Ambitious projects are good, right? We must keep pushing the boundaries of what we can do artistically and practically to continue engaging
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAs a freelancer, it is very difficult to know when you’re taking on too much work. When you are your own boss,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe Edinburgh Fringe is upon us again. As a technical designer and operator with a sideline in comedy, I find myself in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI have previously spoken about the importance of a tech’s ability to be calm under pressure, but I’m beginning to think that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMEarlier this year I moved house in a narrow gap between tour dates. It was hectic, but felt like clever planning because
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMI’ve never been a particularly organised person. As such, it seems bizarre to me that, as part of the remit of being
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWhen your job appears to be to know the answer to all the questions, it’s very hard to draw a line between
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM“They don’t know what they don’t know.” These words arrived during a conversation I had recently with a producer. We were discussing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWhen you’re doing the tech for a magic show, you get to know most of the secrets. Even if we don’t have
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMA couple of times this year, I have taken shows into venues that do not appear to employ an in-house technician. By
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe other day, two different people called me with two unrelated technical issues on the understanding that I would be the best
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWhen teching shows, every one of us has messed up a cue or two. No matter how many controls are in place
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI am currently working as lighting designer and technical stage manager on a palindromic play, Ross Sutherland’s Party Trap. It’s pretty complicated,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMFor many of us in the industry, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is full of ghosts. Whether it be the memories brought up
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI’ve never been great at concentrating. A 500-word column takes me a surprising amount of time to write. When I’m in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI can’t speak for everyone working in theatres, but having worked mostly as in an-house tech in the West End, it can
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI’ve never been comfortable doing theatre turnarounds. After 10 years in the business, I still enter a fit-up or get-out with a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI am a perfectionist. Not in the good way, meaning I have a back catalogue of fully formed masterpieces. It’s more in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMBackstage is not everyone’s first choice of job. Let’s admit it, most people go into theatre because they love watching shows. This
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAfter a solo show I was tech managing on tour, someone asked me a pertinent question about how much of my job
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMOn September 2 I returned home to Norwich after a full run at the Edinburgh Fringe. For most of August I teched
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