So we are doing Les Miz and there is a point where the male lead lifts a heavy object off of an innocent by standard, thereby restarting up a plotline. This heavy object most often is a heavy wagon...sometimes with a canon and such in the rear. The production I am designing for is in a space where that same wagon would look more like a cart pulled by a goat than a wagon pulled by Clydesdales, though I have seen plenty of productions go this route. My director has given me the option of selecting another less construction involved, more feasible, and greater verisimilitude heavy object for the actor to lift off of the other actor. I think the act of constructing something as involved as a large wagon for the sake of one 10 second scene is ridiculous at my level anyway. I know that many of you have done this show before, so you might come up with what a good alternative might be for a small facility smallish budget production. Thoughts?