(In Carnegie, read: hole in the stage ceiling, curtain to hide the hole and the like).
A theater is the perfect place to perform the experiment, because the stage ceiling is 15m high and equipped with ropes, catwalks, and pulleys to raise and lower curtains and props--all the apparatus one needs to elevate a model Sauropod jugular vein and carotid artery to any desired elevation.
Ceilings on the second floor are 15 feet high, better to accommodate editing rooms and stages, while ceilings on the other four floors are 13 feet 6 inches.
The theatre had the grandeur of a cathedral: blood-red velvet curtains framed the stage; golden ceilings, patterned with blue-and-purple paisleys, soared over vaudeville-era balconies and plush seats.
The I.R.S. bill will fail in the Senate, where Ted Cruz is busy adding on to the list of reasons that other Republicans hate him by zipping around saying that they are cowards if they don't join him in threatening to stage a debt-ceiling-shutdown crisis unless Obamacare is defunded.
In fact, just as the staff moved merengue lessons to the indoor stage, the ceiling cracked and water poured (amusingly) on the dancers' heads.
As spotlights dance on the stage and ceiling, Mr. Dinwiddie is wittily precise in his characterization and movement, which tap into the animal within the man.
Hidden within the Grand Palais was a full-sized theatre which guests entered to find the plush curtains drawn, the floor banked to allow all a clear view of the stage, the ceiling blasted away to allow sunlight to stream through from the domed glass roof of the Grand Palais.
You are in a converted former theatre in Elephant and Castle, a huge, cavernous space afforded grandeur by its vast stage, high ceiling (from which a giant disco ball hangs like a tear) and intricate cornicing.
After an hour, Senni stood, grinned, and walked off stage as ceiling-mounted fog machines noisily filled the venue for several minutes to the alternately bemused and amused audience.
In 2007, GamesRadar included four elements of this game - Dan Forden's "Toasty!" effect during an uppercut (also ranked as the 11th funniest moment in video games by Rich Knight of Complex in 2012), Friendship and Babality finishing moves, and the ceiling-spikes Stage Fatality - among the ten greatest things about Mortal Kombat.
