catholic.. in a scene where the nun is giving a sex education to the class (1950s all girls catholic school is the settings - all girls are called mary) and my line was 'please miss, how does the penis enter the vagina?' i got sent out of the classroom for that one and earned a rather spangly b at gcse drama... ^_^
im boring...
(, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 16:54, Reply)
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