Welfare

Doing a show, while being a great experience, can sometimes be stressing especially during the weekend just before opening. It's not easy to juggle theatre, degree, social life and sleep for an average Cambridge student. It is very important to remember that your welfare is more important than the show.

This page serves as an open platform to discuss welfare-related issues.

Balance & Boundaries

Shows can be exciting and engaging things to be involved in, but they can also seem all-consuming. It's worthwhile to set boundaries for yourself in terms of time, energy and responsibility, so that your commitment to a show doesn't extend beyond what you intended to give. There are a few ways you can hold onto these boundaries:

• Timetable your hours spent working on a show and stick to them. This prevents it becoming a never-ending job.

• Make sure your producer knows any commitments you have during the get-in or show week. Make sure you stick to these unless you're certain you can skip things - it's very easy for someone to tell you to skip a lecture or a social activity to work on a show. This becomes a concern during get-ins, but provided you've warned ahead it should be fine.

• Ensure you know what you are and are not expected to do. Different shows will set up roles differently depending on peoples' experience and availability, so it's good to know where your responsibility ends.

Long Hours/Time Out

ADC Theatre and Corpus Playroom

During the Get-in Weekend, it is common that the technical team stays a long time inside the theatre, especially if it's an ADC Mainshow. There is a time-out rule that No one can stay in the venues for more than 16 hours in one go without an 8 hour break. Everyone must have a break lasting at least 8 hours or longer, you cannot pop out of the theatre for a couple of hours and return to continue working.

It is the Producer's and Technical Representative's responsibility to ensure everyone follow the time-out rule and get enough rest.