Dying For It
Production photographs
Flickrset by Christine Murphy
Flickr set RSAMD
Cast
Production Team
Adrian Osmond – Director
Lynfryn MacKenzie – Production Manager
Helen Allingham – Design
Laura McNiven – LX Design
Jennifer Walker – Sound Design
Jane Gordon – SM
Francesca Branch – DSM
Laura Jarvis – ASM
Emily Lennox – ASM
Barry McDonald – ASM
David MacMorris – ASM
Craig Ralph - ASM
Louise Marr - TSM
Martin Aitken – Crew
Scott Bremner – Crew
Madeleine Hillmann – Crew
Lauren McKay – Crew
Jonny Reed – Crew
Kevin Cullen - PLX
James Clelland – LX Crew
Jamie Fallen – LX Crew
Catherine Lewis – LX Crew
Set
This was a challenging set to work on: it presented many technical difficulties and challenges for all departments.
Set Elements
- The set was built on 4 levels: -3000mm - Below Stage, 0mm - Stage, +3000mm - 2nd Story Of Stage, +8000mm - Suspended Platform
- Each of these levels were linked by a staircase: a L-shaped stair linked below stage and stage, a spiral stair linked the 1st and 2nd story of the stage and a straight, custom built, steel framed stair at 53 degrees linked the 2nd story to the suspended platform
- Access to below stage was given by a permanently open L-shaped hole 1800mm in length (of both sides)
- 3 working doors which were slammed regularly and had to hold while shoes etc. were thrown at them
- Live sound effects of running water were used on stage
- A working window through which many cast entered and exited
- The first 20mins of the play were done in complete blackout (this included the Fire Exit signs and the un-maintained lights)
- The whole stage was covered in close to 100 lit real flame candles for 20mins of the 2nd half during a crowded party scene and which were extinguished in 30secs during a very quick scene change
- 2 actors regularly climbed and descended the back stairs linking the +8000mm suspended platform and the 2nd story of the stage
- A live thud sound from the "basement" (as if someone had hit their head very hard)
Technical Solutions
1. "Cellar Stairs"
2. +3000mm Platform - 2nd Story of Stage
3. +8000mm Suspended Platform
4. "Attic Stairs"
5. Curved "Main Stairs"
6. Live Water Effects
7. Complete Blackout
8. Thud Mechanism