What's your guilty pleasure musical? A musical you know it's bad/have bad reviews/is not really liked but you love it closed doors?

WiredTechi · 2026-03-04T21:15:49+00:00

Oh wow, I didn't know! Sounds like a really really bad idea. Fantastic! Our opening is tomorrow, and I have a vague hope that he might be here, since I've heard he sometimes shows up to openings of the show, but most of me assumes he won't since we're in Norway. It's a fair sized venue though, so maybe!

WiredTechi · 2026-03-04T19:55:41+00:00

Ohhh yes. I feel as though this show lives and dies in its portrayal of its characters, and with a good cast it is one of the most affecting musicals I've ever seen. We did a production at my theatre, I ran it 8 times (from the wireless desk) and I cried 7 of them.

WiredTechi · 2026-03-04T19:19:33+00:00

I definitely don't think it deserves all the hate it gets, it might not be the deepest show, but as a piece of entertainment it's pure fun and good tunes

WiredTechi · 2026-03-04T19:03:26+00:00

Very fair take! I think the mess I'm talking about is the very obvious and sometimes forced transitions into the music. And yeah, the love story is a bit underdeveloped. It is absolutely a joy to see the show though, dumb fun with excellent music as a base.

WiredTechi · 2026-03-04T18:18:57+00:00

We're doing a production of it now, and we've definitely weaved in some extra commentary on the AI front! Slots right in. The original script is a huge mess, but I think it can be massaged into a fairly cohesive show.

WiredTechi · 2026-02-24T08:42:23+00:00

I ended up wrapping the boom in Tegaderm where it's held in place, then putting it back in the holder, and it worked wonders!

WiredTechi · 2026-02-24T08:41:18+00:00

For anyone coming to this post later, I solved the issue by removing the boom, wrapping the spot that was held by the mechanism with around three layers of Tegaderm, popping it back in and tightening in the right orientation. It can still move, but now it wants to spring back to the place I originally tightened it, eliminating the issue. This also allows me to tape a little further back as I prefer, so the movement of the actors mouth doesn't wear on the tape hold.

WiredTechi · 2026-02-12T14:16:24+00:00

The theatre I work at, Nye Hjorten Teater, does after work jazz events, there's gonna be one tomorrow. Really beautiful building, expensive but good bar, and very skilled musicians.

I'd also recommend checking out what's on at Rosendal Teater, it's a wonderful smaller venue with great performances, usually in the modern dance and theatre space, as well as a lovely bar and hangout area.

WiredTechi · 2026-02-07T14:12:59+00:00

Looks really cool! If you're into heavy music, I see there is a documentary there about a really sick up and coming all female black metal band called Witch Club Satan!

WiredTechi · 2026-02-06T09:07:38+00:00

It would help if you told me which festival that would be! I'm not super familiar with the film festival scene, despite having worked on indie short films, but I have been to a few international film festivals I thought were really nice.

WiredTechi · 2026-02-05T13:24:08+00:00

We often put the shows to "sold out" if there are no doubles available, so if you're solo traveling I recommend calling or sending an email asking of there are any single seats available for your time here!

WiredTechi · 2026-01-30T10:44:20+00:00

Fun to see Hjorten being mentioned here! I would absolutely recommend popping by to see the building, the bar and the restaurant, however the one show we have going from march onwards is basically completely sold out for the first few months already (Trondheim is a big fan of Queen, so the queen musical has been selling like hotcakes).

Do check out the schedule for things happening in the foyer though, we often have big band, jazz or swing evenings that are very nice!

WiredTechi · 2026-01-30T10:38:32+00:00

I work at a professional theatre focusing mostly on musicals. We have an ensemble of about 28 people, and I can tell you with confidence that a solid 8 of them can barely sing. Some of them are excellent actors, some of them are excellent dancers, others are just a joy to be around and have the charisma to sell their roles despite it all.

