How to Crew a Show in the Annex

Chris DuncanTuesday 11th October

2011

StageSoc Training 2011-2012

Intro to how SUSU Performing Arts works

How a show is decided on

How to get involved

Some of the things you will hear us

talk about

A typical show week

Some of our equipment

Stores

Venues

Intro to how SUSU Performing Arts works

How a show is decided on

How to get involved

Some of the things you will

hear us talk about

A typical show week

Some of our equipment

Stores

Venues

Performing Arts (PA)

Societies Committee (SC)

StageSoc

Theatre Group (TG)

Showstoppers

LOpSoc

Others...

Performing Arts (PA)

Societies Committee (SC)

StageSoc

Theatre Group (TG)

Showstoppers

LOpSoc

Others...

Production Teams

Director/s or Assistant Director

Producer/s

Musical Director (MD)

Choreographer

Pitch

Performing society committee vote

Auditions

Company is created!

Production Teams

Director/s or Assistant Director

Producer/s

Musical Director (MD)

Choreographer

Pitch

Performing society committee

vote

Auditions

Company is created!

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

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

StageSoc committee will advertise the position

Send in your pitch, go to the meeting

etc

StageSoc committee and liaison

members vote

StageSoc committee will advertise the position

Send in your pitch, go to the

meeting etc

StageSoc committee and liaison

members vote

Once TD elected they recruit a design team

The design team will meet together

with TD and director, discuss ideas etc.

(Usually TD gets ideas from director

and feeds them down)

Design team read through their

scripts, go to rehearsals, start to put

ideas together etc

Meetings with the TD and director will

continue.

Once TD elected they recruit a design team

The design team will meet

together with TD and director,

discuss ideas etc. (Usually TD

gets ideas from director and

feeds them down)

Design team read through their

scripts, go to rehearsals, start to

put ideas together etc

Meetings with the TD and

director will continue.

A few weeks before the show, crew recruited by TD (usually through forum on website)

Designers start to show their ideas to

crew so set building or any prep work

can take place.

Set painting, building, prop finding,

costume making, effect tests etc

A few weeks before the show, crew recruited by TD (usually through forum on website)

Designers start to show their

ideas to crew so set building or

any prep work can take place.

Set painting, building, prop

finding, costume making, effect

tests etc

Sun – Get In all day, put LX up, set up sound, put set in.

Mon – Tech rehearsal, a chance for us to get

everything right

Tues – Dress rehearsal, run a close to how a show

will run as possible

Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat – Shows! Possible a matinee

or poss. a night off!

Sat night – Get Out, ready for next show.

Sun – Get In all day, put LX up, set up sound, put set in.

Mon – Tech rehearsal, a chance for us to

get everything right

Tues – Dress rehearsal, run a close to how

a show will run as possible

Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat – Shows! Possible a

matinee or poss. a night off!

Sat night – Get Out, ready for next show.

The Annex/Arts H

Nuffield Theatre

Turner Sims

Union

West Ref/Garden Court

Bridge

Cube

The Annex/Arts H

Nuffield Theatre

Turner Sims

Union

West Ref/Garden Court

Bridge

Cube

Lighting – Large stock of lights, LX desk, extra dimmers, some practical electrics (practicals)

Sound – Installed PA, sound desk, extra

speakers/monitors and amps, mics and

stands, cables multicore, show relay.

Stage – Comms (cans), tabs, blacks,

large stock of flats, loads of wood,

many many props & costumes.

Misc – large selection of power tools,

other tools, 2 ladders, paint

Lighting – Large stock of lights, LX desk, extra dimmers, some practical electrics (practicals)

Sound – Installed PA, sound desk,

extra speakers/monitors and

amps, mics and stands, cables

multicore, show relay.

Stage – Comms (cans), tabs,

blacks, large stock of flats, loads

of wood, many many props &

costumes.

Misc – large selection of power

tools, other tools, 2 ladders,

paint

Big Store – Flats, wood, staging

Small Store – Tools, ladders

Box – Lights, sound equipment, desks, cables etc

Lift Store– Incoming show store

House – Furniture, wood, props, costume

Big Store – Flats, wood, staging

Small Store – Tools, ladders

Box – Lights, sound equipment, desks, cables etc

Lift Store– Incoming show store

House – Furniture, wood, props, costume

Too much to tell you about now but we do loads!!!

Getting involved is the best way to

learn how things work – we are here to

help you!

TG Freshers’ play

Hope this give you a good starting

point.

Any questions?

Too much to tell you about now but we do loads!!!

Getting involved is the best way

to learn how things work – we

are here to help you!

TG Freshers’ play

Hope this give you a good

starting point.

Any questions?