The soundboard fails at the climax of your show. How do you salvage the performance?
When the soundboard fails at the climax of your show, quick, strategic actions are essential to keep the audience engaged. Here’s how to salvage the performance:
How have you handled technical mishaps during a show? Share your strategies.
The soundboard fails at the climax of your show. How do you salvage the performance?
When the soundboard fails at the climax of your show, quick, strategic actions are essential to keep the audience engaged. Here’s how to salvage the performance:
How have you handled technical mishaps during a show? Share your strategies.
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I always work with actors who are skilled at improvisation and ready to jump in to cover any issues at any point they happen. This is crucial so the audience don’t even realise something has happened a lot of the time
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I was playing Captain Hook in Peter Pan in a small theatre. I was going off stage to light a prop bomb. A round canon ball with a sparkler. The sparkler was damp and wouldn't light. Knowing there was no one on stage I started talking to the audience from off stage. I told them to just hold on I'd be out in a minute. You in the third row sit back down. Do not turn on the lights. I'm coming out. Are you still there I asked? laughter started. Laughter grew bigger because the audience knew something had gone wrong. I kept talking to them in character. When I finally did get back on stage. I received much laughter and applause. The show never stopped. The audience felt like they were part of it. The dialogue from off stage was well appreciated.
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