Posted on No Comments on Tech Day

Tech Day

Tech day, although incredibly stressful, has gone rather well. Unfortunately we were not able to use more than one rostrum today, when we require six. This has added some slight worry in my mind, as I will not be able to ensure the staging all work correctly together until show day. However, the tasks I set the production team after our last production meeting had been completed, other than the sound cue sheet which still needs working on. Despite not having used Q-lab before, everything went according to plan and once the tech was programmed I got to grips with running the show fairly quickly. Unfortunately after having done a run through with the tech, it became apparent that a fair few changes needed to be made. Although all the changes were fairly minor, other than the rerecording of the texting videos, it was mildly disheartening to leave the tech day knowing that we would need to make more changes on show day.

 

Posted on No Comments on Company Role – Health and Safety

Company Role – Health and Safety

I took on the backstage role of being Health and Safety advocate for our group. This role includes assessing potential risks, ways to avoid them and ways to overcome the risk should it occur. The health and safety law applies to theatre as much as it applies to other businesses. You cannot put performers and audience in a position of danger from your artistic choices.
‘The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and related legislation places duties on employers, employees, the self-employed and those in control of premises.’ (HSE, 2015)
To do this role I had to produce a risk assessment for our location, any use of props and set and any personal risks that our actors may incur. This included looking at the rostrum we are using, and making sure it was visible. Taking the allergies of our cast into consideration when using edible food and most importantly the use of electronic cigarettes as these can be dangerous.
risk