#technical theatre

[le-petite-ivy]

I think it's funny for people to assume the techies know what all the buttons do. Sure, we know what a lot of them do. We know enough to do our job. But, I've never met someone who knows what ALL the buttons do.

#if you do its witchcraft #high school tech theatre #tech theatre #stage crew #stage manager #tech theater #tech theater memes #stage tech #techies #technical theatre #theatre #theater #lighting design

[frienderbee]

Performers can you Not wait in the wings until Absolutely necessary, the stage hands are trying to copy the choreography. Yeah, sorry, they need the space more :/

#techies #technical theatre #theatre #tech theatre #stage hands #backstage shenanigans

[technicalmushrooms]

In her 2008 hit “Circus,” Britney Spears claims “There’s only two types of people in this world: those who entertain and those who observe.” However, there is a third type of person: the elusive, exhausted technician. In this essay I will

#technical theatre #techblr #tech theatre #technician #lxblr #lightingdesign #set design #stagehand #technical director #theatre #theater #britney spears #backstage #tech week #technical mushrooms

[moonthemagical]

Let's normalize tech theatre kids who are also regular theatre kids

#high school tech theatre #tech theatre #high school theatre #techblr #technical theatre #theatre #theatre kids #musical theatre kid

[camelliasinensis81]

Me before tech week: So excited for tech week, this show is coming together so nicely!

Me during tech week: FUCK TECH WEEK FUCK TECH WEEK, WHERE THE FUCK IS THE ACTOR, WHY CAN'T YOU CUE THIS, WHY DO I HAVE A FUCKING ESSAY DUE AND ALSO THREE TESTS, I'M RUNNING ON HALF AN HOUR OF SLEEP AND DOUBLE THE FATAL DOSE OF CAFFEINE, FUCK EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM

Me after tech week: What a fun show, can't wait to do it again :)

#tech week #techies #technical theatre #theatre #it's tech week and I'm on tumblr instead of studying... #theater #save me

[fuckingeviljerseybitch]

with so many advanced degree people in my immediate family, it is difficult to remind myself that i'm "not that kind of smart". i can make dead branches look like living trees. i can make packing material look like something to eat. i can call a show, i can get a clean spotlight pickup, i can build a studwall, i can fit a costume.

i am a different kind of smart. one that did not come with a degree. i could probably get one if i could afford it, but as it is, i can't. so there we are. an unschooled, different kind of smart.

#irl #self-esteem #theatre #theatre kid #technical theatre

[georgies-ftts]

Doing sound within theatre is really just a game of:

“How illegal can I make it without being sent to prison for an uncountable amount of copyright infringements?”

#theatre #theatre tech #technical theatre #sound tech #stage manager #sound #lighting #production #theatre problems #sound design #live theatre

[cornleypolytechnicgoeswrong]

Hello!!!! Long time no see, I hope you've all had an amazing holidays/new year period. I apologise for not being active, I assure you I still love mischief with my whole heart, but turns out doing a degree in the arts takes a lot of time and effort!! (Including working on a small version of a play inspired by Peter Pan goes wrong!!)

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone has the program from the current UK tour and if they do could they please send me a photo of the technical team working on it, I'm trying to find out who their DSM is for something in my degree!

I would be so so grateful if anyone has this and could send it to me!!

Also if anyone has sent me any messages recently that I haven't replied to I'm so so so sorry!!! Please don't take it personally, I simply have no room left in my head right now hehe.

Sincerely,

Technical Theatre Degree student seeking Peter Pan Goes Wrong 2024 UK tour DSM <3

#peter pan goes wrong #mischief theatre #deputy stage manager #technical theatre #mischief comedy #the goes wrong show #theatre

[yagoodoobee]

working on a show [ASM] where i am doing a lot of movement on stage while needing to keep my headset in place. thoughts and opinions on this innovation?

#/joke #technical theatre #backstage #stage management #HELP ME #guys i was gonna go get a haircut today before show because i swear it's the reason it keeps slipping off #but i slept in #and also i want to grow out my hair anyway #this sucks #theatre #theater #technical theater

[unexpectedtexture]

It’s my favorite new game:

MOSS EFFECT

#scenic art #theatre #scenic painting #tech theatre #technical theatre #scenery

[pandulce135]

Seeing Beetlejuice the musical tonight and I'm genuinely so scared because I know so many acting and technical techniques now and it might not be magical :(

#theatre #musical theatre #first world problems #beetlejuice #beetlejuice the musical #tech theatre #technical theatre #acting #tech kid #tech

[le-petite-ivy]

Dang I really gotta work on my spatial awareness. I dropped a wall on somebody today.

#high school theatre #high school tech theatre #techies #tech theater #tech theatre #stage tech #tech theater memes #tech theatre memes #techblr #technical theatre #stage crew #stage manager #lighting design #set construction

[frienderbee]

I thought people were joking about actors and musical theatre students being like toddlers but the collective panic we all experienced as we heard "huh I wonder what that does?" from the other side of the curtain was very real.

#technical theatre #actors please stop touching everything. #We tape things away from you for a REASON #tech theatre #techies #theatre

[cripple-punk-dad]

So anyways when you're doing the lights for a dance competition and the director doesn't tell you what lights to do for each dance so you just start doing pride flag colors on the skrim

Image ID:

A series of pictures taken inside a light booth with black criss cross lines on the glass showing mostly empty stages with the colored lights in the order of the following pride flags: asexual, genderflux, Men loving men, aroace, bisexual, pansexual, lesbian, non-binary, and transgender.

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#gay #queer #theatre #lighting design #non-binary #genderflux #aroace #asexual #transgender #pansexual #bisexual #technical theatre #tech theater

[moonthemagical]

It's literally my job, not yours

for background info, I got promoted by our new director to Tech Director so I am in charge of all the tech for our production. Cool, right? Wrong.

So many actors are trying to pitch me ideas for stuff that just WON'T WORK either due to our budget, amount of people needed or my mental health, or sometimes the fun ones, ALL THREE REASONS!!!

Had a small argument this evening over text because an actor wanted us to project a LIVE SCREEN RECORDING of THE ACTORS TEXTING.

First of all, no matter how fast you think you type, it is NOT going to be fast enough for the attention spans of our audience members.

Second, last time I checked it's really weird to connect a phone to a projector. There could also be lag and delay through Bluetooth.

So I told them why we couldn't do it, and for some reason according to them I was "really mean and shooting down their ideas so quickly"

I told them that it's my job to tell them if stuff doesn't and can't work, but they seem to love to paint me as some mean dictator.

So yeah, has anyone else dealt with situations like this? If so, I could really use some help as I am really bad at settling conflicts.

#high school tech theatre #tech theatre #high school theatre #techblr #technical theatre #actor problems

[reading-backstage]

why are prompt books so complicated to make why can’t my brain just remember every cue

#stage manager #tech theatre #technical theatre #techies #stage management #theatre