17th September, 2009 - 10 Theatrical Anecdotes #3

Here is my third theatrical anecdote, in a series of ten, which is a thinly disguised effort to get this blog dragged into the month of October at least.

Here is a thing not to do in a listed building shortly before a production of the Scottish Play. Do not – I repeat – do not allow the Second Witch and Fleance to put all of the remaining smoke pellets for the “Caldron Bubble” bit, into said cauldron and then set fire to them in an unventilated corridor with a smoke alarm.

If you do, then you may expect the theatre, the adjoining bar, and the restaurant upstairs to be evacuated whilst some rather irritated firemen lecture you about health and safety.