Bat Boy : The Musical

Bat Boy : The Musical

Summary Performance Dates 24th - 30th November 2018 Performance Course BA Musical Theatre Location Chandler Studio Theatre Creative Team Director Alexandra Spencer-Jones Musical Director Stuart Flemming Set and Costume Designer Jack Sheehan Lighting Designer Charlie Morgan Jones Sound Designer Fraser Cherrington Assistant Sound Designer Ronan O'Neill Production Team Stage Manager Rachel Matthews Deputy Stage Manager Danielle Waldman Assistant Stage Managers Greig Buckley, Cameron Kerr Production Electrician Jazz Hutsby Lighting Programmer Craig Stevenson Assistant Production Electrician Matthew Craigen Lighting Technicians Erin Johnstone, Louisa Craig Production Sound Engineer Ross Brodie Sound No. 2 Stuart Henderson Production Sound Technician Rhiannon Mitchell Stage Supervisor James McQueen Deputy Stage Supervisor Sean Ramsay Stage Technician Peter Goddard

Technical Stage Department

The set comprised of five flats on trucked bases, ranging in height from 2.5 to 3.5 meters. These were fitted with doors on one side (similar to an advent calendar) and finished with cartoon-styled artwork on the other. The doors were opened in the final sequence of the play, revealing comic book strip panels detailing the back story of how the Bat Boy was created.

At the back of the performance area was a 16ft x 8ft band riser at a height of 400mm. The skirt which surrounded the deck was fitted with props flaps on the DSR and DSL corners. This allowed the company to store small props underneath the riser, as well as allowing the smoke from the Viper underneath to bleed through. This was further assisted by some holes drilled USL and USR. In order to construct the props hatches, timber frames were made to reinforce the MDF surround. These were then attached to pin hinges and screwed to the top of the deck. Spare handles from the advent calendar doors were then attached to allow them to be opened easily.

Above the band riser, we hung a large ‘Hope Falls’ town sign. This was a light enough piece that we could screw it straight into the timber battens on the back wall of the space. At the top of the sign, the electrics department hung two down-lighters, which were screwed into the sign’s frame and cabled through a small hole in the facia.

The final set piece was a large metal cage, measuring 4ft x 4ft x 6ft. This was constructed by workshop from a weld-mesh and fitted with swivel castors to allow it to move easily. It was vital this cage was both light enough to be manoeuvrable by cast, but resilient enough to facilitate the jumping and shaking that the performer inside would subject it to.