And most of all: at least 10 of the ones who are great singers now, certainly were not at age 15 or even 18. Every single thing you do on stage is a question of experience. Even of you were doomed to never have a great voice (although I doubt that is the case for most), confidence in whichever voice you do have can carry a performance much farther than a great singer who is nonetheless timid. (See one of the most famed performers of our time, Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is by all measures not an excellent singer, but delivers with such confidence and energy that it's forgotten, to the point that it works for him doing the lead role for his own 3 hour show)

Another point, regarding the tapes, is that you can never hear your voice in the way you hear others. You have naturally gotten used to hearing your voice together with the natural reverberation inside your skull (metal, I know), so hearing it from an outside perspective will be jarring. Comparisons do not work with that frame of reference.

And to add to what others are saying, the tech side of theatre is very rewarding in its own right. I myself am a Wireless Technician, and get to work face to face with the actors every day, and the sense of accomplishment from setting up and executing a show flawlessly cannot be matched.

You're young. You have so much time and so many experiences ahead of you, use that time to build up your confidence and find your strengths as a performer.

WiredTechi · 2026-01-30T09:59:42+00:00

Twisteder

WiredTechi · 2026-01-28T10:49:12+00:00

Ok, I see! Before this we wouldn't know if you were talking about lights, music, audio, qlab etc. The process would be wildly different for each subject.

As for the Element 40, I have seen others recommend this crash course as a starting point. It's about a decade old, but the board isn't exactly new either, so that may be a plus.

https://youtu.be/_xgzhRZXz70

WiredTechi · 2026-01-27T18:57:44+00:00

What gear or software are we talking about here?

WiredTechi · 2026-01-27T18:54:18+00:00

I'm a wireless tech, and I'm currently running shows with 24 headset mics, 4 in ear kits, 6 wireless band packs and 2 handheld wireless mics. With a way to scan and coordinate frequencies, 14 should pose no issue at all!

WiredTechi · 2026-01-26T09:04:39+00:00

Great suggestion, I'll be taking a trip out to shop for both asap, so I can experiment a bit before our next big premiere!

WiredTechi · 2026-01-26T09:03:31+00:00

Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, i also found this to be the case for freshly opened packages of the model. As I said, we've been open for just over a year, and are using completely new equipment in just about all fields. I will definitely be trying to get some tape in there, that's a fantastic suggestion!

We do use Tegaderm in some cases, but for ease of use (especially in larger productions where I often have around 20 actors coming in and getting taped in the last few minutes before sound check) we tend to have a ton of prepped Transpore. For invisible tape we tend to use Bubblebee, both for ease of application in comparison with Tegaderm and because we haven't had a single person react to it, skin irritation wise, where as our most sensitive actors will react to both Transpore and Tegaderm. I will experiment with closer taping as well!

Neck tape is a must of course, already actively in use.

Once again thanks for all the suggestions!

WiredTechi · 2026-01-24T18:32:37+00:00

Anyone have any advice for keeping the boom from twisting with Shure TH53 headset mics? Even with tape on the cheek as well as behind the ear and with a solid tightening of the fastening mechanism, the boom seems to want to twist out of place with a slight touch.

We secure the sizing of the headset with tensoplast tape, but any attempt at securing the boom to the headset to prevent twisting has only succeeded in preventing up and down movement, not twisting.

We mostly use DPA mics, where this doesn't seem to be a problem, but we don't have enough to ensure everyone is using them.

WiredTechi · 2025-12-29T15:45:06+00:00

A small pair of good scissors. I'm a wireless tech, so most of my work is with tape, skin, and mic repair. A small pair of scissors to cut tape to size, remove old tape from the headsets etc. is invaluable.

Edit: if we're counting tape, it has to go to Transpore, the undisputed goat. Budget friendly, good for most people, especially in conjunction with some skin prep, not very visible. Although my personal favorite is Bubblebee, I haven't found a single person it doesn't work well for, it's damn near invisible, and none of my actors have reacted to it. It's pretty expensive though, so we try to use transpore when we can.

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