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The Mole Show (tour)/Props and backdrops

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Backdrops

  • Shown to the right during "Voices of the Air"
    Shown to the right during "Voices of the Air"
  • The "God of Darkness", shown to the left during "The Secret Seed" & "Won't You Keep Us Working?"
    The "God of Darkness", shown to the left during "The Secret Seed" & "Won't You Keep Us Working?"
  • Entrance to The Mole's cave, shown to the right during "The Secret Seed" & "Won't You Keep Us Working?" & "First Warning"
    Entrance to The Mole's cave, shown to the right during "The Secret Seed" & "Won't You Keep Us Working?" & "First Warning"
  • The Mole's mine, shown to the left during "First Warning"
    The Mole's mine, shown to the left during "First Warning"
  • A Mole's home, shown to the right during "Back To Normality?"
    A Mole's home, shown to the right during "Back To Normality?"
  • The Storm, shown on both sides during "The Sky Falls" & "God of Darkness." Originally colored red and green.
    The Storm, shown on both sides during "The Sky Falls" & "God of Darkness." Originally colored red and green.
  • The Mole's Home, shown to the left during "March to the Sea."
    The Mole's Home, shown to the left during "March to the Sea."
  • The Moles evacuate, shown to the right during "Migration."
    The Moles evacuate, shown to the right during "Migration."
  • The Old Man, shown to the left during "The Observer"
    The Old Man, shown to the left during "The Observer"
  • The desert, shown to the right during "The Observer" & "Hole-Workers New Hymn"
    The desert, shown to the right during "The Observer" & "Hole-Workers New Hymn"
  • The Moles, shown to the left during "Hole-Worker's New Hymn."
    The Moles, shown to the left during "Hole-Worker's New Hymn."
  • The Moles, shown to the right during "Hole-Worker's New Hymn."
    The Moles, shown to the right during "Hole-Worker's New Hymn."
  • Chub City, shown to the left during "Smack Your Lips," Penn's Act Two opening monologue, "Rumors," "Arrival," "Deployment / Saturation" & "Idea."
    Chub City, shown to the left during "Smack Your Lips," Penn's Act Two opening monologue, "Rumors," "Arrival," "Deployment / Saturation" & "Idea."
  • A Chub's Home, shown to the right during "Smack Your Lips," "Rumors," "Deployment / Saturation" & "Idea."
    A Chub's Home, shown to the right during "Smack Your Lips," "Rumors," "Deployment / Saturation" & "Idea."
  • The Scientist's machine, shown to the left during "Idea" & "Ugly Rumors"
    The Scientist's machine, shown to the left during "Idea" & "Ugly Rumors"
  • The failed machine, shown to the left during "Failure"
    The failed machine, shown to the left during "Failure"
  • The Scientists' Machine, shown to the left during "Reconstruction," "Success," Penn's interruption & "Song of the Wild"
    The Scientists' Machine, shown to the left during "Reconstruction," "Success," Penn's interruption & "Song of the Wild"
  • The War Machine, shown to the right during "Success," Penn's interruption & "Song of the Wild"
    The War Machine, shown to the right during "Success," Penn's interruption & "Song of the Wild"
  • Pointing chub, shown to the left during "Final Confrontation," The Resident's monologue, "Satisfaction"
    Pointing chub, shown to the left during "Final Confrontation," The Resident's monologue, "Satisfaction"
  • Pointing chub, shown to the right during "Final Confrontation," The Resident's monologue, "Satisfaction" & "Happy Home"
    Pointing chub, shown to the right during "Final Confrontation," The Resident's monologue, "Satisfaction" & "Happy Home"

Notes

Alternative scans of the original uncolored prints of these banners are available at johanssonprojects.com. They are not used here due to a watermark. covering the top left hand side. Cuttings of the 'storm' backdrop were later sold, with a number of them housed at the Eyeball museum, and one in the possession of fan Alice Michael McCartney.

Current Location of Props

In order to save money on transport for the European Mole Show, the centres of the 1982 props were cut out so that they could be reconstructed once overseas. Many of these centres were destroyed, but some ended up in the collection of former Ralph employee Robert Eliason, who occasionally shows his collection on The Residents' Facebook group.

Several props, constructed for the European Mole Show, are currently housed in the Eyeball Museum's collection.

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