We'll sleep when we're dead.
Unofficial stagehand/techie motto.
Techie 1: How long is this call gonna last?
TD: As long as it takes. If we're here at midnight and it's not done, we keep going.
Techie 2: It's OK, we'll sleep when we're dead.
TD: As long as it takes. If we're here at midnight and it's not done, we keep going.
Techie 2: It's OK, we'll sleep when we're dead.
We'll sleep when we're dead.
Slogan printed on crew shirts for the US National Tour of Les Miserables. A quote from the production carpenter of the tour.
Person 1: "You guys started at midnight and went straight to 11pm that night? Don't you need to sleep?"
Person 2: "Sleep? Nah, we'll sleep when we're dead."
Person 2: "Sleep? Nah, we'll sleep when we're dead."