Below are images and documents regarding set design and set areas in Hand Me Down Theatre’s Take Me By The Tongue.
A more significant advantage [of promenade staging] can be a heightened sense of participation. A standing audience seems more physically connected to the actors on the stage then a sitting one. It becomes a crowd, a living, many headed organism with an ebb and flow of its own. (Caird, 2010, 568)
Idea 1= Promenade staging (Auditorium flattened)
Idea 2= The LPAC Auditorium staging
Idea 3= Auditorium flattened, chairs surrounding action
Idea 4= Auditorium flattened, audience in groups
Final design= Promenade staging (Auditorium flattened)
3D Set Designs (created by Andrew Tinley)
Set Management (created by Andrew Tinley)
All documents were completed by Libby Soper (unless stated otherwise above).
Our Production Manager/Stage Manager and Lighting Designer, Andrew Tinley was consulted regarding all set design decisions so therefore ensuring that the vision of the piece remained consistent throughout all the creative aspects of the show.
Work Cited:
Caird, J. (2010) A Director’s practical companion from A to Z. London: Faber and Faber limited.