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Cueline Spring 2022
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Nominations are open for the SMA David Ayliff Award 2022
This year SMA will once again be presenting The David Ayliff Award for Lifetime Achievement in Stage Management as part of our Awards event at ABTT Theatre Show on 23rd June at 1.45PM. Nominators, suporters, and selected nominees and their guests will be invited to the event. Nominations are invited for any stage manager, teacher …
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Safe use of Pyros
An Aid to pyro risk assessment Geoffrey Joyce explains how to keep safe around Pyros this XmasFrom the beginning of time theatrical events have been calling for bigger and better effects in the form of flashes and bangs. Not so long ago a technician might sprinkle black ‘flash’ power on to a fine fuse wire …
SMA raises concerns about multi-tasking and multiskilling in backstage work
Multi-tasking is a subject we write about elsewhere in SMAgenda, but there has also been a lot of discussion about the configuration of SM teams recently – the difficult position of ‘CSM on the book’ is often criticised as having an almost impossible job description (after all the CSM role should be described as Company and Stage …
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#WeMakeEvents briefing:
Post-Brexit EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement impact on touring productions.
A summary
One of our members Di Fraser attended a Brexit seminar at PLASA /ABTT Show and here is her brief report: Plasa/ABTT Trade Fair at Olympia Monday 6th September The opening point made was what we are all already aware of: before Brexit international touring onto the continent was pretty simple. Now it is not! New systems …
SMA Memorandum & Articles and Rules and Regulations
These documents are the founding Articles and Rules by which we run our Association. Every time a major amendment of the Mem& Arts and Rules & Regs are made SMA distributes these documents to all members, The newest documents are here Memorandum and Articles 2019 Rules and Regulations 2021
SMA Zoom Brunches
Our Zoom Brunches 2021: The 2020 series were very popular and successful with 500+ people registered to attend in total from at least 9 countries around the world, and with many associations and producing companies participating, as well as invited experts and, of course, members.The information and support they have provided has been valued by …