30TH ANNIVERSARY
Working in the Background… Enhancing the Foreground By Mary Savage
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ucked inside the community of Ramsay, F&D Scene Changes Ltd. quietly goes about their business and does so largely unnoticed by the general public – unless you’re a patron of the performing arts and entertainment industry. And when you step inside their office, the walls are lined – floor to ceiling – with photographs of sets and scenery from all corners of the world: all designed and built in the F&D shop.
For three decades, their sets have graced the stages worldwide – from Broadway to Hong Kong. They have built sets for Hollywood, Disney, Cirque du soleil and dozens of museum exhibits throughout North America. Closer to home, if you’ve recently caught the Broadway shows Wicked, Mary Poppins or Les Mis, then you’ve seen their scenery. “With our history in the entertainment industry, there isn’t very much that we haven’t been asked to build,” explains Leyton Morris, project manager.
www.fdscenechanges.com
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