Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rain. Show all posts

Wednesday, 23 July 2014

Lightning and computer problems!

Hi everyone
As you may be aware recently over in the United Kingdom we've had some dramatic weather...which has caused alot of damage.
BBC News article
One of the unfortunate casualties from all the lightning is my computer.It is suffering from a power surge, that it acquired Sunday afternoon. The surge has knocked out my computers power supply, memory chips and the motherboard. Along with the power supplies to our home phone and our internet router.
Until it is 'hopefully' repaired tomorrow I have come around Jamie's to make use of his laptop and internet.
Once I got home from Cornwall I was going to write my final Minack Theatre Advice blog posts. As I didn't get a chance to write my seventh or eighth posts...so I am going to write them once my computer is up and running!


Monday, 14 July 2014

Minack Theatre Advice Day 3- Wind and rain!

Hi guys
Today my tip is all about weather! This is because earlier we were "trying" to preset the stage for act 1...but we were having problems with the wind. It was attempting to blow of all the props on our altar.
Now it has just started to mizzle, which is a combination of drizzle and mist. Fortunately in the United Kingdom we don't have 178 different words for rain like they do on Ferenginar!
So my third tip for the Minack is to weight down loose with as many stage weights as you can get your hands on. But I echoe what dad said about the topic two years ago:
So if it is likely to blow away tie it down, if you can't tie it down - hold the b****r down. If none of that is possible get rid of it - because if you don't, the wind will do it for you!!
For rain my tip is to set the loose props last, otherwise they will fly away forget very wet!


Dad Advice 2012- Day 3