Here's a set we did for Carousel in the King's Theatre in Ediburgh a few years back.
These are the only shots I have, which is a pity 'cos you can't see anything for all the dancers etc...
It was a fairly elaborate set, too - the main feature was a two-storey house, on a truck, that moved about the stage, and rotated to present different faces to the audience. It weighed quite a lot, and was, erm, interesting to move about on the King's stage, as it is quite steeply raked...
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Here's one we did for Return to the Forbidden Planet.
Again, you can't see much for all the dancers etc...
The main screen in the shot was back projected with live video and cgi generated in real time to go with the action on stage. Set was fairly simple, with no moving parts, but there were an awful lot of technical cues... plus 4 video cameras, 2 computers, an awful lot of wireless mikes... we had a laugh though!
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Here's one we did for Oklahoma!
Quite minimalist, this one. Worked nicely on the stage, I think.
Another tricky house/truck arrangement, but not as big (or as heavy) as the Carousel truck... What you can't see in these shots how it turns round and opens up to become Judd's smokehouse. Or the railway station. Or the other clever stuff we did!
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Opera Galactica
You probably never heard of this one... It's a spoof opera loosley inspired by the Star Wars series... We ran versions of this in the Edinburgh Festival a couple of years, to extensive critical acclaim. We had a laugh, anyway.
Here's a few shots of me with the R2 unit we built for the show - both (it and me) looking a little the worse for wear after 4 weeks of festival shows! It's head is a little loose here (you can see it sitting squint) because there's a drinks cabinet in there, and the hinges have worked a little loose... Great fun driving it around the stage though - the R/C system I made worked a charm!
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