Hayman Theatre production of A Doll's House

My latest project is undertaking the sound engineering and head of sound duties for the Hayman Theatre's expressionist interpretation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play. This has involved a lot of late nights, or rather early mornings... actually in some cases they should really be called late mornings. I have learned that Adobe Audition is very fun, and that expressionism is very not.

High point of the production process: being asked to create a sound effect that was "a cross between a nuclear bomb going off and a bansidhe wailing". The director was specific about the order in which our audience's bodily fluids should evacuate. Really.

Low points of the production process: killing the speakers with above sound effect, despite telling people I couldn't make it any louder or the speakers would die. They were old, old speakers. Double baby speakers. No sub woofer. No tweeter. No horns. How the hell was I supposed to get a magnificent sound when all the frequencies I wanted for it were anything but mid tones?

I have new speakers now. They have a better frequency range. My custom bansidhe bomb sounds utterly bowel-trembling through them. You'd almost think I killed the old ones deliberately... but I wouldn't do that. Honest.

The show opens tomorrow morning to an audience of year twelve private school girls. About two hundred. Best be off to bed, I may need my energy.

For the show, you pervert. Kids finish year twelve at age seventeen here. That's just wrong.