Hey everyone, here are a few pics from a Set Design I did for the musical, "Little Shop of Horrors" for the Callingwood Private school in West Vancouver, BC. It was a big show that we did not have anyone help us with. The build was done by me, my partner Jeff and our friend Jay. This was one of those examples of how much hard work has to be done when you are just starting out. We built it all in the school garage and with VERY LITTLE funds. We bought mistinted paint, and asked any friends to help who could. It is also one of the best memories I have of building a set because I spent a lot of time with my friends and the result was amazing!!! Please enjoy the pics and commentary:) These structures are supported by rented scaffolding. We attached building walls to the sides. The bricks are stamped on with paint and look quite realistic in the right lighting. Props and set decoration were very important for the "skid row" atmosphere This unit rotated on wheels and allowed for set changes and transitions. All these treatments are painted on effects. The clock wall opens to allow the Giant Plant to appear. Doors and windows were built from scratch by Jeff Cox The window is bug screen, which allowed me to paint words on it but have no glare. All this furniture is made from scratch!! The props are from my living room!! As usual it all starts with a model. This one was just pen and ink with watercolor paint. Top View of Model The views helped the director understand my vision, and allowed for changes. The front stage area (Thrust) was custom built as well. The street Lamp was never rented...budget didn't allow. Push Pin Pivot!!! The perches on each side was a great place for the back up girls to sing... Thank you again for the visit!! I hope you come by again!!! Lance

Hey everyone, here are a few pics from a Set Design I did for the musical, "Little Shop of Horrors" for the Callingwood Private school in West Vancouver, BC. It was a big show that we did not have anyone help us with. The build was done by me, my partner Jeff and our friend Jay. This was one of those examples of how much hard work has to be done when you are just starting out. We built it all in the school garage and with VERY LITTLE funds. We bought mistinted paint, and asked any friends to help who could. It is also one of the best memories I have of building a set because I spent a lot of time with my friends and the result was amazing!!! Please enjoy the pics and commentary:) These structures are supported by rented scaffolding. We attached building walls to the sides. The bricks are stamped on with paint and look quite realistic in the right lighting. Props and set decoration were very important for the "skid row" atmosphere This unit rotated on wheels and allowed for set changes and transitions. All these treatments are painted on effects. The clock wall opens to allow the Giant Plant to appear. Doors and windows were built from scratch by Jeff Cox The window is bug screen, which allowed me to paint words on it but have no glare. All this furniture is made from scratch!! The props are from my living room!! As usual it all starts with a model. This one was just pen and ink with watercolor paint. Top View of Model The views helped the director understand my vision, and allowed for changes. The front stage area (Thrust) was custom built as well. The street Lamp was never rented...budget didn't allow. Push Pin Pivot!!! The perches on each side was a great place for the back up girls to sing... Thank you again for the visit!! I hope you come by again!!! Lance

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The Fulton Theatre's 2017-18 season opener, the musical 'Little Shop of Horrors,' is dazzling and spirited with a glittering flourish.

Hey everyone, here are a few pics from a Set Design I did for the musical, "Little Shop of Horrors" for the Callingwood Private school in West Vancouver, BC. It was a big show that we did not have anyone help us with. The build was done by me, my partner Jeff and our friend Jay. This was one of those examples of how much hard work has to be done when you are just starting out. We built it all in the school garage and with VERY LITTLE funds. We bought mistinted paint, and asked any friends to help who could. It is also one of the best memories I have of building a set because I spent a lot of time with my friends and the result was amazing!!! Please enjoy the pics and commentary:) These structures are supported by rented scaffolding. We attached building walls to the sides. The bricks are stamped on with paint and look quite realistic in the right lighting. Props and set decoration were very important for the "skid row" atmosphere This unit rotated on wheels and allowed for set changes and transitions. All these treatments are painted on effects. The clock wall opens to allow the Giant Plant to appear. Doors and windows were built from scratch by Jeff Cox The window is bug screen, which allowed me to paint words on it but have no glare. All this furniture is made from scratch!! The props are from my living room!! As usual it all starts with a model. This one was just pen and ink with watercolor paint. Top View of Model The views helped the director understand my vision, and allowed for changes. The front stage area (Thrust) was custom built as well. The street Lamp was never rented...budget didn't allow. Push Pin Pivot!!! The perches on each side was a great place for the back up girls to sing... Thank you again for the visit!! I hope you come by again!!! Lance

