HAIRSPRAY CAN

[hairwench]

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 ?

[Dave m]

there was a similar question recently

[MarkPAman]

there was a similar question recently

 

this is a link to it, and this is an older one.

[hairwench]

Thankyou....

[MrBoomal]

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Flexible-MDF-Board-6x607x1220mm/p/190139

 

 

 

 

This stuff is incredibly useful for building anything curved.

 

 

 

[hairwench]

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[djw1981]

Papier mache then?

[Bigape]

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