Yeah, so our studio theatre's lovely 500-year-old Strand Mini Light Palette is going to choke out its last breath any day now, so has decided to misbehave all it can in its last period of life. First, the go button seems to no longer work...in this show I just did, I programmed the cues, tried to use the go button, and it would bring up the cue, yet not actually bring up the lights...however, if I used the Go to Cue button to go to each cue, it worked fine. However, this meant having to frantically type "Go to Cue" then "4" or whatever the number for every cue throughout the show, and all the numbers are STUCK...I had to pound at them to get them to work...there were some fast changes and therefore some panicked moments.
And tonight, the last show, right before the last scene, I typed in Go to Cue and the next cue which was a blue set change cue. Now, error on my part is possible, I will not deny that, but I SWEAR I typed the cue in correctly...hit enter...and it just decided to go right back up to cue 1...the preshow house lights. Yay. I said "Oh sh--" rather loudly. I frantically typed the cue in again and this time it went to the right one.
But yeah, for about 4 seconds everyone must have been confused and thought the show was ending strangely, with no curtain call and actors standing out there with set pieces in their hands.... Oh well, something to look back at and laugh. But we so need a new board in there!
And tonight, the last show, right before the last scene, I typed in Go to Cue and the next cue which was a blue set change cue. Now, error on my part is possible, I will not deny that, but I SWEAR I typed the cue in correctly...hit enter...and it just decided to go right back up to cue 1...the preshow house lights. Yay. I said "Oh sh--" rather loudly. I frantically typed the cue in again and this time it went to the right one.
But yeah, for about 4 seconds everyone must have been confused and thought the show was ending strangely, with no curtain call and actors standing out there with set pieces in their hands.... Oh well, something to look back at and laugh. But we so need a new board in there!