Tonight I saw the dress rehearsal:Zweaplight wrote:The sets look a lot different from the original London production in this new backstage video. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=74 ... =2&theater
The set has nothing in common with the London show. It has been designed from the scratch. Firstly the theatre features other shows inbetween.Therfore the setting must be removable. The theatre has a much larger stagehouse than the VPT and the equipment is more versatile to fit requirements of a daily change of the play/show.
What we already saw in videos and pictures on their facebook site is only little. The Oslo show has more different scene designs than the London show and the way or direction these are moved in and out depends on the scene. There's a revolving stage including stagelifts. Sets are moved in through the wings or fly in. There are canvas projections. The snow in the "What's it gonna cost then.."- scene is projected on a black (invisible) net before a (I think painted) canvas of a typical english house with a painted looking but real door. Having seen Billy's room on pictures I thougt it looked like a boat deck with guardrail. But from the perspective of a theater seat it looks alright. Many scenes don't happen at the usual place. Kitchen, guild hall, ballet/boxing hall, inside or outside differs from the London show but makes sense anyway or even more.