Recent content by ChrisClarke

You are misunderstanding! Augustus fell into a gap between the wall and the river (the gap was hidden from the audience so they thought he was falling into the river). So he never came into contact with the river at all, so remained clean. We concealed a pot of nutella (chocolate sauce) in the...

All done and dusted now! In the end we used water thickened with cornstarch, coloured with food colouring. The texture and colour was so good it was virtually indistinguishable from real molten chocolate. We also pumped scent through a diffuser - managed to find a chocolate fudge variety that...

I've used wireless cameras by Uniden for a few years now and they work flawlessly. Virtually no delay and the IR is pretty good too in our small venue.https://www.uniden.com/catalog/security/wireless-security/

A litte update: we've experimented with all sorts of concoctions. There were a lot of combinations that looked good but had problems with smell, coagulating when left still (ie between performances) and separating out over time. The best result we found for look and texture is water and...

You've guessed it - we're doing Willy Wonka and I'd prefer a 'real' waterfall. Wondering if anyone has attempted this? Couple of questions - and ideas for turning water a realistic chocolate colour, and do you think it would have any detrimental effect on a pump?I've seen a video on youtube of...

Sorry I should have been more specific - letters which have been written to one of the characters - she picks the odd one and reads it out. So perhaps some in envelopes, some on notepaper - that kind of thing. Grid has no walkways so can't use a crew member... I had thought of a ladder behind...

We're doing a production of Calendar Girls this year. One scene calls for letters to drop gently from above - maybe 30 over a minute or so. I'm having trouble figuring how to make this happen!Our grid is approx 4m above the stage with another 1.5m to the ceiling. We have no equipment so...

Interesting discussion! I've just tidied up our community theatre and removed several years worth of gaffer and electrical tape. I've used a mixture of zip-ties and velcro. A 50m roll of velcro cost almost nothing and because our (few) lights are re-positioned reasonably often it will make this...