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The setting is a baroque opera house, carrying on from the posh theme of its host hotel, with a red velvet curtain and soaring ceiling. As the lights dim, an "audience member" (Philemon) is surprised twice over -- first by a nymph-like woman who descends from the top of the dome and drops a red scarf to him, and second by someone beckoning to him from behind the curtain. Curious, he goes up to see what the stranger wants. Said stranger (Le Vieux) turns out to be the theater's guardian...because it's no ordinary theater. Philemon has just become the leading man in a unique adventure...

* [[Dramatic Curtain Toss]]: The curtain isn't just raised as the show proper begins. Most of it is ''sucked'' up and away to reveal the stage space; the remainder resting on the "floor" is then gently pulled away to reveal the water.

* [[The Everyman]]: Philemon.

* [[For Doom the Bell Tolls]]: As the Russian swings act nears its finish, the bell on the middle swing begins to toll as an acrobat spins the swing up and over the bar -- and a funeral procession, complete with a wagon with a coffin upon it, crosses the stage in the background. However, the music and foreground action remains cheerful, ''and'' the coffin pops open to reveal a minor female character who cheerfully waves to the audience.

* [[Gentle Giant]]: The Barrel Organ Grinder.