In Essentials of Stage Management Peter Maccoy explains that ‘The HCE [Health Care Equipment] defines a risk assessment as ‘nothing more than a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people, so that you can weigh up whether you have taken enough precautions or should do more to prevent harm. The aim is to make sure that no one gets hurt or becomes ill’ (2004, p. 217.) With this in mind I began designing the risk assessment for our show. Due to our show having minimal staging this process did not take very much and he fact that I also act in the show made this process even easier, as being an actor myself I could imagine all of the possible dangers that could occur to myself and the rest of the cast. The main issue was the use of the picture frames, which were attached to the bungee cord. Since we had not been able to rehearse with them in this way we were not used to the constraints that moving them around the stage had.
Works Cited
Maccoy, Peter (2004) Essentials of Stage Management, A & C Black Publishers.