Grand Hotel
Tempo Musical Productions
January 2001
Church Hill Theatre

Lighting Plot – 8 January 2001

The five lights across the front are only used for the phone calls, other specials will be needed for the other bits even although in the same position

Prologue

Start	Entrance thru door USC, poss lit from behind?
	Cast enter from various entrances, dim general light.

P16	DOCTOR solo USR (mark 1)– about halfway up SR stairway on back edge.

P18	DOCTOR in area DSR, beside prosc and just on forestage - poss in Followspot (F/S).  Walks across stage.  Highlight five people across front of stage in profile lights as they are introduced.  Not really in very good areas, check on telephone spots.

P19	Back to general for end of song.

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P19	Song – stark general concentrating C/S.  Colour RED.  Use pars from poles.

P20	MADAME PEEPEE in special C/S for solo.

P20(b)	(b = bottom) BARON in special DSL (2), rest frozen in light C/S.  Poss F/S?

P21	Add general for chorus singing.

P22	End Song, concentrate CSL (front desk area).  This goes from prosc arch to under LX2.

P22	General dialogue, move concentration to DSC.

P24	Action moves to concentrate from CS to CSL.

P25	Concentrate on BARON DSC/L.  Use mark 2.  Narrow down for the solo at the end.

P25	Phone Calls – principals in profiles at front of stage as in Prologue.  Do we want to switch between each for their dialogue?  Could be complicated.  C/S is on CL, SL is ½ way between CS and prosc SL and then equally across the stage, gaps at either end.  From chest upwards.

P28	½ way down add general, chorus is U/S at start.  Stark WHITE.

P29	Highlight BARON for solo in DSL profile (mark 2).

P30	Full-up-Finish (FUF) for end of song.

P30(b)	Concentrate on ERIK/DOCTOR DSC ½ way between CS and SR prosc.

P31	½ way down action moves to concentrate from CS to Front Desk CSL.

P34	DOCTOR has short speech DSR in profile (mark 3).

P34	Highlight KRINGELEIN (KRING) in profile – mark 7 (or poss F/S?) C/S.  Rest in BLUE.
	Moves USR during song – how to follow if not using F/S?

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P36	JIMMYs in D/S strip (WHITE).  Rest is PINK concentrated between LX2 & 3.
	Note that chairs DSL have been moved.

P38	Action moves to jusr L of DSC for dialogue (underscored).

P39	FUF for end song then snap Dead Black Out (DBO).  FLAEM is in DSC special.

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P39	D/S general area (CS to SR prosc).

P41	Action moves to USC more into another pool of light – same special CS as used for James’ solo leaving GRUSH in single DSR spot.

P41	½ way down restore as before for RAFF’s entrance

P42	½ way down Company enter from S/R, RAFFAELA (RAFF) is C/S facing U/S, keep her lit.  Highlight GRUSHINSKAYA (GRUSH) for solo DSR (just beside prosc arch) in WARM profile.  She is in warm light, everyone else is in cold BLUE light.

P43	½ way down Concentrate on RAFF solo C/S in COOL BLUE profile light, rest is BLUE (mark 8, under LX2, 2 feet L of CS.

P44	½ way down add GRUSH et al.

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P44	Snap from previous to general.

P45	When BARON enters switch to General C/S.

P45	TOOTSIES – action moves DSR – move into “toilet” area.

P46	near bottom FLAEM sings – poss F/S or else in DSR profile from FOH side bar as she looks in “mirror”.  She is about 3 or 4 feet in from SR prosc.
	Fill-in from front as she stops looking in mirror.
	Add light across DSC.

P48	Dream Sequence – stark side lighting to pick up dancers.
	Will require at least one change in lights for dance.
	Add in C/S special area for FLAEM at end.
	Immediate change in lights when Chorus finish singing, FLAEM left in single spot at end (DSC special) before snap DBO.

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P48	DSL area.

P50	Part way down action moves to C/S.

P51	Add all C/S – rest dim but not black.

P52	PREYSING (PREYS) DSC special area – rest is BLUE.

P53	As workers sing “Some Have” change to stark light – colour RED.

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P53	DSR area.

