MUCH nicer. Now that is something I would read when casually looking for a
venue for my next show. Just a couple of things:
Wallace
Hall staff control the final equalization and volume of sound for any event.
I would recommend removing this completely. While I do see your purpose behind it, this can apply to anything if you're not careful. You reserve the right to set final
intensity levels on the lights to conserve lamp life, you reserve the right to limit use of the rigging
system to save on wear-and-tear, you designate specific seats that the group can use to prevent over-wear of a certain seat,
etc. Obviously those are somewhat over-the-top, but they get the
point across. I would think that this statement:
GSCC reserves the right to terminate an event if public
safety is compromised in any way.
would
cover that, so you would not need to include it. As someone else said, if I was looking for a
theatre to use and I find out that all my
intensity values on channels need to be approved by the
House Lighting Staff, who then submits a "Request for Change in Lighting Values" form to the VP of Lighting at the
theatre, who then either accepts or denys said change, and then the outside group has 60 days to submit a formal appeal in writing, then I would not be using your space. (For some reason, I seem to be using lots of vast overstatements tonight. Don't read anything into it.)
To sum it all up, just be careful where you draw the
line between reasonable protection and overbearing. You can't possibly list everything that could go wrong in this document. For example, according to those poicies, I would be totally within the rules if I walked in without pants on (only shirt and shoes required) and started up a game of tackle-duck-duck-goose with a group of over-age-18 cast members. Again ignoring the absurdity of that statement, my personal thought would be to stick with more general statements and let the on-site
house personnell determine what can and what cannot be allowed.
Although as someone who's spent hours on a floor scraping up tiny confetti paper, I applaud your inclusion of statement
.
(Disclaimer: I am most definitely not a lawyer, so don't take my advice and then try to blame me when you get a group of over-age-18 adults who want to hold a tackle-duck-duck-goose party in your theatre.)