I am directing a play about the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 and there are two scenes in which four men are wearing Highland formal attire. In one scene they are standing and then dancing a Scottish country dance and that works very well.

it is the other scene that poses the problem. Our community theatre has a flat floor for the audience about three and a half feet lower than the stage floor. This means the viewing angle of a seated kilt wearer is problematic.

Usually, the sporran weight will give sufficient force to make the kilt sit low enough but not when the viewing angle is so low.

As I see it, there are few options. I can reblock the scene and have the men standing but that feels false in the situation being portrayed.

I know someone will chime in with, "Think of the extra tickets you will sell" and as one of the men is young, well built and generally looks like a Harlequin romance cover, that may be true. However, I don't use females in this way so I wouldn't do it for males either.

The men will wear dark underwear and try to sit like laddies but I wonder if anyone else has faced this problem and come up with a creative solution.