P54(b)	change to spot DSR for song (1/2 way between CS and SR prosc).

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P55	Run into this scene from previous, General but concentrating CS to CSL.

P56(b)	Concentrate C/S and moves across all C/S

P58	part way down moves to CSL.

P59	part way down move to C/S and then adds all C/S area.

P62	½ way down highlight DOCTOR DSR.

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P62	CSL area and up stairs which is where PREYS is.

P63	½ way down general RED, stark light SL.

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P65	Action which was at S/L moves DSC – bright.

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P65	Starts USC/USL then moves C/S.

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P66	Side light from S/R wing to simulate GRUSH being on stage.  Fill-in from front.  To CS.

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P68(b)	CSL/DSL area.

P70(b)	General change to pink for the song – cannot really close in because the principals stand up and sing.

P73(b)	Fade to overhead for end of song – 1/3 of way to SL from CS.

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P74	DOCTOR in USR spot for speech plus the below (dim).

P74	Fade to RAFF in C/S spot (James’ solo spot).

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P75	Cross (X) action to CSR.

P75	Near bottom X to CSL.

P76	Near top X to CSR.

P76	½ way down X to CSL.

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P77	DSR and CSL still in spots, RAFF in spot C/S.

P77	½ way down X-fade to DOCTOR in spot USR.

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P77	Action is DSC/R.

P79	Near bottom keep GRUSH highlighted DSR (halfway between CS and SR prosc), rest is dim general PINK.

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P81	DSC area and then moves to sides a bit.  Rest is BLUE and GOLD.
	Stark change in lighting at end.

P82	After song concentrate C/S.

P84	Action moves to CSL.
	General (PINK) for song but still CSL at first, then moves across all D/S area.

P88	Near top add all stage.

P88/9	Soloists in DSC spot area, rest is PINK.

P89	End song restore to gen CS.

P89	½ way down concentrate on C/S area.

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P90	Starts with DOCTOR CSL 2 feet in from prosc.

P90(b)	Add general CS/US area.

P91	½ way down add CSR.  Have DOCTOR in DSL spot (Ch 1?), KRING and BARON in Norma’s solo spot just L of CS, PREYS and FLAEM DSc to DSR.

P92	½ way down X to CSL.

P93	½ way down lose KRING and BARON, add back in near bottom (more general USL/C area.

P94	Use most general CS area plus DOCTOR in DSL spot.

P96(b)	Add in some of C/S.

P98	½ way down highlight DOCTOR DSL (stands up).
	Then BARON in stark light DSC, rest is RED.

P99(b)	Very stark change DSC area – add lots of overhead light as well.  Perhaps into WHITE or COOL BLUE?

P100	Then fade into deep RED.

P100	½ way down highlight DOCTOR USR on gunshot.

P100	Bolero.  Start with stark WHITE – poss low-level birdies fron front of stage?
	Change to BLUE when chorus enter.
	Start changing to RED when fight starts.
	Parcan above semi-circular steps from directly overhead.
	Stark RED at the end before snap DBO.
	Dim cold general for “death parade” across stage.

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P101	Starts with RAFF in USC spot (same place as before).
	Add ZINNOWITZ CSL, lose when exits.
	Add KRING & FLAEM CSR as RAFF’s light dims a bit.
	Rest is in dim general.

P103	½ way down concentrate of RAFF.

P103(b)	Add CSR as well.
	Fade to just RAFF at end.

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P104	General then concentrate on ERIK at Front Desk area CSL.  Rest dim general BLUE. 
	Action moves DSL, rest general picks up a bit (not so blue).

P105	½ way down snap back into General, concentrating C/S.

P105(b)	Concentrate CSR.

P106	Near top concentrate DSL.
	½ way down move to C/S and take in all C/S area.

P108(b)	Dim out then X into bright stark WHITE for song.

P110	½ way down higlight DOCTOR DSR for solo speech.
	Then stark WHITE again.

P111	End song, DBO.

Curtain Calls

P111	Bright General.
	Groups take bows.
	Principals enter during the gesture to the band (highlight band).
	Highlight D/S area for Principals bow.
	Dim to revolving door area before back-lighting only through door at end.
	Then snap DBO.