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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My auntieMy auntie plays violin in an orchestra.
One night, they were playing a concert. It was one of those awful 'challenging' modern pieces, and the composer was in the audience. My aunt and another guy, at one point, had to lead the violin section into the next bit of music.
However, just before the crucial moment, the cummerbund fell off a fellow musician. My aunt and her friend laughed so much, they were late with their cue. This meant the violins were totally out of time with the rest of the orchestra until the end of the piece.
The composer came up to them afterwards and said it was the best rendition of this particular piece of music he'd ever heard.
And yes, this story is completely true.
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Pachey, Wed 7 Dec 2005, 20:40,
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