"Attention, the performance will start in 5 minutes!": As the link between the artists and the technical staff, the stage manager organises the course of a performance. When the curtain rises, when the special effect comes, which actor has his entrance and when - the stage manager coordinates all this by light signal or loudspeaker announcement from his command centre.
A stage manager must above all radiate calm and composure, and Paul Adler, stage manager at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus, does that without a doubt. He reacts with confidence and concentration to unforeseen incidents and sometimes has to save a yacht from capsizing on stage. But that is only one of the obstacles that have to be navigated to ensure the smooth running of a performance until, after the applause each evening, it is time to say: "Curtain down!
First broadcast on ZDFTheaterkanal:
02.09.2009 18:45 Uhr
The Theatre Makers: Stage Manager
"Attention, the performance will start in 5 minutes!": As the link between the artists and the technical staff, the stage manager organises the course of a performance. When the curtain rises, when the special effect comes, which actor has his entrance and when - the stage manager coordinates all this by light signal or loudspeaker announcement from his command centre.