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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Another nerdy lighting techie here...I had to light a student show in a small room, for a producer who refused to take his poncy hat off, and kept repointing the lights accidently.
However, I shall thank him forever for making the comment : "Can we shine black light on the audience to make them darker?"
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MartinH, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 17:25,
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