sunray Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 when kitting out a new building in the early 2000s, we needed to buy sufficient stage weights for both theatre spaces. This was a large enough quantity to mean we could have them cast with the venue name. (Unfortunately, as we bought loose kit from both Halls and Flints, I can't remember which company supplied the weights, and whether Flints (given that Hall Stage no longer trades) still offer this service more than 15 years down the line... ) I think we needed to buy 50 or more weights, which would be a sizeable investment at current prices! I doubt this would stop them wandering, but at least if you go into a theatre, say for the sake of argument, in the North East of Scotland and see a stage weight with "Unicorn" cast into the top, you would know where it came from originally ! :DHas it worked though?We had 4 chrome & black leather bar stools for performers use with the name of the theatre pierced into an additional cross rail, one by one they disappeared over the course of a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) I doubt this would stop them wandering, but at least if you go into a theatre, say for the sake of argument, in the North East of Scotland and see a stage weight with "Unicorn" cast into the top, you would know where it came from originally ! :D Has it worked though?We had 4 chrome & black leather bar stools for performers use with the name of the theatre pierced into an additional cross rail, one by one they disappeared over the course of a year. couldn't tell you what the current situation is, I last worked there over 5 years ago... as I said in the post, I doubt it would be particularly effective against removal, accidental or otherwise. I would suspect a certain degree of distribution around non-stage areas of the building, as has been mentioned by others. To be honest, it wasn't really a serious anti theft measure, we just liked the idea of having our own branded stage weights - a bit like those schoolboys with nicknames on their Tees that were being discussed a little while ago.... :P Edited January 10, 2020 by andy_s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willjam39 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 If more venues cast their name into them I am sure someone would turn it into a game of who could collect the most names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunray Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 If more venues cast their name into them I am sure someone would turn it into a game of who could collect the most namesAbsolutely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomolding Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 Thanks for your help everyone, it has given me something to go on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ripley Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Ours used to wander when I was in a venue, many years ago, with a few Amateur/Light Operatic shows a year. Their sets were hired in, with stage weights but ours used to get either swapped or removed I then sprayed all our weights DayGlo Green and the problem stopped overnight David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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