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Post by cheesy116 on Mar 17, 2017 3:14:13 GMT
I've been wondering this for a while so thought I may as well ask here.
When a theatre is dark, are the front of house staff completely out of a job ? For example, between Charlie and the chocolate factory closing and 42nd street opening, are the staff let go and expected to come back 2 months later or are they dispersed to other theatres within the company ? Can they contractually leave the company if there is no work or do they have to stay on for the next show even if there is no work for 2+ months ? Is it in their contracts that they may have no work at all if the show closes ?
Any info around this would be great, not for any reason other than I'm nosey and curious!!!
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Post by cdvla313 on Mar 17, 2017 6:43:52 GMT
I'm not sure how it works on the West End, but on Broadway you can usually be a substitute usher at other theaters in the company, or take unemployment. You can also go to the union and see if they can get you work at any of the other theaters, even if it's not part of your company. You don't have to come back for the next show, but you're usually asked to. I feel like most people do, if it's only been a month or two.
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Post by stefy69 on Mar 17, 2017 8:00:44 GMT
I've been wondering this for a while so thought I may as well ask here. When a theatre is dark, are the front of house staff completely out of a job ? For example, between Charlie and the chocolate factory closing and 42nd street opening, are the staff let go and expected to come back 2 months later or are they dispersed to other theatres within the company ? Can they contractually leave the company if there is no work or do they have to stay on for the next show even if there is no work for 2+ months ? Is it in their contracts that they may have no work at all if the show closes ? Any info around this would be great, not for any reason other than I'm nosey and curious!!! Well if you work at the Peacock ( ex-Royalty ) Theatre in Holborn you must get a lot of holiday !  |
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Post by Steffi on Mar 17, 2017 8:01:45 GMT
A friend who has been an usher at an ATG theatre for a few years has always been offered to work at one of the other ATG theatres whenever her actual workplace was dark in between two productions.
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Post by Snciole on Mar 19, 2017 16:06:48 GMT
I've never done it but the impression I got was that you are employed by ATG, Nimax etc rather than a specific theatre and as it is all zero hours you have the option to slot in when a theatre needs people.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2017 18:24:04 GMT
Yup, what others said- if you're part of a 'group' you can go to other theatres in between shows/pick up extra shifts etc.
For ushers attached to specific theatres (like us provincal lot mainly!) it's "No show no work" as it's all zero hours contracts.
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Post by longinthetooth on Mar 19, 2017 23:11:37 GMT
I was once told by a barman in a theatre of a show that was about to close that the staff 'came with the show' and not the theatre, so when the show finished, he was out of a job - until the next show opened, when he applied for the same job again (assuming he hadn't found something else in the meantime). This was about five years ago, so things may have changed.
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