Bryson Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Yes...not sure where I got Dave from...maybe it's because I know a big Dave....I'm sure senility shouldn't set in yet...surely..? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirdtap Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Really for a tech question it is quite acceptable to introduce a technical Dave. I remember touring and each theatre had its own technical Dave. Sometimes more than one other times they had a rota and people would 'dep' the Dave roll. What has happened to this important theatrical tradition?Has the arts council cut the budget for staffing and training of Daves to the theatre?In Scotland the tradition is for a tech Iain. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryson Posted March 6, 2003 Author Share Posted March 6, 2003 Really for a tech question it is quite acceptable to introduce a technical Dave. I remember touring and each theatre had its own technical Dave. Sometimes more than one other times they had a rota and people would 'dep' the Dave roll. What has happened to this important theatrical tradition?Has the arts council cut the budget for staffing and training of Daves to the theatre?In Scotland the tradition is for a tech Iain. ;)And all Buildings Managers must be named Bob. Our last building manager was called Bob. The current one is called Bob. His deputy is Mick (but his middle name is Bob) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Strange... my local builder is called Bob as well... so's the one on the TV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Derby Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Well I'm definitely a Bob, but I'm tech Bob - although I'm on a week's hols at the mo doing some building... hmmm how strange... In our building its birthdays that are the common thing... I share mine with two others Just for the record... Bob really is my uncle (and I too am an uncle Bob) so I never understand why people say "... and Bob's your uncle!" - I already know! More sleep for me methinks! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Bobs not my uncle...but he is a very good builder, no matter how big the job is he does it in 1 day, and always has time to clean up at the end, and come to think of it I have never seen him ask for money...humm somthing fishy going on there I thinkstudent life... time to analise Bob The Builder... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirdtap Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 I am sorry I have created a monster here.Maybe the tech Dave funding has gone out to private funding to pay for Bobs? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickLee Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 As I understand it, there's always a Steve at the end of the line when it goes pear-shaped, and to call in at the last minute when the lighting man / sound man / DSM / scene shifter falls dead drunk.He's always either bitterly cynical or incredibly chirpy whatever happens, and always will come out for a pint after it's all done - but only one, mind you. N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James C Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 Has it struck anyone else that there are a lot of Pauls running Lighting Hire companies? There are three within 20 mins of me. Jo's (4 come to mind) make very good DSMs, too, I find. Just musing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 If we're talking about DSMs, has anyone noticed how nearly all of them either have hair extensions or artifically coloured (normally red, of varying shades between R26 and #789) hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirdtap Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 No the hair colour thing has completely passed some DSMs I work with by.Maybe because they are usually about 40ish and bald. Maybe I should bring it up and ask him to get with the 'team'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 I tend to find a lot of Tim's in the Lighting world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers Shepperd Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 Ages ago when I worked for Theatre Projects, we discovered that there was a very high proportion of Taureans in the lighting department - ho hum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lightnix Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 How strange, I'm a Taurean too. When I started in the West End back in the 80s, it seemed that most technical blokes were called either Dave, Ian or Andy. Of those it always seemed that the Daves were the trusty stalwarts, the Ians were the whingers / backstabbers and the Andys were the wide boys / troublemakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted March 7, 2003 Share Posted March 7, 2003 The Playhouse Theatre in Weston has a huge number of Pete's.The Technical Manager is a Pete, The Trainee is a Pete and I'm a Pete. If we're all working there it can get a tad confusing. However when we had the Sooty Show in a few years back, the Pete Quotient went up to 6 as there were three with the company! It was a little odd to say the least as when someone called 'Pete' there were at least 4 replies! ;) We are thinking of making it a theatre policy for all new staff to change their name to Pete to avoid confusion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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