14 Backstage Memes every theatre tech will relate to! #LoveTheatreDay

They're the unsung heroes of the theatre world and anyone who's ever won an award for acting on a stage knows they'd be lost without them! The tech team is the backbone of every theatre production and their problem solving is second to none. Not only do they have to deal with the daily trials of getting a show up and running, fixing anything that's broken and overcoming the inevitable problems that arise during a run, they also have to deal with those pesky actors who turn up late, leave early and get all the credit!

Well, this one's for all the backstage crew. 10 Backstage memes every theatre tech will relate to...

Let's start with the basics. The dictionary may define a Stage Manager as "the person responsible for the lighting and other technical arrangements for a stage play," but we all know they're so much more than that! We think this definition is much more accurate...

Everyone learns this mantra of timekeeping at acting school but we never realised the people keeping tabs on us wouldn't be the director, producer or even our fellow actors. No...it's the tech team! 

There are a LOT of people involved in putting on a theatre show and there are far more important things to be done than sitting down for an hour and learning everyone's name... 

The skills of a techie are second to none. They seem to have the answer to every problem ever conceived. What's their secret? Well, there is one magical invention the theatre simply could not live without...

There's one period of time nobody can deny that the backstage crew are fully in control. For this one week, every actor, director, producer and theatre-manager put themselves in the hands of the tech team and let them do their thing. It's long, it's hard, but without it there wouldn't be a show..

Now the show is in a theatre the techies official have to stop pretending those pesky actors don't exist. They are truly higher beings, always around to help out and, of course, keep everyone in check!

Once the show's up they're at the mercy of those who head out onstage and it's true, nobody else is quite as disciplined as them...

But they have their ways of venting, that's for sure...

There is one time the backstage crew truly get their chance to shine and that's during the scene change!

Once it's all over, they're just like anyone else. The project that took over their lives for so long suddenly comes to an end and they're left wondering, "what happens now?"

But a show never really leaves any of us, and they'll find themselves reminiscing every time they hear the cast album play...

What was your favourite meme? Do you have another one to add to the list? Tweet us @StageFaves and yours could be added!