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    Posted: 1/12/07 at 9:50pm
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I was wondering, has anyone designed sets/lights for Les Miserables? If so please post pictures so we can all see them. I'm not designing for the show or anything just seeing what people come up with is intresting to me.
 
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I need any input on this show as well. 


I'm designing "Les Miserable School Edition" for November, 2008.  I especially need your war stories about building and operating your barricade, bridge, and turntable.  Thanks, Dana

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bullet Posted: 8/20/08 at 7:14am
Might I suggest you E-Mail MARK ECCLESTON from Huntsville High School.  This is an incredible group of people here.  They are the folks that hired me to do the makeup work on the beast for Beauty And The Beast last year.  And we became good friends with the director and lots of extremely nice folks there.  BUT MARK designed and built this show complete with huge turntable, and cool barricade - as well as all the other elements of this incredible show.  You can go to THIS LINK  http://www.hhspanthertheater.com/Tech.htm
 
and there you will find Mark's E-Mail contacts as well as a video of the assembly they did in time-lapse slide show - I think pictures taken every mintue or something crazy like that.  ALSO if you go to YouTube and do a search on HUNTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LES MIS you will find a number of videos posted by someone (looks like from a cell phone) and see and hear these incredibly talented young people.  There are about 7 videos or so.  Great stuff.  We drove almost 400 miles to go see the show.  I fell in love with the kids last year and the director and I have become GREAT friends who I wish I was there and could work more with.  Awesome guy, great energy and love for teaching and putting things like this together.
 
Check with Mark Eccleston though - the guy is phenomenal.
 
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bullet Posted: 8/20/08 at 11:53am
That time-lapse video of the turntable construction is very cool!!!
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I am a production designer and I work mainly with high schools and community theaters.  Here is a link to a set I recently designed for the school version of "Les Miserables". 
 
The stage had a proscenium opening of 60' wide and only 16' high.  The stage was only 24' deep so it did not lend itself to using a revolve.
The barricade was three peices, a center unit that could turn so you could see both sides, and two side sections that retracted offstage as well as up into the air.  It was very impressive and even though it looked like we used hydrolics or some other type of automation, it was actually achieved in a very lo-tech manner.
 
When working with high schools, I design the sets and lights and then teach students how to build, paint, hang, focus and run the show.  Everything you see is done by the kids.  By the end of the run, the tech kids are just as involved and proud of their accomplishments as anyone who might appear on the stage.
 
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bullet Posted: 9/04/08 at 11:32am
Outstanding scenic artwork.  And I like the abstract ground row across the back with the cyc in Act II.  Very moody!
 

Your crew should be proud of their hard work.

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bullet Posted: 11/11/08 at 12:07am
We just finished the 7 hour Tech Rehearsal for "Les Miserables School Edition"!  Pinch
 

My technical stuff has lots of potential for "Murphy's Law" incidents...the motorized turntable, the flying bridge, the trap door, the gigantic barricade units, the rolling carts, the smoke and hazers, the starter pistol, the sound effects, the lighting effects, the wireless body mics...plus my crew of 23 teenagers. 

 

But it's going to be great.  I will try to post some production photos and behind-the-scenes video clips once it opens and I recover from these 16 hour days...  Dead

 

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bullet Posted: 11/12/08 at 8:18am
The Sceneographics set works well if you know how to do the shading.
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bullet Posted: 11/14/08 at 11:48am

Wow.  An amazing show.  We had our opening night last night.  It was very nearly sold out, and by the end there was hardly a dry eye in the house.  Very powerful.  The standing ovation began before the main drape even hit the floor!

I was proud of the cast and crew.  It was the most seamless and flawless production we have ever done.  As the Tech Director, there were no nail-biting moments for me last night.  All the set changes and effects went perfectly.  And as the designer, I finally got a chance to just sit back and absorb the show...(instead of rushing to the booth to tweek a light cue or taking notes on my never-ending scenic to-do list).  Ah...what a relief to have this one done...!
 
The local TV news station came to film the first dress last Monday, so I have included a link to it below.  On the righthand side of the news page is a "Flash" video of a two minute long news report.  They show a few scenes from the top of Act I. 
 
And here is a school news report that includes the behind the scenes audio from the stage manager's headset.  Be sure to click on "HQ" to watch it in high quality: 
 
 
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bullet Posted: 11/16/08 at 9:35am
Wish I could be there!!!! I have my One Acts this afternoon (after three weeks of bizarre personal stresses) that were supposed to be Nov. 1st. I hate that I am going to miss this one.Unhappy
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