Tag: logistics

Stage Managers: Moving from Theatre to Ceremonies

My first experience of a ceremony was in 2008 when I was an ASM for the London Handover in Beijing – (the big red bus with Leona Lewis singing and Beckham kicking a football from it!) Originally out in Beijing as Stage Manager for the National Youth Theatre (who were singing the UK National Anthem), I threw myself at the handover stage management team for the 10 days we were out there and offered myself up in any way that could make me even the tiniest bit useful.

All Ceremonies Need Chairs And It’s Someone’s Job

Chairs.

No one really thinks about chairs, they are just there.
You are probably sitting on one while you read this. Where did it come from? How did it get there? Who else has sat on it………?

London Olympics Crew: That Time My Manager Called

That time my manager called to ask where I was and I was stuck on a pontoon in the middle of the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park in London. Yeah, that time.