The Play's the thing - Creative Team

[louis]

Does anyone have the full creative list of The Play's the thing 'On the thrid day' included all set,stage management.lights and sound .............. I cant seem to find it ???

 

 

Cheers

Louis

[Nickwoolley]

Hello,

 

On The Third Day is designed by Mark Thompson, with projections by Jon Driscoll, lighting by Paul Anderson and sound and music Adam Cork and, as the winning play of C4’s The Play’s The Thing, is being produced in the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions and Channel 4.

 

Hope that helps....

 

 

Nick

[nerissa]

Anyone else's jaw drop at the mention of the set being £80,000 over budget when costed? They still went ahead with no major changes and then had to redo it all in tech week due to changes in the script!

[Bobbsy]

My jaw dropped so far it hit the floor!

 

Looking at the set they built, I would have guessed the whole set could have been built for less than £80K....not £80K over budget! Unless there were elements not seen on TV, I just can't see it!

 

(Putting things in perspective, the material and construction costs for a 3 bedroom house tends to be around the £80,000 mark, the rest of the cost being land.)

 

Still, I did like the amount of coverage the technical team got during the final programme. I even liked the "We've got FOH clearance....No we can't have...there's a door open....Well, tell somebody" bit at the beginning of the show. Been there, seen that!

 

Bob

[Anton_Woodward]

The original set design had several motorised/hydraulic stage elevators that were completely unfeasible because of cost (£80,000), time (four weeks including design, build and fit-up), space and access. The remaining set was fairly heavily automated (by AVW), almost to musical theatre standard even though there is no permanent manual counterweight system in the theatre to power assist. Overall they got a lot of set for their money.

[Bobbsy]

Thanks Anton. That makes sense. I watched the TV version in hospital and was aware of some elements flying in and out, but didn't notice anything special. For the sort of automation you describe, the costs start to be rather more reasonable. It's a pity we didn't get a look at that aspect of the design via TV!

 

Bob