Die Fledermaus

Creative Team

Director

Conductor Timothy Dean

Assistant Director

Designer

Assistant Designer

Lighting Designer

Production Team

Production Manager Stephen Roe

Stage Manager Valentino Fabbreschi

Deputy Stage Manager Chariya Glasse-Davies

Assistant Stage Managers

Technical Stage Manager Ben Leach

Deputy Technical Stage Manager Heather McKennan

Head Flyman Reece Flynn

Stage Technicians Rachel Matthews, Rosie Orford, Fraser Cherrington, Yesha Subotincic West,

Chief Production Electrician Rachel Wells

Deputy Production Electrician Adelaide Harney

Board Programmer and Operator

Assistant Electricians

Technical Stage Management

There was a letterbox flat (bar 3) which was used to create a hotel scene (Act 1) and a prison scene (Act 3). This difference was distinguished by having curtains fixed on a rail to the flat during Act 1 then during the interval we would detach the curtains, fly in the prison bars (on bar 4) and fix the prison bars to the letterbox flat so that the two bars could be flown together. 5 pin hinges were enough to fly both bars together as it was correctly balanced. The curtain rail (Act 1) was attached onto the flat by being on a baton which was just sitting on hooks mounted on the back of the flat. When the curtain rail was not in use it was attached to a spare bar and flown up above the stage (this was done during the interval).

The champagne bottle was built out of polystyrene by the props department. It took just 2 people to move (as it was on wheels) but 6 people (in steel toe-capped shoes) to lower it down as it was very heavy.

The large set of on-stage treads used for Act 2 come too far down stage and flying pieces would not be able to come into the ground had the treads not been movable. For this reason, they were fitted with a pneumatic lifting system (using CO2). This meant that the stairs could be moved by just two crew members and without damaging the stage.

Fly Plot

Within both the Flyplot and Running List, it is all colour coordinated to deads on the fly floor which made it easy to read at first glance when flying in this fly heavy show.

Electrics

created 9/6/17