UmbertoBoccioni
New Member
I'm the TD of a rental space, and I have a client who wants to stage a hanging. This requires suspending an actor a few feet above the ground in a harness with a fake noose—no movement in any direction, just a single rigging point from the grid. This is beyond my comfort level, so I'm trying to figure out what to tell them/who to refer them to in order to protect myself and my venue from liability concerns.
A professional flying consultant/company seems overkill for a single static point, and is beyond the reach of the presenting company anyway. I've heard offhand that anytime you have an actor in a harness, the rigging needs to be done by a licensed rigger, and the presenting company needs at minimum $1 million in liability insurance, but I've never been able to find those guidelines in any concrete form. What kind of licensing is there for theatrical riggers? The only certification I'm aware of is ETCP, and as far as I know that doesn't carry any legal weight. Are there any resources or information available about theatrical liability insurance? Our rental venue just has the building's general liability insurance, and I don't know enough about it to feel good about hanging a human from the grid.
Thanks! Any info is greatly appreciated.
A professional flying consultant/company seems overkill for a single static point, and is beyond the reach of the presenting company anyway. I've heard offhand that anytime you have an actor in a harness, the rigging needs to be done by a licensed rigger, and the presenting company needs at minimum $1 million in liability insurance, but I've never been able to find those guidelines in any concrete form. What kind of licensing is there for theatrical riggers? The only certification I'm aware of is ETCP, and as far as I know that doesn't carry any legal weight. Are there any resources or information available about theatrical liability insurance? Our rental venue just has the building's general liability insurance, and I don't know enough about it to feel good about hanging a human from the grid.
Thanks! Any info is greatly appreciated.