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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^yeah rightanyway, was doing this gig in some church, getting to the end of this fantastically emotive piece (poss a Beethoven symphony) and the conductor, spurred on by the sheer power of the music, triumphantly stabbed the air dauring the last three bars with his baton.
sticking the baton up his nose.
the piece ended with him conducting the final chords holding his nose with one hand, gushing blood from any available space between his hand and face, and being laughed off the stage, instead of applauded.
bloody good concert though.
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