Hey everyone, here are a few pics from a Set Design I did for the musical, "Little Shop of Horrors" for the Callingwood Private school in West Vancouver, BC. It was a big show that we did not have anyone help us with. The build was done by me, my partner Jeff and our friend Jay. This was one of those examples of how much hard work has to be done when you are just starting out. We built it all in the school garage and with VERY LITTLE funds. We bought mistinted paint, and asked any friends to help who could. It is also one of the best memories I have of building a set because I spent a lot of time with my friends and the result was amazing!!! Please enjoy the pics and commentary:) These structures are supported by rented scaffolding. We attached building walls to the sides. The bricks are stamped on with paint and look quite realistic in the right lighting. Props and set decoration were very important for the "skid row" atmosphere This unit rotated on wheels and allowed for set changes and transitions. All these treatments are painted on effects. The clock wall opens to allow the Giant Plant to appear. Doors and windows were built from scratch by Jeff Cox The window is bug screen, which allowed me to paint words on it but have no glare. All this furniture is made from scratch!! The props are from my living room!! As usual it all starts with a model. This one was just pen and ink with watercolor paint. Top View of Model The views helped the director understand my vision, and allowed for changes. The front stage area (Thrust) was custom built as well. The street Lamp was never rented...budget didn't allow. Push Pin Pivot!!! The perches on each side was a great place for the back up girls to sing... Thank you again for the visit!! I hope you come by again!!! Lance

Inspired by the blockbuster 1960 Roger Corman film, the monster musical hit LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS comes to Theatre at the Center, 1040 Ridge Road, Munster, now through August 19. Check out the production in the photos below!

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Hey everyone, here are a few pics from a Set Design I did for the musical, "Little Shop of Horrors" for the Callingwood Private school in West Vancouver, BC. It was a big show that we did not have anyone help us with. The build was done by me, my partner Jeff and our friend Jay. This was one of those examples of how much hard work has to be done when you are just starting out. We built it all in the school garage and with VERY LITTLE funds. We bought mistinted paint, and asked any friends to help who could. It is also one of the best memories I have of building a set because I spent a lot of time with my friends and the result was amazing!!! Please enjoy the pics and commentary:) These structures are supported by rented scaffolding. We attached building walls to the sides. The bricks are stamped on with paint and look quite realistic in the right lighting. Props and set decoration were very important for the "skid row" atmosphere This unit rotated on wheels and allowed for set changes and transitions. All these treatments are painted on effects. The clock wall opens to allow the Giant Plant to appear. Doors and windows were built from scratch by Jeff Cox The window is bug screen, which allowed me to paint words on it but have no glare. All this furniture is made from scratch!! The props are from my living room!! As usual it all starts with a model. This one was just pen and ink with watercolor paint. Top View of Model The views helped the director understand my vision, and allowed for changes. The front stage area (Thrust) was custom built as well. The street Lamp was never rented...budget didn't allow. Push Pin Pivot!!! The perches on each side was a great place for the back up girls to sing... Thank you again for the visit!! I hope you come by again!!! Lance

Crew sign-up sheets are now available outside of the Auditorium. If you are interested in being part of the actual production crew (the crew who runs the performances) or the stage manager, make sure you complete a form and submit it in the mail slot on the concession stand door. I need these by Wednesday, June 1st. I'll have a crew list by Thursday, June 2nd, and we'll have a brief production meeting after the 7th hour final on Thursday. The set for Little Shop of Horrors (LSOH) will be a bit more complicated than our past September shows. There are two main settings - an exterior setting for Skid Row, and the interior of Mushnik's Flower Shop - with a few other single-scene settings that need to be interpreted. This is what Skid Row will look like:  Set rendering: "Skid Row" for WHS's production of Little Shop of Horrors.  The center part of the set will be on a revolve. You'll note that we also have working doors to condend with. When we see Mushkin's Flower Shop, the center will revolve to look like so:  Set rendering: "Musckin's Flower Shop for WHS's production of Little Shop of Horrors.  These designs are preliminary drafts of the design, and will likely change over the summer. Check this blog regularly for updates to the design. Set work will begin on August 8th. We are well aware of the music camps that will be taking place during that time, so we know that you'll be occupied at various times during the weeks leading up to the first day of school. A more detailed work schedule will also appear on this blog site, so check regularly after the first of August. Remember, the crew sign-up forms are due Wednesday, June 1st!

