When you are a theatre manager you have more than just the health and safety of your theatre staff to consider in your day to day tasks of running your theatre. You also need to have thorough and robust Health & Safety policies and procedures in place to help protect every single person that sets foot over your threshold or needs to work in the immediate vicinity of your building.
You have to take into consideration the health and safety needs of those who spend their working day within your theatres, such as set designers and maintenance staff. Not forgetting, of course, the visiting performing artists using your space for rehearsals and public performances.
There is also the risks to the general public attending your theatre productions to assess and address to ensure a safe environment for them to have an enjoyable time. With such a diverse range of people to take care of with regards to their personal safety, it falls upon you like the theatre owner or manager to ensure that your theatre complies with current health and safety laws.



