well i guess you should have expected it. here are some photos of the production i'm doing lighting for this week. two comedies by the italian dramatic society. one's called gli imbianchini non hanno ricordi (houespainters have no memories). and the other's called non tutti i ladri vengono per nuocere (the virtuous burglar). and i'm slowly picking up some italian phrases. so watch out pasta mania.



right so here's the basic setup. this is computer lighting board sitting on top of the ancient manual lighting board. this is just what you use to control every light in the theatre. that tv monitor's connected to the computer lighting board so that you can see which lights are on and what power level they're at at the moment. and those pieces of paper are the scripts for the production and my notes. this is at the back of the theatre so i'm looking down at the stage and there's one of the actresses reading her script on stage. and that's my bottle of water down in the corner.



and here's the bigger picture. the left of the chair is part of the ancient manual lighting board. i heard you don't even see stuff like this in modern theatres anymore so i guess i'm pretty lucky to even be able to use it. but of course everyone uses the computer lighting board instead. it's much easier. the mass of wires on the right. that's where we plug in all the lights to the main electricity board. it's really hard to explain how it all works. and it gets confusing even when you're there doing it. so i'm not going to try explaining.



and this is the main circuit board that powers basically everything in the theatre i think. and look around it you see lots of grafitti and my own attempts to etch myself into dolphin theatre history. my name's on the wall somewhere else too but i claimed that little spot at the bottom there as mine.



and here's the cast and jamie the stage manager on stage doing some pre-show warm-up. stuff like vocal exercises and physical stuff. well it's stage warm-up stuff. it's quite fun to watch. that blue screen is from the projector up in the biobox. oh yeah. the biobox? it's what we call the control room. that's where i'm situated during the shows. anyway, projector projects the subtitles so that morons like me will understand the proceedings.



and here's a bit from housepainters have no memories. these guys come in with a long ladder and take turns to be on stage. left right left right the ladder goes through the doorways. and different people appear holding the ends. but that's just the start of the play. it gets more interesting.



and here's a bit from the virtuous burglar. notice the differences in set design and the lighting. even though the plays are in italian they're pretty funny. i mean i find bits funny and i don't even understand italian. well for now anyway.

ok so that's it. italian play. woohoo hurrah.




posted by 86 at 12:53 AM