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Safe Stages Discussion

Roundtable discussion

This session is sponsored by UNISSON Structures

CITT Alberta's Safe Stages sub-committee is revising Safe Stages, a non-exhaustive guide towards safe work practices in backstage contexts. This time, we'd like to expand the scope to be a national reference manual. What topics in safety and good work practice are currently relevant to the Canadian theatre / live entertainment industry? On what topics would guidance be helpful to venues/communities across the country? What successful solutions or practices are you using? We'll host a conversation on these topics, as well as: risk assessment strategies, mental health and wellness in the workplace, span of day and work-life balance, standards across provinces, safe light and noise levels, and many more.

After attending this presentation, attendees will have bright new ideas and safety-related solutions offered by their colleagues across the country. Once the Safe Stages book is revised and reissued in several months or years, they'll have access to a much-improved safety resource. Perhaps they'll even have contributed to the much-improved safety resource!

Presenters: Lee O'Reilly and Gal Minnes

Lee O'Reilly (lee/they) is a production manager/technical director type, based in Edmonton since 2021 (and mostly in the US before that). Lee’s resume includes many genres of live entertainment, ranging from fancy to the kinds of gigs where you have to zip tie lights to trees. Currently, TD in the University of Alberta Drama Department, with a smattering of extracurricular projects afoot. Areas of professional interest focus on humanizing the production process and fun with spreadsheets.

Gal Minnes (he/him) is an educator, technical director and production manager based in Edmonton, Alberta. Having worked across Canada on events varying in scope and scale, Gal prioritizes a proactive and collaborative approach to technical theatre management. Working in various capacities, Gal is always eager to discuss recent innovations and industry wide reasonable practices in the realm of occupational health and safety.