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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Never did any playsBecause the schools I went to hardly did them (Whenever I was in one, I was understudy for the main role but never got my chance part from some rehersals). Instead I was stuck in orchestras and choirs.
Worst senario I had was the last christmas music concert I did at school. I played in the string orchestra as 1 of 2 viola players. As I was tuning up on stage before starting to play, one of my highest strings snapped and I had to play a few hard peices (including a quartet piece) in 2nd possition which I didt very well somehow.
The same night, my sisters friend, who sang very well, was doing a solo. Sitting with the orchestra I notices my sister and then my mum were intears of stopping themselves laughing.
I found out later, on the break, that my sister was playing with a made stressball borght that night (balloon filled with flour) and it had burst, exploding over herself, her friend, my mum, and 3 of her teachers sat infront of her.
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Blobcat Less Jaffacakes this year, Sun 4 Dec 2005, 17:00,
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