Topic Proposal: Revolving Stages
I have been tossing ideas in my head on the topic of my research project.
After watching a video on a stage production of the Hobbit it got me excited about revolving stages or alternative stages.
I watched this Youtube video: The Hobbit at The Grand Theatre - time lapse of set build and it showed two separate revolves – an inner and outer – which must have been very challenging to build and rewarding to see its completion.
There was another Youtube video: Underwater Stage Lifts for Le Reve (Handling Specialty Stage Lift Solutions) that showed how dynamic a stage can look using hydraulics to elevate actors and sets. This one even brought the stage underwater.
I can draw on my experience working on two sets that have invested in revolving stages: A Taste of Honey and Dark Road at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh.
The use of the revolving stages added to the performance of the actors, the story line and a dynamic sense of time and movement. Dark Road especially used the revolving stage to change sets and whilst doing so, the movement of the walls become projection panels to continue to tell the story while in between set changes – all this is due to the revolving stage.
The floor of the stage and its ability to revolve, move up and down, can add to the props, set and actors.
After watching a video on a stage production of the Hobbit it got me excited about revolving stages or alternative stages.
I watched this Youtube video: The Hobbit at The Grand Theatre - time lapse of set build and it showed two separate revolves – an inner and outer – which must have been very challenging to build and rewarding to see its completion.
There was another Youtube video: Underwater Stage Lifts for Le Reve (Handling Specialty Stage Lift Solutions) that showed how dynamic a stage can look using hydraulics to elevate actors and sets. This one even brought the stage underwater.
I can draw on my experience working on two sets that have invested in revolving stages: A Taste of Honey and Dark Road at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh.
The use of the revolving stages added to the performance of the actors, the story line and a dynamic sense of time and movement. Dark Road especially used the revolving stage to change sets and whilst doing so, the movement of the walls become projection panels to continue to tell the story while in between set changes – all this is due to the revolving stage.
The floor of the stage and its ability to revolve, move up and down, can add to the props, set and actors.
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