Thanks, Linda, for the glo tape site.

Yesterday I found white electrical tape and taped all steps down into backstage.  Then showed the cast where to step when they come off stage. Also gave them a lecture on shoving. For the one contentious scene I stood there with flashlight and my arm out for the actress to lean on as she gets out of her wheelchair and steps down .  Also stood there for every other SL exit with my little flashlight.  My ASM covered SR.

Now I have to give the cast a second lecture about letting the stage crew do their stuff before they can go on for their scenes.  Too much crowding at the doorways.  Eager bunch of actors! *G*

I think I will advise no more plays with 14 scene changes.  Too many opportunities for accidents.
 

I?m probably getting mixed up? But if I remember correctly? K8tts play  is a mufti scene set, divided into 3 zones or possibly extended to 5. Using lighting to split the full setting into separate acting areas?
Plays like ?Hotel Sorrento? & ?Travelling North? by those Aussie writers,  come to mind. As having over 20 odd scene changes of 5 separate set locations!
Primarily they were written for TV or with TV in mind, but to be performed on stage!
?Man Of La Mancha? as a play with music, which is a good example of a multi scene setting. Which was great to direct, design & do the mise en scene for!
However I have endured a quite a few plays & musicals were the scene changes, were done by bringing the tabs or house rag every time. That it  became long enough, for me to be expecting the house lights & even interlude music for an Interval!
In all cases I ensure that scene changes became seamless, by applying the 5 P?s! Working on the basis, that if the punters have to wait  30 seconds for a scene change, it is far too long!
There is a lot of tennis style plays out there, that ping pong back & forth between the same scenes. Either they  forget or don?t realise there is a big difference between, having live punters in an auditorium & those who are inside a TV camera?





 
 

Prior [or Pre ] Planning Prevents [P*ss] Poor Production!
It can be six or more if you wish!

 I couldn?t remember the actual play! It is a problem when you have little or no space backstage.
I have done a few Musicals in a postage stamp space, it is difficult to put the complex into the simplex, but I bet your enjoying it?
At least your not bored watching movies on portable TV?s between cues!
We have only a 100 square metre stage, when I did the first show there, which was a tap dancing production. So we built an Apron stage 2.4m x 8.2m level with the stage, from wooden folding gate leg rostra. Which in fact made the small wing space more manageable.
The rostra is easy to remove foldaway, store & reinstall. Although it has become a permanent gaff fixture now, & used for all our & other hall users events!
With a lot of musicals especially in small spaces, I choreograph moves for the cast, during rehearsals, to move props or set pieces. As part of their exit or entrances, on brown or black out scene changes. Which works better & relieves the pressure on the crew.
Back in the 60?s I designed a CT production of ?Alfie?. Unfortunately we couldn?t afford to build a revolve, as it had multiple short cameo scenes. So I built a removable central post, with 3 flats that pivoted & revolved around it. It worked out well, except they brought in an Assistant Director who only knew about TV production. Who almost sent us round the twist, because she wanted heaps of furniture, props & set pieces. Everything from a full 2 bed hospital ward, 3 apartments & also a real sports car on stage.
Needless to say by the time we got to the dress rehearsal all the unneeded props & whatever ended up being diced out the door. It finally got back to just the revolving flats, minimal props & set pieces, that I designed originaly!
We were bought off & used the new sports car, because the car yard payed a heap out in advertising &sponsorship. But the deck crew required dropped to 2 from 7. The AD quietly evaporated, only fronting up for the after season party, which was more acceptable!    

I have to take a challenge.

I can think of one that has less than five sets.  It's the perfect show:  A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum  - hardly any costume changes, either.  Also, The Fantasticks - one set, no costume changes.