Front of House a check list :-

Car park attendants (torch)

Acceptable to park cars in the school playground?

Meeters and greeters at the entrance? (Programme sellers?)

Arrange for all your FoH staff to always have a torch in their pocket.

Adequate Fire exits? Are these labelled? Does all your staff know where these are?

Adequate Fire extinguishers. Does all your staff know where these are and how to use them?

Will the seats be numbered? If so, have you ushers to see people to their seats? Will these Ushers also collect the tickets?

Are photos allowed? (Mobile phone cameras/ordinary cameras/video cameras) Is flash photography allowed?

Are tape/disc recorders allowed? (Beware, this might be a copyright performance for which the producer has had to obtain a performance licence ) (Not Applicable for the Sleepover Planet Musical which is copyright free. Annlaug - is this correct?)

How do you know when to let the audience in?

No wheelchairs in the aisles. Arrange to remove some chairs for these.

Are you having the performance professionally recorded? (But see copyright warning above)? Do not allow the video tripod in the aisle. Arrange to remove some chairs for this. Incidentally will the Video people be using their own lights? If so, will these spoil the Lighting persons carefully worked out lighting plot.

No "Follow Spot" in the aisle (This to be sorted out during technical rehearsals)

Who makes any announcements at start of the performance. What details are in this announcement? :-

• Mobiles off
• Fire exits
• Photos ( are the audience happy to have others take photos of their children?)
• Is there an interval
• Tell them about the interval bell
• Flash photography allowed?
• Recorders allowed?

Who is in charge of stocking and running the Interval Snack Bar? (If there is one)

How will this person let the production staff know the state of the queue at the end of the interval?

Is food and drink allowed in the auditorium. If not, how will the audience know this (by announcement or poster?)

BOX OFFICE Some thoughts

Who is in charge of the design, printing and distribution of posters?

Who is in charge of designing and printing of the tickets?

Who is responsible for the printing of the "reserved" seat labels and who will set them out before each performance? (Don't forget the 'No Smoking' signs too)

Dates, times and who will man the box office? (Put dates/times on the poster)

Are you having a lower age limit for members of the audience. (Goes on poster)

Children admission price same as adults? (Details on poster)

How soon to publicise sale of tickets?

If there is more than one ticket outlet, how are the tickets to be distributed amongst these outlets?
More than one outlet causes confusion if the seats/rows are not numbered.

Are you to have numbered seats/rows? If so will the tickets have the numbers printed on them?

The Booking Sheet. - Cross off reserved seats? Put reserved names on the Booking Sheets? Reserved tickets to go in envelopes with name and seat numbers on.

How long are unclaimed reserved seats retained before being re-released for sale at the door?

VIP Reserved (free?) seats. Does this include the sponsors and people who have donated towards the production. ?