Makers Diary: Risk assessment

This is the current risk assessment...not used to having to do these myself..

Risk Assessment

High Heel Shoes- Doing physically demanding performative activities, such as dancing and physical theatre.

Control Measures-The performers will rehearse and practice ways of performing in their high heeled shoes, so that they are completely familiar and skilled with them.

Chairs- The audience will be invited to play a game of musical chairs and the performers will have to lift and arrange chairs.

Control Measures- The audience will not be allowed to move the chairs, only the performers will do that. The performers will rehearse different ways of moving the chairs so that the legs are never in the air or very far off the ground. The audience will be given strict instructions not to push or shove during the game and this will be policed by the performers

Wheel Barrow- One of the performers will have to bring on a wheelbarrow full of small props.

Control Measures- We will ensure that the performer's path is completely clear of obstacles and that the weight in the wheelbarrow is evenly distributed. We will ensure that the wheel barrow once in position is well lit and not in the path of the performers or audience.

Costume Rail- Two of the performers will wheel on a costume rail.

Control Measures- The costume rail will be on castors so that it is easily manoeuvrable. It will be brought into the performance space by two performers, one at each end. It will be securely fixed together to ensure that it can bear the correct amount of weight.
Chalk- The audience will be given a piece of chalk each with which to write on the floor.

Control Measures- The chalk will be collected back from the audience once they have used it, to ensure that none is left in the performance space and therefore will not present a tripping or slipping hazard. The chalk will be cleaned up before the next part of the performance begins.
The audience will be advised not to eat the chalk.

Blocks- The performers will have to step up onto and down from 3 small wooden blocks, barefoot and in high heels.

Control Measures- The performers will rehearse and devise ways of getting up onto the blocks that will involve supporting each others weight and providing balance to each other.

Costumes- The costumes will be taken off and hung on the curtain rail.
Control Measures- The costumes will be removed from the performers and placed on coat hangers on the costume rail, so that they do not pose a tripping or fire hazard.

Undressing- The performers will have to remove their costumes during the performance.

Control Measures- The performers will rehearse removing their clothing so that they are familiar and skilled with their costumes. This will minimise the risk of tripping or falling.