Health and Safety

Before we performed our group performance we had to look at health and safety. We were given handouts from our teacher they were both extracts from books. One was Desighning for the Theatre by Francis Reid The first paragragh is on Fire regulations which mainly talks about how the metirials we use are the biggest fire hazard. However our piece doesnt have anything that could be a hazard exept a wooden guitar. The second paragragh states "the floor is liable to have snaking cables, various levels and even opening and closing holes" which is very helpfull if your using them however we arent but it does however help us know that while keeping the stage area safe we can use it in interesting ways. The third paragragh is on stability and it talk about the set not just been definatly safe but making shore the actors are confident in the safety of the set they should be able to feel safe and balanced on the set. It then goes on to talk about movement which essentially is the same thing that we can move about the stage safely with a good balance. This isn't a problem for us as we are always on one flat level. Next it speaks of Costume freadom which says "a set that allows freedom of movement is not enough: that freedom must be extended to the costumes" which we had done rather well in normal clothing. We were also given another handout from a book Practical theatre edited by Salley Mackey. The first page spoke about the legal requirements and legislation applicable to performing art. However we didn't have to worry about this as our piece isn't a proffesional production. It also gives a list of the things you have to asses and take into consideration when doing a live performance. However some of them didn't really apply to us here are the ones that did.
.Means of acces and escape-we have a fire exit in the drama studio at the back bihind were the audience will be
.Sight lines- we have made shore that the audience are going to be seated  and in rows so they can see right.
.The staging arrangements-we are going to make shore our stage is a decent distance away from the audience because some scenes move forward allot.
It then goes on to talk about the safety of the audience and states "The safety of the audience is paramount" which made me think allot more about how we arrange the audience  this is another reason we moved the set back allot more.