Transcript How to Crew a Show in the Annex Chris Duncan

StageSoc Training 2011-2012
How to Crew a
Show in the Annex
Chris Duncan
Tuesday 11th October 2011
Intro to how SUSU Performing Arts
works
How atoshow
decided
on
Intro
how is
SUSU
Performing
Arts works
How atoshow
get involved
is decided on
Sometoofget
theinvolved
things you will hear us
How
talk about
Some of the things you will hear us talk about
A typical show week
A typical show week
Some of our equipment
Performing Arts (PA)
Societies Committee (SC)
Performing Arts (PA)
StageSoc
Societies Committee (SC)
Theatre Group (TG)
StageSoc
Showstoppers
Theatre Group (TG)
LOpSoc
Showstoppers
Others...
LOpSoc
Production Teams
Director/s or Assistant Director
Production Teams
Producer/s
Director/s or Assistant Director
Musical Director (MD)
Producer/s
Choreographer
Musical Director (MD)
Pitch
Choreographer
Performing society committee vote
Pitch
Auditions
Role
Part of the production team
Role
Joins as early as possible
Part of the production team
Helps with budgets
Joins as early as possible
Recruit a design team and crew
Helps with budgets
Liaison between production and
Recruit
a design
team and crew
designers
and crew
Liaison
between
production
designers and
Looks after
StageSoc
and ourand
equipment
StageSoc committee will advertise the
position
StageSoc committee will advertise the position
Send in your pitch, go to the meeting etc
Send in your pitch, go to the meeting etc
StageSoc committee and liaison
members vote
StageSoc committee and liaison members vote
Once TD elected they recruit a design
team
Once TD elected they recruit a design team
The design team will meet together with
TD and director, discuss ideas etc.
The design team will meet together with TD and
(Usually TD gets ideas from director and
director, discuss ideas etc. (Usually TD gets
feeds them down)
ideas from director and feeds them down)
A few weeks before the show, crew
recruited by TD (usually through forum
on website)
A few weeks before the show, crew recruited by
TD (usually through forum on website)
Designers start to show their ideas to
crew so set building or any prep work can
Designers start to show their ideas to crew so
take place.
set building or any prep work can take place.
Sun – Get In all day, put LX up, set up sound, put set
in.
Mon – Tech rehearsal, a chance for us to get
Sun
– Get Inright
all day, put LX up, set up sound, put set in.
everything
Mon
chance
for to
us how
to get
everything right
Tues –– Tech
Dressrehearsal,
rehearsal,arun
a close
a show
will run
as possible
Tues
– Dress
rehearsal, run a close to how a show will run as
possible
Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat – Shows! Possible a matinee or
poss. Thurs,
a nightFri,
off!Sat – Shows! Possible a matinee or poss. a
Wed,
night
off! – Get Out, ready for next show.
Sat night
Sat night – Get Out, ready for next show.
The Annex/Arts H
Nuffield Theatre
The Annex/Arts H
Turner Sims
Nuffield Theatre
Union
Turner Sims
West Ref/Garden Court
Union
Bridge
West Ref/Garden Court
Cube
Bridge
Lighting – Large stock of lights, LX desk,
extra dimmers, some practical electrics
(practicals)
Lighting – Large stock of lights, LX desk, extra
Sound – Installed PA, sound desk, extra
dimmers, some practical electrics (practicals)
speakers/monitors and amps, mics and
Sound – Installed PA, sound desk, extra
stands, cables multicore, show relay.
speakers/monitors and amps, mics and stands,
Stage –multicore,
Comms (cans),
cables
show tabs,
relay.blacks,
large stock of flats, loads of wood, many
Stage – Comms (cans), tabs, blacks, large stock
many props & costumes.
of flats, loads of wood, many many props &
Big Store – Flats, wood, staging
Small Store – Tools, ladders
Big Store – Flats, wood, staging
Box – Lights, sound equipment, desks,
Small Store – Tools, ladders
cables etc
Box – Lights, sound equipment, desks, cables
Lift Store– Incoming show store
etc
House – Furniture, wood, props,
Lift Store– Incoming show store
costume
Too much to tell you about now but we
do loads!!!
Getting involved is the best way to learn
Too much to tell you about now but we do
loads!!!
how things work – we are here to help
you!
Getting involved is the best way to learn how
things
work –play
we are here to help you!
TG Freshers’
TG
Freshers’
play
Hope
this give
you a good starting point.
Hope
this give you a good starting point.
Any questions?
Any questions?