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I agree.SET DESIGN IS OUT OF THIS WORLD Scenery is no longer wood and canvas props that back up performers on stage, but equipment using sophisticated materials that are an integral part of the performance. This is the view of set designer, William Passmore, who headed a three man team wno put together the $450 000 worth of equipment that is a breathtaking part of the GALAXIES production show which opens in the International Showroom of the Conrad International Hotel and Jupiters Casino on August 1, 1987. "In the past set designers used nails and a slap of paint, while we use hot glue guns, welding and synthetic plastics." "Theatre sets have to take an enormous amount of punishment, so they have to be very strong and very light." For example, in GALAXIES, sets had to be designed to cater for galloping Samuri horsemen on real horses, for a simulated storm at sea in which an entire boat is 'wrecked' before the eyes of the audience, or a spectacular wall of lanterns, not only has to be staged, but revolved and tipped to reveal the inside of the Shogun's Palace in ancient Japan. On the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Managed by Conrad International Hotels Corporation A Subsidiary of Hilton Hotels USA Mail to: Box 1515 Broadbeach Post Office, Queensland 4218, Australia Broadbeach Island, Broadbeach, Gold Coast, Queensland 4218 Telephone: (075) 92 1133 Telex: AA145127 CONIHG Facsimile No. (075) 92 8219 Conrad International HotelsCorporation InC. U.S.A ?╟÷ Limited Liability /2