Business (18) - Task F - Microphones

We won't be requiring any handheld microphones in the wings, as our ensemble is large enough for the backing vocals to carry to the back of the auditorium. However we will definitely be requiring a lot of headset microphones. Below are the characters that will be requiring a headset microphone:

• Sandy (for the entire show) -- 1
• Danny (for the entire show) -- 2
• Rizzo (for the entire show) -- 3
• Kenicke (for the entire show) -- 4
• Marty (for Act One - for "Freddie My Love") -- 5
• Teen Angel (for Act Two - for "Beauty School Dropout) -- 5
• Doody (for Act One -- for "Those Magic Changes") -- 6
• Radio Voice (for Act Two -- for "It's Raining on Prom Night") -- 6
• Patty (for Act One -- for "Rydell Fight Song") --7
• Johnny Casino (for Act Two -- for "Born to Hand Jive") -- 7
• Roger (for Act One -- for "Mooning") -- 8

As some characters can share microphones (as shown above), and those with solo singing lines in songs can sing into someone else's microphone, we only need to have 8 microphones. However, we shall get 10 headset microphones so we have two spares.

I found discreet neckband headset microphones at £19.99 each. Although these are very cheap and would cost us £199.90 in total, the quality could be questionable, so we would be best off renting headset microphones. Thankfully, we don't need to worry about hiring speakers or a sound desk, as the cost of the hall hire covers this.

I did some research into the cost of hiring headset microphones and the best company I found was "Warehousesound". They charge £12 per day for the headset we would require or £48 per week. We would be requiring the microphones for 6 nights, which would cost us £72, so it would actually be a lot cheaper for us to use the microphones for an additional day, saving us £24 per microphone. To hire the ten microphones we require for a week would cost us a total of £480 (which is a saving of £240 due to not paying for six days at £720).