Debating in the Wings, Auditoria

'Through the ages, theatre automation has played an important role in the staging of all manner of spectacular events, from the flooding of Roman amphitheatres for sea battle re-enactments to the lavish masques of the 16th century. Such feats of stage engineering were usually powered by human labour, or by water or horse power, until the arrival of electric motors. During the course of the 20th century, electric and hydraulic motors increasingly replaced manpower, although we still see human effort being used today in many stage engineering tasks, for example in counterwight flying systems.'

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Citation details: Article published by kind permission of Auditoria Annual 2003.