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Theatre Fire?

Tue, 2 Mar 2010, 09:46 am

JoeMc17 posts in thread

It's in the middle of a perrformance, there is a full house a lot of smoke & the venue is plunged in to darkness - What would you do?

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Yes

Fri, 5 Mar 2010, 09:59 pm

One of my favourite stories about OH&S in UK was told me by a guy who used to work summers in an open air theatre in the London Borough of Hackney. Apparently an inspector turned up one year to license them for their operations and saw a crewman testing a smoke machine. He said "You can't use that!" The crewman said "Why not?" The inspector said "Because this theatre is not fitted with the correct exhaust fans to allow the use of a smoke machine." The ban stood for two years until an MP got involved. I remind you it was an open air theatre, gawd help us. Is that all there is? Well if that's all there is my friend, then let's keep dancing. www.tonymoore.id.au

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Thread (17 posts)

Theatre Fire?— JoeMc2 Mar 2010

Depends - who am I? Am I an— Na2 Mar 2010
Full to Brimming— Labrug2 Mar 2010
- Not necessarily - in high— Na2 Mar 2010
Under modern regulations is— Logos2 Mar 2010
Wait for the SM to cue the— anothertech3 Mar 2010
This is open ended?— JoeMc3 Mar 2010
Hmmm— Logos3 Mar 2010
Good piont logos— JoeMc4 Mar 2010
You have a point— Logos4 Mar 2010
- With heritage listed— JoeMc7 Mar 2010
Put the boddies out side the gate!— JoeMc5 Mar 2010
Yes— Logos5 Mar 2010
- Hilarious— Labrug5 Mar 2010
Great story Tony!— JoeMc7 Mar 2010
Emergency Evac - wartime England...— Peter Probert7 Apr 2010
I like the '3 blind mice bit— JoeMc9 Apr 2010

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