Posted By Brando
Oi NO!

Has anyone else come across the irritating habit of cinema's keeping their lights on during the trailers and ads and then putting them on again at full blast the very second the credits start?

Whilst sitting in the cinema the other day I heard one of the staff comment to a complaining customer that this was "because of health and safety".

Also - am I just getting old or is £25 for two adults and three young-uns a tad expensive? ( not to mention the fifty thousand pounds I had to spend for coke and popcorn - bargain!!! ).

Brando

Posted By Debbie S
Talking of orchestra pits - did anyone see highlights from some of the Royal Variety Shows on a couple of weeks ago - Brian Connolly marched on stage to do his bit, was dazzled by the lights on the edge of the stage and fell of into the orchestra pit onto some poor unsuspecting percussionist!! He reckined he fell about 12 feet - wonder if they'd done their risk assement for falls from Height

Posted By Dave Merchant
Yes, theaters do RAs of their downstage edge fall hazards, and many times during pre-production rigging work some paranoid venue manager will dump a line of barrier tape along the edge. During performances there's nothing anyone can do - it's inherent within the concept that a stage has to be higher than the area in front of it, so the gods of Reasonably Practicable are duly worshipped by a thin line of white gaffa tape, often with "if you can read this you've fallen over" written along it.

DSE falls are actually quite rare amongst crews - it's the fools that call themselves actors who seem to be unable to stay upright. Crews tend to suffer more from raked stages and portable ladders failing to mix, or of beer and cold chicken nuggets mixing too easily. BTDT.