HEALTH AND SAFETY
Using technical terms:
To reduce the risk of fire in the bungalow we are making sure that there is an adequate evacuation pathway: there will be no tripping hazards in the corridor to enable us to move our audience and performers around safely. There is a mirror fire risk from our candles but we will have two buckets of water to hand in case of problems. As performers working under stress we are in danger of straining muscles and vocal chords. We will use physical warm-ups to make sure our muscles are relaxed and diaphragmatic breathing to make sure we don’t damage our vocal chords. During the lift we ensure that manual handling principles are followed by bending our knees and lowering centre of gravity.