hairwench Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 What would be the best cost effective way to make the large Hairspray can for Edna to emerge from at the end of the show ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave m Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 there was a similar question recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPAman Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 there was a similar question recently this is a link to it, and this is an older one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairwench Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Thankyou.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBoomal Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Flexible-MDF-Board-6x607x1220mm/p/190139 This stuff is incredibly useful for building anything curved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairwench Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Thanks again, our problem is ( as with most ) we are doing the production on a shoestring http://www.wickes.co...1220mm/p/190139 This stuff is incredibly useful for building anything curved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djw1981 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Papier mache then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigape Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 The school I work at did Hairspray last July and we had the same problem. Luckily, our caretaker knows which end of a hammer to hold, so he knocked up a 2 mtr high one, mainly from odds and ends found laying around in our woodshop. He made a can frame from 2 x 1 battens and screwed it to a large sheet of 12mm ply (forgive the mixing of units) which was then reinforced underneath with a smaller sheet. We found 4 industrial casters on a workshop bench which were 'borrowed' for the show and these were screwed to the base. The main body frame was designed to hinge in the middle so Edna could jump out at the right time and the whole thing cased in flexi MDF which was the only thing we had to buy (apart from the paint). The push button on top was an old plastic plant pot painted white. The cost of the whole prop was under £50 Just to make Ednas entrance more dramatic, we purchased some hand held single shot confetti cannons from mtfx and a stage hand fired this from behind the can when Edna appeared. We only used 1 per show, but the effect was incredible, the audience loved it. Just one tip, don't use ones with metallic confetti if you're using radio mics, and don't aim them at the lights! Hope that helps some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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