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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Bad time to stamp your feetI did drama as part of my degree (had to, as part of the drama, film & tv course I was on) and whilst I loathed actually being in a play, sometimes it was unavoidable. One I was in was Jean Anhoiulle's (misspelt - sue me.) Ring Round The Moon, where I had to play an elderly chap who has a troublesome relationship with his daughter. The lass playing her has to get into a strop at one point and stamp her feet like a spoilt child. On the opening night, she got to that point, stamped her feet which somehow kickstarted her time o' the month, and she had to finish the scene whilst trying to stop it trickling to the hem of her (white) dress.
Blimey. First post here for one of these and it's really unpleasant. I'm a lovely chap really.
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