Stone Fireplace for Theatre Prop: I'm working on the set for "Into the Woods" and started with Cinderella's fireplace.
Set pieces, props and proscenium carved from sheets of EPS foam with a Hot Wire Foam Factory Industrial Hot Knife. Featuring work-in-progress photos, too!
Source “Acting is all about big hair and funny props… All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.” ~ Harold Ramis Last week I wrote about theatre etiquette conc…
I received the following email this week, and I just had to share it with you, including all the photos of a roast Christmas turkey, made with paper mache
Here is a tut on how I made these faux books for a scene in my 2013 haunt. Its made out of a 2" foam base with printed book spine glued on. There
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For the hourglass in Wizard of Oz we were looking for something interesting, a little creepy, but most importantly plastic. Apparently the last time they did the show they had a beautiful glass hourglass that shattered all over some poor little girl in the front row during one of the performances. There were no injuries, but it was certainly not something we wanted a chance to repeat. I found these two purple plastic bottles in the floral section at Michaels. They were simple little spray bottles, they came in multiple shapes and colors and were only $1 each. I filled the bottles with colored sand. I started with red sand and it was far too dark, it was almost invisible inside the dark plastic bottles, I switched to white and it worked much better. I created a cap inside the mouth of one of the bottles using epoxy putty and slowly adjusted it until I got the right speed and amount of sand flowing through it. Once the inside piece was adjusted I attached the two bottles together using more epoxy putty making sure to get a good seal (the last thing I want is sand leaking out all over the place). For the stand, I started with two basic plywood circles and three pieces of dowel. I had been hoping to find some bats or gargoyle-ish figurines to use on the corners, but was coming up empty after visiting multiple Halloween and toy stores. For plan B, I bought a few packages of sculpy bakable clay and made a set of snaky twisty pieces. I collaged them onto the corners. I painted the whole thing a tarnished antique gold. The piece turned out looking pretty good, and more importantly, sturdy.
A properly placed and laid out prop table is an invaluable help to the cast of a show, as they often need to get on stage quickly and in the dark, and just don’t have the time to go looking f…
The vast warehouse in Kennington, London is the home of over 85,000 items including suits of armour, medieval masks and period dresses; all of which have served the National Theatre in the last 50 years.
VBX Mt. Everest Prop Build Uhh...yeah. When your church asks "Can you build a mountain?", how do you answer that? It was quite a project and messy but it really was fun and definitely something I had never done before. I have worked on and built parade floats before so it was basically the same concept,
Set pieces, props and proscenium carved from sheets of EPS foam with a Hot Wire Foam Factory Industrial Hot Knife. Featuring work-in-progress photos, too!
The first impression the audience has of your show is usually its first glimpse of the stage-set. You've heard the gasp as the curtain opens on a fantastic Broadway show, haven't you? Great scenic design can delight us! A polished, professional set...
When I was a kid, we got to use some breakaway sugar glass prop bottles in a drama club play once, and I remember it as being so fun! We had to be careful because the bottles are expensive, but here's a tutorial for making your own with a silicone mold and some sugar and corn syrup
Learn how to make fake dynamite that look so real that even the actors will handle the fake dynamite with care!
Set pieces, props and proscenium carved from sheets of EPS foam with a Hot Wire Foam Factory Industrial Hot Knife. Featuring work-in-progress photos, too!
