SCENERY PAINTING FOR THE AMATEUR MUSICAL THEATRE and PANTOMIME
This page was last updated on
6 July, 2007 9:20 PM

"Sleepover Planet" LIST OF CONTENTS.
We will all have our own ideas as to how to stage this Musical, with time, finance, expertise, materials, tools etc all affecting (effecting?) our decisions. Scenic Artist Brian Willis shares his thoughts here, but of course you don't have to copy any of these suggestions. However, somewhere within these pages might be an idea which you could use in your production.

I am in two minds whether you should put that link (above) to me and my scenery painting web site. It is up to you. I don't mind.
I am 71, so the question is - how much longer will I last? Or more to the point, - how much longer will I keep paying my ISP to continue hosting my web site? So it is inevitable that in a few years time the User will be met with the dreaded :-

"404 Error - File not found. The page you are looking for is now unavailable"

Hey that would look good engraved on my tombstone?
This Note added 6th July 2007.

A list of scenery/costume suggestions for various ways of producing "Sleepover Planet"
ARENA STAGE - A "Theatrical" performance in an Assembly Hall/Dining Hall/Sports Hall where the show takes place on the hall floor and the audience sits around, or in front of, the acting area, sometimes on raised (raked) seats.
  • Giant "Flip Chart" (Including construction details and thoughts on what to paint on the canvas.)
 
PROSCENIUM STAGE - A "Theatrical" performance in an Assembly Hall , where the stage floor is about one metre off the hall floor and (inevitably) the audience sits on chairs which are on the hall floor (These seats are rarely raked unless in a professional theatre)
  • GLOSSARY (New drawings added August 2005)
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