If you really would like to see what Thespians Anonymous does behind the scenes and peek into our props storage, it looks something like this:
Actually, this is it. This little corner hides our props for the next production, The Iliad, Odyssey and All of the Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less. Since this is a quite prop-intensive piece, we decided to create most of them. And, to be honest, it is much more fun.Like Nicola, who is having fun with some scissors...should we be worried?
First things first. How to make a sword?
Find an appropriate template. It might sound obvious, but to make an ancient play plausible you cannot choose Turkish Kilij or medieval swords covered with rubies.Choose a suitable material and draw the template on. You can look forward to a number of breath-taking sword fights but for our swords it means a lot of work. Therefore we have chosen foamcore as our building material.And yes, this is what we do at every rehearsal. Are you jealous yet?
Cut the parts out...
...and glue them together. After previous bad experience (we're sorry, Medusa) we did not use a superglue for this because of the possible chemical reaction, but rather glue gun.For a better impression, paint the final product. We used paint in spray and this time, there were no unexpected chemical reactions.
The original tutorial can be found in the link here.
This is the first blog in a series, where we take a look behind the scenes of Thespians Anonymous’ spring production, The Iliad, the Odyssey, and all of Greek Mythology, in 99 Minutes or Less! More production blogs will come out as we get closer to opening night!
