Meeting with the Venue Staff…

 As stage manager I felt it was important to develop a strong relationship and good lines on communication with the LPAC staff. The National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education state that “[e]ffective communication is essential to successful partnerships to ensure that the needs and the expertise of different partners are compatible and matched” (1999, p.145). Having recently directed the musical Spring Awakening at the LPAC I had already built up a positive and professional relationship with several of the technicians and the front of house staff which meant I could easily communicate ideas with them and they would also provide ideas and advice of how we could put these plans in to practice. In order to keep up with this communication myself and Aidan Felis organized and attended several meetings with venue staff on a regular basis which we felt was important because as the show was developing we were getting ideas of how we could improve the technical elements of the performance. Having originally been told to keep lighting to a minimum, we felt that to enhance the visual experience of the show, we needed a creative light design. Therefore, alongside Melissa Clark and Aidan we began exploring ideas of how we could use light and in particular colour to the best effect. As these ideas developed we were able to check what was possible and gain advice on how we could improve elements by talking to the venues experienced technicians. This gave us a good insight in to what was possible and ways of overcoming obstacles. These meetings also gave us the opportunity to explore ways in which we could turn our ambitious cage design in to reality. 

 Works Cited:   

 National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education (1999) All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education, May [Online] Available at: http://sirkenrobinson.com/skr/pdf/allourfutures.pdf(Accessed: 01/05/2013).