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=== Problems ===
=== Challanges ===


==Technical Challenges==
==Technical Challenges==

Revision as of 11:01, 10 February 2011

Cunning Little Vixen
The Cunning Vixen And Mr Badger
Written by
Leoš Janáček
Director
Elaine Tyler-Hall
Venues
The Theatre Royal
The Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Following last year's sell out success of War and Peace, the annual collaboration between Scotland’s national conservatoire and Scotland’s national opera company was a revival of the landmark production of The Cunning Little Vixen created by David Pountney. It toured starting in the Theatre Royal Glasgow fininshing in the Edinburgh Festival Theatre.

Set

Construction

The set was constructed using a series of gates and tops. The gates were wooden frames and the tops were large flooring units, sculpted to have the appearance of hills.

Below is a daigram (not to scale) of how the gates were organised, and how the tops were laid out on top.

Challanges

Technical Challenges

The Birds

In the show there were three actors susspended above stage sat in arm chairs. The flying solution was designed by AFX a company that specialises in performer flying.

The birds above stage.