My little brother is in a community theatre production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and he came home from rehearsal today and told me that they have decided to fly Charlie and Grandpa Joe during the scene when they are in the bubble room or something. Anyway, he said they are "only" going to be a few feet off the ground. I have worked with this theatre enough times in the past to know with absolute certainty that they don't have anything approaching a decent knowledge of rigging and that they are not going to be bringing in someone who does. My guess is that they are going to do something along the lines of a rope (not wire rope, just hemp) pick from the grid or maybe a batten (which is a sickening thought given their counterweight system's disrepair) and probably attach it to the back of a cheap climbing harness or something. I am incredibly uncomfortable with this prospect. In the past I have managed to stop them from doing some unsafe rigging (flying speakers over the audience by hanging them from ropes looped through the handles) and I would like to try and prevent an accident from happening. I'm not sure I could live with myself if I don't do something and some little 12 year old gets hurt or killed. Anyway, if this was professional theatre I could dig up some OSHA guidelines that prevent this without too much trouble but since this isn't professional I was wondering if there are some other laws that I could show them to back up my case. I don't specifically know the TD on this show so I would like to be able to do more than tell him to trust me on this one. Any help would be MUCH appreciated.