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Lordy 11:33 am UTC 02/19/17 |
| In reply to: | Very minor opening night glitches - Ali 04:09 pm UTC 02/18/17 |
| Cmon! It was the first ever show. Things will be added and taken out as it evolves. I thought it was brilliant for an opening night of a preview of the first ever show. > This was an amazing show and for all that these are > technically previews it looks pretty much finished to me. > However, they were handing out feedback forms at the > theatre so they're obviously aiming to tweak things to > make it even better. > > Here's what I noticed... > > 1) The wet stage - how they got insurance for several > things I have no idea, I would love to have seen the risk > assessment form! The cord round Strat's neck and the dolls > head being fired into the wings are scary enough but the > slippery stage needs does actually need addressing before > they accidentally kill Andrew. I really hope he didn't > hurt his back last night - that was a nasty fall. > > 2) Stage combat. They need to work on this. Someone got > punched repeatedly at the start of Act 2 but no knaps > happened so it was entirely silent. You need some sort of > sound effects to make it look real - particularly if the > victim is lying down so their reaction options are > limited. > > 3) Microphones - a few technical hitches. Really felt for > the actress who found that hers was switched off for her > solo line. Assuming they will have fixed that by tonight. > > 4) Not 100% sure about the dancers at the back of Paradise > by the dashboard light. There's a lot going on already > there with Falco and Sloane and the baseball stuff. > Dancers as well is a bit much, although I would feel sorry > for them if their bit got cut. > > 5) I want all of "Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire"! > It's one of my absolute favourite Steinman songs! How > could they cut it short like that! That's like getting up > and wandering off halfway through sex! > > Other than that... perfect. > > Ax | |
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