rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft

On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:55:38 +0100, Christopher Jahn
wrote:

> Jonathan Walker wrote in
> news:47068a20@ :
>
>> Lanterns should not be arbitrarily moved once they are set
>> without the approval of the Lighting Director. This fellow was
>> not involved in setting the lanterns - he was brought in to be
>> the followspot operator.
>>
>> I've told him not to move lanterns without asking first and
>> without getting my prior agreement. He was unreceptive
>> (belligerent even) to that basic message.
>
> Fire his ass. Immediately.
>
> Spot-ops are easy to find, and in no theater on the planet does a
> spot-op make artistic decisions for the production.
>
> I'm not saying that someone can't have a good observation, but we
> have system, and everyone needs to work inside it.
>


Blimey, yet again I'll agree with Chris. If you're the LD you decide, if
you;re crap the director fires you. Bitching about the LD is par for the
course, refocusing his rig is way out of order (OK, I've done it but not
without higher approval)