Today I activated glow tape for the dancers to rehearse but with a torch instead of my phone torch which was a lot quicker because the torch was brighter, and it had a wider range of light compared to a phone torch. I activated the tape on the stairs, on the railings, on the floor, on the wires, and on the poles. Then I grabbed a broom, and I swept up the floor, so the dancers don’t step on anything because some of the dancers are bare foot. Then I used a dustpan and brush. Then me, the other students and the stage management tutor talked about safety, and we had a sheet of paper with questions like you see a dancer injured on stage and it’s in the wings. Before a show you need to identify risks the dance and some of these risks are being bare feet and stepping on something, bashing into something backstage in the dark, the door slamming on other dancers and dancers that have asthma having trouble breathing. We can mitigate these risks by sweeping the floor before each tech and show by sweeping the floor before each tech and show and checking if anything is on the floor like screws and picking them up if there is. Another way to mitigate risk is to place down white gaffer tape and glow tape backstage so the dancers can see the risks also the glow tape needs to be activated before the tech and show and during the interval. Glow tape is activated by shining a light onto the glow tape that it absorbs and then slowly releases. Also, during each tech and show there’s a person opening and closing the backstage door, so the door doesn’t make a loud slam, too much haze doesn’t escape, the door isn’t slammed onto a dancer and to make sure the dancers aren’t being too loud when the door is open. Also, all of the asthma pumps that the dancers use are in a box in a quick to grab place for techies or dancers. For these precautions we need white gaffer tape, glow tape, scissors, something that produces light like a torch, a dustpan and brush and a broom. Also, people are needed to put down white gaffer tape in any dangerous spots, activate glow tape before and during the intervals of techs and shows, sweep the floor with a broom, clean up the dirt pile with a dustpan and brush and for someone to open and close the backstage door. Then we went through what to do in certain situations and if a dancer is injured in the wings, then you find the nearest member of staff and tell them. If a prop breaks mid show, you first check when the prop is needed next and if there’s enough time fix it with gaffer tape or hot glue. If a mic is loose and you don’t know how to fix it get someone who can. If a costume is lost or needs fixing, try and find someone from costume but if you can’t find anyone then you find or fix it yourself. If an audience member is filming, then you tell a member of staff who will tell the front of house who will sort it out. If a lamp blows tell a member of staff and try to tell if the glass on the floor or if the light has just stopped working. Then it’s up to the staff to make the decision of getting us to quickly sweep up the glass then continue, stopping the show because of the glass or continuing the show with a broken light if there’s no glass also if the fire alarm goes off you leave the building and go to the fire meeting spot on grass and then answer your name when the staff is calling the register.