Recent content by asm

just done a fashion show at my school. they used pritty much all of the stage, but instead of trying to light up the models equally, i created a strip of light white light in the middle of the stage from back to front, and across the front of the stage, and the rest of the stage was in a red and...

i found that the best way to keep them out of the sound box and the lighting box, is to tell them to go away. obviously not being so direct, but something on the lines of: can you come back in about 2hrs, when the rehearsal is done and give me some notes to look over then? this keeps him yelling...

i generally found that the SM was in charge of cueing the lights and the sounds and the scene changes. the ASM is basically in charge of getting the stuff backstage done (i.e. getting the set in place and making sure that the side curtains closed and that all the rest of the crew are off the stage).

hi there. well for the past 3 years i've been ASM (or DSM as we call it). ive basically been in charge of everything back stage from scene changes to prob management and actor controal and curtain cues. the stage manager cues all the sound and the lights. so if anything goes wrong back stage i...

hi all. im from the UK (Newcastle to be presise). Im currently Assistant stage crew manager at my school and the stage manager is a teacher. he used to own his own stage lighting business so he knows what he's doing (hopefully). im glad i found this place! its so handy!