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"Champagne" on stage

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Topic: "Champagne" on stage

Posted By: johnmh
Subject: "Champagne" on stage
Date Posted: 3/25/10 at 1:03pm

I need a substitute for Champagne to be opened and drunk onstage. Bottle must open and "pop" just like a real bottle. Any suggestions? Any theatre that has done the show "Proof" has run into this problem so I am sure there is an answer out there. Thanks!

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John Hardaway
Director for 3 theaters in Southern Indiana
"In the biz" since 1963

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Posted By: pdavis69
Date Posted: 3/25/10 at 3:18pm

We have used ginger ale in a champagne bottle. Empty the bottle fill with ginger ale, recork and bingo.

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Patrick L. Davis
Fort Findlay Playhouse

Posted By: Topper
Date Posted: 4/03/10 at 1:28pm

Before you recork the ginger ale, drop in a half-tablet or so of Alka-Seltzer. The extra carbonation will provide the "pop" and fizz you're looking for.

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"None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone

Posted By: gelcat
Date Posted: 4/09/10 at 11:09am

not really addressing the issue at hand, but related, we had to have a 'fountaining' champagne bottle for big, the musical. We found a bottle that a Mento would fit down, filled the bottle with soda, when the actor uncorked the bottle, he dropped in the Mento, and the resulting spray looked great. The only issue was that broken Mentos don't work well, so we had to find a bottle a whole one would fit into. Turns out we had an ouzo bottle with the wide neck. I spray painted the bottle black, taped wine labels on with wide tape sealing the labels down, and the thing was practically bombproof. All we had to do was mop up the floor and rinse the bottle! I have a note on that bottle in storage to not throw it away because of this special property! (and to not use it for other shows if possible to keep it in good shape) (saves the other ouzo bottle we have in stock too)

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