Breaking a Mirror, ONSTAGE

[shakescar]

Yup... I am directing a production of Albert Camus' Caligula...
There is a scene, where in a fit, Caligula smashes a mirror...
I was looking through some threads here, and couldn't find anything, really applicable...
Thoughts?
We need to do it 6 times... So, cheap (yet safe) is important...

 

[Skervald]

These might be dumb questions but can you give us a little more detail? Is this a large mirror on a wall or a stand or is it a small table or hand mirror? Does it have to be visible to the audience when it's in it's intact state?

 

[shakescar]

These might be dumb questions but can you give us a little more detail? Is this a large mirror on a wall or a stand or is it a small table or hand mirror? Does it have to be visible to the audience when it's in it's intact state?

Good Questions...
I would prefer it be visible, it is used as a mirror prior to its being broken
I would also prefer it to be smaller, say 2'x2' or so...
on a stand, so that the whole thing can go away during the scene change,
Caligula, also uses a fragment after it is broken...
Thanks

 

[lwinters630]

Good Questions...
I would prefer it be visible, it is used as a mirror prior to its being broken
I would also prefer it to be smaller, say 2'x2' or so...
on a stand, so that the whole thing can go away during the scene change,
Caligula, also uses a fragment after it is broken...
Thanks

Two sides and a slight of hand. Cal in a fit, when breaking it rotates the boken side out having a lose piece. Tape face with clear before you break it.

 

[dbaxter]

When doing Dracula one year, I made sheets of sugar glass on a cookie tray for each performance. Painted with aluminum paint, it looks like a mirror and breaks quite nicely. I'm sure the formula is around this forum somewhere.

 

[Wheezy]

Even with sugar glass, you'll need a sound effect. I was thinking sugar glass as well, but will it last until its cue without breaking?

As for the shard of glass, they sell rubber safety shards that look like glass.

 

[Fountain Of Euph]

Use a blunt object, like a hairbrush to break the sugar glass.

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