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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And it comes back to haunt me...I remember when I was about 7 years old... 1984.
It was the Christmas nativity thing at school. I was one of the narrators. A school hall FULL of parents, AND there was somebody there with a VIDEO CAMERA. Of course, in the mid 80s, they were very rare, so us kids were all excited that we were going to be on telly :)
So we performed the thing. Then afterwards, going back into the classroom, happy at a job well done, I was greeted by the sight of a sobbing 7 year old girl, with the teacher comforting her, and several pairs of eyes glowering at me like I was the most evil thing on earth. Turns out I'd jumped in with my line too soon, so poor Susie missed her only line in front of her parents and in front of the video camera.
I still feel bad about this 21 years later.
Susie, I am so sorry.
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Mike Fishcake teamfishcake.co.uk - better than your mum's face, Mon 5 Dec 2005, 21:30,
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