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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Gang ShowOh younger days; back when I was in the scouts. We did a gang show, this included various music, sketchs for grandmas to come and see. In ours we did a few songs from Oklahoma. Well my big part was to be one of the people who shouted "Theres a coach commin' in" before the song only i was bored and tired and missed my que of someone else shouting before me. So i walked on stage hand help aloft high and shouting back into my usual geordie accent
"Theres a boat commin in"
I then proceded to get wrong off the directors for not being serious enough, and everyone else took the piss out of me for the rest of the shows.
A happy days.......
(, Mon 5 Dec 2005, 12:13, Reply)
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