I know that rigging is a bit of a touchy subject but, for whatever it's worth, I'm not operating outside of my comfort zone.
In any case, the high school that I work with has elected to stage a musical this year. Due to the current circumstances, we've chosen a musical with a much smaller cast and therefore, I've advised them to frame in the stage using flats to make the space smaller, basically like multiple false prosceniums, rigged so that they can be flown out. In my experience, the legs of the false proscenium have always been single tall flats. However, I have access to a small stock of 8' tall flats. I'd like to simply stack these flats and add a plug at the top to achieve my desired height. The only other time I've seen this done was in high school and I know now that the technique used there was very much incorrect.
Based on my knowledge of flying flats, I know that I could simply place a bottom hanging irons on every individual flat and run a line to the batten. This seems a bit like overkill but I'd rather overdo it. Alternatively (and I'm asking if this is acceptable), could I use only a single pair of bottom hanging irons and join the flats together with something like keystones or mending plates? I'd obviously use keeper plates as appropriate as well.
I could also just have them build bespoke flats but if saving time can be done safely, we may as well.
Thanks in advance,
Nic
In any case, the high school that I work with has elected to stage a musical this year. Due to the current circumstances, we've chosen a musical with a much smaller cast and therefore, I've advised them to frame in the stage using flats to make the space smaller, basically like multiple false prosceniums, rigged so that they can be flown out. In my experience, the legs of the false proscenium have always been single tall flats. However, I have access to a small stock of 8' tall flats. I'd like to simply stack these flats and add a plug at the top to achieve my desired height. The only other time I've seen this done was in high school and I know now that the technique used there was very much incorrect.
Based on my knowledge of flying flats, I know that I could simply place a bottom hanging irons on every individual flat and run a line to the batten. This seems a bit like overkill but I'd rather overdo it. Alternatively (and I'm asking if this is acceptable), could I use only a single pair of bottom hanging irons and join the flats together with something like keystones or mending plates? I'd obviously use keeper plates as appropriate as well.
I could also just have them build bespoke flats but if saving time can be done safely, we may as well.
Thanks in advance,
Nic