The twits
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Topic: The twits
Posted By: amthzako
Subject: The twits
Date Posted: 1/15/07 at 12:21am
hi, i'm taking part in "The Twits" and need to build an upside down sceen. My group's experience is very limited. We're performing in a black-box theatre with adience on 3 sides. Any idea how we can make it happen?
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Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 1/15/07 at 1:29am
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G’day amthzako. What do you mean by an "upside down screen"? Can you furnish more info! ------------- Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house} |
Posted By: amthzako
Date Posted: 1/15/07 at 6:15am
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hi,
Well in this upside down scene, the table, carpet and all the rest of the furniture has to be 'glued' to the ceiling of the room.
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Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 1/15/07 at 9:23am
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Ah! You mean a ‘scene’ - sorry about that. Being a black box what is the height & structure of the ceiling? Also can you give info about the venue? Is there Fly’s &/or Boarders, legs as stage masking? What would the rooms [scene] approx dimensions be the right way up? ------------- Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house} |
Posted By: TimW
Date Posted: 1/16/07 at 1:35am
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Hello amthzako.
Like Gaffa said, knowing more about the play space will help.
Until then, if you don't have a fly system, maybe build a grid structure to hang everything from ( 2x2 or 2x4 frame). If you have access to the ceiling, use steel cable to support the grid.
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Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 1/16/07 at 7:52pm
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G’day! From your post I assume you are part of play & you may not be privy to all the info! However I’m not attempting to be a pain or a total sado, not more than usual anyway! But does the venue management have an inkling that the plays set is to be dead hung above the acting space? A few of the things that come to mind are does the venue have a qualified &/or Licensed ‘Rigger’ on hand, accident assessor, plenty of insurance covering your group/themselves? I’m sure a number of members here can suggest & advise how to accomplish this, but I’m rather hesitant because of the lack of experience & empirical knowledge within your group. In saying that may I suggest producing the furniture from cardboard/ papier mache. However it would need to be coated with fire retardant along with the carpet & material it is mounted on. If this is your first production have you thought of doing a play with a simple black box set? Me thinks you might be pushing ‘it’ up hill with your nose! ------------- Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house} |
Posted By: amthzako
Date Posted: 1/20/07 at 6:01am
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hi all,
thanks for all your support. I'm not trying to be difficult about not providing info, but our tutor/directoris abroad at the moment I there's no way I can get info if not through her. Perhaps to put you more in the pcture you need to know that we're a group of student Primary teachers and this is part of a University credit that has to do with children's theatre.
I like the idea of papier mache furniture. I'm sure we can manage to do that somehow. We were also thinking about projeting the set as a backdrop using a projector.
thanks a geat deal
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Posted By: Gaafa
Date Posted: 1/20/07 at 8:31pm
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I found a site with some pics, that may help you? It’s on the Octagon theatre site Bolton UK:- http://www.octagonbolton.co.uk/Twits.htm From what I can make it out it is a theatre adaptation by David Wood presented in a circus setting. The upside down bit is an inset upstage as part of a multi set staging. With the acting area down stage the upside down set is on the floor & purely representative, rather bring above the actors on the deck. I don’t know how large your space is & it’s resources, but rear projection is a possibility. However from the review there is a suggestion of ariel acrobatics, this may be only for the ‘mugglewumps [monkeys] to be suspended in the cage, which might be easy to achieve with harness & a good Rigger/Mechanist. I have worked Circus & it is not something that can be transposed into a theatre setting easily. I only hope that the Director has the budget to ensure a safe production & hire in the expertise. Sure I imagine it can be handled low-tech but I doubt it should be tackled by students, without an expert on hand! ------------- Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house} |