Fun, interesting and maybe a little random... check out these tidbits about Monty Python's SPAMALOT coming to the Rose Theatre for 3 performance on October 29 & 30.

• Spamalot uses 40 wireless microphones, consumes over 2500 AAA batteries per month, runs over 1 mile of cable and uses custom built lasers to aim the speakers in each house.
• Among the props is a cow that weighs 45 pounds which requires two stagehands to catapult it over the castle.
• Spamalot uses approximately 40 coconuts per month, supplied by the Coconut King in Florida.
• The Show Portal weighs 2800 pounds.
• The heaviest piece of scenery, The Camelot Hanger, weighs in at 6000 pounds.
• The “Feet of God” is the heaviest piece manually flown in, weighing 1700 pounds.
• The set utilizes 35 line sets, 30 chain motors, and over 13,000 pounds of stage weight.
• The Grail Lift that elevates the Lady of the Lake weighs over 4000 pounds and uses 2600 pounds of hydraulic pressure.
• The show hires 50 local crew members to load the show in and out, and 25 local crew members to run the show.
• It takes over 80 people on stage and off to run each performance.
• The Electrics Department uses 6 tanks of liquid carbon dioxide per week to create the low-ground fog effect and uses 8 fire extinguishers per week for the Feet of God “blast off” effect.
• 6 pounds of confetti are used at each performance.
• The orchestra uses a Spama-horn, an instrument specially developed for and used only in Spamalot.
• There are over 100 wigs (including facial hair) in the show, all hand-tied and made of human hair, yak hair, and synthetics supplied from New York, California, and London.
• The mud make-up is a formula specially designed for Spamalot.
• The poorest peasants’ costumes in the show are actually made of raw silk.
• 3 feet of “blood” has to be ironed prior to each performance.
• There are over 100 undergarments in the show, including 30 pairs of men’s fishnets and 56 cod pieces.
• The Lady of the Lake’s costumes are all comprised of hand-strung glass beads.
• The costumes are not only made of a wide variety of fabrics, but many are made of molded ABS plastics, and even nuts and bolts. You are as likely to see a costumer with power tools as you are a sewing machine.