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Designing a Multi-Drop Show with out a Fly System. Theatre USA’s Production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The Show A Show with in a Show The Musical Hall Royale Players The Stage of the Musical Hall Royale The Mystery of Edwin Drood 7 locations
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Designing a Multi-Drop Show with out a Fly System Theatre USA’s Production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood • The Show • A Show with in a Show • The Musical Hall Royale Players • The Stage of the Musical Hall Royale • The Mystery of Edwin Drood • 7 locations • The Home of John Jasper • The Nun’s House • The Opium Den • Cloisterham High Street • The Graveyard • Minor Canon Corner • Cloisterham Station
The Mystery of Edwin Drood • Our Theatre • Tension wire lighting grid No wing space • Shop can be use as off stage area Not a lot of depth • Front of stage can be reconfigured Cyc is back wall
The Mystery of Edwin Drood • Possible Solutions • Using a generic back drop for all the scene • Rolling platforms with sets mounted on them • Carrying on and setting up flats for each scene • Using roll drops
The Mystery of Edwin Drood • Complications/Problems • Wagons • No wing space for wagons • Could swap wagons out in shop • Carrying on flats • Time! • 2 changes take have less than 30 second • 7 lines • 3 changes happen in view of audience • Roll Drops • Possible • We have used roll drops in the past • How much room each drop would need • How to rig then from the grid
The Mystery of Edwin Drood • Solution • Use flats in a tracking system
The Mystery of Edwin Drood The Home of John Jasper Ii & Ivi
The Mystery of Edwin Drood The Conservatory at the Nun’s House Iii
The Mystery of Edwin Drood The opium den of the Princess Puffer Iiii
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Cloisterham High Street Iiv, Ivii & IIii
The Mystery of Edwin Drood The graveyard of Cloisterham Cathedral Iv & IIii
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Cloisterham Station IIi
The Mystery of Edwin Drood The Stage of the Musical Hall Royale