Exploding Door

[indigoapropo]

My theatre company is putting on a production of Jekyll and Hyde in October. One of the major elements we are trying to figure out how to engineer is at one point a door explodes out. We have been toying around with attaching some of the pieces to neoprene and using a strobe but if anyone has done something like this before any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[lwinters630]

How does out explode? Blows 20 ft across stage? Some one kicks it down? Flames and smoke?

 

[indigoapropo]

Probably not 20ft. I'm looking for like 10 ft.
Someone kicks it down, possible fire and smoke.

 

[lwinters630]

With out knowing your actual staging, I will assume low budget. Fire requires pyro expert, so we won't discuss it here.
Have the door pre broken then covered with paper skin so looks solid. Drill hole up from bottom hing side and insert. Hinges are held on place with hidden electro magnets or slip pins.

Compress spring as you push down as you slip top in to jam and hinges into place. So when door is kicked out, hinges release and springs eject door like jack in box, flying ten feet blow co 2 jejets. Door snaps into pieces.