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New Poll - Carrying The Show

Fri, 4 June 2004, 01:50 pm
crgwllms6 posts in thread
New Poll topic: should actors be involved in bumping in/out, and moving set pieces/lighting equipment?


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Re: New Poll - Carrying The Show

Mon, 7 June 2004, 06:08 pm
Walter Plinge
Great timing .... I have just completed a four show+bump out+after show party weekend so I guess I'm qualified to give an answer here.

Unless your show is profitable enough to be able to employ people to do this then I think its a definate YES! We only had 9 shows over 3 weekends but it still took near on 3 hours for our cast and crew of 50ish to get 90% of the job done. We were then able to enjoy our feast, there is still a lot of other behind the scenes things to do - washing costumes etc.

I would imagine all casts and crews would be covered by the companies insurance at every show, as long as suitable supervision and skill matching occurs then it works well.

Cheers
Lance

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