Byron Connell
For everyone, and especially for those of us running conventions or costume events (including masquerade directors, tech, and stage crew), I strongly recommend Monona Rossol's book:
Stage Fright: Health & Safety in the Theater, A Practical Guide for Everyone in the Performing Arts The essential information you need on the stage, in the shop, or in the front office to ensure health, safety, and compliance with occupational hazards law." New York: Allworth Press/Allworth Communications, Inc., [no date but about 1990]. ISBN: 0-9607118-3-X.
Whether or not those of us in the U.S. who run these events have a legal obligation to comply with OSHA requirements, all of us have an ethical obligation to take reasonable precautions to prevent injuries to entrants, crew, and audience.
Alix's example of the glass costume is a case in point (ouch). So is the problem of entrants or crew falling off the stage. So is the potential hazard to individuals in the audience of the use of strobe lights on stage.
brucethelesser
I just purchased from Amazon:
Monona Rossol's Health & Safety Guide for Film, TV & Theater and
Monona Rossol's The Artists complete Health and Safety Guide.
The first book is the updated version to Stage Fright which I found out is out of print. You can get used copies of Stage Fright from Amazon from $2.50 to $10.
See Also
Masquerade Running
home
Masquerades
home