Recent content by jonh

Thanks for some really good ideas. You will probably all be pleased to know that the pyro's have been vetoed. I would like to say that I will use electrics instead (and may still do) but the old Indian temple we are using has questionable electricity and the moment there is an interesting debate...

Both ideas are good. I was actually considering a lighting effect as an option. Thanks.

A fair point well taken. I fully agree. However my main problem out here in Singapore is a lack of people to bounce ideas off, so at the moment I am just looking for some ideas.

Hi All, I need some help with some very low tech stage pyrotechnics. I need to have a smallish cauldron on stage that is burning, and then which flares up when an actress throws something into it. The flare up also needs to last for a fixed amount of time. Any suggestions? I am particularly...

Thanks for all the ideas, I can only dream about the hydraulic jacks and pneumatic bits for the moment (budget? what budget?) but I will definitely look into some of the lower tech ideas. At the moment I may use a combination of lighting - for the leaves, and a pulley and rope system for the...

Has potential although I might have to make the elastic bit myself, tent poles are not so easy to come by here. Thanks. Jon.

Has anybody out there ever built the collapsing tree from Beckett's Act without words? I am trying to find an easy, low tech way of building a tree that is able to move onto the stage on wheels, and then lower and raise its branches. I am working in a completely open plan theatre with no flies...

Hi All, Just joined your group. I am a Brit living and working in Singapore. My wife is a freelance director and I consider myself the dogsbody. Most of the time I wind up building the props and find there is a lack of people to ask questions to, so if people are able to help me I would be...