#theater technician

[courferre-stan]

“why do they not have any nips” - a normal quote from a day in the life of a theater technician.

[nerd-at-sea5]

a list of things and places in my schools theater that i’ve fallen asleep on/in

- a chair.

- under the light desk in the booth

- on the catwalk (2x in one day)

- the dressing room (during a dance party)

- my friends shoulder (many locations)

[sappy-detective]

theater kid ouma x technician shuichi

[upstagetraveler]

And just like that we close out another amazing run of our Summer Theatre Series student performances of Treasure Island in our Black Box and Mary Poppins on our main stage. #TalentPerformsHere #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork

[whatislifebesidesrehearsal]

Stage Tech: the run sheet isnt real and cant hurt me

submitted by @manicpixiemonster

[mimosaapapi]

Another BOMB ass day at work, hope y’all had a smooth Friday baybeee!

[holy-anxiety-batman]

i <3 bitching with my coworkers

[maybeamiles]

Oh fuck new film I just signed on to might need me to do actual set construction I'm literally not qualified for this shit.

[your-local-granny]

Being critical of art is all fun and games until you are the art that is being critiqued :(

[eggs-can-draw]

They wish to encourage you then

I love being an evil dictator

[ourownside]

actually screaming this fucking play is cursed

so im running light and sound tech for a local, small-town production of Deathtrap and everything that can go wrong Is Going Wrong.

original actor for clifford MOVED TO ARIZONA so we had to pull in someone else.

everyone's getting sick so i'm doing all this shit while violently coughing and feeling like i'm on the verge of passing out and the stage manager is coughing up a storm next to me

yesterday one of the cameras i need to see part of the stage fell a bit and started glitching, so i had to climb up on a ladder while my friend held it so i could tighten the camera while the stage manager resets it. still glitching the whole night

got a cut on my finger during that process, found a spider in the bathroom while cleaning it out

some cast members are concerns about the actor for sidney getting legitimate head trauma

actor for helga almost cut her hand holding the dagger during one rehearsal

first two days of dress rehearsal the speakers had blown out the previous week so we couldnt hear shit in the sound booth and i missed a gunshot cue both nights

the sound system blew out last night for the first act and i had to reboot the whole system

on top of all that a fucking wasp decided to chill in the sound booth and so the stage manager had to kill that while i was hyperventilating over the shitty sound system

i'm having medical issues and now have to see a doctor, and am worrying that if something is actually seriously wrong i won't be able to run the booth next weekend

but y'all know what? i'm having a blast and i can't wait for tonight

[mobydyke]

just tried to take off my boots without untying them so that's a wrap on my 90 hour week y'all

[nerd-at-sea5]

holy crap that was an experience

[stagey-bex]

Hellooooooo

I’m Bex

Long story short (great Taylor Swift song!):

I’m a British theatre kid…

I’m 18…

I made the decision to work in technical theatre at 12…

I chose stage management at 14…

I have been working in a regional theatre for the past year, as a casual technician…

I am now at the point of starting drama school to study stage management…

I want to share my experiences and my journey in this industry, and I usually have a lot to say so this is going to be a bit chaotic and long winded

I’m afraid this won’t just be my career rambles, I also like rambling about shows I see, and I see quite a few

I hope you enjoy :)

Ooooooh so you stuck around

Thank you 🥹

The long story:

I’m 18 (for a couple more days)

I’ve grown up just north of London, giving me perfect access to the west end whilst also being near receiving regional theatres and seeing most shows possible.

I have always been involved with the performing arts in some way, but went from performing to crew after a massive confidence break when I was 12.

I was crew for many school productions and accidentally fell into the role of stage manager as my school did not have one…someone pointed out to me that’s what I was kind of doing so I looked into it and tried to learn best I could online.

At 14 I made the decision I was going to be a stage manager, and begun researching drama schools and how to get in and get the training

At 15, a month after I had stage managed an amateur panto for the first time, the country went into lockdown and I thought I had lost my dream and the industry would not survive or that there would not be an opportunity for me (oh how wrong I was!!)

At 16 I was researching drama schools, having my eye on a particular one, and working towards hopefully getting in, building up my experience and learning through school shows, using what I had learnt in a practical setting. I reached out to a stage manager who came from my town and had a similar route in to me, who was at my dream drama school, and she begun giving me advice.

At 17, I visited the backstage of a professional theatre for the first time. And I found out about the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT), applying to ASM with them over my summer holiday…and so I did, having a great time and working a show where I was able to learn and use skills I already knew. That experience gave me the confidence to apply for a job at my local theatre, which I got, and have been working at for the past year.

18 has been a fun one…

18 has given me west end experience, working professionally, getting into drama school, doing NYMT again, and it’s given me the harder side of the industry, which have assured me I’m good here and I don’t want to leave even through the rude crew and unsociable (LONG) hours.

I’m so close to doing exactly what my dream has been…so close I’ve already had a taster

I want to share my journey and tell my story, to people who might be interested, and to people who might relate or be able to offer advice.

Thank you for reading all this!!

Bex off comms

:)

[nathaniacolver]

robotics nerds lacking representation is interesting in a way bc WHY am i not surprised????? like genuinely i don't understand why i am not surprised. stem side of tumblr stand up!!!!!

instrument or sport if applicable in tags. if you wish

[supercreig]

I can't help but see the broship of Gregory and Craig here sometimes