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StageSoc Training 2011-2012
Chris Duncan
Tuesday 11th October 2011
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Intro to how SUSU Performing Arts works
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How a show is decided on
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How to get involved
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Some of the things you will hear us talk about
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A typical show week
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Some of our equipment
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Stores
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Venues
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Performing Arts (PA)
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Societies Committee (SC)
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StageSoc
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Theatre Group (TG)
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Showstoppers
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LOpSoc
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Others...
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Production Teams
 Director/s or Assistant Director
 Producer/s
 Musical Director (MD)
 Choreographer
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Pitch
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Performing society committee vote
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Auditions
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Company is created!
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Role
 Part of the production team
 Joins as early as possible
 Helps with budgets
 Recruit a design team and crew
 Liaison between production and designers and crew
 Looks after StageSoc and our equipment
 Some paperwork for the technical aspects (e.g. risk assessment)
 A very central role
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StageSoc committee will advertise the position
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Send in your pitch, go to the meeting etc
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StageSoc committee and liaison members vote
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Once TD elected they recruit a design team
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The design team will meet together with TD and director, discuss ideas
etc. (Usually TD gets ideas from director and feeds them down)
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Design team read through their scripts, go to rehearsals, start to put
ideas together etc
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Meetings with the TD and director will continue.
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A few weeks before the show, crew recruited by TD (usually
through forum on website)
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Designers start to show their ideas to crew so set building or any
prep work can take place.
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Set painting, building, prop finding, costume making, effect tests
etc
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Sun – Get In all day, put LX up, set up sound, put set in.
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Mon – Tech rehearsal, a chance for us to get everything
right
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Tues – Dress rehearsal, run a close to how a show will run
as possible
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Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat – Shows! Possible a matinee or poss. a
night off!
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Sat night – Get Out, ready for next show.
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The Annex/Arts H
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Nuffield Theatre
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Turner Sims
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Union
 West Ref/Garden Court
 Bridge
 Cube
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Lighting – Large stock of lights, LX desk, extra dimmers,
some practical electrics (practicals)
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Sound – Installed PA, sound desk, extra speakers/monitors
and amps, mics and stands, cables multicore, show relay.
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Stage – Comms (cans), tabs, blacks, large stock of flats,
loads of wood, many many props & costumes.
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Misc – large selection of power tools, other tools, 2
ladders, paint
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Big Store – Flats, wood, staging
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Small Store – Tools, ladders
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Box – Lights, sound equipment, desks, cables
etc
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Lift Store– Incoming show store
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House – Furniture, wood, props, costume
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Too much to tell you about now but we do
loads!!!
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Getting involved is the best way to learn how
things work – we are here to help you!
 TG Freshers’ play
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Hope this give you a good starting point.
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Any questions?
Theresa Crisham – Training
07982 712 878
Nichola Louis – Socials
07851 611 326