Wow. I love your ideas Mark! You commented on scene changes and this made me think (shock horror!). I really feel actual stop-the-play-scene changes would really ruin the pace (a thought which has probably occured to most people already, but I am slightly slow on the practical side) . I think hiding the changes completely would be almost impossible, especially if we managed to ditch the proscenium arch set up. Instead, would it be possible for the waiters, visibly and in character, to do all the moving of furniture? I don't think we need a lot of furniture, just the minimum, to allow more space for movement. What do you think?