Performer Flying

The Jungle Book 2017

The Jungle Book was the Christmas show of 2017. There were 2 main performer flying sequences. The first one was a monkey to enter from SL fly in to centerstage and take Mowgli out to SL. The second was for Kaa the snake to enter centerstage on aerial silks. In consultation with Aerial Edge

Click here [1] to see the first (mini) test video of the Flying Monkey track system.

The performer flying gear was set up on a table in the SL wing. We used a setting list to ensure everything was in place pre-show.

We had a particular check list for the performer flying in addition to the pre-show check list. One of these was filled out and signed every day. The completed lists were kept in the TSM Master folder. The checks in the morning took roughly 20-30 minutes to complete. The checks were done and hour before the hour call in order to leave room to fix any issues that may arise. 50 kg in the form of stage weights were put on each line every morning and we ran the flying monkey sequence from beginning to end.

As part of the pre-show checks we needed to check the rigging of the