Students get in a final dress rehearsal for the theatre department's production of "Little Shop of Horrors." Three performances will be offered this weekend. More info here: http://bit.ly/1AxinBY (Photos by Stephen Porter)

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In order to make the plant, we used images of how to make one and followed the instructions; we adapted on some of the instructions and used some of our own materials, such as card, foam and paper. We had to read through the instructions and look at each image thoroughly as we did not know where to start on making the plant. After looking at the instructions, we made some of our own decisions and put each idea into making the plant. These are the images we used to help us create the plant- This first image shows how the plant pot can be put onto a table and guided by one of the actors hand to make it move, in some of the scenes, we needed to make two of the plants as there was a hand puppet one and a big one where one of the actors had to stand inside it and move in order for it to look like it was talking and moving. This second image shows the measurements and how the plant prop could be lifted as a hand puppet and used, it also shows how the hand of the person could grab onto the whole inside of the plants mouth, to make it easier to handle. The third image gave us an idea on how to make the big plant more affective, as we needed to figure out how to make it fit onto someone standing, instead of sitting down, as in the instructions it was showing how to make it for someone sitting down. This gave us ideas of having the person stand on a chair and wear the head peace of the plant first, and instead of making a full costume, they would have a piece of green fabric for the stem, with the chair covered by a plant pot. The fourth image helped us understand how big the head had to be, insuring that it wasn’t too small to allow the person wearing it to breathe. We figured out that by drawing around one of the members of the group and cutting it out, we could visualise how big the headpiece would have to be. After looking at all of the images we decided how big the headpiece was going to be, we had already made the hand prop of the plant giving the actor/actress enough hand space to guide the plant around. We also started to make the bigger plant pot to cover the chair that the person holding the plant was going to be on. These instructions had helped us a lot, giving us ideas on how to design the plant and how big it had to be.

Hey everyone, here are a few pics from a Set Design I did for the musical, "Little Shop of Horrors" for the Callingwood Private school in West Vancouver, BC. It was a big show that we did not have anyone help us with. The build was done by me, my partner Jeff and our friend Jay. This was one of those examples of how much hard work has to be done when you are just starting out. We built it all in the school garage and with VERY LITTLE funds. We bought mistinted paint, and asked any friends to help who could. It is also one of the best memories I have of building a set because I spent a lot of time with my friends and the result was amazing!!! Please enjoy the pics and commentary:) These structures are supported by rented scaffolding. We attached building walls to the sides. The bricks are stamped on with paint and look quite realistic in the right lighting. Props and set decoration were very important for the "skid row" atmosphere This unit rotated on wheels and allowed for set changes and transitions. All these treatments are painted on effects. The clock wall opens to allow the Giant Plant to appear. Doors and windows were built from scratch by Jeff Cox The window is bug screen, which allowed me to paint words on it but have no glare. All this furniture is made from scratch!! The props are from my living room!! As usual it all starts with a model. This one was just pen and ink with watercolor paint. Top View of Model The views helped the director understand my vision, and allowed for changes. The front stage area (Thrust) was custom built as well. The street Lamp was never rented...budget didn't allow. Push Pin Pivot!!! The perches on each side was a great place for the back up girls to sing... Thank you again for the visit!! I hope you come by again!!! Lance

Hey everyone, here are a few pics from a Set Design I did for the musical, "Little Shop of Horrors" for the Callingwood Private school in West Vancouver, BC. It was a big show that we did not have anyone help us with. The build was done by me, my partner Jeff and our friend Jay. This was one of those examples of how much hard work has to be done when you are just starting out. We built it all in the school garage and with VERY LITTLE funds. We bought mistinted paint, and asked any friends to help who could. It is also one of the best memories I have of building a set because I spent a lot of time with my friends and the result was amazing!!! Please enjoy the pics and commentary:) These structures are supported by rented scaffolding. We attached building walls to the sides. The bricks are stamped on with paint and look quite realistic in the right lighting. Props and set decoration were very important for the "skid row" atmosphere This unit rotated on wheels and allowed for set changes and transitions. All these treatments are painted on effects. The clock wall opens to allow the Giant Plant to appear. Doors and windows were built from scratch by Jeff Cox The window is bug screen, which allowed me to paint words on it but have no glare. All this furniture is made from scratch!! The props are from my living room!! As usual it all starts with a model. This one was just pen and ink with watercolor paint. Top View of Model The views helped the director understand my vision, and allowed for changes. The front stage area (Thrust) was custom built as well. The street Lamp was never rented...budget didn't allow. Push Pin Pivot!!! The perches on each side was a great place for the back up girls to sing... Thank you again for the visit!! I hope you come by again!!! Lance

Dannielle: My daughter wanted to be Audrey II from the movie Little Shop of Horrors. We created the face mask with styrofoam and chicken wire filled with expanding spray foam. Which...

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