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Kerry Lynch ATC Blog. Stage Manager Interview.
Blogs, Kerry Lynch's ATC Theatre BlogBEHIND THE SCENES – THE STAGE MANAGER
The stage manager’s role includes ensuring the smooth running of the production in rehearsals and during the season in the theatre. Looking after props, re-setting after each show and organising the cast are amongst the stage manager’s many tasks. In a production like The Importance of Being Earnest, Stage [...] -
Kerry Lynch’s ATC Blog: Day 4
Kerry Lynch's ATC Theatre BlogTHE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST BY THE AUCKLAND THEATRE COMPANY.
DAY 4 OF PRODUCTION WEEK. WEDNESDAY MARCH 10TH.
I arrived at the Maidment Theatre today at 1:00pm. The morning was scheduled for more dark time in the theatre and the repair of some of the props was necessary. Dress Rehearsal 1 began at 1:30pm. Nicola Blackman the [...] -
Kerry Lynch’s ATC Theatre Blog: Day 3
Blogs, Kerry Lynch's ATC Theatre BlogTHE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST BY THE AUCKLAND THEATRE COMPANY.
DAY 3 OF PRODUCTION WEEK. TUESDAY MARCH 9TH.
10-11am was spent on audio cues. The Director Colin Mc Coll has used Eden Mulholland to compose some guitar music with obvious allusions to Jimi Hendrix as this relates to the ‘60’s Now’ concept for the play. To clarify [...] -
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Kerry Lynch’s ATC Theatre Blog: Day 2
Blogs, Kerry Lynch's ATC Theatre Blog, ProductionsMONDAY MARCH 8 2010
I arrived at the Maidment Theatre at 11:30am. The Importance of Being Earnest set was completed and the stage was full of the furnishings that make Algernon’s flat a ‘stylish squat’ i.e. mattress, classical sculpture of Zeus, magazines, photographic umbrella, guitar and amp. The lighting trusses and ramps on each side of the [...] -
ATC Theatre Blog: Sunday March 7th. DAY 1. 10am
Kerry Lynch's ATC Theatre BlogI arrived at the Maidment at 10am this morning. The auditorium has undergone a significant change in the past 12 hours alone. Gone is Le Sud’s opulent set, I asked Ben Hambling the technical manager whether Tracey Grant Lord’s Set has been packed away his reply was “yes in a skip bin”, even big theatre’s it appears have no room for sentimentality.
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ATC Theatre Blog: Pre Production Week Period
Kerry Lynch's ATC Theatre BlogProbably the biggest eye opener for me as an HOD who has staged many productions was how detailed and specific (of military precision comes to mind) the A3 production week schedule was.
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Kerry Lynch’s Auckland Theatre Company Theatre Blog: Introduction
Kerry Lynch's ATC Theatre BlogThis year, thanks to the Royal Society Fellowship, I am able to focus on theatre design and technology. One of my first opportunities has been to observe the design and technical process for the A.T.C’s production of ‘The Importance of being Earnest’.
