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The designer had requested a large mirror ball hang centre stage in the rig, that - when it was not in use - should be flown up and disguised, so it would be a surprise to the audience. In order to achieve this, we considered how best to go about covering the fixture. A cloth draped over the ball which was just pulled away would mean that re-covering it - upon it flying out - would look messy, and were we to use a hoop with tat surrounding it, it would hang too low and pose a large obstruction to the rest of the LX rig. With this in mind, I set about constructing a box with a load supporting top bar, from which the pulley for the ball could be fitted. | |||
This would have half couplers attached to its sides which, when attached to the catwalk-to-catwalk scaff bars in the venue, would mean the top point of the box would sit as high as the venue’s ceiling - this being the easiest way of getting a point that high. Once the box was constructed and skinned with tat, the ball was fitted inside, the motor attached to line, and diverted off to the SR gantry for control. With a couple of tweaks it worked perfectly, and allowed the mirror ball to be completely hidden when not in use - and still fly in and rotate when required to do so. | |||
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==Technical Stage Management== | ==Technical Stage Management== | ||
Revision as of 17:48, 6 February 2018
| Twelfth Night | ||
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| Production | Twelfth Night | |
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| Performance Time | ||
| Performance Dates | Friday 2nd February 2018 - Wednesday 7th February 2018 | |
| Stats | ||
| Venue | Chandler | |
| Creative Team | ||
| Director | Andrew MacGregor | |
| Fight Director | Raymond Short | |
| Designer | Margaret MacInnes | |
| Lighting Designer | Amy Dawson | |
| Sound Designer | Callum Farrell
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| Production Team | ||
| Production Manager | Ros Maddison | |
| Stage Manager | Riona Gilliland | |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Poppy Apter | |
| Production Electrician | Jak Coventry | |
| Deputy Production Electrician | Adlai Faigen | |
| Technical Stage Manager | Daryl Campbell | |
| Assistant Stage Managers | James McQueen | |
| Jessica Reid | ||
| Madeline Hanton | ||
| Jessica McKay | ||
| Sound Op | Ross Brodie | |
| Lighting Programmer | Craig Stevenson | |
Overview
Stage Management
The designer had requested a large mirror ball hang centre stage in the rig, that - when it was not in use - should be flown up and disguised, so it would be a surprise to the audience. In order to achieve this, we considered how best to go about covering the fixture. A cloth draped over the ball which was just pulled away would mean that re-covering it - upon it flying out - would look messy, and were we to use a hoop with tat surrounding it, it would hang too low and pose a large obstruction to the rest of the LX rig. With this in mind, I set about constructing a box with a load supporting top bar, from which the pulley for the ball could be fitted.
This would have half couplers attached to its sides which, when attached to the catwalk-to-catwalk scaff bars in the venue, would mean the top point of the box would sit as high as the venue’s ceiling - this being the easiest way of getting a point that high. Once the box was constructed and skinned with tat, the ball was fitted inside, the motor attached to line, and diverted off to the SR gantry for control. With a couple of tweaks it worked perfectly, and allowed the mirror ball to be completely hidden when not in use - and still fly in and rotate when required to do so.
