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Tools of the Trade / Slapstick scenes involving water gags on stage
« on: Mar 12, 2013, 06:31 pm »
Hi,
I'm a theatre student (backstage) and have a project about slapstick productions. One of the themes are scenes involving water, food fights (pie in the face!) or other mess related.
We will do one production (tbd) incorporating many slapstick gags of this nature. I'd like to get any technical advice in terms of throwing water or messy things on stage. How to prepare, what to use and crucially cleaning up - both the stage and the actors through a play!
Aside from the production I need examples of plays which feature such scenes. I already know some classics like the pie scenes in Singin in the Rain and Comic Potential but really need to expand my list!
Any advice or examples of slapstick plays would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Heather
I'm a theatre student (backstage) and have a project about slapstick productions. One of the themes are scenes involving water, food fights (pie in the face!) or other mess related.
We will do one production (tbd) incorporating many slapstick gags of this nature. I'd like to get any technical advice in terms of throwing water or messy things on stage. How to prepare, what to use and crucially cleaning up - both the stage and the actors through a play!
Aside from the production I need examples of plays which feature such scenes. I already know some classics like the pie scenes in Singin in the Rain and Comic Potential but really need to expand my list!
Any advice or examples of slapstick plays would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Heather