Category Archives: Showbiz

Entertainment in all its forms

Little donkey, little donkey…

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Shades

This week, I went to see Show of Hands and we all went to see Hairspray. That is our last theatre outing now until Boxing Day after a busy couple of months. Plenty of shows coming up in 2011 though, … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Showbiz | 1 Comment

“How do you handle the insanity?”

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Shades

Denise Marsa is The Music Mentor. Her day job would make great fly on the wall reality TV. Here is her pilot teaser to get a network to bite. Slickly produced with some great music as well. Check out her … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Showbiz | Leave a comment

Old and new flying at the National- part 2, the new

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Shades

The new system control desk is a lot more intuitive than the old and uses 2D & 3D graphics to great effect. It has two physical controllers but virtually there are six and a paging arrangement means that the flyman … Continue reading →

Posted in Showbiz, Techy | Tagged | Leave a comment

Old and new flying at the National- part 1, the old

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Shades

I had a very interesting technical visit to the National Theatre last Tuesday morning, including a visit to the grid 27.5m above the Olivier stage. The Olivier is an open stage in an ampitheatre style and the fly tower is … Continue reading →

Posted in Showbiz, Techy | Tagged | Leave a comment

Before and after

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Shades

I inherited a Theatre collection after the unfortunate death of its owner, Mervyn Gould, this time last year. I have been gradually collecting and sorting items since then but there was a major task to achieve. Yesterday, I rented a … Continue reading →

Posted in Memories, Showbiz | Leave a comment