Thanks to you all for your contributions.
On_Headset I think I shall definitely speak to the theatre manager (also course leader for Technical Theatre) about this issue. Any yes, you presume correctly that we have access to the theatre's resources-so much so, that we will go in to a basic rig with the black box already set out in traverse (It's festival theatre
). However, due to the vision of the director, he does not want to take advantage of the large resource of costumes (which I think is invaluable, and they ARE good) available to the university.
With reference to
loebtmc'scomment, he is a drama student, so his mark will have nothing to do with the production side (or at most, a VERY small percentage of his mark will count towards it). I appreciate, that as the director and playwright he has his artistic 'vision', and it is his 'baby' of 2 years, but.....
missliz; I will try and promote the idea suggested by you, the model by which, as I understand, most other shows are working to. This is the way in which I would prefer to work, especially as the 'beg, borrow or steal' method seems to work rather effectively (yes, I did borrow a zimmer frame from an old people's home once-I thought they might be reluctant to lend one of those!).
Also, I must point out that I was asked to work on this show (not sure about the cast members) by the director. Plus, this show is only scheduled for ONE performance!!
OK, mini-rant over. Time to think about a solution, now I have wise opinions. Thank you!