The Possibilities

Creative
Director	Guy Hollands
Production Manager	Sandy McRobbie
Set and Costume Designer	Cassandra Pettigrew
Lighting Designer	Oliver Gorman
Sound Designer	Aaron Naraido
Production Team
Stage Manager	Oran O'Neill
Deputy Stage Manager	Jane Paterson
Assistant Stage Manager	Laura Dougan
Technical Stage Manager	Jennifer Howes
Chief Production Electrician	James Gow
Deputy Production Electrician	Oliver Gorman
Lighting Crew	Chrissie Huxford
Sound Operator	Aaron Naraido
Stats
Venue	Tron Changing House
Performance Dates	30th May - 1st June 2013
Venue	National Theatre of Warsaw
Performance Dates	28th June 2013 (Wierzbowa Street Hall)

This show is a series of 10 short plays written by Howard Barker, each play has is own story but they do all link together. Our performance of the show was performed by the Third Year actors at the Tron Theatre Glasgow in April/May 2013 and at the National Theatre of Warsaw in June 2013

Stage Management

Technical Stage Management

Groundplan

Technical Challenges

Wood Bark

One of the main elements of the set design was to have the floor covered in bark chippings. We investigated the option of having real bark chippings, but instead opted for a rubber chip due to issues surrounding pests and insects along with the cost of a floorcloth under the bark. Although this was a more expensive option, we didn't have to use pesticide, or flambar.

As rubber chip is actually recycled tyres that have been chopped up, it was essential to thoroughly risk assess the bark as it is a potential fire risk. Spontaneous heating of piled rubber crumb

Playbark rubber playground chippings

It was estimated that 750kg of bark would be needed to cover the entire floor area to a depth of around 40mm.

Unfortunately we eventually only used the bark around the edge of the set, as due to rehearsal room availability, we were unable to rehearse with the full quantity of bark.

Hessian

Director/designer wanted hessian around all 3 walls of the theatre. However, it was essential that we didn't block the audience's exit from the venue due to fire regulations. Therefore, it stopped at the setting line.

As the original concept was based around the idea of a 'tent', there were also 2 strips of hessian running US-DS, along the ceiling. This left very little room for any lanterns, and therefore we had to be mindful that although the hessian was NDFR (Non-Durably Fire Retardant), that it could still become dangerous if close enough to any lanterns.

It was important to check that none of the cast or crew were severely allergic to the hessian before rehearsals began.