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[pensnest]

I spent a good deal of my life in this place over the past twenty-five years. See it transform from a hall into a theatre!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=370WZbXZOi4&feature=youtu.be

Comments

[chalcopyrite]

WOW. That's really clever, the way it all stores flat and then turns into MAGIC THEATRE!

[nopseud]

That's really cool! It looks fantastic when it's finished.

[pensnest]

It is wonderfully complicated when you're doing it in real time - the system Must Be Followed, or you get things out in the wrong order and you're stuffed. But it's a very well-honed system.

[pensnest]

I still remember the amazed delight I felt the first time I turned up for a rehearsal to discover that the tiered seating was in place! Our very nice community hall was a Real Theatre.

[rikes]

Ha, I've been there! It looks completely different though! Very cool.

[ephemera]

That is an impressive transformation!

[pensnest]

It really is a very effective transformation. It's just a pity it takes so many person-hours!

[pensnest]

It's really cool to watch, since I know what everyone's doing (including the bit where they are putting the arms on the chairs!). It was awesome the first time I went into the Playhouse after the tiered seating had been put up (I'd forgotten to go and help). We had a real *theatre*.

[brandywine28.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, what a difference! Theater people can do ANYTHING! :)

[pensnest]

I've been part of that procedure many, many times—and also of the reverse, taking it down after the show—but it does look really cool like this. There is a very exact system for where everything is stacked, and which order it goes in/out, and so forth. It really does transform the place.