I went along to help with a fit-up at the New Theatre Royal this saturday (The Full Monty, produced by HumDrum). It reminded me of a dramsoc fit-up as it involved hanging lots of lights of scaff and trying to cable it neatly. I’m going to be board-op on Friday night as the LD has to go to the States on business
Anyhow, ‘The Full Monty’ is the musical version of the film. This means several things, firstly it’s now set in America, it has songs (obviously), and it has far too many locations for a sensible play. It has to be said it was a ‘brave’ choice of musical.
The ending is true to the film though, and they do indeed do ‘the full monty’. To make this suitable viewing for all the plan is to use a combination of pyro and a blackout to protect the actors modesty. One reservation I have is that the theatre is a slightly odd layout. The stage area burnt down and the stage got rebuilt infront of the proscenium-arch into what would have been the front half stalls. This means that the actors can almost shake hands with the people at each end of the dress circle. The people at the sides of the dress and upper circles are viewing side-on so I don’t know how much they will get to see.
My main concern is that both the pyro and the blackout are controled from the lighting desk. So I might be quite nervous towards the end of Friday night’s performance.
