So I was doing a musical a couple of weeks ago, I was ASM, Sound & Light Design and did some work on other aspects too.
Anyway, the rehearsals went well and so did opening night, and the second and third show. I had noticed a few marks on the stage after each show, but I thought this was simply dirty wheels. However, matinee on the saturday i walked in to find half the set (it was a big revolve with one side a night club and the other side an apartment) collapsed! With half the crew holding up the set, me and the stage manager were in the revolve on stomachs drilling supports as quickly as we could! Even 5 minutes before opening!!
That held it for then and the night show. Came in the next week and three other sections had collapsed too. I had a go at the construction guys, seems they had been on the grog for a while when they put it together! So I got them to do a decent fix which lasted till the end of the season. I forgot to mention that the wheels slowly broke up and had to be replaced aswell!
Total nightmare, but the show was fantastic! Just a funny story I thought I'd share!
Phantom strikes again
Anyone got any interesting storieS?
Anyway, the rehearsals went well and so did opening night, and the second and third show. I had noticed a few marks on the stage after each show, but I thought this was simply dirty wheels. However, matinee on the saturday i walked in to find half the set (it was a big revolve with one side a night club and the other side an apartment) collapsed! With half the crew holding up the set, me and the stage manager were in the revolve on stomachs drilling supports as quickly as we could! Even 5 minutes before opening!!
That held it for then and the night show. Came in the next week and three other sections had collapsed too. I had a go at the construction guys, seems they had been on the grog for a while when they put it together! So I got them to do a decent fix which lasted till the end of the season. I forgot to mention that the wheels slowly broke up and had to be replaced aswell!
Total nightmare, but the show was fantastic! Just a funny story I thought I'd share!
Phantom strikes again
Anyone got any interesting storieS?