Welcome to Stage Props Insights.
Here you'll find case studies, practical guides, technical documentation and articles for theatre, film, television and live productions.
Our Insights library will continue to grow as new productions, customer stories and technical resources become available.
Articles & Guides:
Stage cigarettes in Den blinde passager at Aalborg Teater
Discover how Aalborg Teater uses tobacco- and nicotine-free Stage Props cigarettes to create convincing smoking scenes in Maria Lazar’s Den blinde passager.
A Cigarette Break at 30,000 Feet: Stage Props in Agamemnon at Cameri Theatre
At 30,000 feet, a cigarette break gives Agamemnon a brief moment of calm in Cameri Theatre’s contemporary political thriller.
How Warton Drama Group Used Stage Props in Their Sold-Out Production of Hay Fever
Warton Drama Group used Stage Props cigarette props in their sold-out production of Hay Fever. See how realistic smoking scenes helped create period atmosphere on stage.
Creating the 1950s Smoking Scenes in Grease at Beau Rivage
Behind the scenes of Rand Productions' Grease: The Musical at Beau Rivage in Biloxi, where professional theatrical smoking props helped bring the look and atmosphere of 1950s America to the stage.
Smoking, Sophistication and Vice in British Youth Opera’s The Rake’s Progress
See how British Youth Opera used Stage Props theatrical cigarettes to portray sophistication, temptation and vice in its 1980s production of The Rake’s Progress.
Creating Naturalistic Smoking Scenes in Sunrise for the Blind
The Sunrise Collective used Stage Props theatrical cigarettes in Sunrise for the Blind, directed by Andrew Darren Elkins at London’s Camden Fringe.
When a Cigarette Becomes Part of the Character
Director Andrew Darren Elkins reflects on Sunrise for the Blind and explains how theatrical cigarettes became woven into the characters’ everyday lives.
