CONSTRUCTION

by Brackets Digital

I had an unsettling experience earlier in the week, when a sizeable chunk of one of London's leading theatres was dislodged by the foot of an audience member in the gallery.  I say chunk because the piece was hard to describe: it was about two feet long and a foot wide, and was basically a metal sheet which had been coated in carpet.  It fell about ten feet and, to the horror of everyone in the auditorium, landed on the head of an audience member in the circle below.  There was enough blood for the whole thing to be quite frightening, but I believe the audience member in question was fine by the end of the night.  Thankfully buildings don't fall apart very often, but it was a sharp reminder to me that we have risk assessments and health and safety for a reason...

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