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I guess this would be a canadianism. It is an US DS curtain used to mask side stage. Mainly used when your theatre designer does not know how sightlines work and how to place seats accordingly. In my case it is manually pulled along, which unfortunately to the uninitiated is pulled out of...

I have some side stage Germans that are on a sliding track, I am wondering if there were any master carrier options that have an included brake in them. What I am looking for is a product like this Manfrotto option, but with something I can actually clip curtains into. I have looked at a...

Just use a vertical piston with a castor on it. Attach a pneumatic piston to the underside of your wagon. Attach a castor to the bottom of that. Include appropriate tubing, tanks, and regulators and up and down we go.

White gaff or white hockey tape works well. Hockey tape is the cheaper option, but is a little bit thicker

Make sure to prop all of your doors open with doorstops and cover anything touchable and expensive with drop cloths. Encourage them to not touch anything. On another note, make sure some of your backstage staff are big and burly. We have had some of these events try to threaten our smaller...

A venue that I worked at was evacuated due to potential flooding last year overnight, so no one was in the building to turn things off and when they got back a week later power was back up already, but no one thought to talk to the theatre company about their power needs. Needless to say, they...

If all you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail. Once you have a tablesaw, everything looks tablesaw job.

Look at the consoles that your venue has. Most Consoles have an IOS app, but not a Windows or Android equivalent. Also, Qlab.

Several of my local theatres have a custom base that they all use (made by one of the theatre shops), which I think is the best design I have seen yet. They use a base with three legs extending from the base of the boom. Each of these legs has nested square steel tubing that allows you to...

A friend of mine uses generic Oven Liner from your local hardware store, with fantastic results. Won't burn through and hold up really well. But also, keep the gobo for the wedding decor?

My bad with the liquid. It should be the molten metal splash. When I bought my Vertex Best from my local high angle salesguy he stated that the Vertex Best is the only helmet that has (From the Vertex Website, emphasis mine) "Certification(s): CE* ANSI Z89.1-2009 Type I Class E CSA Z94.1-05...

According to Canadian Regs. the only approved climbing helmet that is suitable for hard hat use in Canada is the Petzl Vertex - with no vents. Can't have vents due to liquid spills, debris and I think sparks as well.

If you ever want a laugh, just go and ask the hardware store rigging guy how to swage wire rope. (answers usually involve a vice or a screwdriver and hammer)

A proper loading bay that leads right into the shop or stage A proper freight elevator between levels, must be at least 8 feet long! A Proper stage door from stage into the shop or loading bay as big as possible Proper wing space. Enough storage as close as possible to stage level

Just make a standard meat rack or cable rack with hooks. A couple of levels tall, giving you different places to store different lengths of pipe, and it is on wheels, rolls through standard single doors, etc.