I was wondering, has anyone designed sets/lights for Les Miserables? If so please post pictures so we can all see them. I'm not designing for the show or anything just seeing what people come up with is intresting to me.

 

Thanks!

 

and there you will find Mark's E-Mail contacts as well as a video of the assembly they did in time-lapse slide show - I think pictures taken every mintue or something crazy like that.  ALSO if you go to YouTube and do a search on HUNTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LES MIS you will find a number of videos posted by someone (looks like from a cell phone) and see and hear these incredibly talented young people.  There are about 7 videos or so.  Great stuff.  We drove almost 400 miles to go see the show.  I fell in love with the kids last year and the director and I have become GREAT friends who I wish I was there and could work more with.  Awesome guy, great energy and love for teaching and putting things like this together.

 

Check with Mark Eccleston though - the guy is phenomenal.

 

TonyDi

 

 

The stage had a proscenium opening of 60' wide and only 16' high.  The stage was only 24' deep so it did not lend itself to using a revolve.

The barricade was three peices, a center unit that could turn so you could see both sides, and two side sections that retracted offstage as well as up into the air.  It was very impressive and even though it looked like we used hydrolics or some other type of automation, it was actually achieved in a very lo-tech manner.

 

When working with high schools, I design the sets and lights and then teach students how to build, paint, hang, focus and run the show.  Everything you see is done by the kids.  By the end of the run, the tech kids are just as involved and proud of their accomplishments as anyone who might appear on the stage.

 

 

My technical stuff has lots of potential for "Murphy's Law" incidents...the motorized turntable, the flying bridge, the trap door, the gigantic barricade units, the rolling carts, the smoke and hazers, the starter pistol, the sound effects, the lighting effects, the wireless body mics...plus my crew of 23 teenagers. 

 

But it's going to be great.  I will try to post some production photos and behind-the-scenes video clips once it opens and I recover from these 16 hour days... 

 

-Dana

I was proud of the cast and crew.  It was the most seamless and flawless production we have ever done.  As the Tech Director, there were no nail-biting moments for me last night.  All the set changes and effects went perfectly.  And as the designer, I finally got a chance to just sit back and absorb the show...(instead of rushing to the booth to tweek a light cue or taking notes on my never-ending scenic to-do list).  Ah...what a relief to have this one done...!

 

The local TV news station came to film the first dress last Monday, so I have included a link to it below.  On the righthand side of the news page is a "Flash" video of a two minute long news report.  They show a few scenes from the top of Act I. 

 

And here is a school news report that includes the behind the scenes audio from the stage manager's headset.  Be sure to click on "HQ" to watch it in high quality: