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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Used to appear in the village pantomimeWas in the childrens section (usually involved being on stage thrice, once being the finale, usually dressed as children or small animals) until I was about 12/13, when I started taking on slightly bigger roles with a couple other guys my age (known as the teenagers section, suprisingly). These included a teenager (wow!), a tree, and my personal favourite, a washing machine.
Also once appeared in the Oxford Gangshow (a show for all the scouts, cubs, brownies etc. to perform in) as a soldier, which was great because it was one of those things where you have a large hat covering your head and a face painted on your stomach. Made a tit of myself though, because my dad came to watch, and I didn't consider that if I could see out from under the hat, the audience could see my face
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Styxx hates when people talk in the third person, Mon 5 Dec 2005, 22:48,
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