Job Role Evaluation: Stage Crew

Cons:

1. Julies office door was locked.  This meant that the performers could not get through this could have been avoided if the crew could keep the key for the office. However for the last two performances we did have the key. Communication between the front of house and the crew could have been better in order to avoide this further.

2. The doors did not work as they kept coming off the hinges. This meant that the doors had to be lifted and then slid which made the show lack smoothness in terms of how slick the doors slid open. This could have been avoided if the door could have been fixed.

3. Performers were late for ques. For example this meant that when the doors were shut one or more people were running to stop the doors from closing thus loosing fluency and smoothness in the show. This could have been avoided if there were one or more runners.

4. Performers did not know who to turn too if they had a certain problem. For example a member of the front of house crew were asked to fix a prop/costume item. This could have been avoided if there was a cast and crew meeting to introduce each person and what their role was.

5. Glasses and canes kept breaking. Crew/ props management should have been more forcefull with their instructions to the cast. The cast should not have had the props before they needed them.

6. Also on the first night one of the cast was not able to get on stage in enough time as they had a very quick change. This could have been avoided if we had more than one dresser/costume management as the one we did have was dressing someone on stage left while someone back stage needed help. However on the last two nights after being asked by the one dresser to help I did help the cast member get dressed.


Pros:

1. Pre show Checklist helped make sure that we did not forget the small things to check for, like cleaning rubbish of the rostra or checking that all props are were they should be. The jobs were also very well deligated by Jordan P.S (the ASM) which ment that the crew knew exactly what jobs they had to do.

2. All crew were also very efficiant in preparing all props and ques. The rock, bike and beds were all prepared very well and got on stage at the right time.

3. The ASM also made a que sheet for the doors which made the ques more efficiant and smooth. Instead of the crew having to look through the gap in the doors and guessing when they were needed to be opened and closed.

4. The crew and the SM had very good communication skills. For example the cast call was on time every night and if there were any problems with the smoke the SM could ask a member of the crew to go and turn the smoke levels down or up.

5. Even though the props kept breaking e.g white sunglasses and the tops of the canes the props manager fixed them very quickly and efficiantly.