On the stageToo shy to ever appear on stage myself, I still hung around theatres like a bad smell when I was younger - lighting and set design were what I was good at.
Backstage we'd attempt to sabotage every production - us lighting geeks would wind up the sound man by putting the remote "pause" button for his reel-to-reel tape machine on his chair, so when he sat down it'd start running, ruining his cues. Actors would do scenes out of order to make our lives hell. It was great and I don't know why I don't still do it.
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chthonic, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 11:02)
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O K L A H O M A OklahomaI was in a production of Oklahoma at the Guild hall theatre. The chaging rooms were right down at the bottom of the building and you had to climb four flights of stairs to reach the stage door. Now in frilly frocks and cowgirl boots this was quite a tedious task. One evening of the production we had finished the first act and were chatting during the fifteen minute interval when all of a sudden we hear the opening music for the second act. They had forgot to give us our cue.
In a state of panick the whole cast suddenly jumped up and attempted to climb the stairs to the stage before the curtain opened. Screams of "Get out of my way!" and "I'm on before all you!" echoed up the stairs and at one point a certain farmer did actually grab my hair and attempt to throw me out of the way!
Aah the joys of show business.
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Fluffy elephants, Fri 2 Dec 2005, 14:06,
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