Julius Caesar 2018
| Julius Caesar | ||
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| Production | Julius Caesar | |
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| Performance Time | ||
| Performance Dates | Wednesday 24th January 2018 - Saturday 27th January 2018 | |
| Stats | ||
| Venue | Chandler | |
| Creative Team | ||
| Director | Emily Reutlinger | |
| Fight Director | Raymond Short | |
| Designer | Kirsty Currie | |
| Lighting Designer | Calum Dunbar | |
| Sound Designer | Allan Hamilton
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| Production Team | ||
| Production Manager | Fran Craig | |
| Stage Manager | Rachel Matthews | |
| Deputy Stage Manager | Rosie Orford | |
| Production Electrician | Jak Coventry | |
| Deputy Production Electrician | Craig Stevenson | |
| Technical Stage Manager | Daryl Campbell | |
| Assistant Stage Managers | James McQueen | |
| Jessica Reid | ||
| Madeline Hanton | ||
| Jessica McKay | ||
| Sound Op | Ross Brodie | |
| Lighting Programmer | Adlai Faigen | |
Overview
The Production Team
Stage Management
One of the larger items we were required to source was a ‘concrete plinth’ which would be stood on by Brutus and Anthony following Caesar’s death as they addressed the crowds of Rome. As we could not find something appropriate, we decided to adapt a stage table from the props store, cladding the legs with a 6mm MDF skirt. The bottom corners of each of the four sheets was pinned to wooden packers in order to prevent them fanning out, and we then proceeded to sand and paint the entire piece white, before texturing it with multiple layers of watered down grey and brown paint in order to make it appear like broken-down stone. Due to the fact the table had previously been reinforced, and that the lip from the top made it easy to carry on and off, this was all the alteration that was needed, and the piece was complete.
Technical Stage Management
The Ground Plan
The centre of the seating bank was made up by 3x 8x4 steel deck bolted together, it held 43 seats. The stage right seating bank was made of 2x 8x4 bits of deck bolted together, it held 20 seats. The stage left seating bank was made of 2x 8x4 bits of deck bolted together, it held 20 seats.
Kabuki
The Kabuki was one of elements of the show. It was formed of a borrowed cloth from Dundee rep by the designer i attached 3 lengths of sash to the cloth as flying points. It was made by 4 bits of 3000mm 4 hinges and held up by 4 half doughty couplers and pins to hold the cloth up. The kabuki release was by pin hinge tied to sash to release it.
The kabuki drop fired 17 times and reset 17 times
The kabuki drop miss fired 1 time
The wrong kabuki was drooped 2 times
Dias
The dias was made up of 4 8x4 bits of steel deck 1 4x4 bit of steel deck to make a dias in the centre of the stage this then had mdf floor with tiles glued to the top which then was screwed to the steel deck. There was a plan drawn by scenic that we followed to lay the floor. There was also rubble made from off cuts of mdf floor and polystyrene to look like rubble this was then measured from the deck enough to fit LED tape and secured to the floor by screws.
Confetti Drop
The confetti drop was made by 2 bits of 3500mm and held up by a half doughty coupler and a black tat cut at the bottom for the confetti to drop, for the drop to work it was attached to 2 scaff bars and have 2 eye hooks on the side of the wood. lines were ran from both eye hooks along the cat walks with pulleys guiding the lines to be tied off on the catwalk. for the confetti to drop you pull the 2 lines and the confetti will drop.
2kg of confetti were dropped throughout the run
The confetti bag was refilled 16 times
