Yeah Strad I do the same. I also put a spotter kid on headset and position them out on stage where they have a really good view of what is moving. I also adjust when we fly the piece to minimize the chance of anyone being in the area. Of course being in educational theater, nobody complains if one set change is a few seconds longer.I know for us in the HS world it's going to be different working with the kids, but anytime we have significant pieces that move during changes we do choreograph the movement with the techs and the cast, and I regularly tape out boxes where flats will land so as to provide reference to the actor kids. They pick up on not standing in the spots where scenery will come down generally.
Yeah, I'm not risking any student's safety for a slightly faster set change.2. Look here, just in what @gafftaper and @StradivariusBone have detailed for us, the vast difference in safety culture between American high school and the Bolshoi. There's no OSHA in Russia, know what I mean? I'll bet the mortgage there's no recourse for the dead person's family.
I do this same thing, along with taping stuff out so the kids get used to pathways.Yeah Strad I do the same. I also put a spotter kid on headset and position them out on stage where they have a really good view of what is moving. I also adjust when we fly the piece to minimize the chance of anyone being in the area. Of course being in educational theater, nobody complains if one set change is a few seconds longer.
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